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Alegria Group – Santa Petrona is married, she is 26 years old, and completed the four years of primary education. She has two young children who are not yet studying. Santa Petrona makes her living producing textiles and rearing animals. She started this business selling hen and pigs. She has 7 years of experience in this field and she has the support of her husband who makes his living producing textiles.

She organizes a group in order to seek a loan that she will use to buy animals for rearing, specifically to raise laying hens and pigs. In the future, she hopes to have a small farm of domestic animals. The rest of the members make their living producing textiles, agricultural production, handicrafts and animal rearing.

armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
columbia
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
guatemala
honduras
india
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mexico
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
tajikhistan
timor-leste
togo
uganda
united states
vietnam

Doing this year’s taxes has made me realize that as my business develops, I will need to keep track of expenses including insurance, vehicle mileage, equipment, books, etc.

Organized and cleaned the closet under the stairs before Christmas. Now, I am working on my clothes closet, bookcase and craft drawers. I don’t feel like I can tackle the entirety of any of these 3, but can definitely make some progress.

Tonight I spent about 1/2 hour. Closet is neater but only slightly less full. Got rid of lots of solo socks. About a half dozen books came off the shelf, and pulled a camera and high school dissection kit out of the craft drawer. Will take some thought to decide how to get rid of the camera; cost a lot when I bought it “used” back in the day, but a quick look on eBay tells me they’re almost worthless today. ... Good lesson there!

Corollary goals:
- Make a donation of items to Good Will, keeping track of all donated items for next year’s taxes.
- Organize the photos that had been stashed under the stairs.

My notion has been that in the process of doing my 2012 taxes (in progress, just waiting for a couple more statements) and then doing the FAFSA for C.L., I will come a long way toward accomplishing this goal. Fact is, however, that it won’t be “permanent.” Financial stuff requires maintenance. I hate that. Ug.

Today I made a loan to Caroline in USA.

armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
columbia
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
honduras
india
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mexico
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
tajikhistan
timor-leste
togo
uganda
united states
vietnam

Today I relished funds to a group of women farmers in India, bringing the total number of countries to 30!

India
armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
columbia
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
honduras
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mexico
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
tajikhistan
timor-leste
togo
uganda
vietnam

34 Loans, 29 Countries

Today’s loan to agricultural women in the above 2 countries results in the following list update:

armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
columbia
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
honduras
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mexico
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
tajikhistan
timor-leste
togo
uganda
vietnam

32 Loans, 27 Countries

Today’s loan to a farming womsn in Tajikhistan results in the following list update:

armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
honduras
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mexico
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
tajikhistan
togo
uganda
vietnam

Graduated from 200-hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training on Friday, June 15, 2012!! The training was SUCH an amazing experience—four weeks of class that turned out to be so much more than I had anticipated. Life changing!

Today’s loan to a group of agricultural women in Mexico results in the following list update:
Today’s reloans went to agricultural women in Georgia, Honduras and Samoa:
armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
honduras
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mexico
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
togo
uganda
vietnam

... safe travels
... my dear husband and daughter
... the opportunity to learn
... a beautiful sunny day
... spring

I haven’t written much about this goal, but I defintely have not forgotten it! As I write this, I am sitting in the Albany airport awaiting the shuttle to Kripalu! I’ll spend the next two weeks there, and then another two weeks this summer, working on the RYT200 certification. I AM SO EXCITED!!

Today’s reloans went to agricultural women in Georgia, Honduras and Samoa:
armenia
azerbaijan
bolivia-3
burundi
cambodia-3
costa rica
democratic republic of the congo
ecuador
el salvador
georgia
honduras
kenya
kyrgyzstan
mali
mongolia-2
nicaragua
pakistan
paraguay
peru
phillipines
samoa
senegal
togo
uganda
vietnam

- the quarter-inch of rain that fell today
- dinner and conversation with C
- the amazing blackboard platform & the way it gives me the opportunity to witness C’s skills & development
- freedom
- time for exercise even on a busy day :-)

Today’s gratitudes:
- the ongoing prospect for much-needed rain
- a productive day at work, and the fact that I have meaningful employment
- my daughter’s efforts to communicate feelings in a mature way
- the opportunity to get a full night’s sleep
- homemade dinner of fresh-from-the-garden vegetables

—a wonderful Skype conversation with D and his new Polish friends.
—a beautiful morning
—a gorgeous evening
—discovering a new pizza crust recipe that is superb … particularly with artichoke hearts :)
—Early to bed, early to rise…

1. I’m grateful for D’s call and his report of fun sightseeing.
2. I’m grateful C and her bandmates chose to practice this afternoon, and that they have so much fun with it.
3. I’m grateful for R and the inspiration he offers so many young people.
4. I feel very grateful for my work today … How fortunate I am to work where I do and with so many good folks.
5. I am grateful for having spent an entire work day in the woods… though there might be more enjoyable things to do than remove strangers’ abandoned trash…

But I frequently find myself derailed by D’s well-intentioned cooking. I feel obligated to eat what he’s made, even though it’s not what I really wanted.

So,even though it may sound a bit callous, I must admit that I am enjoying the ease I feel about food when he is away. C will eat whatever I make, so there is no stress there.

I guess this realization should provide me with motivation to reframe this goal by tagging on the following modifier: ”...even when I feel pressure to do otherwise.”

Today I am grateful for the lovely late summer weather … and even for the subtle scent of autumn creeping in.

I am grateful for C’s cheerfulness and positive attitude. So far, so good.

I am grateful for D’s safe travel today.

I am grateful for GF’s amazing personality and meaningful insights, both conveyed through his podcasts. I am especially grateful that D also recognizes GF’s wisdom; it is nice to share this. I would like to meet this incredible soul one day!

I am grateful for the quiet time that is here, now.

... the sound of my daughter’s lovely voice as she sings along to her guitar “Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door …” Beautiful!
... tonight’s walk up the hill, and the run down, sunshine on my shoulders and late summer flowers everywhere. Also beautiful!
... my good fortune to have a dinner of fresh garden tomatoes, kale and other tasty, healthful food.
... productive time spent supervising C’s driver test practice while simultaneously tending the grapevines, moving some branches up to the new trellis.
... D’s safe travels and funny reports from down south.