"This is going to be one serious topic for a blog." , said my husband after I drove him crazy yesterday.

     I had asked him two days earlier if he would mind my transferring the "Prayer Room" to the "East Bedroom". I explained that the "Prayer Room" was more suited as a reading room/second guest room because it was more "yang". He said that he would not have an issue with the change; so Friday after lunch, I tackled the job.

     Let's rewind a few weeks earlier. I volunteered to do the Feng Shui of Tara's (David's niece) and Allen's new house. Since this would be their first exposure to Feng Shui, I did not want to overwhelm them with the complex computations used in the Compass School (and Flying Star forms) of Feng Shui. Instead, I decided to apply the simpler, more western, form used by the Black (Hat) Sect Tantric Tibetan Buddhist School (which I affectionately call the Black Hat). 

    While the Compass School and the Black Hat School (also referred as Form school) share some similarities, they also have some essential differences. When I studied Feng Shui in the 1990s, I was first exposed to the Black Hat School but I shifted to the Compass School a few years later. I used the latter to determine the Feng Shui of our present house (took me two days!).

     I had to retrain myself once more in the Black Hat form in order to assess Tara's house. I came accross the books of Terah Kathryn Collins and fell in love again with the Form School of feng shui. 

    After I did the analysis of Tara's house, I did an assessment of our house as well. I realized that I needed to do some rearranging and transferring. It was this moving and rearranging that caused my husband's above comment.

    I was reminded of a similar comment made by my youngest brother Paul, many years back, when I asked him to transfer from the south room to the northeast room (the area of the youngest son). He said, "What? Another book, another transfer!" 

    I started moving things last Friday. David was happy with what I did. On Sunday afternoon, after we came home from Mass, I was rearranging things again!  This lasted until the evening. My bewildered husband was wondering what I was up to.  .

     When I make Feng Shui changes, I have the tendency to keep moving things around until they "feel right". I sat down on the floor in order to check the "feel" of the new arrangement .  I was a little cold, so I took a comforter and wrapped it around me. David came into the room and saw me on the floor covered with the comforter.   He worriedly asked, "Are you alright?". I told him that I was fine, I was just a little tired with all the moving and rearranging.  

     He looked at me, a little unconvinced, and said, "This is going to be one serious topic for a blog. "  I said,"Yes, it will be entitled, 'How I Drove My Husband Crazy'."        

    I was still at it until about 11:30 in the evening (I decided to make some Feng Shui enhancements as well). This morning, I cleared my clutter and admired the results.

    I turned to my husband and appreciated him for his enormous tolerance and loving understanding of my periods of "extreme temporary insanity" . I am very aware that my behavior would have driven a less tolerant husband into an inauspicious behavior that would have resulted in a conflict. Fortunately, my David has extraordinary forbearance.

     The more I know this man, the more I grow in my love and appreciation for him. He is the only man I know who would give me a hug after a day of driving him crazy .

Hi Day G! Maayong morning! Nalingaw ko nag basa s aimong post. Medyo maka relate ko, karon can't do much on rearranging my stuff. Nag plano gani unta ko mag decorate na since Garin medyo ok na, pero now i can see na medyo lisod mag decorate sa among house? I don't know where to start, plus i need a big budget man diay? Wala man mi wawat ani intawon! :o I guess ma hinayon jud akung plan to wait for another 2 years until Garin is big enough. But anyway, magpa feng shue jud ko ani ari nimo. ~_^ I can't wait for your visit and the rest of the girls. See you soon!

"What? Another book, another transfer?"

Hahaha

Tell Kuya D he's lucky he only had to endure that part...I mean that's not even close to how most pinays drove their husbands crazy :P

I sometimes tested richards patience and endurance. I love it a lot when he just give in and smile. Btw, te G Matthew and I will be flying to Toledo on Thursday for the weekend. I guess 4hrs drive from your city? Ohio, made me think of you. What's in toledo?

oy, kabuotan ni Kuya D oy, lingaw ko dah!