and with a happy Heart...

I thought I would take this opportunity to announce ...

A Good Day.

I had one. It's not very often that I can look on a whole day and say, "wow, that was a good day" and have it encompass the WHOLE day. This one fits that description. I like it. I am a fan. I want more of these.

My man visiting. Had breakfast with him and my dad. Then a trip to the mall, back home, made yummmmy potroast in crock pot - toss in all the stuff and forget it :) ... then a NAP!!! My nap lasted FOREVER, which was spectacular.

Then??? when I got up I got a box in the mail from one of my bestests Lynn ( http://murphyslaw-lynn.blogspot.com/ )! It was like a scrap-extravaganza-attack in that box.

Treasures to discover - some of which I am sharing with G-force because she's girly and will love them ;)

My newest "thing" upon entering into the scrapping world again has been canvases. I am working on a TEENY canvas right now - 2.5 x 2.5 - it is turning out SO awesome! I've got a little bit of stuff left to do before I consider it "finished" (and yes, I will post when I'm done, Lynn). I even dug through my stuff and found my ProvoCraft Chizzlet tool -- bought forever ago, packed away, finally brought back out and played with today too.

All in all, this was a really good day. My heart smiles

Needle? Meet haystack...mix it up people.

Oh bring it on.

What's missing now?
A shoe? no that was tuesday.
Socks? no, that's pretty much every other morning.
Phone? No, no, not that. We have the phones. I have mine. Kids have one too. Their dad bought them phones. Right now, he's paying for service on one that hasn't been on in like 12 days. Why? because that phone belongs to an EIGHT year old that refuses to keep track of her crap. It's dead -- because she can't find the charger. Does any other charger of the 132i3209482348 that we have in our "omg what is this" basket FIT her phone?? Oh hell no. that would be waaay too easy.

SHe balances her life well. Lose the charger for her phone for almost 2 weeks --- and got Citizen Of The Month for her school. Seriously. "...was selected for demonstrating positive character in her homeroom, in the school and for confronting the challenge to use good manners everyday." Really? So to tackle the ramifications of getting Citizen of the month --we can lose a charger that only serves ONE PURPOSE...to charge the PHONE that we "oh so desperately needed". REALLY????

I think I'm gonna balance this out by doing a couple of things. I'll either have to drink copious amounts of alcohol until this makes sense to me....or I'll color with crayons. It's a coin toss...

Creating and wanting to create...often the two do not meet.

That is where I am stuck today. The WHOLE day long at work...thinking about a project...nearly obsessively thinking about it. Planning in my head, scribbling down notes in my little notebook for such things. Making mental checklists of things I want, things I may want, things I have to do, things NOT to do....and then what happens??

Life.

Errands to run. Groceries to get (and I absolutely detest this task...grocery store time SUCKS...but that is another post entirely). Dinner to cook. Chores to be tended to (and a task master/slave driver to the offspring). Dishes. Laundry? yep. *sigh* SO I'm left with what now??

Oh. I'm left with a mental checklist. A notebook with scribbled notations of the creating that I wanted to do. Pictures/gel medium/transfers/paint/glorious plans in my head for the creating that I want to do...and didn't get to do today.

Life. Gotta love it!

I FOUND IT!!!!!!!

I found the ability to scrapbook something. I know, I know, shock and awe. My house still may not be what I want it to be, but my scrappy creative self is having a blast...just sayin!

A New Year....New Rambling...

Okay.
I read Ali E's new word for the year. This is the time of the year that a word that inspires YOU is supposed to help to give you hope/joy/less stress/inspiration...blahblahblah.
Wanna know my word of the year this year??

*stability*

Yep, seriously. Well, I figure I would either have that word, which seems kind of inspirational to me, or I'd pick "SERIOUSLY" but since I used that so much LAST year, I may give it a rest a while.

My 2011 word will be *stability*. For my home. For my family. For my stupid finances. For our FUTURE.

You know what? 3 days into the new year, I feel as if my ass has been completely kicked up around my shoulders. Really I do. I'm just going to keep reminding myself -- OVER and OVER ...

*stability*

something to strive for.

Hmmmm.

I just wanted to put this comment out there.
If I have to buy a car at any point soon, I will have a nervous breakdown.
Straightjacket included.
That is all.
bah.

Allie B....how I love thee...

Oh it's late and I ran out of the mountain of words I was going to post here. However, I can state that Allie B and her hilarious tales of angst and woe, which also have demented illustrations (which are NEEDED...REALLY), is my hero right now. I have just laughed...and laughed...and snorted...and tried to be quiet less I wake up all monsters and animals in the house...and had tears rolling down my face...WHEW.

I have been feeling rather...blah. I needed this -NOW.

So, for alleviating a bit of the sadness that wants to compress all of my productive, creative, zest-for-being-me, I give a sincere, THANK YOU.