I Like what I Like

This afternoon, as I stood at near my kitchen table and feverishly opened the container of my latest obsession, I thought of you . . . my dear blog friends.  It's been a while since I've shared my latest obsessions with you, don't you think? It seems there is no time like the present!

So, here are the Top 5 things I am totally so in love with these days . . . in no particular order:

1. Archer Farms ZEN TRAIL MIX! I picked some up at the local Target store a few months ago, and I can't get enough of it now. A small 8 oz. bag is about $2.49 in our area . . . and so very worth every penny! Perfect little mid afternoon snack that gives me the push that I need. LOVE LOVE LOVE it!



Image from "Adele LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall Concert"  

2. ADELE!!!! I've been a fan for quite some time, and am sure you have all heard her amazing voice by now. But in case you haven't, consider picking up this DVD . . . PG bought it for me at Christmas, and it can be heard playing in my home at least once a day. I haven't been moved by music this much is a long time, and I am OBSESSED! She is really like no other.



Image found during google image search - original source unknown



3. SIMPLIFYING LIFE . . . and DELETING . . . I am trying to purge lately . . . organize, throw away, deleting all those things I've been holding on to for no reason at all. Even in the cyber world. I went onto my gmail account this afternoon and spent almost twenty minutes looking for a specific email that I wanted, while weeding through hundreds that I didn't need. How is your "INBOX" lately? Mine was atrocious. I have a bad habit of reading emails, and just keeping them in my "inbox" . . . and not deleting them. I had over 2,400 emails in my inbox. Each has been read, but do I really need to KEEP them? I have NEVER gone back and looked through them . . . what am I hold on to them for? Do I really need to know that on October 3rd, 2011,  Joe Shmo repinned a pin of mine on Pinterest? I mean, it's lovely to know that someone else likes something I like, but do I need to keep the email telling me so? Nope . . . I don't. So, I'm getting ride of the garbage. SIMPLIFYING LIFE.



Image from hulu.com

4. THE VOICE!!! Ok, I don't know where I was last time around, but I was not at all into "The Voice" during it's first season. This year, however, is a different story. I AM OBSESSED!!! Can't get enough! Want to watch it . . . all of the time. 

Image from facebook.com

5. Cube Crasher on Facebook . . . yes, I'm obsessed. Have you played this game? Oh, you really must! It's funny, but this game is honestly good for my health. I am sure of it. It brings the blood pressure down. Have I tested it? No . . . of course not . . . but I feel calmer when I am playing it. I forget my worries. I de-stress. I escape. I lose any sense of anxiety or pressure that day to day issues may present. It's my little bit of quite R&R time at the end of a long day. And, truth be told, I often changed my facebook status to "offline" just so I am not interrupted with messages from people while I am playing. LOVE IT!

Thanks for letting me share my most recent passions with you.

This is a pretty honest look at me . . . trail snack and all!

Any obsessions in your life right now?

Leave me a comment and share . . . I'd LOVE to know!

Magnificent Monday Vlog #13!

It's that time again!

Time to grab the coffee, comfy chair,

and inspiring thoughts . . .

It's also time for me to get a calendar and

WRITE DOWN WHAT I AM WEARING when I make these videos,

because I am repeating the same shirt I wore last week . . . AGAIN!

I swear to you . . . I have a great deal of shirts in my closet to choose from.

I must just like this zebra print one.

The funny thing is . . . it's not really flattering.

;)

Time to give it to pass it on to Good Will!



Hope you enjoyed this weeks vlog.

Have a Magnificent Monday, friends!

Peace!

Happy Birthday PG!!!

It's PG's birthday today!!!

(that's Phil Guy, for newcomers)

To the man who makes me laugh . . . all of the time . . .

and would do absolutely anything for his girls . . .

He's always there to back me up, whenever I need it . . .

And knows all there is to know about having fun . . .

He is hard working, an amazing father, and

always takes care of his girls . . .  

And my very very best friend . . .

I'm so glad I am walking through life with him.

Happy Birthday, my PG.

I love you!

A box full of Dreams

I'm working so hard at getting products ordered and in, and getting my shop up as soon as I can.

Each day this week, the doorbell rings and I run as quickly as I can to see what goodies have arrived. The packages all look so unsuspecting from the outside. A man driving a simple brown truck, wearing a simple brown uniform, delivers a simple brown box, full of my dreams.

They have no idea, you know? The brown truck people. Or the people who are printing off my order at their computer somewhere far away. Or the people who print my art, and cut the paper from which it is printed on. Or the people putting my art into their boxes. Or the people sticking the label on the box. They have no idea that they are mailing me my dreams.

My heart practically stops as I carry the box to my kitchen table. I can't even wait to bring it downstairs to my studio . . . I have to open it as soon as it's in my hands. And the unwrapping begins.

I'm nervous. I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm holding my breath and I don't even know it. 

Then . . . I see my vision . . . as it comes to life . . . 

I did that.

Me.

I painted it. I wrote it. I scanned it. I illustrated it. I added the letters and cropped the words. Me. My art.

It's fragile, you know:?

And those people who are helping me . . . they have no idea how much I appreciate that they notice.

Because, these are my dreams, friends.

And dreams are so very fragile.

Don't you think?