ok so freakin’ cold

 

School start has been delayed and many are closed.  We had the cold hit right at rush hour last night and trap many on the interstates. Thankfully this is all random for Georgia.  Some years we get it and some years we don’t so we really arent too prepared when it his and we REALLY get excited and hopeful that at least we don’t have to go to school! LOL

I made an earth shattering discovery about me and holidays.  Holidays are about memories of days gone by, children grown up, and people that have died.  So, I spent most of the weekend trying to celebrate days to come.  Unique and different ways to say “Come on you darkest day of the year! I can take you DOWN!”

So this is it for this year! pulled out “Jeanette” the moving caroling woman that my mother gave me and named after herself so that I would tear up ever year after she died!  I pulled out the tiny little “December” lady that was given to my mother in honor of the baby she had December 22.  New snow ornaments…this may not be too impressive to many but last year I only took the boxes out of the attic.  Left the tree undecorated and called it a christmas tree!

Look at this unique idea :

Love the “activity” around this tree.  The owner even tucks little bird nests around the tree with “treasures” for the kids to find when they come over.  Look how many wrapped gifts, and how perfectly decorated…Love the idea but will have to tweek it with a bit more simple outcome for the years to come.

So how are your holidays unfolding?

saturday scribbles

look painting the powder room downstairs and FIGHTING with anxiety has taken a lot of time lately.  winter with it’s dreary colors with a healthy dose of holidays and guilt make for a really crappy attitude!  It causes a lot of self reflection which makes me very very nervous.  So much of my life time has been spent in a mode of very negative judgments of myself! 

This morning I awoke before the others, as always cause we know einstein needs his sleep! LOL.  But this is a most excellent time for me to sip my coffee and wander the blogland.  

Starting here:

This blog comes to my email, Berne Brown, “Courage”.  She had a great piece about a friend, Karen, and Karen’s Book, The Beauty of Different.   Karen has a wonderful UNBOXED idea of life.  So then as I wandered Karen's blog this wonderful interview with Katherine.

 

So now I have shared a bit of my Saturday morn with those of you that take the time to keep up here, Faithful friends!  And challenge those of us that struggle with winter, exhaustion, depression, writers block, or hell, daily joy! 

I am first going to think outside the box for Christmas décor.  Dragging those boxes and boxes of “memories” out in the darkest time of the year all by myself sucks the life right out of me instantly. Traditions, well they are filled with memories of days gone by forever! and I want to be charged with the energy of the days to come.

Not sure how yet but as I clean and put away my very small amount of “fall” décor,  hopefully the NEW will expose itself! 

Update on this process asap! and please share ANY and ALL NEW ideas on the season you may have! Because it takes a lot of shared creativity to get my own stirred up!

Have a creatively beautiful weekend!

theme for the weekend!

some days you just gotta crank up the stereo and scream with robert plant!

friday 55

Family of Miis for the Wii


Father said, “I like my glasses bigger than my head.”
Momma said, “I want to be young  when I play on the wii”
Baby stood and cried, “this is dumb!”
Blonde Son  replied, “I AM a little bad ass”
Son in Blue, “ummm  obviously didn’t make myself”
Daughter, “big smile and beauty mark! That’s ME”

this silly ditty was driven by .G-Man THE force behind