tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20259108252139081932024-03-20T00:09:34.835-07:00Beadlady5 Talksabout anything and everything!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-31888593692365895672011-05-11T17:54:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:49:20.899-07:00Spring Craft FairsWith the onset of Spring and the many beautiful changes in nature comes my outd<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpzWls5E_5Gk6tmOw8epoin1WCV4x-zBVeP2v8tkyiUB1m5N_7Uvhkg1GVTFSJNjxbzToitlj8FQ6kg9z6YvRx_7IZGmrzkfxjWsIDgVQcT3NCnM6kXD6Ge_xGfIewSrsOrPrye66wOEy/s1600/IMG_9571.JPG"></a>oor Craft shows, on<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dj3MclZgNdJL_5rrBSSPqiqyBjAWpXg7KgW4LjOn7zlcA9hyphenhyphen9lR-Gow1z043ksChKZ675-N6t-xmtdHhu-1a0aKgx-gh5Q-X35TbEvKMl263ATEzQzohr1ZYWyYkV-yGZut1PUXfVQXD/s1600/IMG_9566.JPG"></a>ce again.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>Selling in person is always a wonderful experience for me because I get to meet and chat with my customers. This is always exciting for me because I get to talk about my jewelry pieces and more recently my cards. I can tell customers what an item is made of and how I made it.</div><br /><div>I especially enjoy talking with my younger customers because they are so curious and I absolutely love to talk about my creations.</div><br /><br /><div>Here are some pictures of my table set up:</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJnj62ijDHe1G5bMMifvokc8a82_fFLf2HZvw7Z6ByEXcFZLCCoiouUBE3R2_OpJ4yaxTV1vLGt_M8NMPqA3lNb5HYr2-6Q2eUdthkjOpKvyNhC1Hw3BQ4KjOmemHqG5oLlrxWg0Y7tYU/s1600/IMG_9571.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605629950115730434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJnj62ijDHe1G5bMMifvokc8a82_fFLf2HZvw7Z6ByEXcFZLCCoiouUBE3R2_OpJ4yaxTV1vLGt_M8NMPqA3lNb5HYr2-6Q2eUdthkjOpKvyNhC1Hw3BQ4KjOmemHqG5oLlrxWg0Y7tYU/s200/IMG_9571.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfj4dgUaFzhoRptr72nHi_GmaFFjVyW7599tGqHV6X4hoWMV0XY0wi7_G07XuNFrBs7vAqFf1VkDSUml5aNBidRen8EUmO3Z0m1ASGOmDj0ohO9e9Eir2xjCnh_sChKdvh4_9Xr8xIhk-/s1600/IMG_9569.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605633222933209490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfj4dgUaFzhoRptr72nHi_GmaFFjVyW7599tGqHV6X4hoWMV0XY0wi7_G07XuNFrBs7vAqFf1VkDSUml5aNBidRen8EUmO3Z0m1ASGOmDj0ohO9e9Eir2xjCnh_sChKdvh4_9Xr8xIhk-/s200/IMG_9569.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605633035443859202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX35yeGBh5suCx_1zzgNrqcQKMHGv-M0myiLECve2_EdEyk0g1-Bd4b8yB5-qiqZYHHxIsSR-cOSoE3-nL9-JGS7SbJdgi86kHdgs4vugJL4FMPoBn8x2ZmtTwvSTif1sSK2aM_AmFqHEB/s200/IMG_9574.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Here are some pictures of some of the jewelry and cards that I sold this craft fair season:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OywjVJ5_fBc7ptvldn_P55L9-NYJW9LFdyQQYfzl1hQhK0bcAfU8_ahDEI04pqPK3l4cz0lctqTJQmPc1sgaayJmxMz-h5URNHFfEfhn_9Mw0YmhaYJUzxJNGyoVWTvDGkN62qbGCs3w/s1600/IMG_6690_edited-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605640237875007298" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OywjVJ5_fBc7ptvldn_P55L9-NYJW9LFdyQQYfzl1hQhK0bcAfU8_ahDEI04pqPK3l4cz0lctqTJQmPc1sgaayJmxMz-h5URNHFfEfhn_9Mw0YmhaYJUzxJNGyoVWTvDGkN62qbGCs3w/s200/IMG_6690_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_T-10pU6yjz0nuDalJq99uIUQnEeUP3XSZi83sHCf6ODAI4UYmjqpaw6xJ6rsOAz_BsfWsTN4BX3-VZCbbl3C9oAusb66KTjm7SEUMrqvwb4KwgGn5m4_boVMI-_lGtl_VVRBh_6PfCY/s1600/IMG_6682.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605638809352445794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_T-10pU6yjz0nuDalJq99uIUQnEeUP3XSZi83sHCf6ODAI4UYmjqpaw6xJ6rsOAz_BsfWsTN4BX3-VZCbbl3C9oAusb66KTjm7SEUMrqvwb4KwgGn5m4_boVMI-_lGtl_VVRBh_6PfCY/s200/IMG_6682.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605639548103150514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mzFFWKfReoJEhxTzvphCmGQT8b4QkINyYdfuM1bIUT0iysexX9yFw_jlZBet2DiqqT4YmCUpWCkoaHTEEt1AFb7CiKdqWMZvcvpNxO1VcASZIA8lCT6DRGHjP12wUYQhDdMsw7jhp_oG/s200/IMG_6634.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWyLgG8GSKzGi0FgFRaHAyxiWqj3XEYkJwOUXm778wwv815p3P159nBgYdvc3hv5a4y-K0X9KfTEp0H_ctm7cTg5EL2sPQXk8l_6SVKCBDuxROhIiNIuP7NE9XntsDaTKrxvEktfYpI-2/s1600/IMG_0372.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605633714776442882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWyLgG8GSKzGi0FgFRaHAyxiWqj3XEYkJwOUXm778wwv815p3P159nBgYdvc3hv5a4y-K0X9KfTEp0H_ctm7cTg5EL2sPQXk8l_6SVKCBDuxROhIiNIuP7NE9XntsDaTKrxvEktfYpI-2/s200/IMG_0372.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTb5xYmAUX-frITqYzGbvzwQS8AGd_LFD2R7ulI4P6Gp4HCGpmrzt6rEJ8EI0DZ-B6CBJr9vbVXppU4tTBxBUIjIJVwbMMYTl16-xIusgoqr4MtC7uszCDa_r4tJNrrDi8nYtV8tK-JMi/s1600/IMG_5873.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605634280778083602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTb5xYmAUX-frITqYzGbvzwQS8AGd_LFD2R7ulI4P6Gp4HCGpmrzt6rEJ8EI0DZ-B6CBJr9vbVXppU4tTBxBUIjIJVwbMMYTl16-xIusgoqr4MtC7uszCDa_r4tJNrrDi8nYtV8tK-JMi/s200/IMG_5873.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605633814471473906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 167px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrXtBa8xdhWx16A46OfOsX5QR76yeTf6azGQAWiPCzqLrlMfZFd7cafPFELUSxw78Dyh3hekCSg-Jvlx3AP-ILXcsWspaBTn1v53BPNd9iDYSETC-JNQcDMH-ayiMo_z8bRNmWK4hJQgV/s200/IMG_3010.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />On May 2nd I had my last Spring Craft Show and with this comes a sad feeling because I will not be able to sell in the "flesh" until the fall. Because of the heat I no longer sell at outdoor Summer Craft Fairs. So, the internet will have to do until the fall comes around once again.<br /><br />That's all for now...</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqM32YRhP3VZiJOSEYzlMN7kHLzt0hE1ZQiH2Oy5jcwOHi76PjzpRLu5II3C_GUQw1OmA6V-pf_dAWq7CW8a4SJxCbGvcQHJ2aJXnYGvJh6yFojeez2B3GUWcWzGz1CBJtPM5uVzXPHFY/s1600/cat+in+pcket+of+pants.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605647112462343906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqM32YRhP3VZiJOSEYzlMN7kHLzt0hE1ZQiH2Oy5jcwOHi76PjzpRLu5II3C_GUQw1OmA6V-pf_dAWq7CW8a4SJxCbGvcQHJ2aJXnYGvJh6yFojeez2B3GUWcWzGz1CBJtPM5uVzXPHFY/s200/cat+in+pcket+of+pants.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-64084506840786902072011-03-05T16:36:00.000-08:002014-12-25T19:47:05.909-08:00Next Up: Adventures in Steampunk Jewelry and PaperCrafts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfJ_vsZ3IKxeYdJLS0g_0wqk1qGM_Oqbk9WoGFsPoWTh5V-TKPUSHjY-Ms0GaxfKHzG7ISL66GWVwaRJmPkMJoUm2lPxHA1QjLoDdiznoBYL9gs-DWbfU5LNX5roMBAN-uIV8BhJOAOdF/s1600/IMG_5631_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfJ_vsZ3IKxeYdJLS0g_0wqk1qGM_Oqbk9WoGFsPoWTh5V-TKPUSHjY-Ms0GaxfKHzG7ISL66GWVwaRJmPkMJoUm2lPxHA1QjLoDdiznoBYL9gs-DWbfU5LNX5roMBAN-uIV8BhJOAOdF/s200/IMG_5631_edited-1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581553458710288418" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 110px;" /></a>Steampunk has become a very popular genre in designing jewelry and pieces of art. The Steampunk genre is a combination of Victorian femininity and strong, bold, mechanical technology. The art materials and supplies in this popular genre may consist of vintage clock gears, cogs, pocket watch parts, keys, locks, wings, brass findings and other hardware. The steampunk style is a blend of 19th century Victorian history and science fiction. "Steam" referring to steam powered mechanics of the Victorian era and "punk" referring to the cyberpunk genre.<br />
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Here is a Steampunk necklace that I made for BsueBoutiques.com as a project:<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bWThvhpJHXiGn1g5UubAKoNyoSce5ST7ulJhXAM3s_iFrW1zAnYQOrHD52lKnf01tzgqA74m_WccOUu8nRovwn2Et25zhLvSwhOdIYUyVUNpVTiwg5Efx23Fgs4bcNI-mtaQmiQKFd0V/s200/IMG_6231.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581543511553848562" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 149px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" />This is a steampunk collage choker necklace. I used an antiqued brass necklace crescent as a base and used E6000 glue to attach a number of vintage watch parts, gears, funky charms, a little propeller, brass filigree butterfly and Swarovski crystal rhinestones.<br />
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You can find this cool steampunk necklace here: http://www.etsy<br />
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This is a steampunk collage picture that I made and hung in my guest bathroom in my home. </div>
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Supplies used: vintage watch parts, gears, brass corner stamping, lock and key charm, a game spinner, brass leaves and flower, silk flower, letter charms, steampunk inspired stampings and images.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9lWTojTW-VItvBIWWprNreif6L85e3kbor_Tq4zsVHTQwlM6zk09ZTr7LxpYgDFIe7W8mQL4rLAuZoBPN5ejPnUjt-2F5n5pWoALg038412nNzeDea4ZGpJdoB3vvalKUYXfbxQue05F/s1600/IMG_5192.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9lWTojTW-VItvBIWWprNreif6L85e3kbor_Tq4zsVHTQwlM6zk09ZTr7LxpYgDFIe7W8mQL4rLAuZoBPN5ejPnUjt-2F5n5pWoALg038412nNzeDea4ZGpJdoB3vvalKUYXfbxQue05F/s200/IMG_5192.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581536890772015378" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 190px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>This is a pair of antiqued silver steampunk earrings. I used lock and key charms and wing pendants to make it.</div>
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You can find this pair of earrings here: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64599959/gossamer-wing-steampunk-earrings">http://www.etsy.com/listing/64599959/gossamer-wing-steampunk-earrings</a></div>
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This is a steampunk any occasion greeting card.</div>
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Supplies used--paper, metal pointer, game spinner, gears, vintage images, crystal rhinestones and steampunk inspired stampings.</div>
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You can find this card here: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64902737/vintage-inspired-steampunk-any-occasion">http://www.etsy.com/listing/64902737/vintage-inspired-steampunk-any-occasion</a><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2x2DXxt6kr75EjhyjLyorFdKnxQgcViD8GU2yM0qx_jn_5o6tq4JneFxxZyFxBrpzQ6ix_RVvDYyWdIjbCtID9ZWZPxMgAxuEwAOq8lCxv3GB_Mi6kQKe_oRZ3relyfWquse2yh0P8j2P/s200/IMG_5730_edited-2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581567032946833890" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 176px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" />This is a steampunk ring.</div>
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Supplies used: antiqued silver adjustable ring shank, vintage watch movement, dragonfly charm, and Swarovski AB crystal rhinestones.</div>
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You can find this ring here: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/65828816/steampunk-dragonfly-and-crystal">http://www.etsy.com/listing/65828816/steampunk-dragonfly-and-crystal</a><br />
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This is a steampunk brooch/pin.</div>
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Supplies used: antiqued brass steampunk gears, bird charms, and red Swarovski crystal rhinestones.</div>
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You can find these earrings here: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63091869/steampunk-red-crystal-and-gear-earrings">http://www.etsy.com/listing/63091869/steampunk-red-crystal-and-gear-earrings</a><br />
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This is another steampunk necklace.</div>
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Supplies used: clockface, steampunk gears, gossamer wing, button, and brown suede cord.</div>
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You can find this necklace here: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64503328/time-flies-steampunk-antiqued-brass">http://www.etsy.com/listing/64503328/time-flies-steampunk-antiqued-brass</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-42280173504123971502011-02-21T22:11:00.000-08:002011-02-22T14:21:57.052-08:00And Now It's Altered Art<a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNX7RiPNTNIyGcfTv0iGrp9O4Ma8WJqxSdnDv9fkP6OoxQKnZFMmSv_ihGqg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNX7RiPNTNIyGcfTv0iGrp9O4Ma8WJqxSdnDv9fkP6OoxQKnZFMmSv_ihGqg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbaDjO1FSZUAWbIX0sNavCTykicNQ582wnDBmeFT7QPbI6ofJ3-jp6pJdZfg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbaDjO1FSZUAWbIX0sNavCTykicNQ582wnDBmeFT7QPbI6ofJ3-jp6pJdZfg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9aMVEgzZEY_h6VTfTqx2IPSBaXb-_4U1dPPBTUd9j231XeZyGyjAj2xI" border="0" /> </p><p></p><p>What is altered art you ask? Basically it is simply a form of creative expression which has been around for centuries.<br />Altered art is created by "altering" or combining existing works of art to produce new pieces of artwork. It involves the transformation or "alteration" of ordinary, everyday objects into artistic pieces using such things as rubber stamps, fabric, paper, paint and fibres.However, what most people think of as altered art seems to be a certain look, a certain style. This often is an old and faded look , like it is vintage, antique, worn or distressed.</p><p>If a piece of artwork is described as "altered" it probably means that it has that old, worn and distressed look and not necessarily "altered" from an existing work of art.<br />Many things are used in altered art projects: </p><p>Bottle Caps<br /><a href="http://alteredartjunkies.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5508254cd883401156f947c50970c-500wi"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 448px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px" alt="" src="http://alteredartjunkies.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5508254cd883401156f947c50970c-500wi" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div> </div><div>Bamboo Tiles <div><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2910394110_b574a95b25.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 468px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2910394110_b574a95b25.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Books<br /></div><div><a href="http://cdn.blisstree.com/files/150/2007/02/assemblage-art-full.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px" alt="" src="http://cdn.blisstree.com/files/150/2007/02/assemblage-art-full.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Boxes<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvw-dmEf5K-fgFl2g44_yBbf9mrvgz2sVNuIdfe69DWFdBNF8GvlTMNL0OshHjmR8mo-Otw8P-bd8c1vnQoJAdUPspSM0GEcZnrRL0OVylW5FQ56xvZftWLuvgOuKkrlEVP7fx5KJGQs/s400/2008_1213RabbitHoleArt10054.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 329px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvw-dmEf5K-fgFl2g44_yBbf9mrvgz2sVNuIdfe69DWFdBNF8GvlTMNL0OshHjmR8mo-Otw8P-bd8c1vnQoJAdUPspSM0GEcZnrRL0OVylW5FQ56xvZftWLuvgOuKkrlEVP7fx5KJGQs/s400/2008_1213RabbitHoleArt10054.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>CDs and DVDs<a href="http://podbobbins.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/altered-art-cd-for-blog.jpg?w=500"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 411px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px" alt="" src="http://podbobbins.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/altered-art-cd-for-blog.jpg?w=500" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Bottles<br /><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/4165506660_b1c5cc1638.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 385px" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/4165506660_b1c5cc1638.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />CD cases , Cigar boxes, Dominoes, Blank Pendants or settings, Jigsaw pieces, Luggage label(shipping tags), Matchboxes, Microscope slides, Photographs and postcards, Photo frames, Playing cards, Slide mailers, Slide mounts, Tags, and Tins </div><div><div></div><div> </div><div>There are many different techniques used in altered art--here are some of them:</div><div>Collaging, Die Cutting, Embossing, Adding Embellishments, Gluing, Using Fabrics and other materials, Using Paints, Inks, and Glazes, and Rubber Stamping.</div><div>So, now you know what "altered art" commonly means and the techniques used to create an altered art project.</div><div>And now here are some of my altered art creations:<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecg8xuVQzYbuuh-2zTDhw3d0Jf-5nQx4bV4VwSViiF-G2sdQ-WQj3-0uoL3LIh1AbKuOFTQyfLFPSvhwnJ6Kje2NEmm9Ekbn07ofaY83y38YndyHOy5Pk5RNSiIrHMsP4vjyL_0hXQfgi/s1600/IMG_5342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576398645891152434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecg8xuVQzYbuuh-2zTDhw3d0Jf-5nQx4bV4VwSViiF-G2sdQ-WQj3-0uoL3LIh1AbKuOFTQyfLFPSvhwnJ6Kje2NEmm9Ekbn07ofaY83y38YndyHOy5Pk5RNSiIrHMsP4vjyL_0hXQfgi/s320/IMG_5342.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div>Altered Art Necklace--I started with a blank raw brass disc--</div><br /><div>Techniques used--inking, glazing, drilling, riveting, and gluing.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJg5d1e3b7ZXsQve0ervb59v6hSxfcQiaiui5lo6PLIY1rmx9ngt9i4DN_P7G0omHC3AXexnou_xwDfnUQUXJR4W4k6p_WKUCZeQrNx8aQxo9lyjyHy9kavCRK42w7iHiykplrMYhy6ojV/s1600/IMG_6245_edited-2.jpg"></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJg5d1e3b7ZXsQve0ervb59v6hSxfcQiaiui5lo6PLIY1rmx9ngt9i4DN_P7G0omHC3AXexnou_xwDfnUQUXJR4W4k6p_WKUCZeQrNx8aQxo9lyjyHy9kavCRK42w7iHiykplrMYhy6ojV/s1600/IMG_6245_edited-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576618200618700418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJg5d1e3b7ZXsQve0ervb59v6hSxfcQiaiui5lo6PLIY1rmx9ngt9i4DN_P7G0omHC3AXexnou_xwDfnUQUXJR4W4k6p_WKUCZeQrNx8aQxo9lyjyHy9kavCRK42w7iHiykplrMYhy6ojV/s320/IMG_6245_edited-2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div><div></div><div>Altered Art Tag--I started with a blank manila tag. <div>Techniques used--distressing, inking, gluing, adding embellishments--charms, flowers, vintage watch parts, ribbon, pearl cabochons, pictures, a spinner, brads, a pin, and filigree </div></div><div><div>butterfly--and stamped images.<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--3552_product_1618229551_thumb_crop.jpg" border="0" />Altered Art Pendant--I started with an antiqued silver blank disc.<br />Techniques used--embossing, drilling, inking, glazing, gluing, rhinestone embellishments were added, and a lady in the moon charm.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtzlLodH5QE_Rjqr2UaOSAEukxdnpdrGu0bhlWE1D9zCjoXaBoISWJKtfEnqSlohkcACahQ5lSPQiQWuUXtZeZpUpGol4PcV9-xE8YbW3XY_JshqCcJ-WrRn9aw4TUKaAbda6zGIVVcYM/s1600/IMG_6299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576621430617236850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtzlLodH5QE_Rjqr2UaOSAEukxdnpdrGu0bhlWE1D9zCjoXaBoISWJKtfEnqSlohkcACahQ5lSPQiQWuUXtZeZpUpGol4PcV9-xE8YbW3XY_JshqCcJ-WrRn9aw4TUKaAbda6zGIVVcYM/s320/IMG_6299.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Altered Art "Artist Trading Card"--I started with a blank manila card.</div></div><div><div>Techniques used--distressing, inking, adding embellishments--brass charms and cabochon, pearl cabochons, image of a vintage lady, brass gear, spinner,brads, paper flowers, and lace ribbon--and stamped images.<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nxUrPzofBvynLQwj7D8FktSju66m20tUkxKfJRR_JxQB5yX2VT7ADJV7FcEba__XYwTmmqYYhYEWZ1ZumkeH2bs-yZ3f0XWMUmXlaFJ8iQnJZIpwBfFGZ0_Ux3NaXiWI1EJ_Ph0RQmQJ/s1600/IMG_5368_edited-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576396109817554674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nxUrPzofBvynLQwj7D8FktSju66m20tUkxKfJRR_JxQB5yX2VT7ADJV7FcEba__XYwTmmqYYhYEWZ1ZumkeH2bs-yZ3f0XWMUmXlaFJ8iQnJZIpwBfFGZ0_Ux3NaXiWI1EJ_Ph0RQmQJ/s320/IMG_5368_edited-3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Altered Art Earrings--I started with 2 blank brass drops.</div><div>Techniques used--inking, glazing,drilling, riveting, gluing, wire wrapped loops.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Altered Art has opened up an entirely new avenue of artistic expression for me. I love learning so many new techniques and am experimenting in so many different types of materials. It is really exciting for me to let my imagination go wild with this form of artistic expression.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Well, that's all for now...</div><div><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaH6Hg1C3aNyySscOhCJeRtXwU4XXExvUurESn4tcjYKwplc-JLORrg2g"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaH6Hg1C3aNyySscOhCJeRtXwU4XXExvUurESn4tcjYKwplc-JLORrg2g" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-1403712716071965682010-03-23T19:15:00.000-07:002010-07-18T16:40:03.554-07:00I'm in a Vintage State of Mind<a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/iusa_50x50.6729210.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 50px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 50px" alt="" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/iusa_50x50.6729210.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;">Yes indeed, I'm in a "Vintage" state of mind for quite a while now. And not because I am in a "Vintage" stage of life! Nope, that's not it at all--well, maybe just a little bit, LOL. Actually it's really all about the style of jewelry that I seem to love to create lately. </span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I like to think of my vintage style creations as "Eclectic Vintage" Style. I love a little Victorian, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and a little bit of almost anything.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">It seems that when I am awake my mind is constantly thinking about different ideas for creations. I constantly amaze myself because I can spend hours setting stones, gluing stones and other components to filigrees, and wrapping stones with filigrees without ever getting bored.</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">I totally love doing this.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Here are some of the pieces that I have created with this "affliction" of mine.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_155x125.146577286.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_155x125.146577286.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /><br />Vintage Blue and White Dutch Delft Cameo, Crystal and Antiqued Brass Filigree Pin</div><div><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_155x125.149148577.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_155x125.149148577.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>Vintage Inspired Antiqued Brass Filigree and Crystal Bracelet<br /><br /></div></div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.158949715.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.158949715.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>Vintage Inspired Crystal and Antiqued Brass Morning Glory Vine Earrings<br /></div><div><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.154953311.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.154953311.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br />Vintage Inspired Turquoise, Crystal, and Antiqued Copper Filigree Necklace Set<br /></div><div><br /> </div><div></div><div><a href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_155x125.158920376.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_155x125.158920376.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--3552_product_484813917_thumb_crop.jpg"></a></div><div><br /><br />Vintage Inspired Lampwork Bead, Onyx, and Antiqued Copper Bracelet<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--3552_product_484813917_thumb_crop.jpg"></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_155x125.157379424.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_155x125.157379424.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--3552_product_484813917_thumb_crop.jpg"></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div>Vintage Inspired Floral Drop Earrings<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--3552_product_484813917_thumb_crop.jpg"></a></div><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.146446791.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.146446791.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/--30000--3552_product_484813917_thumb_crop.jpg"></a><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Vintage Rose Pink Glass Cabochon, Crystal, and Antiqued Brass Filigree Ring</div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_155x125.156999521.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_155x125.156999521.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br />Vintage Olive Cabochon, Crystal, and Antiqued Brass Filigree Necklace</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>So, what do you think about "My Vintage State Of Mind" creations?</div><div> </div><div>Btw, you can find these and other of "My Vintage State of Mind" creations in all my on line jewelry shops:</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://beadlady5.etsy.com/">http://Beadlady5.etsy.com</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://beadlady5.artfire.com/">http://Beadlady5.artfire.com</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://avintagestateofmind.etsy.com/">http://AVintageStateofMind.etsy.com</a></div><div> </div><div>ttyl, margo :o)</div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-83575705076408814962010-03-08T18:01:00.000-08:002010-03-09T14:24:27.267-08:00Addicted, Driven, and Obsessed Too!<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_OHGhxFVUot4uM:http://sajithbando.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/addicted.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_OHGhxFVUot4uM:http://sajithbando.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/addicted.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:TdVpS-d4zFcOsM:http://yosemitesummit.org/wp-content/2008/04/driven-sm.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 69px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:TdVpS-d4zFcOsM:http://yosemitesummit.org/wp-content/2008/04/driven-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:sRQmtaR0J3MVpM:http://www.deadfastdesign.com/images/shirts/ObsessedComp1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:sRQmtaR0J3MVpM:http://www.deadfastdesign.com/images/shirts/ObsessedComp1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yes indeed, this is me. And, it's been me for as long as I can remember. Don't know why--actually I really never even wonder why because "it is what it is".<br />I hope I'm not misleading you in any way--this is not about drugs, alcohol, cigarettes or any of the usual addictions. It's about my behavior. Yep, about my behavior and my personality.<br />How am I addicted, obsessed, and driven you ask? Oh boy, this is not an easy thing to explain.<br />But have no fear I will take on this challenge.<br /><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DRDBqfgVYVFU_M:http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/groupfiles/16331/music%26mac_icon.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DRDBqfgVYVFU_M:http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/groupfiles/16331/music%26mac_icon.gif" border="0" /></a><br />These 3 behaviors show up when I collect something. Let's talk a little about music. If I like a singer or a group I have to have just about every CD that this artist or group releases. When I was younger it was every 45, or LP, or tape now it's CDs.<br /><br />L<a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:UwyYQDzAe4KNDM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYfVlcdUXNi0FgeXjsW1jZcuaZ4uiJscLU47TBe3-9G19J6yL5BjCCnxG7BqQSlcQNjlu24T6M9i0_DxWYSUX127YlPa5m0dj0xKEZbMRxCUr9Gat2trQQGCtKtp8Sbx_5dkgnksp7zyv/s400/Shopping+Logo+TSS.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:UwyYQDzAe4KNDM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYfVlcdUXNi0FgeXjsW1jZcuaZ4uiJscLU47TBe3-9G19J6yL5BjCCnxG7BqQSlcQNjlu24T6M9i0_DxWYSUX127YlPa5m0dj0xKEZbMRxCUr9Gat2trQQGCtKtp8Sbx_5dkgnksp7zyv/s400/Shopping+Logo+TSS.jpg" border="0" /></a>et's talk about clothing and shoes. You know the expression "if the shoes fits..." well, with me it's "if the shoe fits then I buy it in every color". Same goes for blouses, sweaters, jeans, etc.<br /><br />As a teenager I read a magazine interview with Valeri<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1MwCECUN88QBFM:http://progressivepulse.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rhoda_image.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1MwCECUN88QBFM:http://progressivepulse.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rhoda_image.jpg" border="0" /></a>e Harper --you remember her, she played Rhoda on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and later in her own spin off show? In the interview Valerie said that one of her fashion secrets was that when she finds something that fits her well--a blouse, a pair of slacks, etc.--she buys it in every color. She'd buy lots of accessorizes so no one would realize it was same blouse that she wore just about every day in a different color. LOL, this was me she was talking about, for sure.<br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7QOs_RisC8tTmM:http://lmteens.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/knitting1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7QOs_RisC8tTmM:http://lmteens.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/knitting1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Let's talk a little about my "crafting" projects. As a knitter and crocheter I must have every knitting needle, every crochet hook, "oodles" of skeins of yarn in all sorts of colors and thicknesses, and lots of knitting books. And then of course everyone I know has to get a knitted or crocheted scarf or hat.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gFDPnf1WZYPWGM:http://www.dawnshumate.com/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/macrame_plant_blackbeads2.19jp14pqvtlws8w0cgg4o8c04.6ylu316ao144c8c4woosog48w.th.jpeg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 63px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gFDPnf1WZYPWGM:http://www.dawnshumate.com/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/macrame_plant_blackbeads2.19jp14pqvtlws8w0cgg4o8c04.6ylu316ao144c8c4woosog48w.th.jpeg" border="0" /></a>Remember macrame, the art of knot tying? Did it--had to have all kinds of cords, beads, and the instruction booklets.<br />Had to make friends macrame plant holders, macrame necklaces, bracelets, and wall hangings.<br /><br /><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 104px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 104px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PGgT0snamvx9nM:http://www.countrybumpkin.com.au/images/categories/books_crewel.jpg" border="0" />Then it was crewel embroidery, needlepoint, and hook rugging.<br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:9SYp6s_qbSN_BM:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/3025352977_be450b9d5d_o.jpg" border="0" /> I think that every wall in my house had one of my embroidered, needle pointed, and hooked rug pictures and so did most of my friends and family.<br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_L7Ai7MWFdOb8M:http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/civ23rx5xVs/hqdefault.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_L7Ai7MWFdOb8M:http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/civ23rx5xVs/hqdefault.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Of course, there's more, but I really want to fast forward to the recent past. For 6 years I have been addicted, obsessed, and driven to make jewelry. This is an addiction that seems to have increased quite seriuosly and ya know, I really don't have any problem with this.<br /><br />Let's talk about how this addiction has manifested itself. I collect beads of all shapes, sizes, colors, in a<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:CjNyHu0RYqz2kM:http://www.helios-fountain.co.uk/content/images/beads-1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:CjNyHu0RYqz2kM:http://www.helios-fountain.co.uk/content/images/beads-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>ll kinds of materials whether I need them or not. I collect all sorts of findings to use with my beads. I collect all kind of tools for every jewelry creation need. I love shopping in the bead and button district in the city (NY) and nearby areas--I am constantly surfing the web for new websites--I must check out every email that is sent to me by web sites that I have bought from.<br /><br /><br />When I <a href="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/3552_product_1146886032_thumb_crop.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/3552_product_1146886032_thumb_crop.jpg" border="0" /></a>began this endeavor I simply "strung" beads in different designs on wire or be<a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.109725843.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.109725843.jpg" border="0" /></a>ading thread. Then I had to learn a little wire work--making beaded chains, and loops for hanging beads,etc. I needed to learn more so I started bead weaving with seed beads--this didn't hold my interest for too long so I moved on to more involved wire wrapping techniques. My need to learn and do more led me to filigree wrapping, setting stones, filigree layering and other vintage style techniques. <a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.109721671.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.109721671.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.124917655.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.124917655.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.124917655.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://static.artfire.com/admin/product_images/thumbs/3552_product_1618651597_thumb_crop.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_155x125.124917655.jpg"></a><br />Recently I've been playing around with polymer clay. I have already bought lots of clay, books, and just about every tool to use for this technique in jewelry creation.<br /><p>And, before I forget you need to that I have 5 web sites for selling my jewelry creations and vintage beads. I do house parties, holiday and craft fairs, sell out of the house to locals, and do jewelry repairs and reconstruction of vintage necklaces too.</p><p>Yes indeed "Addicted, Driven, and Obsessed" that's me. Do you agree?</p><span style="font-size:130%;">Now, I must ask, "does this seem to be something that is quite familiar to you too?" </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZItc3-QJJIv51M:http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k103/Askanipsion/CatTongue.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZItc3-QJJIv51M:http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k103/Askanipsion/CatTongue.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">ttyl, margo </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-8469388629884125652010-01-21T09:32:00.000-08:002010-01-24T20:45:44.338-08:00"The Dark Side" of my Life!<span style="font-size:180%;">Here I am, once again.</span> It's now 3 months since my 5 by-pass open heart surgery and there are no rings on my fingers and & definitely no bells on my toes. <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:9eF6TKYfwbLpAM:http://s3.images.com/huge.42.210676.JPG"></a><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:RMxRlfIL4EYGFM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CokiN1ldY4_uc-hQl9MdN_tcVpHB2aTnAxB1Od9OQcYoz5tPlac07y1Cd85K-fzeyltLGm4PZ_tScjlDJn4d60BZFzrryiis85_1MVdsQiNyPNGEji6GYD2fGl4ozgAy5olWhi_RaPE/s400/z+005.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:RMxRlfIL4EYGFM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CokiN1ldY4_uc-hQl9MdN_tcVpHB2aTnAxB1Od9OQcYoz5tPlac07y1Cd85K-fzeyltLGm4PZ_tScjlDJn4d60BZFzrryiis85_1MVdsQiNyPNGEji6GYD2fGl4ozgAy5olWhi_RaPE/s400/z+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8yh6oO3SqJLNyM:http://www.senorcafe.com/archives/toes.jpg" border="0" />I call out, quite loudly<span style="font-size:180%;">--"What's it all about Alfie?"</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span>And you know what?--he actually answers me with the following:<br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">"Life is hardly ever a beach".</span><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ge_Nm6sElQ5zfM%3Ahttp://api.ning.com/files/gFqlcPNTAay6qpmG-mEBYDp5xPeEFHd5VPgEkr6jwRVK6eVXeG4OqTMbDdaQ5mfpUuw99hKuSDhy58NrsPScaY5NjOv0kD0N/SunsetBeach.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ge_Nm6sElQ5zfM%3Ahttp://api.ning.com/files/gFqlcPNTAay6qpmG-mEBYDp5xPeEFHd5VPgEkr6jwRVK6eVXeG4OqTMbDdaQ5mfpUuw99hKuSDhy58NrsPScaY5NjOv0kD0N/SunsetBeach.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QtUI3MAmqXYiWM:http://www.penelopeandpip.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QtUI3MAmqXYiWM:http://www.penelopeandpip.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">"Yes, there is a silver lining but it is quite thin and breaks easily".</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">"It's true, life can be a bowl of cherries, however it's the pits that we are left with".<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:pbFibnxzBR6_oM:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/773648997_d1bd40aa04.jpg%3Fv%3D0" border="0" /></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Btw, the light at the end of the tunnel has been blown out".</span><br /><br /><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:CiE3pnrFPMB6gM%3Ahttp://blueridgebluecollargirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-blog.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:CiE3pnrFPMB6gM%3Ahttp://blueridgebluecollargirl.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-blog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">"There aren't always candles to light up the dark".</span><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1YYY_YfuRskNXM:http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/astropics/test/10min-dark-defectmap.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 106px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1YYY_YfuRskNXM:http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/astropics/test/10min-dark-defectmap.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">"The glass is half-empty most of the time" and </span><br /></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:wgPGCvndEsfuEM%3Ahttp://www.ronvoeller.com/FullGlassHalfEmpty.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">"Life does truly suck a lot of the time!"</span><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aCuF1d5GC6o5EM%3Ahttp://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r274/Drazer212/Concentration/life_sucks.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 112px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aCuF1d5GC6o5EM%3Ahttp://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r274/Drazer212/Concentration/life_sucks.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aCuF1d5GC6o5EM%3Ahttp://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r274/Drazer212/Concentration/life_sucks.jpg"></a></div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Sadly these are all true and I think you would agree.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">What is going on you ask??? Is this negative attitude actually emanating from the always upbeat, happy, and funny me?---Yep, it sure is!!!</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Now you ask, "what could possibly do this to me?"</span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Well, after a year of developing gastro problems, a burst appendix, 2 stents inserted into an artery, a heart attack, and even 5 by-pass open heart surgery I have remained upbeat, happy, and funny. I have been positive and forward moving all along---but, alas I seem to have picked up"the straw that broke the camel's back"-- I am hurting from gall bladder issues and to tell you the truth---this on top of everything else truly "SUCKS" big time---ENUFF IS ENUFF I say!!!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DYVzAPzrWp_Z8M%3Ahttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1319/995290158_9229681083.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DYVzAPzrWp_Z8M%3Ahttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1319/995290158_9229681083.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:iHp4sQIT_6AMeM%3Ahttp://marybethbutler.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c7c8e53ef0120a6631616970c-800wi"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:iHp4sQIT_6AMeM%3Ahttp://marybethbutler.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c7c8e53ef0120a6631616970c-800wi" border="0" /></a></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 101px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:LKqxNEhUJ4jzQM%3Ahttp://www.htzfm.com/files/htzfm/images/angry_cat.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Wow, I must say that I feel so much better now---Venting is really quite theraputic---well, back to using my sense of humor for coping with whatever is thrown at me...</span></span><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">ttyl, </span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_vAFKNl8nZa-MM:http://www.sillycats.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/watch-out-its-the-attack-of-the-rawr-kitten-funn-silly-cats.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_vAFKNl8nZa-MM:http://www.sillycats.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/watch-out-its-the-attack-of-the-rawr-kitten-funn-silly-cats.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-39511971898600859352009-11-16T11:17:00.000-08:002009-12-14T11:19:14.014-08:00"Seeing Is Believing"---"Or Is It?" Part 2It's 9 weeks since my open heart surgery and I'm back in the saddle again. I'm not very comfortable yet but I'm working on it.<br />So, now I'm back at my blog to share some more amazing work by Julian Beever with you once again.<br /><br />Chalk Art and Julian Beever Revisited;<br /><a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/4self-portraitspt.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 91px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/4self-portraitspt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Way back in August I blogged about Julian Beever, a fabulously unique and talented English artist who has become quite famous for his anamorphic art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, Belgium, Australia, and here in the US. Beever gives an amazing illusion to his drawings, so that the objects appear to be three dimensional rather than flat as they actually are.<br /><br />Take a good look at some really awesome and unbelievable drawings by Julian Beever:<br /><div><a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/lobster2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/lobster2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>BABY FOOD!<br /></div><div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/newt.jpg" border="0" /> ABOUT TO MEET MR. NEWT!</div><div><br />FEEDING THE FISH!<br /><br /><a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/feed-fish.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/feed-fish.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><p></p><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/feed-fish.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 455px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/coke.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>IS THIS THE REAL THING? </div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>BUILDING A SNOWMAN!</div><br /><p><a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/snowman.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/snowman.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/snowman.jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 450px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/images/twoworlds.jpg" border="0" />TWO WORLDS!</p><p>Hope that this proves, once again, that seeing isn't always believing!</p><p>To be continued in the future.</p><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-XsulwL5k0xHWM:http://static.desktopnexus.com/wallpapers/94302-bigthumbnail.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 79px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-XsulwL5k0xHWM:http://static.desktopnexus.com/wallpapers/94302-bigthumbnail.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p>I'll be back!!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-65858679824751719122009-11-07T09:10:00.000-08:002009-11-09T16:56:19.266-08:00UPSIDE DOWN, INSIDE OUT, TOPSY TURVY, NUMB, AND SLOTH-LIKE TOO!!! HELL PART 2...<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:87i-dmqPegZcRM:http://www.freakingnews.com/Pictures/2/Celebrities-Upside-Down.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:87i-dmqPegZcRM:http://www.freakingnews.com/Pictures/2/Celebrities-Upside-Down.jpg" border="0" /></a> Four weeks have passed since my encounter with hell began...isn't it amazing how this happens??? How does time pass this quickly???<br /><br /><div><br /><div>No matter, it is what it is, isn't it?<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:IxS7oXlbryVPyM:http://www.maniacworld.com/upside-down-cat-staring-at-you.jpg" border="0" />When I left you in my previous post I had just come out of cardiac recovery and was surrounded by my loved ones feeling a certain sense of relief --this huge operation was over and I was still here with my DH and my darling "Chicks".<br />However, they leave and now I am alone, concious, and completely numb in body and mind. </div><br /><div>Alone with one nurse assigned to me--a real angel of mercy--so kind, so gentle, so soft spoken, so attentive to all my needs--I am blessed!</div><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:HF8wqbx_0H9B9M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/9521062/2/istockphoto_9521062-cute-cartoon-nurse-with-big-syringe.jpg" border="0" />I lay in the bed hooked up to IVs, drain pipes protruding out of my chest and neck, cathera in my bladder, legs bound in ace bandages--unable to move--Ha! where would I go anyway?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I am feeling upside down, topsy turvey, inside out, numb, and sloth-like. I lay there wrapped in my wierd feelings, wrapped in my numbness. <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gybFuYSG0fAS6M:http://test.sparkletags.com/import/graphics/Emo/numb.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gybFuYSG0fAS6M:http://test.sparkletags.com/import/graphics/Emo/numb.png" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 109px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Rk1X7jnQ-aTQ1M:http://outofourheads.net/oooh/media/images/src/hh.collage%2520figure.Rebecca%2520Johnson.jpg" border="0" />Tubes taken out, cathera removed--some relief and more comfortable--that's nice. Vital signs taken, sips of water, body washed slowly and gently. This nurse is wonderful. I slip in and out of sleep and before I know it I am being taken to the heart medical unit--a step down and yet really a step up.</div><br /><br /><div>Another bed in room but it is empty for now, that's good. Vital signs taken, helped out of bed to bathroom--ah, the relief of urinating on your own--weak and a tad wobbl<a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:olJdyVT5K62BzM:http://i25.tinypic.com/e8x3ip.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:olJdyVT5K62BzM:http://i25.tinypic.com/e8x3ip.jpg" border="0" /></a>y--legs and hands distorted by water retention--I look down at my hands and legs and wonder whoses body parts are these. Allowed to eat food--OMG, hospital food tastes okay--"topsy turvy indeed!"</div><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:nl957eeT1KPVgM:http://www.cyberbuss.com/topsy_turvy/Topsy_Turvy_harrod2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:nl957eeT1KPVgM:http://www.cyberbuss.com/topsy_turvy/Topsy_Turvy_harrod2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Pills in morning, pills in afternoon, pills at <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZFTB5HbacJ2i9M:http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/pills.jpg" border="0" />night--I am a human pharmacy. I have also developed full blown diabetes--a common phenomena after this type of surgery--sugar level tested 4 times a day followed by shots in stomach--combined with all the blood tests taken I am a human pin cushion. <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:RKxZpa7F-jBI7M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3672431/2/istockphoto_3672431-checking-blood-sugar-level.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:RKxZpa7F-jBI7M:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3672431/2/istockphoto_3672431-checking-blood-sugar-level.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_1Jtw25mBa34WM:http://mcalestr-www.army.mil/news/2008August/GC-blood%2520draw.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 109px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_1Jtw25mBa34WM:http://mcalestr-www.army.mil/news/2008August/GC-blood%2520draw.gif" border="0" /></a></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:W0Deru4IE8x5OM:http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/8911432/2/istockphoto_8911432-shot-of-insulin.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Ace bandanges unwrapped from my swollen legs and white surgical stockings, like vices, are put on each leg. So uncomfortable, but necessary for improved circulation. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 89px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 90px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:FqELI9wmnspebM:http://www.dhmc.org/ortho/img/hip_guide_image7.jpg" border="0" />Life in the hospital has taken on a rhythym of it's own. Vital signs at 6:00AM, now I get up to sit in the chair next to bed. Surgical stockings put on--not an easy task! Blood sugar tested at 8:00AM, insulin shot next, then breakfast served. Watch a little TV, tired need a nap, into bed again.<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:C5M_SN7YLfrG-M:http://www.edupics.com/hospital-bed-t6509.jpg" border="0" />Nap for a hour or 2 then get up to go to the bathroom with help. Sit in chair, sugar tested, insulin shot in stomach, pills, lunch. Watch a little TV--no real focus--close TV, sit in chair numb, zombie-like, no thoughts--time seems to pass. DH here, fills me in on stuff from the "outside" world. Take a little, walk together--weak, very little energy, no stamina, back to room. Talk some more, visiting over, will return tonight. Chicks coming in evening after work. </div><br /><div>Sugar level tested, insuling shot, pills taken, dinner is served. Visiting hours again, DH and my sons come--how wonderful to just chat about everyday things with them.<br />Visiting hours over--Routine is the same--that's okay I am not all here anyway.</div><br /><br /><div>By the 5th day after operation I am waiting to be discharged from hospital ( Sunday, Oct. 19th).</div><br /><div>Ooops, not leaving so fast-- a small glitch--have a potassium difficiency and need to have potassium IV that delays my departure for 4 more hours--not such a terrible thing--the hospital has been a safe place for me. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Late in afternoon I am briefed on what I need to do once I am home--meds to take, sleeping situation, how to shower, surgical stockings, follow-ups for cardiologist and surgeons and lots more. </div><br /><div>Wheelchair ordered, transporter takes me down to hospital lobby, DH goes to get car. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 127px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:xtik1TGuojjwmM:http://images.clipartof.com/small/6323-Chubby-Orange-Cat-Sitting-In-A-Wheelchair-In-A-Hospital-Clipart-Picture.jpg" border="0" />Not allowed to sit in front seat--if we get into car accident the air bags will be quite harmful to me. Oh joy!!!</div><br /><br /><div>DH driving slowly--we get home--I am totally exhausted, need to sit down on couch for a bit. I am numb and sloth-like, nothing feels the same.<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:q6FGjgVtGabw5M:http://www.oas.org/children/animals/sloth1-r3-wm.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:q6FGjgVtGabw5M:http://www.oas.org/children/animals/sloth1-r3-wm.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>First night at home is about making the environment "Margo" friendly. Here are my some of the challenges I face--swollen legs and hands, shortness of breath after anything I do, talking included. Pain and discomfort in my chest, shoulders, arms, neck and head. Difficulty in getting out of chair. A strong sense of being out of place--upside down, inside out, topsy turvy, and numb. A huge mental numbness--almost like I'm not really here. "Whose life is this, anyway?"</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Routines need to be set up--now, I test my blood sugar and DH gives me the insulin shots. </div><br /><div>Can't sleep in our bed--hafta sleep alone--must sleep on my back with my head and feet elevated. A stool put in shower for me to sit on--must not face the shower spray--bad for my chest now.</div><br /><div>Need help with shower and dressing. Not easy for a hyperative me!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am going to end this story soon--no need to give you a blow by blow account of my every waking moment--just want to bring you up to "snuff".</div><br /><br /><div>Each day I am feeling a little stronger--went to cardiologist and then the surgeons for follow-ups and all is going well. In fact this is the first day that some of the those "upside-down, inside-out, topsy turvy, numb, and sloth-like" feelings are dissipating. Yes, I have been crawling sloth-like through a dark tunnel but that bright light ahead, that is my life, is almost in reach. <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:TWHqUUeuX2W--M:http://baseballsnatcher.mlblogs.com/Light%2520tunnel-thumb-350x262.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 90px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:TWHqUUeuX2W--M:http://baseballsnatcher.mlblogs.com/Light%2520tunnel-thumb-350x262.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_vAFKNl8nZa-MM:http://www.sillycats.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/watch-out-its-the-attack-of-the-rawr-kitten-funn-silly-cats.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_vAFKNl8nZa-MM:http://www.sillycats.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/watch-out-its-the-attack-of-the-rawr-kitten-funn-silly-cats.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br />ttyl...<br /><div></div><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:9mcsBijY8PADSM:http://i36.tinypic.com/2vacjmt.png"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-49071950529373872482009-10-26T15:04:00.001-07:002009-11-01T17:19:46.936-08:00HELL!!!<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:BrK2_XhNjXpEeM:http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/Lil_Oliv/1234.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:BrK2_XhNjXpEeM:http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/Lil_Oliv/1234.gif" border="0" /></a> HELL, the online Wikipedia dicitionary says that in many religious traditions Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife, often in the underworld. HA, HA, HA! --not so, HELL is right Here on earth. It is found whenever someone is abused whether physically, emotionally or sexually. It is found whenever someone suffers from any incurable disease whether it is Cancer, AIDS, Hepatitis, or a myriad of other conditions. It is found whenever someone is addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, and gambling.<br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZtNo3vG5Sjy0iM:http://blog.therapistunlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/addiction.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZtNo3vG5Sjy0iM:http://blog.therapistunlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/addiction.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:lO614nKMFCNGoM:http://thegriffithcenter.org/images/22758_child-abuse1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:lO614nKMFCNGoM:http://thegriffithcenter.org/images/22758_child-abuse1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:JOHdwCKhDWXX5M:http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/aids-cbc.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>There's still more evidence of Hell On Earth--loss of a loved one, being homeless, unrequited love, betrayal, mental and physical challanges, war... there is no getting away from it, the list of hell's existence on earth is endless!<br />I ask, "Haven't you experenced it in some way?"</div><div></div><div>I certainly have--and here is one of my recent encounters:</div><div>It's 8<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:hBZ-2k9GpiwSpM:http://www.thunderfap.com/dunkin-donuts-coffee.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:hBZ-2k9GpiwSpM:http://www.thunderfap.com/dunkin-donuts-coffee.jpg" border="0" /></a>:00 AM Saturday October 10th, Columbus Day Weekend,--getting up early--have lots of stuff to do.</div><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tnmjUOzArYdVbM:http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4504/hand9lv.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tnmjUOzArYdVbM:http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4504/hand9lv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Dunkin Donuts for decafe coffee--hair salon--love getting my nails and hair done--great pick me up. Done, feeling refreshed, now off to Target--returns to do--done, but am hungry and a bit tired so drive across the way to Panera Bread for 1/2 sandwich and 1/2 salad special and a pumpkin spice decafe latte--so good so energizing.</div><br /><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:TNdBndILPbXj9M:http://www.mobilewhack.com/wp-content/images/2009/05/best_buy-logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 71px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:TNdBndILPbXj9M:http://www.mobilewhack.com/wp-content/images/2009/05/best_buy-logo.jpg" border="0" /></a> Off to Best Buy to return a Cyndi Lauper CD that skips--love to stroll through the store "just looking" at stuff--feeling wierd--light headed, a little fatiqued--gotta get o<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fBDfF8VNkNv3gM:http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/BD5089-001.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DNewsMaker%26k%3D2%26d%3D2EA4B0C59585DB42BB3021A10C4055846529E79887609E4F"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 105px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fBDfF8VNkNv3gM:http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/BD5089-001.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DNewsMaker%26k%3D2%26d%3D2EA4B0C59585DB42BB3021A10C4055846529E79887609E4F" border="0" /></a>ut of here! Fresh air, ahhh much better. Go to CVS for some other things I need. Finally get home, now I am really exhausted--did too much I guess.</div><br /><div><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-z2A-JbUsqleuM:http://jasonmarshall.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/email_automation.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-z2A-JbUsqleuM:http://jasonmarshall.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/email_automation.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Check my email--delete, respond, save for later--order in dinner. Eat, clean-up, and take a shower. Feeling really fatiqued relax in my den playing my hand held scrabble game. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 98px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:gbyurH6QfmAu4M:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P3jfuuZCL._SL160_.jpg" border="0" />Feeling wierd again-- heaviness and feeling of pressure in my chest--spreading across chest, tightening in chest, shortness of breath--very uncomfortable! Call out to DH and son. Call EMS--feelings getting stronger--EMS here--2 baby aspirin<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KciXt2RvToyVnM:http://mommylife.net/archives/2008/12/09/Ford_E350_ambulance2.jpeg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KciXt2RvToyVnM:http://mommylife.net/archives/2008/12/09/Ford_E350_ambulance2.jpeg" border="0" /></a>s to chew--bitter, taste like sand--blood pressure high--EKG off, spray nitro under my tongue, oxygen mask--strap me to special chair, carry me out to ambulance--put me on gurney. Bumpy ride to ER--arrive, surrounded by staff, taken to room in ER, moved to bed, hooked up to heart monitor, and oxygen. Blood taken, EKG, chest x-ray done.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Early Sunday morning, October 11th, Dr. Schwartz, one of my cardiologists comes to see m<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:pdrLMy1AQa4DBM:http://rlv.zcache.com/ccu_nurse_cardiac_care_unit_sticker-p217069896739950052qjcl_400.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:pdrLMy1AQa4DBM:http://rlv.zcache.com/ccu_nurse_cardiac_care_unit_sticker-p217069896739950052qjcl_400.jpg" border="0" /></a>e--results of tests all in--heart attack, damage to lower right side of heart, sheduled for catherization (angiogram) to see the whole picture. Can't have angiogram on Monday--holiday weekend, have to wait til Tuesday. Meanwhile, hooked up to heprin, and another blood thinner and stable for now--taken to CCU.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Tuesday, October 13th off to Catherization Lab to have angiogram--lab cold like ice, table for procedure hard and narrow. Strapped in, go in through groin--pictures need to be looked over by cardiologist--I wait frozen on table--3 doctors and 2 nurses come in and drop the ton of bricks<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZL63QJcO8-y2HM:http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/730937/2/istockphoto_730937_come_down_like_a_ton_of_bricks.jpg" border="0" />that sends me mentally and emotionally straight to HELL! One of the stents I had placed in my <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:OrTtMxVyiFFLpM:http://www.clarian.org/ADAM/doc/graphics/images/en/19134.jpg" border="0" />main artery in April is already narrrowing, one artery completely blocked, another artery blocked 75% and other blockages. Need to have open-heart bypass surgery tomorrow--can't wait--a serious situation. Overwhelmed and absolutely numb from this news I am taken to recov<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tjD_GPaBNmeIzM:http://www.wwkae.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ton-of-bricks.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tjD_GPaBNmeIzM:http://www.wwkae.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ton-of-bricks.jpg" border="0" /></a>ery where DH is waiting-- he is told the news--another ton of bricks drops on me that once again sends me to HELL just from the look on his face! Scared, frightened, fear takes over for a while before intellect "kicks" in. Words of love, support, reassurance spoken and I can hardly hear due to the numb state I am in. Cardiac Surgery team comes to talk--explain step by step procedure for prep and surgery, sending me deeper and deeper into hell.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My sons ( age 29 and 24) come to visit in evening and I find that now the silent tears are finally beginning to flow--yes, I am a mother and my "chicks" are what I think about above anything else. I am still numb--again, words of love, support, and assurance being spoken. Hugs, kisses, long loving glances and then it is me alone--numb and disconnected!<br />Miraculously, I am able to sleep a little--thanks to the drugs I have been given.<br /></div><div>Wednesday morning, 8:ooAM, October 14th. DH sitting by my bed--gurney is brought in for transporting me to cardiac surgery unit. Anesthesiologist with his team talks with us, head of cardiac team speaks to us and it is time for me to go--more hugs, kisses, hangs squeezed, and off I go into the depths of hell.<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:uQdQQHEZ6apw9M:http://www.topnews.in/health/files/Open-heart-surgery2.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div>Five hours later--eyes opening-- DH and my "chicks" looking at me with big smiles of relief on their faces. I am hooked up to a ventilator, pipes protruding everywhere from me. Then after a bit ventilator cut off--throat raw and hurting but I am able to breath on my own.</div><br /><div>I am still numb and am shocked to hear that I had to have a 5 bypass surgery. New arteries for bypasses taken from both inner knees and inner thighs.</div><br /><div>This recent encounter with hell ends for now--I am at the dark end of the tunnel moving like a sloth to the light on the other end of the tunnel--the light that is the rest of my life!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>To be continued...</div><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Lsa7SiS9p18XbM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfS7LM_C5H1I7QCkFIpoPJ6al_MAN2dRiVa41ncrLZ9wKV1Zh1srQAETrMgjmFNpALhPQbXX7Q2iyvzAP8edX9ZHD0S0tl2dsNVY6E5sgimYLVf6JYPbDNZso4BUtMZnUuVWZ5fXjRw/s400/ninja+cat.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Lsa7SiS9p18XbM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfS7LM_C5H1I7QCkFIpoPJ6al_MAN2dRiVa41ncrLZ9wKV1Zh1srQAETrMgjmFNpALhPQbXX7Q2iyvzAP8edX9ZHD0S0tl2dsNVY6E5sgimYLVf6JYPbDNZso4BUtMZnUuVWZ5fXjRw/s400/ninja+cat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>ttyl<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-47937003406038701372009-10-02T18:34:00.000-07:002009-10-04T17:18:01.164-07:00BREAST CANCER/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS FUNDRAISER<a href="http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd36/tinisha12/breastcanceranddomesticviolenceocto.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd36/tinisha12/breastcanceranddomesticviolenceocto.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Remember my post about me being the leader of the pack (7/29)? Well, I am proud to announce that my pack, the "Ajdjss Guild" is having a Fundraiser Event to support"Breast Cancer Research and Domestic Violence Intervention" for the entire month of October. All participating guild studios will be either donating a % of their sales for the month or they will be giving a cash donation. In fact, all of the studios of Artfire have been invited to join us in this important fundraiser.</span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">My plan is to donate $1 for each item that I sell for this month, as well as, offering FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the U.S. for the entire month. </span></div><br /><div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:f7Q_mu1uE86_jM:http://byrdwiseministries.org" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:s8OyUOX0cbiU3M:http://topnews.in/healthcare/sites/default/files/breast-cancer-ribbon.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 86px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:s8OyUOX0cbiU3M:http://topnews.in/healthcare/sites/default/files/breast-cancer-ribbon.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 57px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:WExnPfpmro9qmM:http://katkmeanders.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/purple-ribbon.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;">Come visit my studio ~http://Beadlady5.artfire.com~ </span><span style="font-size:130%;">and check out my special section for pink and purple items--pink for Breast Cancer Awareness</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">and purple for Domestic Violence Awareness.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Not interested in purchasing anything but want to donate? Well, we have a special "Donate" button on our Ajdjss Event Blog for this option.</span> </div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Please</span> visit our Ajdjss Event Blog to view a wonderful slideshow of some of the lovely items for sale for this event. You will also find a list with a direct link to every participating studio of our guild. You will definitely be amazed at all the fabulous items for sale.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">~~~http://ajdjssguildevents.blogspot.com~~~</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Now, ya gotta buy a lot of stuff because you <span style="font-size:180%;">too</span> will be supporting these 2 important and worthy causes!</span><br /><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:eJIzM9lyRbHWYM:http://www.help4breastcancer.com/images/breast-cancer-awareness.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">HELP US HELP </span><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:PYQgXIOkPK6j0M:http://www.sanartsites.co.za/pixelactive/helping-hands.jpg"></a><br /></div><br /><br />Thanks so much. </div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-71143743940716546502009-09-28T15:16:00.000-07:002009-09-28T19:42:50.819-07:00SOME COMIC RELIEF<span style="font-size:180%;">I am in a very silly mood and I sure hope that it is contagious!</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_L7Ai7MWFdOb8M:http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/civ23rx5xVs/hqdefault.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_L7Ai7MWFdOb8M:http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/civ23rx5xVs/hqdefault.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:H-2LDnDm2Uk8TM:http://www.wallpaperslibrary.com/Wallpapers/Funny/funny-cats-wedding-wallpaper.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:H-2LDnDm2Uk8TM:http://www.wallpaperslibrary.com/Wallpapers/Funny/funny-cats-wedding-wallpaper.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:htNfZDIkPwjVmM:http://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/funny-pictures-cat-hides-dog-under-a-pillow.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Lsa7SiS9p18XbM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfS7LM_C5H1I7QCkFIpoPJ6al_MAN2dRiVa41ncrLZ9wKV1Zh1srQAETrMgjmFNpALhPQbXX7Q2iyvzAP8edX9ZHD0S0tl2dsNVY6E5sgimYLVf6JYPbDNZso4BUtMZnUuVWZ5fXjRw/s400/ninja+cat.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-XsulwL5k0xHWM:http://static.desktopnexus.com/wallpapers/94302-bigthumbnail.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3X62B0n5ApUhFM:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2100288041_7dcb8d1449.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ijeUNsIUMCDtNM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TmlKL8sSUKWSaUiYqfNkNKTbCbR3SFk-cgGGJoELzlEW1cKWCRg8cV2GWV6bI2cJnpA9CBIM-s3vt7eCA8CBagYj4o6_Ayiw-cHlWymu1wW08Km1KGuVOq8gJjCzH3OS00_fcB7fRIc/s400/yoga_cat.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2hWAODSuLnlB-M:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DhgQ8TdcNaM/SqOj2qL6jZI/AAAAAAAAAco/YJrgXMtpdMk/s400/Very%2BFunny%2BCats.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 102px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2hWAODSuLnlB-M:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DhgQ8TdcNaM/SqOj2qL6jZI/AAAAAAAAAco/YJrgXMtpdMk/s400/Very%2BFunny%2BCats.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:T97MNT_Hyeh0xM:http://www.pantherkut.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/i-farted.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 86px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:T97MNT_Hyeh0xM:http://www.pantherkut.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/i-farted.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 102px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:atZEET_TZnl2bM:http://www.utubevideosyoutube.com/video/images/funny_cat_videos.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">I hope you feel a little silly now too!</span> <div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">ttyl,</span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://images.cafepress.com/product/51007901_400x400_Front.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Dedicated to all you cat lovers out there...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-45591151011416016402009-09-21T11:34:00.000-07:002009-09-22T10:08:44.902-07:00ABSOLUTELY AND UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!!!<img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:b_65DXkKSdvnIM:http://www.spabc.com/assets/images/facebook-logo.png" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">Yes, indeed, Absolutely and Utterly Ridiculous--What you ask?--well, it's FACEBOOK of course!</span></span> <a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KtdhK8pYQWjBzM:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/03/24/facebook.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:KtdhK8pYQWjBzM:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/03/24/facebook.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:d67dH1OGh4R_sM:http://lifeinthenhs.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/facebook.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">Now, in all honesty it wasn't always that way, there was a time, not too long ago that it was </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">actually what it was set up to be. A social networking service that lets you connect with friends, co-workers, and others who share similar interests with you or have common backgrounds, or to stay in touch after finishing school. These things are still the same but there have been so many new features added to it and changes that it has become "Absolutely and Utterly Ridiculous".</span> </span><br /><br /></p><div><div><div><br /><div></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:49FEsCP-VfPQbM:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/2328879637_c0d2e376ff.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">"Friend requests, invitations to join a group, invitations to follow a cause, invitations to events, tagging, requests to be a fan, invitations to follow blogs, sending gifts like hugs, hearts, flowers, and more and asking for a gift back, requests for you to take a short quiz to learn your IQ or what celebrity you are most like, and etc.</span></span><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aq_wnLIIW2VyXM:http://c.universalscraps.com/files/en/friends/friend_130.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:aq_wnLIIW2VyXM:http://c.universalscraps.com/files/en/friends/friend_130.jpg" border="0" /></a>"<br /><br /><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:wm81TvaALoEuIM:http://madforwrestlingwallpapers.co.uk/images/facebook-icon%2520big.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:wm81TvaALoEuIM:http://madforwrestlingwallpapers.co.uk/images/facebook-icon%2520big.png" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 97px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fepGKMHzB0L8cM:http://www.tcuplace.com/images/Graphics/LOGOS/facebook_logo.JPG.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:uL0jfY0AaxN80M:http://i-love-disney.com/disney-gallery/albums/new-extras/Looney-Tunes/Tweety___Crab_Hugs.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:uL0jfY0AaxN80M:http://i-love-disney.com/disney-gallery/albums/new-extras/Looney-Tunes/Tweety___Crab_Hugs.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:jIDstrklnUhFWM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCv8iPS4om0OocYW57tIbhfABuf0eVMuurIdCz_Be2j3FbxJ7cOjbSe6jYjZxUAiB4X5xm9PNcXv2WduWTfZYRGwFRNE-wskhqGlf5-h8ESHvw-BHXn8jnFYrVjTKHozSOLLgHZo47ZU/s320/blogspot_logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 39px" alt="" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:jIDstrklnUhFWM:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCv8iPS4om0OocYW57tIbhfABuf0eVMuurIdCz_Be2j3FbxJ7cOjbSe6jYjZxUAiB4X5xm9PNcXv2WduWTfZYRGwFRNE-wskhqGlf5-h8ESHvw-BHXn8jnFYrVjTKHozSOLLgHZo47ZU/s320/blogspot_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:XklKe8zu3h0HwM:http://www.cnds-sayitwithclass.com/graphics/quizzes.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">I check my email every day and "lo and behold" there are at least 6 to 8 ema<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:YR_n4TdeDwG_oM:http://www.clker.com/cliparts/9/f/7/7/1197149991928309730zeimusu_Thumbtack_note_email.svg.hi.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:YR_n4TdeDwG_oM:http://www.clker.com/cliparts/9/f/7/7/1197149991928309730zeimusu_Thumbtack_note_email.svg.hi.png" border="0" /></a>ils from people on facebook.</span><span style="color:#000000;"> OMG--what's it all about anyway???</span> </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">"I fan you and you fan me--I send you a hug and you send me flowers--I tag you and you tag me--I join a cause and ask you to join too--you took a quiz and now you invite me to take it--you are having an event and you want me to attend"</span>--<span style="color:#000000;">It's almost like a 'shark feeding frenzy'--especially when you have 100 friends or more--</span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3CJ96zk94UN4tM:http://www.deskpicture.com/DPs/Nature/Animals/SharkFrenzy_2.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">Why did you join facebook in the first place? Most of us would answer , "to promote my on-line shop and stuff--HA, HA, HA,</span><span style="color:#000099;"> <span style="color:#000000;">well just about all your friends, follow<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:E1tqsXLA87_5lM:http://mrbarlow.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/going-around-in-circles.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:E1tqsXLA87_5lM:http://mrbarlow.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/going-around-in-circles.png" border="0" /></a>ers, and fans, are doing the same thing--so what do you really accomplish other than going around and around in circles?</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">Take a couple of moments to think about it--</span><span style="color:#000000;">isn't it Absolutely and Utterly Ridiculous?</span><span style="color:#000099;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">Okay, okay, granted not all of facebook is like this--but, so much valuable time is spent on friending, fanning, tagging, inviting, etc--is it really worth it?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">Well, what do you think???</span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Btw, here is a pretty good article to read about facebook:</span></div><div><a href="http://news.cnet.com/newbies-guide-to-facebook/">http://news.cnet.com/newbies-guide-to-facebook/</a></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Well, I finished talking for now--ttyl</span><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:4GduBlPTuc5lfM:http://www.geckotales.com/funny-cat.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:4GduBlPTuc5lfM:http://www.geckotales.com/funny-cat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-89874186893940454992009-09-14T08:57:00.000-07:002009-09-14T18:27:13.494-07:00ARE YOU JEALOUS OF ME?So, are you jealous of me? Well, I don't blame you at all since I have been given 2 cool awards from one of the talented jewelry designers on Artfire. Yep, it's true--Julie of "Creations with Heart" has given me 2 awards.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The first award is the "Tag Your It" award. With this cool award I get to share 10 interesting things about me with you--and you know how I love to share. <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8maRkd9QXhTUas4e5N8wKlLNCci5CpJBISWuowMapxmieuCbWcIbc_nfR-xJKYLnbz3KWANB62rgvWWArvATFm5zLqrcPL9YRzgRVhg3WvgjNItRfZvrDxrOVJzBVUzNRUL6OKoEFiJvr/s200/tag_your_it.jpg" border="0" />So my dears--here goes:<br />1. I am 5'9'' tall. Yep, I am-- I always sat in the back of the room and was the last on line all through elementary and junior high school.</div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div>2. My astrological sign is Virgo--I am organized, responcible, reliable, precise, and quite helpful--I am quick thinking, loyal, and quite discriminating about who I associate with--however, I can also be a bit critical, fussy for I am always striving to be better--Most Virgo's are shy and demur--HA!!! not me because I am quite outgoing, friendly, and very assertive. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381484381906587346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVf3nZXThZ8ebUUijZ9R57KS9A4knRFwot-8dOS9bvOp8vMts-9VftvxTgezI8AIrcT4X4_NqfiOcaj7iGF2rZKe0i0WBFMswuQo-4LjfZwHdon7u_pDyOoYuzCi76gax-Eqs9EWuPQcN/s400/Virgo.jpg" border="0" />3. I<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM9FD2wKAEP_k9RggDpBcoac3szOm0uIpJQ3sUBpNws5tlgU8w4MqupPQlyIg-_yaKY69W7B6Lm1W-twV9Q_XYge644HlqfDHm3_t6Y5CsYolvRbdwWM90A0PvipzSNBeKXtgXjhCm7n1/s1600-h/girl+with+broken+hand.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381440310269496882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 59px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM9FD2wKAEP_k9RggDpBcoac3szOm0uIpJQ3sUBpNws5tlgU8w4MqupPQlyIg-_yaKY69W7B6Lm1W-twV9Q_XYge644HlqfDHm3_t6Y5CsYolvRbdwWM90A0PvipzSNBeKXtgXjhCm7n1/s400/girl+with+broken+hand.jpg" border="0" /></a> broke my left arm when I was 7 running after my cousin and again 1 year later running home from school.<br /><br /></div><div>4. I had to carry my birth certificate with me when I went to the movies from about 11 years old to prove that I was under 13 years old--otherwise I'd have to pay adult price.</div><br /><div>5. I was the first of my friends to have my own phone--my parents were sick of all the time I spent talking on the phone.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381441419288164210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 101px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljSK_EZwy17_6L6BTm4o_J0ehh1qn1hzChziCYnLv0fAFgsmLNQFHnmODHwh-eVUYvLgbLftHinnhBDXhZVxy-_yPwZFmhgqkxPd48_DLfpdfqzD4yQ6Q0p0KGJrDlRcv-aRxxz1wE85f/s400/rotary+dial+phone.jpg" border="0" />6. I was voted "Miss Outerspace" in Jr.H.S. because of my very outgoing and "crazy" personality.<br /><br /><p>7. My mother had to come up to school every Friday to check on my behavior because I was always in some type of trouble for talking and laughing too much in classes.</p><p>8. When I was 20 I had a boyfriend with a bright red Honda motorcycle. It <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNrUvwBDl5WhyphenhyphendizwHH-94Fv8Gl-RPvZaVcbrwY0YRv4Rc7ihUfJApFDY6bwuYgD9G2HrEkmbXMAOam8X0zigFCTK3ezdE0mPjB6NEsaF7R5qv0GwALUqGsjXBI7qF91OH3GkcHEhlZrq/s1600-h/Red+Honda+Motorcycle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381434754932600114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNrUvwBDl5WhyphenhyphendizwHH-94Fv8Gl-RPvZaVcbrwY0YRv4Rc7ihUfJApFDY6bwuYgD9G2HrEkmbXMAOam8X0zigFCTK3ezdE0mPjB6NEsaF7R5qv0GwALUqGsjXBI7qF91OH3GkcHEhlZrq/s400/Red+Honda+Motorcycle.jpg" border="0" /></a>was so cool to ride on it until we skidded into a ditch and my entire right side was black and blue for too long a time.</p><br /><br /><p>9. I burned my bra in the center of Brooklyn College with about 100 other young women in favor of the women's lib movement.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381436400518435698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mfUaMdYpjvoDXJ6EkT0T0ocgq5kWlnl6t565MFDguOAjCdVHF0wkQfwQD5W8pypvLZQg4VSsA9eDj3fL6lYpFckQ294nUyFv-4jy0iXmTVY29wHv3ctdB0DizeIQiyW_Rt2b41xmd2Ku/s400/Women's+Lib.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>10. I had a fire engine red Mustang with a black vinyl top that I absolutely loved--until it<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfLYC5n-4AovDvC9sQc2PKfrRA0c-clLG8RTQ9X5R17xVenC8dgmD2CTweC-zPB2dyROCeNUmRXMkdEMEJmrzKc2qKoHkpn5wDiNgk_-tGBV_Eb8-7f5CGZOZfUEHw7aka9BHbtjbFYKv/s1600-h/Red+mustang.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381436849240204178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfLYC5n-4AovDvC9sQc2PKfrRA0c-clLG8RTQ9X5R17xVenC8dgmD2CTweC-zPB2dyROCeNUmRXMkdEMEJmrzKc2qKoHkpn5wDiNgk_-tGBV_Eb8-7f5CGZOZfUEHw7aka9BHbtjbFYKv/s400/Red+mustang.jpg" border="0" /></a> was stolen 2 years later. My heart was terribly broken.</p><br /><br /><br />OK--that's one award finished--<br /><br /><div>Now for my second award which is the "Premio Meme Award,"-- with this cool award I get to tell you 7 more interesting facts about me. Wow, I can imagine how thrilled you are about this. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUS90LwL7L5wABEI7dws9nR2N8yi2w2loljb-oHACAffpAFBNvghm52qDuJtT_4P4gBJOu8pdLH9pNukb2QAYKAwmIxgUkP_gSrm93uYco3B0ahfwwdMDvMGBb_hi3oilkJcvMaGucd7d/s1600-h/cat+in+pcket+of+pants.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381448032094099682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUS90LwL7L5wABEI7dws9nR2N8yi2w2loljb-oHACAffpAFBNvghm52qDuJtT_4P4gBJOu8pdLH9pNukb2QAYKAwmIxgUkP_gSrm93uYco3B0ahfwwdMDvMGBb_hi3oilkJcvMaGucd7d/s400/cat+in+pcket+of+pants.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGOaF8XFpgLZUh9BnzaSW2TjgVou4tdtJd1d1GEwTSw2MOEcV8v-60NhFQ0h_cjrpY9bZQAyt8dLl9BwPMgKCcvXAbxvCsRELfJkVZnVtXRSssdkvJ17UW5ELX-v8yogmXKrsBAR3mkhR/s1600-h/IMG_5327.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqHBk1efrU4zW1U69YkpTNKXbG8ycffjqnJqwhIOtUs39pqQAeF9OPykl9CxuhYVx4EveFj_GsFK1rlrLSq_Qc2mnnu6oEk9QaTvSzpQZx8yJ24x2u67_JQ7LwQAdFz4DdKcwZBvN9-Ph/s1600-h/cat+in+pcket+of+pants.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_b1jXjdBkb3V54rajl3uPqWb_L1PQYOp8VJrHQH7S0XoAIawpc4IALC40qN2g7l4jAX5XGhV8htmHPvonkJTV-P4qagrVHOwOe36pcPpvygwUu4Dv0d0U8RCQtnG-Dj-8kZojFfen089K/s200/PremioMemeAward.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_b1jXjdBkb3V54rajl3uPqWb_L1PQYOp8VJrHQH7S0XoAIawpc4IALC40qN2g7l4jAX5XGhV8htmHPvonkJTV-P4qagrVHOwOe36pcPpvygwUu4Dv0d0U8RCQtnG-Dj-8kZojFfen089K/s200/PremioMemeAward.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_b1jXjdBkb3V54rajl3uPqWb_L1PQYOp8VJrHQH7S0XoAIawpc4IALC40qN2g7l4jAX5XGhV8htmHPvonkJTV-P4qagrVHOwOe36pcPpvygwUu4Dv0d0U8RCQtnG-Dj-8kZojFfen089K/s200/PremioMemeAward.jpg"></a></div>Well, my dears--here we go again:</div><div>1. This November I will be married 33 years to the same great guy. We have 2 adult sons who are 29 and 24 years old. Our 24 year old is still living with us. We also have 2 cats, Storm and Katie, who very generously allow us to live with them. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381443714679197634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2AFCOZvJw7oF5eBvY9Y-_j5N11t2dB4WKO6ATZmGvu2MqEhhNvyuzGWspf0Wxw-ZJTqePxbAPJ-mv7pSVr7OvHDKjlptVdoscSTTJFfzNxEatF6U0V7qXAAYffC-LniveafpOuqMFMjH/s400/IMG_5328.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>3. I come from a long line of talented genes--not, my Calvins--but, my family genes. I have been a crafter since I was a very young girl. I knit, crochet, do macrame, embroider, do quilling, stained glass, and much more.<br /><br /><p>4. In September I began my 6th year of designing jewelry. It seems that I am definitely a beadaholic and I'm very proud of it. I find that designing and making jewelry is extremely therapeutic and lots of fun.</p><p>5. I have been selling on line for 1 year now--first on Etsy, and then I opened a studio on Artfire in November of '08<a href="http://team.etsy.com/images/downloads/buttons/findme.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" alt="" src="http://team.etsy.com/images/downloads/buttons/findme.jpg" border="0" /></a>. <a href="http://artfire.com/images/banners/e.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://artfire.com/images/banners/e.gif" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>6. This past year has been a difficult one health wise. I have had 2 stents placed into one of my main arteries and my appendix erupted. I will be going for another angiogram soon to see if another one of my artery's needs a stent.</p><p>7. I just turned 60 years old on September 5th and I have to admit it's really not soooooooo bad at all. For this special birthday I got a brand new 2010 Silver Toyota Camry--this is the 3rd silver Camry that I have owned. I love it--it is totally awesome to drive.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z3sxx9KLSC65hkL4Vs9LllpZ9dFQ38Lj0deB9TqYXvJXHFGdNgVDsSFUw8P2sOiKpxyAtcyQXANivfl6Zn-yMzS-jppnj4_T7-WHAJz2S9hmt-b8cYNDzN0x_6eB3PsqaLzn1x3j9RTi/s1600-h/2010+Camry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381461129659650706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z3sxx9KLSC65hkL4Vs9LllpZ9dFQ38Lj0deB9TqYXvJXHFGdNgVDsSFUw8P2sOiKpxyAtcyQXANivfl6Zn-yMzS-jppnj4_T7-WHAJz2S9hmt-b8cYNDzN0x_6eB3PsqaLzn1x3j9RTi/s400/2010+Camry.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDhAyyvTTvXpQxY-yDMxAt8rOUsD3gaeDE6suLa-X13PZow3cGp_5niRuqmKPWhEfdGKiS2_UDg_H9vIdJEfoyDnj9r5Em965PPEWrzcX4_AiAvUt7Pv7BhZMJM9c26HaLTM3DIMk3qvS/s1600-h/60th+b-day+balloon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381461436197930418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDhAyyvTTvXpQxY-yDMxAt8rOUsD3gaeDE6suLa-X13PZow3cGp_5niRuqmKPWhEfdGKiS2_UDg_H9vIdJEfoyDnj9r5Em965PPEWrzcX4_AiAvUt7Pv7BhZMJM9c26HaLTM3DIMk3qvS/s400/60th+b-day+balloon.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381460007664731874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlVKSKVZg-m146w8BW1H3h3DR601TQWRWZXjTlfvMm-Ugv4WGBCBdoZTNDUel3ZlhHWchrlAMraFyyPeJDw53o9WBbrkKSGVMJI2L9eVU4-yJbuKde4m6pIbfr8oqbMnxBQ7SK9Xwz8pb/s400/60+looking+good.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p>Well, there you have it--are you still jealous of me? Not to worry it is now time for me to pass these 2 cool awards on to ten other lucky bloggers--go check the list below to see if you are one of the lucky ones. Hope you have fun!</p><p>1. <a href="http://gemkitty75.artfire.com/">http://gemkitty75.artfire.com/</a></p><p>2. <a href="http://gravelroadjewelry.artfire.com/">http://gravelroadjewelry.artfire.com/</a></p><p>3. <a href="http://exquisitestudios.artfire.com/">http://exquisitestudios.artfire.com/</a></p><p>4. <a href="http://starlightsilver.artfire.com/">http://starlightsilver.artfire.com/</a></p><p>5. <a href="http://aridanfashions.artfire.com/">http://aridanfashions.artfire.com/</a></p><p>6. <a href="http://creativelyjeweled.artfire.com/">http://creativelyjeweled.artfire.com/</a></p><p>7. <a href="http://calysjewelrycreations.artfire.com/">http://calysjewelrycreations.artfire.com/</a></p><p>8. <a href="http://spunsisterdesigns.artfire.com/">http://spunsisterdesigns.artfire.com/</a></p><p>9. <a href="http://supplycloset.artfire.com/">http://supplycloset.artfire.com/</a></p><p>10. <a href="http://debideaux.artfire.com/">http://debideaux.artfire.com/</a></p><p>I hope this proves to be a bit challenging and some fun.</p><p>Well I'll ttyl--</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381486521970415250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyH0OC-Npznj6YNPPKTrrfxduHKR7UOSfMf6pqcU4RnLUuH4R8irnENgatl2ov5y_guyAYbwQUZiXJ8A2vqXQoNAWkFtDCooxl5EFlRZ9Z8ikhmJ5mY_hQco_iQFa7buHv0ZsLFQDK3dml/s400/cat+climbing+on+pc.jpg" border="0" /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-3075881052216029332009-09-06T16:50:00.000-07:002009-09-07T18:02:44.231-07:00OMG--I'm 60 Years Old!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ8DIf-pWfTGXqEnQV9wb-FaC4Zf9PpmqzZRTeqr7KzvIdYBSRPcpDEapMST6DSI9BPQvxOXhLBzncsd2x9qLmqaXq6GVwEGpo7Gdyb-aYtfnG0SQktjzOtKKus53OzQrAJ0U-0KUSPru/s1600-h/Ludlow+Lama_Margo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378557140530330322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 331px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ8DIf-pWfTGXqEnQV9wb-FaC4Zf9PpmqzZRTeqr7KzvIdYBSRPcpDEapMST6DSI9BPQvxOXhLBzncsd2x9qLmqaXq6GVwEGpo7Gdyb-aYtfnG0SQktjzOtKKus53OzQrAJ0U-0KUSPru/s400/Ludlow+Lama_Margo.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378547808717209938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJmJ0tGDFXe7RCU3Jbu1sNFR8CcLWCTh3Qwq2oVXJSQOiFkZ7sUt_d_y0zoBGLb2uTa_LHbI2jfNOjSFzoyUMoLSjv-f1IaCBLC5bCIPlXvopRvA7vgksmI7EmWKaf4d9_Ht2E1aFTfspL/s400/60th+b-day+candles.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYgX7pl2DmWF7xArw99EbWvnghsVoqJ08Eeli0Wyx4AjoFSlDpDuEToUBBtFQeQlSb4WiavesXS1Y2f8p3jLxTJcIaXeBWQ0oy5U9VBncsBcXkgaPXSblU7AjNNu7Wp6hCBdqurILWB6D/s1600-h/Ludlow+Lama_Margo.jpg"></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378560273480893042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMd92RymcMWjA7OlVzQXomwGESJXOwyNtCYcM339yzvQu4WSxJJ_fEPINqDHJ2PGezOmd9M0_yN2cM-WVdG24WPOZeYg4i2c4xbRv97NV5-R3LPUlXGM8PgUSwlW6fVU1Kp0WFB2p_UDs/s400/cat+balloon.jpg" border="0" />Yep, it's true I just turned 60 years old. Now, how the hell did this happen? I look in the mirror and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVXvSVuPSUL21xqDhyphenhyphenYWR9EY6YFSqPN6Lvc2Bc67V6TOhoD3piBWZFnXNAe4LzQga26ozK9tLhp9HcG8bqg74n6zE8VYDMFnNJ57V0dy4D78eGWByLUVWpTlTCpL2mS20qZtKJFkDovoQ/s1600-h/60th+b-day+balloon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378548426550588626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVXvSVuPSUL21xqDhyphenhyphenYWR9EY6YFSqPN6Lvc2Bc67V6TOhoD3piBWZFnXNAe4LzQga26ozK9tLhp9HcG8bqg74n6zE8VYDMFnNJ57V0dy4D78eGWByLUVWpTlTCpL2mS20qZtKJFkDovoQ/s400/60th+b-day+balloon.jpg" border="0" /></a>it still looks like me and it still feels like me. Where is 15, 20, 25, 30 and all those other years before this 60th birthday? Are they hiding somewhere? Are they angry with me, is that why they left? It's a tad "mind boggling" to think about how fast time actually flies. And it's also a tad "mind boggling" that we are so unaware of it as it is happening. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>When I was in my 20's I was a big fan of Harry Chapin--remember him?--I really loved one of his songs a lot and I find that recently I've been singing it in my head:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkiJOtlGPPtt9zHRbGTvOzQa_ZYFNSyh76AzEVxyKrV6TcGIe5Hzup3E_HuxRYVNkxOVMn7zbJDzHzdDdcwTKieWkBYsMJDf0QZ71oV2ZLpZF08rQM0d1QjCKHtWsVh5o4cl6SQdVg6-u3/s1600-h/Harry+Chapin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378539837087166130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkiJOtlGPPtt9zHRbGTvOzQa_ZYFNSyh76AzEVxyKrV6TcGIe5Hzup3E_HuxRYVNkxOVMn7zbJDzHzdDdcwTKieWkBYsMJDf0QZ71oV2ZLpZF08rQM0d1QjCKHtWsVh5o4cl6SQdVg6-u3/s400/Harry+Chapin.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>All my life's a circle,<br />Sunrise and sundown.<br />The moon rolls through the night time,</div><div>Til the daybreak comes around. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>All my life's a circle,<br />but I can't tell you why.<br />The seasons spinning round again,</div><div>The years keep rolling by.</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378532089388960642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 97px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVIkODOrzxPAwmvWvTWgm4_CpdgWIx8eLFZyY2pF5XzB7Ls3p2Cc36lxnGfP7wUlchyphenhyphen96mIYrYIDZMX5VQ_F5Gm5xWXGoau3Uzk-p1ElQaIOFTkc60Dbblg2LfedamPLYXmstNXFXZ3ub/s400/60th+b-day+sign.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div></div><div>How true are these words? Very true indeed for all of us.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NcJMiGaShvsbxD95NftJFS8XF0w_3t3jtVBGI7iuHqHVHg1FnobeK-9QVwK7PQuDqO2ZeHTvwRuSVimILjFBALFpnoZXC4Iw52Y3Semlu8IpTvLqtCG8pLZCEn5fxHHBfd80MCdiWWab/s1600-h/60+looking+good.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378535972856201442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NcJMiGaShvsbxD95NftJFS8XF0w_3t3jtVBGI7iuHqHVHg1FnobeK-9QVwK7PQuDqO2ZeHTvwRuSVimILjFBALFpnoZXC4Iw52Y3Semlu8IpTvLqtCG8pLZCEn5fxHHBfd80MCdiWWab/s400/60+looking+good.jpg" border="0" /></a>Now, to be honest turning 60 really isn't so bad-- it's just a number just like any other number. I think what makes it a little painful is that being 60 is a reminder to us that life is short and very precious. Well then we need to relish every minute of it, take one day at a time, and try very hard to see the glass as always "half full"! Oh yea, and dance to the music too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE3Tj9xzNtDooZQERSkPR66n_Duo1y7E9AcHwJryC_azovoOc8SrllrSeruFpXqx6qisQVEveJGoAODJHHbxBKsiAJ7xghea1esIReuMZ7nm2KezBPHPW3__XwFUYKwvSvoPXm_HwG5WA/s1600-h/Cat+doing+the+Twist.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378543678137722274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE3Tj9xzNtDooZQERSkPR66n_Duo1y7E9AcHwJryC_azovoOc8SrllrSeruFpXqx6qisQVEveJGoAODJHHbxBKsiAJ7xghea1esIReuMZ7nm2KezBPHPW3__XwFUYKwvSvoPXm_HwG5WA/s400/Cat+doing+the+Twist.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlW7pEtKYDQJKEzxj73eww1nenmbHQ_Elc3BLM8gtQzgT8vW4eRkmj_tuH8am_dJJZ1_NjJVOjXax9Bbe0Egvhivx_yuqs1qsvm6Bdg8YXb3YWAg29-N3YZhL3eDYXX3jm-2AKdPi4A4WO/s1600-h/dancing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378528847188396530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlW7pEtKYDQJKEzxj73eww1nenmbHQ_Elc3BLM8gtQzgT8vW4eRkmj_tuH8am_dJJZ1_NjJVOjXax9Bbe0Egvhivx_yuqs1qsvm6Bdg8YXb3YWAg29-N3YZhL3eDYXX3jm-2AKdPi4A4WO/s400/dancing.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378520647468428066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGM-6PTNcXa6KzRnhF_Z8tYAguT1nTV2s6EqLGv6S7RFVuAKwIc13R_4oaYXWoB4cBptcg8Wkgp6ss0kqetcVUB_GiJyomFetil3m82W5IPKTQKVd5W9G0Xpv5j5j3eUbidi-6Ycm6-rYn/s400/2+cats+dancing.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378544063402860882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 69px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2ckEdM329u_pALjWX3T02KmztpxyJg0KuJpa45JNfn-_mB8KUIxpZltmtH_qEfWi2H6UukwUoaIbx4EbRLvfmSdQ47_Og6TSPqhzzNV1X9kbl6g0ffM9gBXckx893D0kaWUb3P5XgR37/s400/dancing+cats.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">HERE ARE SOME WORLD FACTS FROM THE YEAR I WAS BORN--</span></strong></div><div></div><div>1. Nato was established.</div><div>2. West Germany was established.</div><div>3. Communist <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107411.html" jquery1252364860366="60">People's Republic of China</a> formally proclaimed by Chairman <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831663.html" jquery1252364860366="61">Mao Zedong</a></div><div>4. South <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107983.html" jquery1252365373627="62">Africa</a> institutionalizes apartheid.</div><div>5. <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108078.html" jquery1252365373627="63">Britain</a> recognizes the independence of the Republic of <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107648.html" jquery1252365373627="64">Ireland.</a> <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108101.html" jquery1252365373627="65">Northern Ireland</a> remains a part of the <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108078.html" jquery1252365373627="66">United <strong>Kingdom</strong></a>.</div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>HERE ARE SOME US FACTS FROM THE YEAR I WAS BORN---</strong></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>1. Harry S. Truman was President.</div><div>2. US population was 149,188,130.</div><div>3. NY Yankees won the world series of baseball.</div><div>4. 45 rpm records are sold in the U.S.</div><div>5. The first Emmys were handed out.</div><div>6. The Oscar for best picture: Hamlet.</div><div>7. Cable TV debuts.</div><div>8. Most Popular songs of the year: "Some Enchanted Evening", "Ghost Riders in the Sky", "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer", and "Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend".</div><div>9. Some of the Movies of this year were: "All the Kings Men", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Twelve o'Clock High", "The Sands of Iwo Jima", and "The Third Man".</div><div>10. William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature.</div><div>11. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to Arthur Miller for "Death of a Salesman".</div><div>12. In NY theater the most popular Shows were: "Death of a Salesman", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", and South Pacific.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE MEMORIES THAT I CARRY WITH ME--</span></strong></div><div></div><div>1. roller skates with skate keys</div><div>2. hoola hoops</div><div>3. 45 records</div><div>4. Black n White TV</div><div>5. Drive In Movies</div><div>6.Playing punch ball, handball, stick ball, and stoop ball</div><div>7. Hop Scotch</div><div>8. Hit the Penny</div><div>9. Ked's Sneakers</div><div>10. Hi-Fi's</div><div>11. Teased Hair</div><div>12. Chewing Bubble Gum and cracking it.</div><div>13. The Lindy, the Mashed Potatoes, the Twist, the Fly, the Stroll, the Hustle just a few of the popular dances of my youth</div><div>14. Pedal Pushers</div><div>15. Troy Donahue, Ed Byrnes, Connie Stevens, Elvis, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, The Supremes, The 4 Tops, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Bee Gees, </div><div>16. Route 66, Father Knows Best, Bonanza, Sky King, Lawrence Welk, Art Linkletter, Rifleman,</div><div>My Three Sons, American Bandstand, My Freind Flicker, 77Sunset Strip, Name That Tune, Milton Berle Show, Howdy Doody, Ozzie and Harriet, I Love Lucy, Rinky Dink, Dynasty, and so much more...</div><div>17. White Castle "murder burgers"</div><div>18. Rock and Roll</div><div>19. Hippies, peace symbols, "Hair"</div><div>20. candy cigarettes, egg creams, dots, fraps, good humor ice cream truck, ice cream sodas, little wax bottles with sugar water...</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>There is so much more-however, right now I'm having one of those senior moments that come with this new age of mine!!!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>So that's all for now--ttyl </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJt1c0d-AYt1mRKX463KuPKcxTMVhBQ90js0ei9UYVqy4C9XsocacrZRUWM8SDOOR0GwpqUFNXzfA5LnNfbaaD6TB9VL9lfRWyORMi6gM1p9Vp3NdssMl14CLkGe4zRd2AIecT9pZgOw_X/s1600-h/cartoon+cat+and+ballon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378550620830764754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 91px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJt1c0d-AYt1mRKX463KuPKcxTMVhBQ90js0ei9UYVqy4C9XsocacrZRUWM8SDOOR0GwpqUFNXzfA5LnNfbaaD6TB9VL9lfRWyORMi6gM1p9Vp3NdssMl14CLkGe4zRd2AIecT9pZgOw_X/s400/cartoon+cat+and+ballon.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-36868534635045764832009-08-31T15:56:00.000-07:002009-08-31T18:54:48.845-07:00"Seeing Is Believing"---"Or Is It?"CHALK ART<br /><div><div></div><div>Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his anamorphic art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, Australia, Belgium, and the US. He is often referred to as the "Pavement Picasso" for good reason. Beever gives an amazing illusion to his drawings, so that the objects appear to be three dimensional rather than flat as they actually are.<br /><br />His drawings are so very awesome--see for yourself:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnufDOa8AQ9byZHrIhEDnHLYTQUxRxtnWmMJ_d9js7shbxdr8dV-q9ip380cY8upP3KPGNBRntW6W2_VDFrOGTN3Wqd92jpWSdKnsyX1lOkxu26agBrXodwA0kWk8w-GiKvNeyVUQSZHi/s1600-h/3+surprised+girls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376305125825752210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnufDOa8AQ9byZHrIhEDnHLYTQUxRxtnWmMJ_d9js7shbxdr8dV-q9ip380cY8upP3KPGNBRntW6W2_VDFrOGTN3Wqd92jpWSdKnsyX1lOkxu26agBrXodwA0kWk8w-GiKvNeyVUQSZHi/s400/3+surprised+girls.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Rz4QiDRkH0i98iSpk9HOlOo4p8ld5Nk3dT2H25ph8uVaI7FgPaSLjvKLx-7omKkbTsj1skNGDh43yLoJbhPkBVRuglnPF9OxYRaRz2a6pw33W0DMy65KAHbvHE1o1cSBcmSkbyuI689R/s1600-h/surprised+baby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376307976603337570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 83px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Rz4QiDRkH0i98iSpk9HOlOo4p8ld5Nk3dT2H25ph8uVaI7FgPaSLjvKLx-7omKkbTsj1skNGDh43yLoJbhPkBVRuglnPF9OxYRaRz2a6pw33W0DMy65KAHbvHE1o1cSBcmSkbyuI689R/s400/surprised+baby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376268622169322226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95MbhY5hEMV7duxRK2eOgMLLbI3szgbjdojo6m59EQxu4tPTf21Q816uPNPg9Pe6OLTJQ5C30s8idy1x6UKIRrsuTaFmcMd5ZpLcl13U5qifKCqvhytK2PYuH0xnbrzJU_Af4TMWHdjM-/s400/chalk+frog+picture.jpg" border="0" /> The child is real, however the pond, lily pads, and frog are all chalk drawings.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376269761835892898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSataVTUnURbr7-4BZY1PnkKWIP-ptVw4DnZdE-ZFTNIr4S0CW4dHtsMupG5IYh7N3TdCUHd0ig4_rEpbv_mx0Eu2xVhW2HMgWxbnA0Ro1rrFrRZddoN1ouW6PiFHjFFriTFrwQNBAT2Hc/s400/chalk+butterfly.jpg" border="0" /> The boy is real but the butterfly and it's shadow are chalk drawings.<br /></div><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376271423622926002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30IUfbNiHLedXie7Q-yidt8CSupKXFWTwZ2AdAIwZs0dQlizQo0DRbqwxA_sfpm72xqJQwpvzfuIAXMqYhjsPlwxGxLIqDRkJnR1pouIDE6OtAlUMz3xcvOXZWHlxM4jVyhDXc2-pIk_J/s400/chalk+frog.jpg" border="0" />This is drawing is a "work in progress"--Julian is leaning on a special seat so he can draw his piece of art work. </div></div></div></div><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376271584768900434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_0bQ_p4xztvhkGcdv-SANhjUQtYLGm2SMS_lu3Vuw6AFCYXsQAgJm1KHv-FjweeMzR6B36OQx8HK1yK5AMF3dxkBUxHlGKttYv-P5W1jXp8g7nrQl6V_I-z5zeEP17_Zra7c7f6kyid_/s400/chalk+boy+on+skyscraper.jpg" border="0" />Here is the completed drawing. Can you believe that the little boy is standing flat on the pavement? Yea, this is totally amazing isn't it?</div><div></div><div>Another amazing thing is that many people consider his art work "graffiti", and feel that these drawings do not belong on public streets. Thank goodness most people really enjoy his art work and have a very positive reaction to it.</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AmT5yse4Ok_91Dv_1F5LCXGM3oU87haeJ0KlMgm9uwlgOG3pmm6aDGkbG0H1F9e56vqm6oxYNkrwCJSxxM1ELOE1ixEne2CwgOb3z4SonRgyUfiWJx_9TaW6k4DVqUVqWGdd4ZYcAVVC/s1600-h/surprised+girl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376306945478688866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AmT5yse4Ok_91Dv_1F5LCXGM3oU87haeJ0KlMgm9uwlgOG3pmm6aDGkbG0H1F9e56vqm6oxYNkrwCJSxxM1ELOE1ixEne2CwgOb3z4SonRgyUfiWJx_9TaW6k4DVqUVqWGdd4ZYcAVVC/s400/surprised+girl.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376275295141947938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHcsiUI7I83REInq6rXASevRnEZvnxVBrwRkNkdT0Hdf0ZlSqYzeC9zRhqIu30p6aob68jAcbPXRpMa74GwNKos8y5zD5Ym8NvhcE2-Pt6aFh9oHeUSjZgCpEbfWbO7ei6ujNsk7LmU69/s400/chalk+bottle+of+liquor.jpg" border="0" />The girl holding the small glass is real--however, the ladder, big bottle, and tall glass are all flat drawings on the pavement. Hey, did you see the tiny Julian Beever on the big bottle cap? This is sooooo cool!</div><br /><div>The 3D aspect of Julians work came about when he was working in Brussels. Julian says, "I decided to get into 3D after seeing the effect of tiles being removed from the street and later trying to create a sense of depth in a drawing".</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376297331407079986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXy3oDavqGMKiNvFdKqn6n0BsYASNJfNc1AQN7lk-49AMvETELeGMJbkqBooxgyxTGhDdeeaY7v641AdhrNKRGXx4y4ZH4s32-Xvnte2Ti4Ek0lJHNnq5aStzQgYJpF96Vwd2QIuJOnbCn/s400/Chalk+hole+in+concrete.jpg" border="0" /> The large tile taken out of the pavement and the hole left there are chalk drawings that show the 3D aspect of his work. Notice the people trying to avoid the hole in the pavement? It sure looks real.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376298802371296962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3VkyEsrGqk18pGo9cZnqCHkkT0AQJGc4_-RfR_BH1PU-GQibeSlA2AQqrYoDKPrd_m9-LTNJGd6Sr6slUGBc4jlV_PDBqu7gfuB9NjQK6os6INWGomCBWmbGVQfVFE2qqDcasmPkeJMF/s400/chalk+pavement+hole.jpg" border="0" /> This is no hole in the pavement, just another piece of pavement art by Julian--WOW!!!<br /><br />Sometimes seeing is believing--or is it?<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376306236975221554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzG9yG7Wp6RdEWPbimn9pE1oNsoGGXIZQ4Lbfec87DamJZA3Jp3_om1zTxagYxzVCnsx7PmAeSUQoDAgaV0-95TfUv0A7QGyMeOiX4xM6dGGfYKT6cDs__Qm-O_gWqtVJBGHe671qTrIq/s400/surprised+boy.jpg" border="0" /> To be con't--ttyl<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376309425025100482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JPR9nYwobYtG_uL3MhBld1JgZ1qn8ML7ObOGhSL72S_gpmA-YNTk3CTYbeyh0OwXDESZB0ONj74brFKVO3ZKUWVeq60lqv8UcXHk9XnS9k_OYLEl1VNv-w9H-GpnCfQct5rfrtjEPFKI/s400/girl+with+tongue+out.jpg" border="0" /> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-53159015979439104502009-08-29T11:42:00.000-07:002009-08-29T22:38:14.027-07:00"Celebrate, Celebrate, Dance to the Music...'Celebrate, Celebrate, dance to the music---Celebrate, Celebrate, dance to the music--<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375603204863124722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 94px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cg0x-v6AUt-sP9RiwGpnr-HB4gtzjzBdHB7Ul1-m85awursKfxOzKawPrZyseBmXxtpdCIW61T2lo74MvbsM8GdGB_3QnHj2j0S4kE8ApinritXRIImdg9AGofI1HYN7__kjcZmVBp02/s400/a+band.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375606114328555282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 86px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQH1TsZle-_QSiZFoBGHefqJNUMMRD0XK39odY8qeY8xh_Dm2jrnuetOE78-5q0CTfUWmdB-6IUoBVN-zxFL8cu1LiPg1uMtw7uOg_upnjkxOASh-kdMMVVcu99LBernMxrJYKVZ32Mgd/s400/a+string+band.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375604207387599730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivD7qX35-R2eTd0jekkX6OwkguJreNXuZa8gbC6JaSr78033FOl_ZDZjTkH4ULKA0fxPqmZAXXS1pY5foxr_1PtlsA_cp3WjRpcq-2JCVls7YohaTOWfEtL_r_CFXkxorD1DV-Fx4MEm9x/s400/dancing.jpg" border="0" /> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibd-8WcLVEnNibGGAnkFOjZCavozct00yAPCZmw2ugqbFq2xgy5jsUQMB7mfy8QUH2gObWkhiyjI_EIjQTxQYrXlJjbTS0zslnaA1MSYTa_cNfHWiNGvj_fdAaiOZIivZ4EofSPT5nVBZJ/s1600-h/Flamingo+Dancing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375617329583291154" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibd-8WcLVEnNibGGAnkFOjZCavozct00yAPCZmw2ugqbFq2xgy5jsUQMB7mfy8QUH2gObWkhiyjI_EIjQTxQYrXlJjbTS0zslnaA1MSYTa_cNfHWiNGvj_fdAaiOZIivZ4EofSPT5nVBZJ/s400/Flamingo+Dancing.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJTbzkSOmFjzl42T75nP_sXIeRM1GaFASQ8lDN3Wmf15gfAdY97c3uKKvAYhSXiRFCZq3aRAcQlC5WPwgfpQDw4EoKhOehsKX40mH4e0PzQsfT3VLird_WpXvI8ARMp7ZY89qQxKfhZVe/s1600-h/dancing+kids.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375615568911778866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 84px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJTbzkSOmFjzl42T75nP_sXIeRM1GaFASQ8lDN3Wmf15gfAdY97c3uKKvAYhSXiRFCZq3aRAcQlC5WPwgfpQDw4EoKhOehsKX40mH4e0PzQsfT3VLird_WpXvI8ARMp7ZY89qQxKfhZVe/s400/dancing+kids.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375605180870991634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 68px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUamE19pJqSDEkpW9kOJwfH7N5Rprtc46vNUyugVmbGy831lRA_SW334LvuSRGP0H3dsGTRo-Cj0bhmBiJoG4dGJJ_p8E1QCFBKqGbNBnAKDE0zystwvye3D88ZDwhOCbd09jOaTZMeZU/s400/dancing+girl.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiTVgDjRViSHrTBpOlXnQINvkku5K1h_ONB3Gw4Cu550bvSQUMYq6VfmzCOGGM6e_YrI1nQ7txoLwiOFhBTrMF04VCLEcVGMKc73d_pGJk2ur_DMoX0demjySnQt1WeupEW9ieSaPZ6Jh/s1600-h/Ballet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375615150251366610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiTVgDjRViSHrTBpOlXnQINvkku5K1h_ONB3Gw4Cu550bvSQUMYq6VfmzCOGGM6e_YrI1nQ7txoLwiOFhBTrMF04VCLEcVGMKc73d_pGJk2ur_DMoX0demjySnQt1WeupEW9ieSaPZ6Jh/s400/Ballet.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Yw7OJq9cW2LVnp3Kd5ClSIYJl1r2P2u21VwdmdOY0BJdBSHDalNxuUjWJBcqOivRl4w99039Z5rj9PLt2lc7hl3CzcZUpEf2MQqOGa0ToBKzRISq1qSecPFFS_Z7TXuYRZLIhX3kFOK_/s1600-h/2+cats+dancing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375621845450585490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Yw7OJq9cW2LVnp3Kd5ClSIYJl1r2P2u21VwdmdOY0BJdBSHDalNxuUjWJBcqOivRl4w99039Z5rj9PLt2lc7hl3CzcZUpEf2MQqOGa0ToBKzRISq1qSecPFFS_Z7TXuYRZLIhX3kFOK_/s400/2+cats+dancing.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq0wUhCO016l4sYqtsJDkjZZg3DJPPNBoq8SlXxhr20IAr52vcM_AAkvRKvAq-wjDg5M7j-aFCk0vp36GdZkzLvL3kbOU0uylpzBPZXyOvBb2FDiMXA0v81Gfe93qyHNV3HCXzhnG63Ik/s1600-h/Cat+doing+the+Twist.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Yw7OJq9cW2LVnp3Kd5ClSIYJl1r2P2u21VwdmdOY0BJdBSHDalNxuUjWJBcqOivRl4w99039Z5rj9PLt2lc7hl3CzcZUpEf2MQqOGa0ToBKzRISq1qSecPFFS_Z7TXuYRZLIhX3kFOK_/s1600-h/2+cats+dancing.jpg"></a> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375624898103744898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 69px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrS9pPzLkVTLXCY_VafH4TFI0bRk6V-hq4bLI1RVzD30MUIxrB4hndmLVXO3zQfLOS-ow2vcsL3niKzLD5QoenHv8VlaynMy9vyoF58ZlZobvUaUUerjflUrHqJPi2ypOC2JJOv19mZU9/s400/dancing+cats.jpg" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlMf_dTZHoUkDKBnjT61ENeiUuaLIGSgSUG7nZ8J9Omv_qjSW2VMQ9L5fzDfqNE8jraccXpPzZBkH4a6EVrgkNcKNabB4f4-Gudhp05OCSG37Yw5sWFo-dkWeuzceYl4i_D34mAT-cpVo/s1600-h/cat+jumping.jpg"></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq0wUhCO016l4sYqtsJDkjZZg3DJPPNBoq8SlXxhr20IAr52vcM_AAkvRKvAq-wjDg5M7j-aFCk0vp36GdZkzLvL3kbOU0uylpzBPZXyOvBb2FDiMXA0v81Gfe93qyHNV3HCXzhnG63Ik/s1600-h/Cat+doing+the+Twist.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375622472913629202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfq0wUhCO016l4sYqtsJDkjZZg3DJPPNBoq8SlXxhr20IAr52vcM_AAkvRKvAq-wjDg5M7j-aFCk0vp36GdZkzLvL3kbOU0uylpzBPZXyOvBb2FDiMXA0v81Gfe93qyHNV3HCXzhnG63Ik/s400/Cat+doing+the+Twist.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3F9ZzzUDQyP7zVKTZQRxQ9PH80We-vJ267xwZVJYOQ9J00nK35XFGYkqgVqFLjzvlus63UNmcxvtInD6P04P4pN8aloAYoCmHKGEWvgSXjzex9YFdm8LvWlKl4blMy8_nA_w96dxDbFfW/s1600-h/dance+to+the+music.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375615913340860802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3F9ZzzUDQyP7zVKTZQRxQ9PH80We-vJ267xwZVJYOQ9J00nK35XFGYkqgVqFLjzvlus63UNmcxvtInD6P04P4pN8aloAYoCmHKGEWvgSXjzex9YFdm8LvWlKl4blMy8_nA_w96dxDbFfW/s400/dance+to+the+music.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlMf_dTZHoUkDKBnjT61ENeiUuaLIGSgSUG7nZ8J9Omv_qjSW2VMQ9L5fzDfqNE8jraccXpPzZBkH4a6EVrgkNcKNabB4f4-Gudhp05OCSG37Yw5sWFo-dkWeuzceYl4i_D34mAT-cpVo/s1600-h/cat+jumping.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375616435789936610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 118px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlMf_dTZHoUkDKBnjT61ENeiUuaLIGSgSUG7nZ8J9Omv_qjSW2VMQ9L5fzDfqNE8jraccXpPzZBkH4a6EVrgkNcKNabB4f4-Gudhp05OCSG37Yw5sWFo-dkWeuzceYl4i_D34mAT-cpVo/s400/cat+jumping.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375603371798393586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtogxvVNfFF6r5tDapMpeAlBABHHuQRg8m7vtAY5ZElK9VT9JUeMje3jwM54gf-b4EiYRtm_cOvtTqsDXYOPUveIx6jGxuNH4-4RZZ74opWkNqwnCyjMpqYkyGM-9UbA9o0P8o4M9l3gn/s400/baby+dancing+with+statue.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Yes, celebr<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx9yFa0JWQQHgvJPno7LfGEmCgrBIHO2GT3Sz2DhqC0_uX6T2uG2f-2EWaDhmQruu2lmwkRkMLJTX6C1KbZA7ZfXp5bxK6hrDBOMmhVxmqRBFT1Pdw-ERl9TKhgnkxQ6gHoC1bGY4_Ncu/s1600-h/laptop+pc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375619206712990338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx9yFa0JWQQHgvJPno7LfGEmCgrBIHO2GT3Sz2DhqC0_uX6T2uG2f-2EWaDhmQruu2lmwkRkMLJTX6C1KbZA7ZfXp5bxK6hrDBOMmhVxmqRBFT1Pdw-ERl9TKhgnkxQ6gHoC1bGY4_Ncu/s400/laptop+pc.jpg" border="0" /></a>ate, celebrate and dance to the music because my darling laptop is back home where the heart is. She's quite fit and ready to "Rock and Roll" with me once again. WooHoo!!!</p></div></div></div></div><br /> <br /><br /> And now I leave you with a big smile...ttyl <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375619775209204338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 114px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3hpPvDQy0_q2YXPGowBhZmRhyx77vciBrE3KhNmjM2EYBZixW78l7aUXkZE2m2ocsPY7iEuGu_5lYfz4CKSY5B6Kl9L7eA0Buie2tQ6XWGGtaQcUMsuW9uDZCBvMjAqAp3mioTPUu1qX/s400/dancing+heart.jpg" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-22180831255225893582009-08-24T00:30:00.000-07:002009-08-24T11:54:56.319-07:00Oh Me, Oh My, I Think I'll Cry!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373433782710984226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1s788s0M4MiHJPsd3Crj0KpvxAOI8kEqn8-1AzhszEl914KrpPZ6qd-2kNwzq1AQ1MuBjOhXhTS3ULdHtDoDGwGne6aIm7c9PZkPQKXSZoz72SZngwUOFQW5AUbW24Lx35Ws-SAGC643/s400/crying+woman.jpg" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyrmUcS9xaq0EtzgeenD8HBtTMKOBdvs6MMmRJC92dQ6KHv6_6ZZ7jHjSTQOkRA_r2B4HjgEdlxYDD3h2voFUlT-wFNJSn5_zJ0HJvL3Dqnek1Vx6bYOCVns4hHrVxO81qEwrZ9q1uCQp/s1600-h/woman+crying+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373433414154136994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyrmUcS9xaq0EtzgeenD8HBtTMKOBdvs6MMmRJC92dQ6KHv6_6ZZ7jHjSTQOkRA_r2B4HjgEdlxYDD3h2voFUlT-wFNJSn5_zJ0HJvL3Dqnek1Vx6bYOCVns4hHrVxO81qEwrZ9q1uCQp/s400/woman+crying+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> Boo hoo, boo hoo--yes, I'm crying --Why? Because I have been separated from my laptop. Yes, incredible as it may seem--I am without my dear sweet laptop. No, she hasn't moved out and no, she hasn't run away--she's really sick and had to be brought to the Staples computer hospital.<br /><br /><br />It was truly an emergency--because if she wasn't taken to the computer hospital at Staples she might have been bitten, kicked, stamped upon with both of my feet, punched, or maybe even thrown against a brick wall to be smashed into tiny non-recognizable pieces. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqzHQ6gIIq55ffsigkZ_UloqwPlkjHueq2EfyJpH0i0Z_FPMnfkqSbkJShy-g68uDO8REa8-8OjZZvaGXzVGufZRZe6g9HigKuzQxBToMyzkUgv9SgpOZnDuQi5aDcVnp4wwTx75Cc5LD/s1600-h/frustrated+woman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373598750569127010" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqzHQ6gIIq55ffsigkZ_UloqwPlkjHueq2EfyJpH0i0Z_FPMnfkqSbkJShy-g68uDO8REa8-8OjZZvaGXzVGufZRZe6g9HigKuzQxBToMyzkUgv9SgpOZnDuQi5aDcVnp4wwTx75Cc5LD/s400/frustrated+woman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlKx1uB09f08E7x7ILz5wg9fMMSd7PYHmPwRGbuBGLgEczPJeZi-ejPEEcmKitQpTCaaCTyZ18Ua4n1ObM-lrNiDbMQp3PIviXYe5MYjKuO1zeqJU6YlWJWek3j6rIKdDQYHJrcjZKRnx/s1600-h/woman+eating+her+pc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373598084207864530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlKx1uB09f08E7x7ILz5wg9fMMSd7PYHmPwRGbuBGLgEczPJeZi-ejPEEcmKitQpTCaaCTyZ18Ua4n1ObM-lrNiDbMQp3PIviXYe5MYjKuO1zeqJU6YlWJWek3j6rIKdDQYHJrcjZKRnx/s400/woman+eating+her+pc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373598583385770066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTTJZN3B4SaSP6mROjXyf6n47BzQZlg158yvt1UDczXOQ5WzrrhZadb7gka7gX0xt86QwxzxRA5-hQOT_VFUJVcW3rZShql5omwqIT5vuo5tvvZgoXgK88_NqL4RhP76L8BRAkTh_ZRze/s400/frustrated+man+punching+pc.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div>Pooh, pooh, pooh , how really sad it is that a mere machine can drive me to become annoyed, frustrated, and down right angry. Especially, since I am usually a calm, patient, and non-violent human being?<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373599936585094482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3uSEyWglzpBb9miLwc5wRs3fzDt1Cl0RLAdC8VIAwYE0XUIdu5EyLqAj481eNUvLfvVlzdb89MKguFCk_j8mQtOXD5SXC7U5U86prfE1mCchCBRlEr5E2KJl7ufPdQfaXga2AsGAtz5o/s400/laptop+pc.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRB_1vcF0I4SU2i415hRk50a1XY2Uv81LP2mq57Guu0a_cgvoSnTCZhT2pSFvGW0gfivg0e1xZgEWmLtFYSO7XIOFc3gffbMDS2sjh-H53yc743oXAGEOxmGRkaLbIHhuRkKBW2P8pSQ8/s1600-h/upset+woman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373601569050487922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRB_1vcF0I4SU2i415hRk50a1XY2Uv81LP2mq57Guu0a_cgvoSnTCZhT2pSFvGW0gfivg0e1xZgEWmLtFYSO7XIOFc3gffbMDS2sjh-H53yc743oXAGEOxmGRkaLbIHhuRkKBW2P8pSQ8/s400/upset+woman.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><div>Well, at least I haven't been driven to drink, or torn my hair out---yet! "So, how sick was she", you ask? "Very ,very, very sick", I answer back.<br /><br /><p>That little "she-devil" stopped in the middle of me typing, and if I was lucky enough to get her to continue she'd exasperate me by jumping 2 sentences back. Ms laptop made it painful for me to hightlight, copy, paste, edit, reply to an email and these are just a few of the symptoms of this very, very,very sick laptop of mine. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373603916004276946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 94px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jXrzZEBsNbIx956JCi5-1MCIFrpjt5BkLB8ALKoe7xOsY9BG3z5i1j1M2IaD9TaLXvgUcf6ws9nqRfrm_nUIrHrVWhe9ceshZD8usiDka6wNafHD-rn_P4mSsA4KcvxEWgnG6lytiISv/s400/Momma+told+me+cat.jpg" border="0" />So, I cry, boo hoo, boo hoo--yes, I'm suffering from separation anxiety. "This is crazy", you say? Yup, you're right! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373601159511994018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOM_7CBlOsCL7ZqbhOwLahWPCh2MxuyRA2w7p9W1ZpEpWGpDsWGS6za-7tiJdT1kdpYMnOwBM9if8PegOxyh4vYGF-yuckAaR8tV2ia5iEM5AZvfq0BfF0QttbaVwrlDQwsZ_1h-XZuImZ/s400/woman+with+anxiety.jpg" border="0" />So, what makes a fairly emotionally healthly mature adult get to feel this way? Well, I guess I have to tell you! It's relying too much on my laptop for communicating with others, for searching for information, for finding out how to get somewhere by car, for the weather, for the news, for shopping, and so much more. Yes, becoming dependant on a mere machine! Sound familiar to you--hey, look in the mirror--I bet you are me.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373603259142072226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmZBfFTH4wTHDnrHLRPqEEno-2PUtCdvLBlwH_7d-jMxNORgLScAqiAKNTyd9-DG-zD5fIXW3ht79eVkiDcyPzswkLnO8YLjpB-MZnqocbVLI1B2AtZfz-EiVCoOdgw16JB3F5I_-YMPq/s400/Smiling+face.jpg" border="0" /> Enough said--ttyl<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-6800290894458440992009-08-18T16:19:00.000-07:002009-08-18T20:00:42.747-07:00Craft Fair Selling--"Don'ts and Do's"Selling your handcrafted jewelry on line sucks big time! Why??? Because of all the time and effort that's needed to promote your wares to an unseen population of potential customers. And, because anyone else selling jewelry on line is doing exactly what you are doing. Competition is positively enormous. So, where else do we sell our creations? Well, private jewelry parties are great, but hard to come by. So, we turn to the "craft fairs", "handmade fairs", and the holiday fairs.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KQUuIRGhuD7XrUPfJbzOU852uoQNsNJDrgVKeMO6k1LW7LMBX_Q4kggaxCuofU_AZAUtiXc9ZDBApPDAWQGnIQXfevD5pwcn24vClMlx2F62HuSfaXadgDvoHtYDGVEjP5JqC-kRG1Gr/s1600-h/Outdoor+craft+fair+tents.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371450988029907858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KQUuIRGhuD7XrUPfJbzOU852uoQNsNJDrgVKeMO6k1LW7LMBX_Q4kggaxCuofU_AZAUtiXc9ZDBApPDAWQGnIQXfevD5pwcn24vClMlx2F62HuSfaXadgDvoHtYDGVEjP5JqC-kRG1Gr/s400/Outdoor+craft+fair+tents.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371451999799586754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogIk7A6YC7pJ1EVzyAgPfb_yVyGf4xe8CobA_MHHzqpWCoH-vgSs0LkJepvkSpvFOENt79SvW_Xj4cRU4s-x_Q-942B7ExItJVkLoiXANcFj9YU0zd_H1RocgMwMdloWrBoUTOoV5BKGj/s400/Craft+tent.jpg" border="0" />Yes, the "fairs" they are a fabulous selling venue. The promoting for the event is not in your hands--ahhhhh, what a joy. And, a joy it is to be able to see your potential customers, to promote your creations in the "Flesh". Who better to promote your jewels than you, the designer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTqZtwEkJpXhJSZ6-9CaTEu2Kf8pCYJJem7VBGKXXYs045JhfQyoFYi41480_tON1sHS0a0MqKovCblBHL0F6W5ftH8ewj0vJ-rcwhJU4lB0jDPoH4grZrh3fpajg0DL_F0swmK6V8Npy/s1600-h/outdoor+craft+fair+table.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371491081105921490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTqZtwEkJpXhJSZ6-9CaTEu2Kf8pCYJJem7VBGKXXYs045JhfQyoFYi41480_tON1sHS0a0MqKovCblBHL0F6W5ftH8ewj0vJ-rcwhJU4lB0jDPoH4grZrh3fpajg0DL_F0swmK6V8Npy/s400/outdoor+craft+fair+table.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJP-qWXS5scUAQnl3o1Yu8JZQdkWY_B-N16bWzTF33z-TcKQJXhMfvKlm_iweYyv0uj_0jJ14cH2BFEjecW3TKP4daOC2ottdYHXV_fkXg07NPczqzBKakcsHy8ZVM3AWl_66dOGMG2kh/s1600-h/craft+table+set+up.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371475213048284770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJP-qWXS5scUAQnl3o1Yu8JZQdkWY_B-N16bWzTF33z-TcKQJXhMfvKlm_iweYyv0uj_0jJ14cH2BFEjecW3TKP4daOC2ottdYHXV_fkXg07NPczqzBKakcsHy8ZVM3AWl_66dOGMG2kh/s400/craft+table+set+up.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div>Here's some "Don'ts" when selling at a craft fair:<br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Kujo9mVXu-S-T00OPiOjaXBtU9SPt3kqTZs0dvsLrw2S4ZCYbO0jGSCskZFBjqAHZq2xcDdTpM5w-qaRyia1pHW7TCiRIR7cgv6kEmhMHctmHpaAHURLiN9QvzzGxTJCPStZQrLRXiL6/s1600-h/Bored+Vendor.jpg"></a></div><div>1. Don't appear to be bored, negative, or unhappy--when you go to the fair with the attitude that you are going to have a good time no matter what.</div><div><br />2.Don't eat, read, or chat in your booth or behind your table when potential customers are around. Most likely a customer will walk right past you because they don't want to interrupt your activity. Hey, you're there to sell and to foster a relationship with new or repeat customers. Not possible when doing some other activity.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371454482951502402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaapb2nOqSkdgqVHgLdhKvS5uCrpt4yzX-iQvDYjQyiTWCv7-GUrRWNZCcrLcDaHJw_T6oOF5eQJp7QmSqX8_lWPA2hze9C4QDYaFMPX8zqoUGvtDavvHbeXG9Dca5tDO4OMNY9alUJWJQ/s400/Inside+craft+table.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><div>3. Don't create a display that is "over done"--placing everything you have on your table is too overwhelming--you know the saying--"less is better"--try to use your vertical space to your advantage.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGNNAxCdhfq-6zfFfYJI52L2G5puEmuzICCOkVypy0l115cPSkGzmxkx2A351dyBWEufOqsXOiKdC7O4Y_6BNTafIgTmjHMS46ZJ14CKznAlhlwJxccpGeKN_qlBCrZ97_w2AWDbfNS6R/s1600-h/IMG_7792.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371461975914820642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGNNAxCdhfq-6zfFfYJI52L2G5puEmuzICCOkVypy0l115cPSkGzmxkx2A351dyBWEufOqsXOiKdC7O4Y_6BNTafIgTmjHMS46ZJ14CKznAlhlwJxccpGeKN_qlBCrZ97_w2AWDbfNS6R/s400/IMG_7792.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371459442747960402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUNYehN8xuqgKHtBlvk6jY_HlAIwVLUg037kAjn7Wlys4Lt6jAD5VyXh0HMxZVHtwEr2uWaptipxS5ot00SNatUeUWXH53p2whltnRB-uVh6lcUf3dqTLGsmF4Sec985mSgHIVxdT5PVW/s400/Vertical+space.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>4. Don't be controlled by your weaknesses--if you are not good at selling then challenge yourself in this area and if you are shy, use this opportunity to be more outgoing. Don't let anything be an obstacle to your success.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvJo0acBdI-D1KUUBU1s-vDr9TNr3O81i1xMIKHwntXpCv5fuzuFHQWU2NqalMYhVeFfYyeD2kQTI2yuq1023raYQ4mVU9EYYMkaofSYGctZfnzNqD5CzwOqNOPqwwja-QmUCkQ9haf2P/s1600-h/Shy+vendor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371492009677379170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvJo0acBdI-D1KUUBU1s-vDr9TNr3O81i1xMIKHwntXpCv5fuzuFHQWU2NqalMYhVeFfYyeD2kQTI2yuq1023raYQ4mVU9EYYMkaofSYGctZfnzNqD5CzwOqNOPqwwja-QmUCkQ9haf2P/s400/Shy+vendor.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />5. Don't sell the same old stuff. How boring for a repeat customer to see the same things on your table.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371480739409136098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOomUta_PwkBnaWufHlXcDf_t4eciT38gkzHX_KVcWZkhD8vbg36afXnraAxG3jt1A62sgbvkdCbQtIMUQ9cCDexW2S0hq0QNpw1Pt-fs_2w87FPw5MDDAgX5-SKt2FfD5-BKVg-LBFls7/s400/Jewelry+table.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div>6. Don't purchase new things unnecessarily. You can reduce your costs and keep your inventory more streamlined if you save your extra beads, scraps from wire, and use them in a piece of jewelry.<br /><br /></div><div>7. Don't sell yourself short. Develop a pricing strategy that takes in account your material costs, your time, your overhead, and a percentage of profit. I a customer doesn't appreciated how much skill it took to made a piece, avoid being defensive--educate them.</div><div><br />Now, here's some "Do's" when selling at craft fairs:</div><div></div><div>1. Do choose your fairs carefully. If you haven't participated in a fair research it to make sure it is the type of fair for you. Check out "The Crafts Report" on line--craftsreport.com. You will get lots of info here.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalHvu0fFPqQvUGnvDwKsbxBLqZ6Qo3ulMscQSprXWrvqSrHlb4y7GVqifAGpG8gQVNKceo-oFIQU1RxEKPKkFmBsbNuPA_FXGB0YoExv52SjQ678QKSquCE1x5WzC44N8FtFcnroBhPW0/s1600-h/Craft+fair+sign+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371496935568899490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalHvu0fFPqQvUGnvDwKsbxBLqZ6Qo3ulMscQSprXWrvqSrHlb4y7GVqifAGpG8gQVNKceo-oFIQU1RxEKPKkFmBsbNuPA_FXGB0YoExv52SjQ678QKSquCE1x5WzC44N8FtFcnroBhPW0/s400/Craft+fair+sign+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNgu_-4Pa87I9iISjN4q6vZaQbwtrKAdHmEvaD18w1HkgugHIICZWSfTJQ0LQpjmomKiAZnFLAcLTiePJW4W98l4mvfoin7Y_95Op7y5nN3pRhVf2oTDki4APzpehaJ1U3szOta7Q5_a8/s1600-h/Craft+fair+sign.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371496815179127058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNgu_-4Pa87I9iISjN4q6vZaQbwtrKAdHmEvaD18w1HkgugHIICZWSfTJQ0LQpjmomKiAZnFLAcLTiePJW4W98l4mvfoin7Y_95Op7y5nN3pRhVf2oTDki4APzpehaJ1U3szOta7Q5_a8/s400/Craft+fair+sign.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371492678505649442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xiw1tlojD1mNLj_FjeEDXiMdsPk73tJqA6yF2Ys2IW84G4Jrs-f3AXIBKIPlF7sEbMv2R-qzZOljZNolXgRMaG9xrSt6Jyst23mL8sJdV2TXNw4a-BPdHVZLD0xVcFaBkluy1hZQj2Ad/s400/Craft+Fair+Sign.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>2.Do have a mailing list and a marketing plan. Let past and potential customers know about your fair schedules. Success happens when you get the word out about your fair.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371494674923779282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88XkNjS5ccIMzMXwzZOHodZy_UoXicUPlSdumzTDRufRpSjFzWYgFA_0jw4mcNawWyBKoff1DBPZoj0YoieDV6clnQxM08CUO8alP-fEssksS9NnKtpMH94iTC9h7KZbPKKUzRPKPhV-2/s400/Jewelry+vendor.jpg" border="0" />3. Do act pleasantly to potential customers and the "Fair Producers". If you are unpleasant when selling you will most certainly turn customers away. If you are unpleasant with the fair's producers then you might find that you will not be able to return to sell at that fair again. </div><div></div><div></div><div>4. Do think creatively about displays sales, raffles, coupons, and payment plans for your customers especially during these dificult economic times. If the overhead is too high then try to get a friend to share a booth with.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E5vWG5uQsrLuHn32z9xXpMXGgMt7La6QvCG6izaENKwrxYD72WPIU36ZeEm4rCMrVtHQqWjQapEEYjaO2Zq53BfM2LX-6t1zQCi8hGAIHxiRQhWw-GmH6AJkejvsaCXcWUmbxsyqgT0r/s1600-h/Craft+fair+necklace+display.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371495601174521986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 98px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E5vWG5uQsrLuHn32z9xXpMXGgMt7La6QvCG6izaENKwrxYD72WPIU36ZeEm4rCMrVtHQqWjQapEEYjaO2Zq53BfM2LX-6t1zQCi8hGAIHxiRQhWw-GmH6AJkejvsaCXcWUmbxsyqgT0r/s400/Craft+fair+necklace+display.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwELjm8-1GOSc6sgaagwtnnRLIkR13-SZOIk1rH7sT__N3ILiXUvyMlxyyptBoW9oBn1dA4Ykf1ezjLAZA9xLiT_6xQPnhpGPlKXsCsyPnaOZ0s__wxj_k9xWrytb4T0gjE7PSFIJgG1dW/s1600-h/Jewelry+busts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371495376871974434" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwELjm8-1GOSc6sgaagwtnnRLIkR13-SZOIk1rH7sT__N3ILiXUvyMlxyyptBoW9oBn1dA4Ykf1ezjLAZA9xLiT_6xQPnhpGPlKXsCsyPnaOZ0s__wxj_k9xWrytb4T0gjE7PSFIJgG1dW/s400/Jewelry+busts.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371495478864666786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 85px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXiBuGbyXwqotqPrRAYD5K1P9zZkEiRF2_gVQA_sYBVtfDfv91axl5KAPUMQAI5fjtpbvh9v40G5V_MIcRE4s4zRM8WKaCe45NQie8-AyG1Fkw6_uwUxzJ4DaJrjqsqes0l3al2tyQiZM/s400/Jewelry+display.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>5. Do take a long view on success. If you have a less than successful fair--learn from it, try to improve. It is important to work to establish long-term relationships with your customers. One smart tactic is to set up a future sale.</div><br /><div>6. Do have a next step strategy. When you make a sale let the customer know that you gaurantee your work. If customers need any adjustments or repairs let them know that they can call you to do the work. Also let them know that special orders are welcomed.</div><br /><div>7. Do protect yourself from theft. Have a strategy to safeguard your work and your money. Be attentive to what is going on at your table or booth. </div><br /><div>Hey guys, by no means is this a full list of the "Don'ts and Do's" for being successful at Craft Fairs. But it's certainly a good beginning! </div><br /><div>Good Luck selling in the "FLESH"!!!</div><br /><div>Okay--I'm finished for now... </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-49985342709896619132009-08-11T18:10:00.000-07:002009-08-12T15:58:26.363-07:00"Ya Gotta LOL"Here is something I just have to share with you--these are real comments made on students' report cards by teachers in one of our public school systems. All these teachers were reprimanded, quite rightly, for their inappropriate and unprofessional remarks but, forgive me, they really will make you LOL.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2rJhyphenhyphenFjW6jNMSvF71tJcaz_4ZuNZrVJO5a7S1fsdbaXncvnXar2rszn5ouuZ5SyLCAqBje_I7RSD0wMF5QdmCly8JYrC3t9-SVDyoTIsLU7aYQ9b1gv4InQUSEQxNN5u2LjJAMjNsIGb/s1600-h/funny+pics+of+kids.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368935036023707090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 97px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2rJhyphenhyphenFjW6jNMSvF71tJcaz_4ZuNZrVJO5a7S1fsdbaXncvnXar2rszn5ouuZ5SyLCAqBje_I7RSD0wMF5QdmCly8JYrC3t9-SVDyoTIsLU7aYQ9b1gv4InQUSEQxNN5u2LjJAMjNsIGb/s400/funny+pics+of+kids.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />1. Since the last marking period, your child has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FlNFyQrfniSCWN9x4wrj9V2Xhehyphenhypheno8R6vxrdRZM_UvkQxhHKvV3cbD7FeVzqrZioCVobw3Q7-yCKtmfmlZkNUOKsW4E7YYvCUcSNgm03edWyaPkbX-liUiS2P5O68coEKTmCB_o7qLIE/s1600-h/Silly+boy.jpg"></a> <div><div><div><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div>2. Your child has delusions of adequacy. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368931795123848738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZGzEH-8VNdmd4X1xAfL3W24_mhEYG_YknKt76w1A1b7N7xfuQ5mxELIGNVpeY0uRLjTmK7yhKExo1ljxEg2VKAUdghH_c4ubrZx0P1sJpkZNM1vFF_h0Q_rwaycLH3-eSmUoiiCrGU0-/s400/boy+with+%27big%27+hair.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div>3. Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368944534434925602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XKiRZuYHKotyUqDyniiSe2Kd9r1zxTqJ4gNJ3KlYRRWvYHcoNAO_Zc09LbsML9ey0M4DSxQZkofUQwEeQaLvkLsmr9J18Q80ETOolMrtKF0ZTo2vaKCS_wu2xsJu78Y3euzhMVsX2x9W/s400/a+boy+painting.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>4. Your son is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368934573063552482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNwudV6_e0TvJE_E48vxzLAYFwUTLMwVZyFJipjWr9_KRLrfohgbasGic5ucR0dP_iC_gAkKGSP0gl6Kq0Lb6RHS_sqU02fM_CvJSbxhYLvs4RCH4U_ktiCvTiuwl_SsYNxYLUiAoAlrp/s400/boy+in+over-alls.jpg" border="0" /> 5.This child has been working with glue too much.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368946765768008562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 119px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 93px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQunrsTKTZv2wFZ6ZKsjXyREYf5Fn7XDQovi53FDwP5dI8YUYDMTYf90vj5b0JuAbdQoLVPAcW3ztJcNCITJFnZxVbZ83ZF1AheuO-I-OXyaxAQouuI1kOi8Zzed-KoSAZ-G0Tb9XP0yJA/s400/funny+faced+boy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368928764300687442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE1NdEJNUqfwG4U13wPg9pGbB9nY1srezfWjnJVOLpVgkUnCzjpB5LWhY_G39yYumVYw2IjMfpRmJU3J_7My0B1HVpD9qyO35AVSlSOPKQCq-TTHWARld8wcc8gAVrSA3AoKR4OBGNeoG/s400/Girl+making+a+face+with+boy.jpg" border="0" /> 6. When your daughter's IQ reaches 50 she should sell.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>7. The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming. . </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368928160192124386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 96px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH__oiwo9r1-liXgdJe-inIpBSqjzb4ZjuDNeKmBZvqUMq8yWgIGyUlxDOr-IU_gwik-HsboI8JO0zxb6G0lk_2oOXHjdQIhsgR_qqo1TTJ0alGbusgGacFv4thZake2n3BAtHPITotI7C/s400/sleeping+girl.jpg" border="0" /><br />8. If this student were any more stupid he'd have to be watered twice a week.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2i_1F-B4WjyQsEGoON967ocomfJLV-NsBvDUe3rY7TLITRopUpMJauWBbFk7nlPg3ai8ZQ5_1lyaM4LkOxXzC19LPDKjAwUjiAA0CgYGATmVA5GsZU6QFTtuhadaCvegGDd9kT48UvtW/s1600-h/boy+with+tongue+out.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368927290496108274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2i_1F-B4WjyQsEGoON967ocomfJLV-NsBvDUe3rY7TLITRopUpMJauWBbFk7nlPg3ai8ZQ5_1lyaM4LkOxXzC19LPDKjAwUjiAA0CgYGATmVA5GsZU6QFTtuhadaCvegGDd9kT48UvtW/s400/boy+with+tongue+out.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>9. I would not allow this student to breed. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368926781640295074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 91px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnlRT7W5r4UAa_S8Mqd8MN2pmDH4pujPYn1UUGufrazGMJIwqUencprXx4j0KUmEh6nz95KBZ2v-sk_aawsyGSMEw6ofnl4xBKnvBgMxERq5NotcH9w_ganc5_aK5DvUr5h4Jl94ydkcmK/s400/Silly+boy.jpg" border="0" /><br />10. It's impossibe to believe the sperm that created this child beat 1,000,000 others.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368947788719936466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 92px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZ_U-WKIKdHgd3yB8-HztyyOiDlsgMWriPMc9BwCEsK-96stbfBN-CyAt5cvMi1Ia8IOBPlBoPRcY-h-6BqxaxUCZo1gQb4vrKIGsQN5tPjp_zU0RZn3y8u7svDh1O9DS0xYT9YQUVQTz/s400/girl+and+doll.jpg" border="0" />I hope you were able to LOL!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>That's all there is for now--ttyl...<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-91573735533117885092009-08-08T22:36:00.001-07:002009-08-11T22:23:35.851-07:00About Getting Older<a href="http://api.ning.com/files/m7QUhC7xePiCLT5SzlCopMcIobq1PtR0KqSWVXhu6wAGY08cMSMS1ioHvwCoJEwP7R2x3YHGBLuPTUMMxhomLAKcAbSp7cSR/older.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 368px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px" alt="" src="http://api.ning.com/files/m7QUhC7xePiCLT5SzlCopMcIobq1PtR0KqSWVXhu6wAGY08cMSMS1ioHvwCoJEwP7R2x3YHGBLuPTUMMxhomLAKcAbSp7cSR/older.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here' a beautiful message about getting older.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Oh darn, I've forgotten what it was...</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-838119682710016672009-08-03T09:53:00.000-07:002009-08-04T11:25:06.587-07:00"WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, ALFIE?'<a href="http://easytwitterbuttons.com/btns/twitterbutton1.png"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 47px" alt="" src="http://easytwitterbuttons.com/btns/twitterbutton1.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT ALFIE? IS IT JUST FOR PROMOTING THAT WE LIVE?</div><div>It sure seems that way most of the time. I ask why, why, why? And is it really worth so much of our time?</div><div></div><div></div><div>You have a shop on line--yea, I know you have to promote. Gotta get your name out there into cyberspace, people have to know about your shop. Hey, if they don't know about your shop how can you make a sale? And making sales is what it's all about--right? Right!!!</div><div>Granted, promoting is a necessary thing. </div><br /><div>Okay, so let's talk a little bit about the actual promoting of our shops and wares. Hmm, well we sign up on sites: Plumdrop, Indiepublic, byhand.me, Mycraft, We Love Etsy, deviantArt, Craftrevolution, Kaboodle -- a mere sampling of the sites that are out there in cyberspace for us to sign up to for this most important activity. Now,what do you do once you are signed up to a site? We set up our profile, we join the groups that have the same interests, we talk on the forums, we add friends, we upload pictures of our work, we share ideas, techniques, we announce sales and giveaways. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Of course let's not forget that we also "tweet" and "plurk" and gather up followers and fans and you become a follower or friend... We are on Myspace and facebook where we set up business pages and ask for people to be our fan. We bookbook our wares on Stumbleupon, Delicious, Google, and more. We join guilds and teams to promote each other.</div><div>Hmmm, have I forgotten something? Oh yes indeed I have--we create blogs too.</div><br /><div>OMG, is there no end to what we do in the name of promotion? I ask again, is it all worth it?</div><div>And I answer quite emphatically NO! I say it is definitely not worth it!!! Yes, it brings more traffic to our shops--Well, whippee do--traffic is great but where is the traffic coming from? Quite often it is from other sellers like ourselves, curious to see what you are selling. And I also ask, who are on the sites that we sign on to? Well, just about everyone we know who sells too. </div><br /><div>Don't get me wrong promoting is a necessary thing--however, I think that we have taken this necessary thing and have gone too far with it--to no avail. Everyone who has a shop is everywhere you are. You need to see where your traffic is coming from and promote in that direction. You need to eliminate some of the sites and groups you belong to, keep the ones that you really enjoy and are helpful to you. You need to set up a schedule for yourself for promoting each day or every few days that is not etched in stone. And above all, you need to step back and smell the roses too.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>So, Alfie promoting doesn't have to be what life is all about--just a small part of it!</div><br /><div>okay, okay--"that's all folks"!</div><div>ttyl, :o)</div><div></div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-39643368751018839932009-07-29T12:42:00.000-07:002009-08-04T11:25:44.376-07:00"The Leader Of the Pack"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYTmWSgr2IC283Bc10wIxvRb5Oq9cKyfWiEyyayX9cVr-OClxRHyR-lmqib4OK1zGtsGHC5sN_1Ps7wbpMMja1U85mAxnDZ1OiPP20PQODWIUidIAU6cT_RUvRNFw_iNvFKqHsP7OQ9eM/s1600-h/Motorcycle+gang.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364016751766551090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 90px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYTmWSgr2IC283Bc10wIxvRb5Oq9cKyfWiEyyayX9cVr-OClxRHyR-lmqib4OK1zGtsGHC5sN_1Ps7wbpMMja1U85mAxnDZ1OiPP20PQODWIUidIAU6cT_RUvRNFw_iNvFKqHsP7OQ9eM/s200/Motorcycle+gang.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLq75nbIpUQlTi9F1kJrvAi7ejYy26gQobqTB8KH9XwZqaPBqES2KQJWlnuxePHRoVuszmO8mN2_3WB84HLFUB0F21PnIwtY0hG5PjvcX8e7dpHcvYHCCDjxDWbRE4EMcOIOwBlzvSa4-H/s1600-h/Rabid+dog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364016636308428850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLq75nbIpUQlTi9F1kJrvAi7ejYy26gQobqTB8KH9XwZqaPBqES2KQJWlnuxePHRoVuszmO8mN2_3WB84HLFUB0F21PnIwtY0hG5PjvcX8e7dpHcvYHCCDjxDWbRE4EMcOIOwBlzvSa4-H/s200/Rabid+dog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5MuAKYn-noEpjlS6e4RznGYvROswkHDmNUxVC9qYNIxg8thMmBss87Ku-2bAaEkcSS7sMpIIijMKl-OzgF9A9RtsoTHI-s5JzYRUcqGZULIaS7hd23lIq2aEKiJff5FLffsbUU6HkqHb/s1600-h/Feral+cats.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364016510633026482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5MuAKYn-noEpjlS6e4RznGYvROswkHDmNUxVC9qYNIxg8thMmBss87Ku-2bAaEkcSS7sMpIIijMKl-OzgF9A9RtsoTHI-s5JzYRUcqGZULIaS7hd23lIq2aEKiJff5FLffsbUU6HkqHb/s200/Feral+cats.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuttJdZ1n1k1HQcoHi60mUKcumpopHP5f-HQcoU8HdiZ-vWgJc_yzuOsjlJAMS4KAWrGowkFRdhOAtSo1spZW5AyTn9lG4C1u2MCXoarazNY7bITD7hRzQg8xT2nYgqS5g1qVx2D95bED/s1600-h/Wolf+pack.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364016346430177762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuttJdZ1n1k1HQcoHi60mUKcumpopHP5f-HQcoU8HdiZ-vWgJc_yzuOsjlJAMS4KAWrGowkFRdhOAtSo1spZW5AyTn9lG4C1u2MCXoarazNY7bITD7hRzQg8xT2nYgqS5g1qVx2D95bED/s200/Wolf+pack.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Yep, I'm "The Leader of the Pack"--not a pack of bikers, or rabid dogs, or feral cats, or even wolves--just a pack of jewelry designers and jewelry suppliers. Well, actually it's not really a pack it's a group or to be exact it's a guild on Artfire.com. So, I am the leader of the "Artfire Jewelry Design Jewelry Supply Guild". </div><br /><div>I inherited this leadership from the original creator who moved on to newer pastures, not greener, just newer. By the way, my actual title is "Guild Master"--are you impressed? Oh shucks, I'm rather dissapointed. Ya know why? Cause I'm actually enjoying the role.</div><br /><div>The guild is made up of over 100 members who have studios on Artfire.com, a very friendly "seller and buyer" venue. The members of this guild are a wonderfully diverse and talented group of jewelry designers and jewelry suppliers.</div><br /><div>Oh, your still not impressed? Humph I say! Just come by our blog and visit the links to the member's studios--you are gonna be surprised by the talent, creativity, and diversity, as well as the fabulous supplies offered. Here's the link: <a href="http://ajdjss.blogspot.com/">http://ajdjss.blogspot.com/</a></div><div>Get going after you finish reading this--you won't be disppointed whatsoever!</div><div></div><div>So, are you curious about why this "leader of the pack", oops I mean Guild Master role </div><div>is enjoyable to me? Well, if you're not, no matter--I'm gonna talk about it anyway. After all , I must live up to my reputation. </div><div>I love planning different ways to promote the guild and it's studios. I love planning challenges and other activities for the guild members. I love featuring guild studios on our guild blog because I get to see all the fabulous creations, all the wonderful jewelry supplies, and I learn a bit more about the members.</div><br /><div>Ok, ok, I have to be honest all is not so fabulous about this role. Reminding or rather "nagging" members, to promote the featured members, promotions, challenges, and other events sucks big time. Don't like this at all. Hey, what in life is without negatives? NADA, that's for sure. But, I must admit even with the negatives of being "The Leader of This Pack," I'm having fun and am enjoying myself. WooHoo--& the beat goes on...</div><br /><div>So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it--ttyl </div><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-50916241675119017442009-07-20T13:40:00.000-07:002009-08-12T21:42:54.911-07:00FRUSTRATION, FRUSTRATION, FRUSTRATION<div><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3724354569_8a8383b63f_m.jpg" border="0" /><strong>What is it? The on-line dictionary says it's a feeling of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by anxiety or depression, resulting from unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Sounds familiar? It sure does because you are alive and that means you definitely have had lots of experience with it. So you already know that frustration sucks big time! It sure does.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>What kind of things frustrate you? Can it be a relationship with a friend, family member, "significant other", boss, teacher, or coach?--I guess the list is really endless. Or someone didn't keep a promise, or wouldn't listen to you, or couldn't understand you, or is always late, or lying to you, or is unreliable? Again the list is endless. Can't complete a task because there's just not enough time, or firgure out the directions to put together a new item that you bought? Can't seem to figure out what's wrong with your car, or dish washer? Can't get a straight answer from your doctor?</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>All these things and more cause us to feel frustration which will often lead to depression and anxiety, two other feelings that also suck big time.</strong><br /><strong>Do we have to feel this way? Believe it or not, you don't have to feel this way. Ah, you think I'm crazy to say this (well, I am a bit but not about this subject).</strong><br /><strong>Quite often it is our reactions to these things that cause us the frustration and you can learn to react differently. Yes, you really can. Each of us has within ourselves</strong><br /><strong>the ability to deal with just about any situation in a more mature and positive way. Oh yes, this is true.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Of course there are times when we will not be able to deal with a situation but, you can learn to deal with frustrating feelings a lot of the time.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Here's some very basic things that you can do to help you deal with your frustrating feelings:</strong><br /><strong>1. Talk to someone you trust and vent it all out. You have to do something with all those negative feelings. This can</strong><strong> help you get rid of them so that you don't over react to something that is not as important. If a supportive person is not around then writing in a journal about your negative feelings can really help to get them out of you.</strong><br /><strong>2. Exercising--go for a walk, ride a bike, do some stretching, get moving--your bodies endo</strong><strong>morphins will start flowing and calm you down.</strong><br /><strong>3. Scream in a pillow or in the shower, or punch the pillow---great ways to get rid of that negative energy.</strong><br /><strong>4. Try to gain some of your control back--many times our frustration develops from not being able to control a situation--well, you need to do some "self-talk" and accept the situation for what it is. You can try to collaborate with someone who can help you get what it is that you need. If you can focus on what you can control, and not on what you can't it will often help relieve strong feelings of frustration.</strong><br /><strong>5. Think about your options once you calm yourself down. Brainstorm some ways that you can think of that you can do to resolve the situation. Sometimes you can do this with someone else, sometimes you can just make a list of these options.</strong><br /><strong>The more options that you can think of for dealing with a negative situation, the less frustrated you will feel. Once you feel that you have a complete list, then try to evaluate all of the choices and choose the best ones.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Hey, this really works--but, the key is you have to practice this for it to work. There are going to be many times in your life when you are going to feel frustration. There's no way to get around this. But listen, you really can learn to use your frustration to come up with another plan that will help you to feel better.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>You are really capable of doing this. It takes practice like anything else that's worth learning in life.</strong> <div><div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Dedicated to Susan B., a very special person and friend.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Enough said--ttyl :o)</strong> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-9444971831744763412009-07-14T08:49:00.000-07:002009-07-16T20:29:50.365-07:00A Wild and Wonderful Ride<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpKYIVRVq489lN2B1ltNLd19yFr1uzYSotMWbbfzep3Y7rkiRdwYmCZgmLraB3P4W45jRctbUHATJOT8HY66HDsTv9i0qB6Vtsss4gmGYCwMKiX_IVR7GnPoKjlKEyVb4RjeqRVZ8xXv4/s1600-h/Margo+cooking+spagetti.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358344807343460690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpKYIVRVq489lN2B1ltNLd19yFr1uzYSotMWbbfzep3Y7rkiRdwYmCZgmLraB3P4W45jRctbUHATJOT8HY66HDsTv9i0qB6Vtsss4gmGYCwMKiX_IVR7GnPoKjlKEyVb4RjeqRVZ8xXv4/s200/Margo+cooking+spagetti.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So, after 2 exciting days as the Artfire Crazy Train Rider I am so elated by the number of "peeps" who participated in my ACTR promotions. To me the increased number of views were simply fabulous--but, the amount of participation by all you wonderful "peeps" is what is most endearing to me. </div><div>A special warm and meaningful thanks to all you "peeps" out there who helped me enjoy my ride tremendously.</div><div>For sure, this is a terrific way to encourage comaradarie in our Artfire Community and of course it gives us a lot more exposure as a studio.</div><div>I am so sorry that my journey on this train has ended. Oh Shucks!</div><div>But, it was a wild and wonderful experience.</div><div>Special thanks to "Picard" for this fabulous "brainstorm" that now has a life of it's own.</div><div>And know that I will be on the pc promoting a little bit more because of this elating 2 day ride.</div><div></div><div>Now, "that's my story and I'm sticking to it".</div><div></div><div>ttyl, :o)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025910825213908193.post-45837523563482753442009-07-12T14:24:00.000-07:002009-07-12T14:36:44.782-07:00I'm So Excited and I Just Can't Hide It...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCGqBHYI2mhvBilNzFZF2CkRB7wo0UDwr52bz63smoixYFM8-j9jlUmB1REx_PtcLswrzeoVRW1i-vMqSpvJh-hhZG1s6MRHXaCjqNOGyRmUh_H49aonnoBoUaC62gd-22VGgNxIY4xyk/s1600-h/Sculpture+Garden.Margo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357690728098150994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCGqBHYI2mhvBilNzFZF2CkRB7wo0UDwr52bz63smoixYFM8-j9jlUmB1REx_PtcLswrzeoVRW1i-vMqSpvJh-hhZG1s6MRHXaCjqNOGyRmUh_H49aonnoBoUaC62gd-22VGgNxIY4xyk/s200/Sculpture+Garden.Margo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I am the Artfire Crazy Train Rider for Today and Tomorrow--WooHoo<br /><br />I am so excited by this--I have already increased my traffic today by over 300 and had a sale!<br /><br />Is that cool or not--I'd say it is!!!<br /><br />A special thanks to all the fabulous artfire "denizens" who are promoting my studio--this is definitely fun, fun, fun...<br /><br />ttyl, margo :o)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2