Sunday, February 20, 2011

back at it!

     disney vacation was fabulously inspiring.  I highly recommend the land of the Mouse!  I could easily see myself as an Imagineer, working alongside Walt... who by the way, unfortunately, isn't really cryo-frozen anywhere-  urban myth-  tragic-
     now all I have to do is organize the 200 photos, some of which are merely the sides of painted buildings... but I just Loved the colors!  Everything there is so Saturated!  Its like they used oil pastels to color stuff.  Go there!  It really is the Happiest place on earth... (I think its some kind of drug they pump through the air-)

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

dragonflys

I love watching dragonflys.  They're a little scary at first but they are harmless and their colors are truly amazing.  If you're patient, they will land on you and if it doesn't freak you out, it's quite a show.  Very entrancing if you just give it a chance. And for some reason, these days, they remind me of my daughter-

Sunday, February 6, 2011

beading every day: sometimes less really is more-

beading every day: sometimes less really is more-: " sometimes the basic process of stringing one bead after another is the kind of repetative therapy the mind needs......"

sometimes less really is more-

     sometimes the basic process of stringing one bead after another is the kind of repetative therapy the mind needs... especially those days when you cant seem to put together two coherent sentences.  At "certain times in life" (hinthintnudgenudge) my brain turns into complete mush and anything that begins with a capital letter is temporarily just plain Gone-
     which is kinda okay, because when my sanity takes a vacation to places unknown, a lot of un-nice expletive sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with an exclamation point, tend to replace my normal speech patterns... things you would not under normal circumstances say, unless you were momentarily possesed by demons, seem to pop out of nowhere.
    so instead, I hide away from tiny ears, pick up a bead, then another, and eventually find my happy place... hopefully before I have created a completely unwearable, forty pound necklace-


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Ahh! the power of snowdays!

     I would have bet money that I havent been very busy the last several days that my kids have been home... but apparently I's be wrong... I am losing track of days and forgetting other things such as laundry and house cleaning... If I were Tom Hanks on Castaway I would by now think I was in my tenth year on the island-  My concept of time is comepletely gone-
     I made this necklace 3 days ago- then did absolutely- nothing-  Blogging?  Whats blogging?  Oh yea... thats that thing I said I was going to do every day to keep myself on track! (Insert maniacal laugh here-) As my father would say, "Baby, your train of thought has no caboose-"  He said this with love-
     Apparently my absolutely wonderfully endearing children (did you hear that laughter again?!) are going back to school Monday and life will go back to it's normal routine... Well as normal as it gets around here- for exactly 4 days, when we will all board a large airplane (can you say Xanax!) and head off to Disneyworld for a week of quality family time together- (Whats with the damn laughing?!)
     Did you know they say Disneyworld is the Happiest Place on Earth?  Did you know they have no alcohol in the Magic Kingdom?!... Lookout Epcot Here I come!!!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

too cute for words

     I dont normally make cutesy earrings, but little mittens and snowflakes... what can I say... Precious!  obviously these are for sale!  someone will Love them with their fuzzy sweater and matching earmuffs.
     okay... so I could have made something totally steampunk to pay homage to the wicked cool thundersnow we are having... perhaps tomorrow-  Ive got plenty of time, wine, chocolate and beading supplies... Bring on the Snow!!