Musical Interlude

I don't know when David Byrne started looking like my high school chemistry teacher...

and why I had wandered away from his genius...but this combo of sounds is one of my new favorite listens

 

 

Thankful Thursday

 

It is Thankful Thursday again!!

So... if the world is to end tomorrow...it has been one wild ride and I hope we all feel nothing but pure happiness when we vaporize.

 

If the world doesn't vaporize then I will be posting a list of all the things I would still like to do.

So be prepared.

 

Until then here are a few images I found VERY amusing today:

sourced from HERE

 

Julien David  balaclava inspiration: Abominable Snowman  

recycled lunch bag jacket: United Bamboo

 

I would trip in these for sure,
but boy my butt would transform into something else after a few times around the track

Yang Du Animal print shirts



Thankful Thursday

One of the many reasons I am thankful today:

my niece: Princess Batgirl
photo by my sister-in-law Candice Wiesblott



Winter

 

Day dream for today:

 

How I spent my Thanksgiving

One month ago I tested mildly elevated for a CA125 ovarian cancer marker test.

It was considered an early warning sign for a cancer that is often diagnosed way too late.

Through the tears, I saw this as a gift and a reminder that life always offers surprises.

 

under the power of many mantras and bathed in love

 

On November 16th at 11 am I had surgery to remove the 5cm endometrioma that was causing all the commotion and concern. I knew going into the surgery that I might loose my left ovary to the disease.

I'm allergic to everything...
 

 

two hours after surgery, still a little green but walking per doctors orders
 

my swollen tummy and bruised button two days post surgery

 

My doctor was able to remove the cyst and save my ovary, she also declared that she saw nothing cancerous or cancer suspicious during the surgery. *
I can now report that all pathology came back clear...we got it in time!

 

I have experienced an OVER POURING of love, and kindness from friends and family.

I am beyond words, embarrassed from the fuss...but humbled and so so honored.

I can not thank you enough, really.

 

my oldest friend stayed with us for the first four days
She and hubby made it easier to ride the waves

 

Today marks one week since the surgery.
I have not taken a single pain pill, no need for them as there has been no pain!

I have spent it re-cooping and laying low.

My hubby has mostly convinced me that although it feels like I could sneeze or cough my innards out of my incisions, that is not the case. 

 

I have also spent a good bit of time burping and laughing.

Thankful Thursday

 

Today is thankful Thursday and there is a long and emotional list of things I am thankful for.

I am keeping them to myself today, so meditate on your personal lists too.

 

Breathe and celebrate the wonderful in your life.

 

Wordless Wednesday

I have a bunch of posts coming up but for today, I am sharing a laugh:

thanks Ellen

Wordless Wednesday

Where are there yaks in California?
Just how far has this meat traveled?!

alter ego

corrupting the youth with sugar and late bedtimes

Something to add to my list

So I have an actual "when I fall into a ton of cash" list. It is an active part of daydreaming for me.

How would I use cash, if I had it all around me, casual income, excess amounts and no looming bills or what have you. You know what I mean....

Well seeing stuff like this fuels me...it is what makes me want to introduce art to the public, the laying of hands so to speak. Such wonderful things the mind can do and explore:

 



I have also added " take all the classes at AS220" to my list....

you can see all the other ideas under "The List"  at the top of the page.

Inspiration

We all feel shaky at times, some more then others...but this image was so inspiring to me

I had to share it and the link about the image

 

Ahhhh, I can do anything, anything I have a passion for

and so can you

 

Anais Nin at her press, self publishing her work


http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/30/anais-nin-letterpress/

 

print by HoneycombPrintshop

 



Lovely Blog Awards

 

 

I am so lucky to know so many amazing and interesting people!

I feel honored that I have received this Lovely Blog Award.

Per the conditions of winning this I am suppose to reveal 7 random things about myself, and pay it forward...so that is what this post is about!
Super fun

My 7 random things:

1. I am incredibly superstitious. So much so that sometimes I will not let you say certain things at certain times. See I can not even tell you what that is and why! See, I have incorporated this so well into my life that I barely know that I am doing it anymore!

2. I often have the desire to honk at random people for random reasons. I drive a lot and often times when I pass a car that has someone picking their nose, or talking on the phone or if someone is just walking down the street I want to honk my car horn at them. It is like the least used thing in my car... I barely use my horn. I wonder if anyone has ever had to replace their horn from overuse?!humm

3. I LOVE the smell of wet earth, maybe it is from all my gardening, or that it evokes childhood memories, but I find it so very comforting. If they made a spray of that smell I would spray it on my pillow so I could smell it as I drifted off to sleep.

4. I am convinced that there are ghosts in my house. I wake up almost every night thinking that someone is in my bedroom watching me sleep.

5. When I get dressed up, I spend a good bit of time putting on make-up (this might be because I really don't know how to do it so I am teaching myself at the same time) and then after looking at myself, wipe it off with my hands leaving my face in a state of half made up/ half back at square one.

6. I watch home shopping channels to see how people talk for so long about light bulbs or other things like that. I am training myself to be able to talk to anyone about anything!

7. I sometimes can not see the defining line between people and animals and so when I look at animals, like baboons, I only see a being, no different than you or me. It is amazingly beautiful when it happens. It is like seeing a rainbow appear.

image via Flickr

 

I have had to adjust the conditions a little to maintain anonymity of my gifter (per their request) 

So I am going to give BIG shout outs to some amazing blogs that are well worth reading: 

 

Here are the blogs I read the most/ favorite blogs:

 

Such beautiful writing,

like a combination of dreaming and deep thoughts with sweet swirls of humor and whimsy:

Middle of Life

 

A wonderful working artist friend, her blog is an inside peek at her studio and work.

Always interesting and colorful:

Pentimento

 

 Eden always has me laughing. She is the Guru that started NaBloPoMo many moons ago and
got me to try blogging more often and with purpose:
FUSSY

Love this blog, everything is pretty and snazzy, it is wonderful eye candy and has GREAT tutorials:
Casey's Elegant Musings

Another dear friend- we all love supporting those dream chasers and makers!
She is a talented painter AND a talented graphic designer too
Monteve Clay's business and soon to be arriving blog:
Spider Monkey Design
send her some love

OK until I get a new bee in my bonnet that is today's post!
Love them all!!

 

Thankful Thursday

 

 

A photomontage of all that is running through this thick skull of mine:

 

 

I am thankful that I do not have to use floral tools to get work done.
A little pet peeve of mine is the "make tools pretty so girls will want to use them"

I am thankful that Hubby likes to make pancakes from scratch

I am thankful for idea time with friends so we can work creative kinks out
and eat cookies

I am thankful that I get to see cool stuff like this in the early morning hours
That is the sun rising through the fog!