Tuesday, December 25, 2007

happy holidays

happy holidays, y'all!

Monday, December 24, 2007

Macy Gray - Sweet Baby

love this video

succeed

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. - Abraham Lincoln

Sunday, December 23, 2007

productive

I feel so productive...

not only did I make peppermint bark today, I also whipped up a double batch of Chex Mix...

whew...stick a fork in me....I am DONE....hehehe

Thursday, December 20, 2007

queen of the thrift store

...well at least I like to think of myself as such.

Seriously, I can find some of the BEST stuff at the thrift stores I go do. It also makes me feel good to be recycle people's clothing and left behind goods. And don't even get me started on the books (my collection has grown massive thanks to thrift stores). Plus, here's one of the main reasons why I love thrift store shopping: you can find some really GREAT bargains.

This would be an example. I found this coat last week. I paid maybe $2 for it. It is worth so much more. The best part about the coat; it fits me perfectly, in more ways than one. I love my new coat and oh how I love thrift stores.


queen of the thrift store...baby...


the lining is a lovely plaid (i think it might actually officially be tartan plaid, but i'm no plaid expert)...i would also like to point out that the hat i'm wearing the in the first picture (i knitted the scarf), my sweater, my shirt and my jeans all came from thrift stores...


made in england...it is a duffle coat

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

space

Making scones this morning made me realize that I need to do things like that more often. I need to get back into baking and cooking. It is something I've grown to become quite passionate about. There is something very relaxing about it, I've really fallen in love with cooking. I eat better when I'm the one cooking and planning the menu. I tend to get lazy when it is someone else always cooking.

Making the scones also made me long for my own space. I love loving with my parents, they help me out so much, are always there for me when I need them. However, it does put such a strain in my independent nature. There is something so delightful about having one's own pace and feeling free to express yourself, be yourself, and just live how you choose.

Ah well...soon come.....soon come. Things always tend to fall into place when they are meant to fall into place.

Monday, December 17, 2007

wonderful gift



got this in the mail today....what a wonderful gift...it fits me perfectly in more than one way...thank you so much for this....

(by the way, props to Janice at Phunky Patches for making it...such lovely work)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

icing








big change is coming

normally, I don't take a whole lot of stock in daily horoscopes, but my horoscope today really woke me up...made me aware...and empowered...here is it..

"Take a serious look at your future. If it isn't exactly what you had in mind, you may want to lay some ground rules, leading to a more suitable direction. Change is overdue so get the ball rolling."

oh...baby...the ball is already rolling...

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Hang Drum and Violin 2

Davide Swarup (hang drum) and David France (violin)

AMAZING....

Sunday, December 9, 2007

the wheel is turning...

the day started like any other...Porter awoke bright and early and was smiling from the moment his eyes opened in the morning. I sensed something a bit off in the air as I stumbled around my bedroom, changing Porter's diaper and eventually going downstairs. I had heard Kelly, my mom's dog (although originally brought into the family via my sister's first real boyfriend...she was and will always be my mom's dog) a couple of times during the previous night, yelping out in pain, and just knew something wasn't quite right. My mom came downstairs after about 15 minutes of Porter shouting about and basically managing to wake up the whole household, and said it was a rough night. She thought Kelly had a couple of strokes during the night. My mom seemed really distraught, and saddened, and just worn out. Kelly has been a huge part of her life for nearly 13 years now, and although we've known for awhile that she was getting old for a dog of her breed (cocker spaniel), death always come as a shock, even when you are prepared for it. Kelly was having a hard time breathing and walking and seemed in pain unless she was lying down. It is hard to watch any animal struggle through something like this, and it equally as hard to watch my mom struggle through it and to also see my mom's other dog struggle through it all as well. Later on in the day, while Mom and Dad were at church, Kelly died. She went peacefully, I think her heart just stopped.

It is hard to really capture in words just how amazing it is that an animal can become such a part of your family. The only way I guess I can even come close to explaining it is this. It is my humble opinion that there is definitely reincarnation. There are definitely parts of animals' that are not animalistic, but very humanistic. This was the case in Kelly. Kelly, I believe, was a great Italian female opera singer in a former life. She would just howl along with a female opera singer whenever she heard one. I've never seen a dog react quite like she did. She also had a great love for all Italian foods. Maybe its silly to think, but I just cannot see it any other way. This wasn't her first life, and it certainly won't be her last.

As Robert Hunter wrote (set to the music of the Grateful Dead)...
"The wheel is turning
and you can't slow down
You can't let go
and you can't hold on
You can't go back
and you can't stand still"

the wheel of life keeps turning...endless cycles of rebirth...I just wonder if I'll ever run into Kelly's soul again sometime in another world at another time...something tells me I just might.

send some wool their way....

There are homeless teens in New Orleans that can be helped by sending a hat, scarf, mittens, etc. their way...

Send a hat, scarf or other warm garment made of superwash wool, a machine washable wool blend, or acrylic yarn to:

Covenant House -- 611 North Rampart Street -- New Orleans, LA -- 70112 -- USA

I found out about this cause from Mambocat's Knitting Asylum in a very touching post about Gail McHugh...it is amazing how you can forge such strong bonds with people you've never even met face-to-face...

Nelly Furtado Say it Right

what happened to Nelly? this is a far cry from I'm Like A Bird...

anyway...despite how much she has changed, I really gain empowerment when listening to some of her songs....this would be one of them...

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Keith Haring

Nearly forgot about this wonderful artist until today.

Here is a really neat website featuring lots of fun stuff to do.

Haring Kids

Good morning.

Ani Difranco, 32 Flavors plus some excellent hooping on the beach

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Monday, December 3, 2007

Jellyman Kelly

i LOVE, LOVE this...

Teeny Little Super Guy

You can't tell a hero by his size...

"I'm just a Teeny Little Super Guy"
Just a Teeny Little Super Guy
Oh yeah!

I had forgotten all about this little bit of Classic Sesame Street until I stumbled across him in YouTube this morning...I remember loving him when I was younger

the journey

The Journey
Above the mountains
the geese turn into
the light again

Painting their
black silhouettes
on an open sky.

Sometimes everything
has to be
enscribed across
the heavens

so you can find
the one line
already written
inside you.

Sometimes it takes
a great sky
to find that

small, bright
and indescribable
wedge of freedom
in your own heart.

Sometimes with
the bones of the black
sticks left when the fire
has gone out

someone has written
something new
in the ashes of your life.

You are not leaving
you are arriving.
- David Whyte

Sunday, December 2, 2007

The Beatles - Something

best version...EVER

new

starting a new chapter in my life...so therefore...I started a new blog...

it looks the same...I just felt the need to start over....