Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Adendum
OK, so everyone won't think I had evil parents, they were trying to do what they thought was right and being protective of me when they made me break up with this great guy. And I probably should have told them what all the other guys were really like but I was afraid they'd never let me date anyone! Had they had notes to compare Bryan to the rest, then they may have made a different decision. And had I been even a little rebellious, I'd have kept seeing him. But that wasn't in me. I'm more rebellious now as an adult! So mom, you weren't a bad mom! I love you!
I survived!
Well, I survived my mammogram and hopefully, the compared results from the last one will be fine and I'm off the hook for another year. Hallelujah! I had to wait a really long time but enjoyed a nice conversation with an older woman sitting next to me so it helped pass the time.
Today, I had the priveledge of finally tracking down and talking with someone I've wanted to talk to for over 25 years. When I was 17, I dated the nicest guy ever. I have always wanted to thank him for how well he treated me, respected me, and made me feel special. Today, I got the chance to do that. It was wonderful getting to catch up with him on his life and it was as if no time has ever passed. Coming from my VERY southern Baptist background, my parents had issues with his coming from a Catholic background and finding nothing wrong with occasionally drinking alcohol. They forbid me to see him. They did not know then, that just about every other guy on the "approved list" not only drank, but weren't exactly as they'd expected in other ways either. Only Bryan was really what they'd have wanted me to date but they couldn't get past the alcohol issue even though he had never drank when we were together. Anyway, you can go back and undo the past but I did get to thank him. And that was important to me. He's now a successful television journalist for a station in Alabama and I'm really happy that he discovered his true passion and followed it.
The rest of the day was just a whirlwind. I had to pick up a babysitter, who took the boys to swim today, in my place. I had to go to an appt. with Chuck. We got home, got the sitter delivered to her house, and then I had to do homework with the boys. Now it's almost bedtime. I barely ate today and finally got some pita and hummus in my stomach so I'm not dizzy. I don't know why I do that. You'd think I'd be stick thin for the amount I eat. I'm not a snacker either. But I really need to start working out. It's that word "start" that is stopping me. Ugh!
So, no painting time today. Tomorrow I won't get any either due to other time consuming appts.
Today, I had the priveledge of finally tracking down and talking with someone I've wanted to talk to for over 25 years. When I was 17, I dated the nicest guy ever. I have always wanted to thank him for how well he treated me, respected me, and made me feel special. Today, I got the chance to do that. It was wonderful getting to catch up with him on his life and it was as if no time has ever passed. Coming from my VERY southern Baptist background, my parents had issues with his coming from a Catholic background and finding nothing wrong with occasionally drinking alcohol. They forbid me to see him. They did not know then, that just about every other guy on the "approved list" not only drank, but weren't exactly as they'd expected in other ways either. Only Bryan was really what they'd have wanted me to date but they couldn't get past the alcohol issue even though he had never drank when we were together. Anyway, you can go back and undo the past but I did get to thank him. And that was important to me. He's now a successful television journalist for a station in Alabama and I'm really happy that he discovered his true passion and followed it.
The rest of the day was just a whirlwind. I had to pick up a babysitter, who took the boys to swim today, in my place. I had to go to an appt. with Chuck. We got home, got the sitter delivered to her house, and then I had to do homework with the boys. Now it's almost bedtime. I barely ate today and finally got some pita and hummus in my stomach so I'm not dizzy. I don't know why I do that. You'd think I'd be stick thin for the amount I eat. I'm not a snacker either. But I really need to start working out. It's that word "start" that is stopping me. Ugh!
So, no painting time today. Tomorrow I won't get any either due to other time consuming appts.
New Artist's Group and other stuff
Yesterday was, in a word, exhausting. I have a low capacity for constant running around and I am CRAVING some alone, quiet time. I taught my Bible Study class yesterday and got everyone started on a cool new project, which I think I already spoke of in an earlier post. I'll have to check. Anyway, I was running late getting there and I absolutely hate running late for anything. And running late for a class where you are meditating just really sucks. I was literally shaking when I sat down and it's hard to clear my mind when I'm like that. I don't get the full benefit of class when I walk in the door frantic. I usually get there 30 minutes early but yesterday just didn't happen like that. In spite of it all, it was a successful class. Our class ends at 11:30 and I didn't get home until 12:30 having to clean up and put supplies away. Thankfully, I live only 1 mile from church so no driving in traffic.
I caught up on e-mail, did some house stuff, ate lunch and then it was time to start the kid pick up. Got the boys home and homework done. Thankfully, neither of them had a lot. Chuck called and said he still had 3 more meetings that day and wouldn't get home until 10:00 so I had to take the boys to swim. But, frantically, before I could do that, all in the hour of getting the boys home, snacks, homework, and ready for swim, Chuck came in and I had to press his dress clothes and cut his hair! (boohoo.. he made me buzz it all off again!) I was happy to have that 30 minutes of swim practice to sit and read the latest issue of Quilting Arts.
My babysitter arrived and off I went to my new Mixed Media Art group, after a nice cup of coffee to get my butt off the floor! We had a really nice meeting with 12 in attendance. I think it will be a fun group. We have a wide variety of talent in the group. My best friend, Fran, couldn't make it due to her monthly treatments for her illness but we planned our next meeting around her treatment next month so she can attend! Fran, I made them get out a calendar for you! ;) It will be fun to gather with like minded people each month.
I woke up this morning at about 4:45. I'm a morning person by nature but really wish I could've slept another hour. Once I wake up, my brain goes into high gear and I can't get back to sleep. But I LOVE being the only one up in the morning in the dark. I love watching the sunrise. My studio is actually on the west side of my house so I get to see the amazing Arizona sunset every evening (which also heats up my studio a bit too much for my liking) so in the morning, I just have to watch for the lighting of the sky and I start running back and forth to my front window for the sunrise. I love winter sunrises the best. I don't know why they are more beautiful but they are. I watch the sky streaked with colors that can never come in a tube of paint and my heart sings. I feel like it's God's morning greeting to me, personally. It brings me joy.
This time last week, I had my migraine and had to cancel my mammogram appt. God, how I hate, hate, HATE having those things done. But today is the day. I can expect to suffer for several weeks in the aftermath. OK people, you'd think that if man can get a rocket to the moon, they could invent a better way for mammograms other than the pancake method. Seriously. I always think that machine is going to cause some kind of permanent damage to my breast tissue. It sure feels like it. I mean, when they tell you, "hold your breath and don't move", they actually think you CAN breath at that moment?!?! As you stand there gritting your teeth fighting tears. Geez, the suffering we women do.
Woo Hoo, it's Wednesday, my only t.v. night! Project Runway is my favorite show but I think tonight may be a special show or something since now, the 4 in the final run all have to create collections so I need to check when that episode will air for the actual Runway show. I'm still ticked that Kenley didn't get her snotty butt kicked off two weeks ago. I just can't take the arrogant, argumentative attitude. I love Korto and Jerell's designs this season so I think it's going to really come down to the two of them. Although, I'm interested to see what LeAnne does with her designs now that a challenge isn't in place. The collections for the runway are really the chance to see the heart and vision of the artist at work. It's the place they can be true to themselves so I love seeing what they do.
OK, I know ya'll are tired of reading. Sorry I don't have pictures to post. Don't know if I'll get any painting done today since I also have an appt. I have to go to with Chuck this afternoon and my boys have early release from school every Wednesday. So they day is already eaten up before it even gets started! Ugh! And next week is fall break! We didn't get fall break when I was a kid so I don't know what's up with that. It throws me off my routine! Now I have to find babysitters for stuff next week.
But maybe can get a painting started. Max brought in some pomegranates yesterday and I said to him, "Hey, can you not eat those yet? I need to paint them". He gets my art at only (almost) 7 years of age and it's so cool. So yes, I get to paint them first. He's my little affirmer.
I'm gonna' shut up now. I can't imagine anyone is still reading this... And hey, all you out there all over the world reading my blog, how did you ever find me? My site meter shows visitors from places I never imagined so leave me a comment sometimes, those of you visiting me here! I love comments, even if it's just to let me know you are reading!
I caught up on e-mail, did some house stuff, ate lunch and then it was time to start the kid pick up. Got the boys home and homework done. Thankfully, neither of them had a lot. Chuck called and said he still had 3 more meetings that day and wouldn't get home until 10:00 so I had to take the boys to swim. But, frantically, before I could do that, all in the hour of getting the boys home, snacks, homework, and ready for swim, Chuck came in and I had to press his dress clothes and cut his hair! (boohoo.. he made me buzz it all off again!) I was happy to have that 30 minutes of swim practice to sit and read the latest issue of Quilting Arts.
My babysitter arrived and off I went to my new Mixed Media Art group, after a nice cup of coffee to get my butt off the floor! We had a really nice meeting with 12 in attendance. I think it will be a fun group. We have a wide variety of talent in the group. My best friend, Fran, couldn't make it due to her monthly treatments for her illness but we planned our next meeting around her treatment next month so she can attend! Fran, I made them get out a calendar for you! ;) It will be fun to gather with like minded people each month.
I woke up this morning at about 4:45. I'm a morning person by nature but really wish I could've slept another hour. Once I wake up, my brain goes into high gear and I can't get back to sleep. But I LOVE being the only one up in the morning in the dark. I love watching the sunrise. My studio is actually on the west side of my house so I get to see the amazing Arizona sunset every evening (which also heats up my studio a bit too much for my liking) so in the morning, I just have to watch for the lighting of the sky and I start running back and forth to my front window for the sunrise. I love winter sunrises the best. I don't know why they are more beautiful but they are. I watch the sky streaked with colors that can never come in a tube of paint and my heart sings. I feel like it's God's morning greeting to me, personally. It brings me joy.
This time last week, I had my migraine and had to cancel my mammogram appt. God, how I hate, hate, HATE having those things done. But today is the day. I can expect to suffer for several weeks in the aftermath. OK people, you'd think that if man can get a rocket to the moon, they could invent a better way for mammograms other than the pancake method. Seriously. I always think that machine is going to cause some kind of permanent damage to my breast tissue. It sure feels like it. I mean, when they tell you, "hold your breath and don't move", they actually think you CAN breath at that moment?!?! As you stand there gritting your teeth fighting tears. Geez, the suffering we women do.
Woo Hoo, it's Wednesday, my only t.v. night! Project Runway is my favorite show but I think tonight may be a special show or something since now, the 4 in the final run all have to create collections so I need to check when that episode will air for the actual Runway show. I'm still ticked that Kenley didn't get her snotty butt kicked off two weeks ago. I just can't take the arrogant, argumentative attitude. I love Korto and Jerell's designs this season so I think it's going to really come down to the two of them. Although, I'm interested to see what LeAnne does with her designs now that a challenge isn't in place. The collections for the runway are really the chance to see the heart and vision of the artist at work. It's the place they can be true to themselves so I love seeing what they do.
OK, I know ya'll are tired of reading. Sorry I don't have pictures to post. Don't know if I'll get any painting done today since I also have an appt. I have to go to with Chuck this afternoon and my boys have early release from school every Wednesday. So they day is already eaten up before it even gets started! Ugh! And next week is fall break! We didn't get fall break when I was a kid so I don't know what's up with that. It throws me off my routine! Now I have to find babysitters for stuff next week.
But maybe can get a painting started. Max brought in some pomegranates yesterday and I said to him, "Hey, can you not eat those yet? I need to paint them". He gets my art at only (almost) 7 years of age and it's so cool. So yes, I get to paint them first. He's my little affirmer.
I'm gonna' shut up now. I can't imagine anyone is still reading this... And hey, all you out there all over the world reading my blog, how did you ever find me? My site meter shows visitors from places I never imagined so leave me a comment sometimes, those of you visiting me here! I love comments, even if it's just to let me know you are reading!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Just catchin' up
Today was a really busy day. After getting my boys to school, I went directly to a meeting to discuss my Women's Bible Study class for tomorrow with one of the women co-teaching with me. Our third wheel is out of town so it will just be Martha and me tomorrow. We are starting a project meditating on the story of the woman touching the hem of Jesus' robe and being healed. We'll be doing an imagination exercise tomorrow and then continue with this same passage for several weeks with different exercises. We'll be doing some writing and then starting an art project that will run for several weeks. After meeting with Martha, I spent about 2 hours setting up my room for class tomorrow. It takes longer this year setting up the basics for what we need because my class size almost doubled! After setting up, I came home and spent about another hour and a half typing out hand outs and stuff for class tomorrow. Then, before I knew it, it was time to pick up Max.
In the midst of my morning, I forgot to go to the grocery store for lunch stuff for my boys. I told them to pick up their lunch boxes in the school office but guess what? I TOTALLY forgot and almost had a heart attack when I realized it. By then, it was too late. However, there is the school lunch food... and there were 4 options to choose from today. But, do you think my boys did that? NOoooooo... they both chose to go hungry! Figure that out! Little stinkers! Needless to say, they were starving when they got home.
After getting the boys fed and started on homework, it was quickly time to go to swim practice. Chuck couldn't take them today so I had to go, meaning, I wasn't making dinner. Not that I mind that part, since I don't like cooking... but, oh well. I spent swim time journaling things swimming through my head.
We got Wendy's on the way home and then the boys finished homework, got bathed, and had just enough time to watch a movie we had rented. While they did that, I worked on another watercolor ATC. I borrowed a green pumpkin from Martha today. I think that's what it is anyway. Some kind of squash. It's still in progress due to the constant interruption I got trying to paint it! I'll do my pen/ink work on it and it will be finished. Here it is now almost 8:30 and I'm just eating my Wendy's salad.
Tomorrow night is the first official meeting of a new art group here for the west valley. My friend, Marilyn and I have been talking about starting a group for a couple of years now. Well, she took the bull by the horns and now it looks like we have quite a group planning to attend tomorrow evening. I'm looking forward to it. Although, Fran reminded me that the debate is on t.v. tomorrow night and I hate to miss that because I really need to see it! I don't know if Fran is planning to attend with me or not because of the debate. She's way more political than I am. It's funny, our friendship contains some of those elements you hear that you should never discuss.... religion and politics. Fran and I are opposites on both with me being a born-again Christian and she being Jewish. And then she's really liberal when it comes to politics and I'm really conservative. Yet we can discuss our thoughts and opinions without arguing and fighting and agree to disagree. It's really a gift, I think. And she makes me look at things in a new way, no matter what it is. We haven't had as much time together lately as we have in the past and as much as I would like. I've missed her. Fran, I have missed you! I'm sorry I didn't get over to cut your hair today! ;(
I'll go and see if I can get my painting finished so I'll have something to post.
In the midst of my morning, I forgot to go to the grocery store for lunch stuff for my boys. I told them to pick up their lunch boxes in the school office but guess what? I TOTALLY forgot and almost had a heart attack when I realized it. By then, it was too late. However, there is the school lunch food... and there were 4 options to choose from today. But, do you think my boys did that? NOoooooo... they both chose to go hungry! Figure that out! Little stinkers! Needless to say, they were starving when they got home.
After getting the boys fed and started on homework, it was quickly time to go to swim practice. Chuck couldn't take them today so I had to go, meaning, I wasn't making dinner. Not that I mind that part, since I don't like cooking... but, oh well. I spent swim time journaling things swimming through my head.
We got Wendy's on the way home and then the boys finished homework, got bathed, and had just enough time to watch a movie we had rented. While they did that, I worked on another watercolor ATC. I borrowed a green pumpkin from Martha today. I think that's what it is anyway. Some kind of squash. It's still in progress due to the constant interruption I got trying to paint it! I'll do my pen/ink work on it and it will be finished. Here it is now almost 8:30 and I'm just eating my Wendy's salad.
Tomorrow night is the first official meeting of a new art group here for the west valley. My friend, Marilyn and I have been talking about starting a group for a couple of years now. Well, she took the bull by the horns and now it looks like we have quite a group planning to attend tomorrow evening. I'm looking forward to it. Although, Fran reminded me that the debate is on t.v. tomorrow night and I hate to miss that because I really need to see it! I don't know if Fran is planning to attend with me or not because of the debate. She's way more political than I am. It's funny, our friendship contains some of those elements you hear that you should never discuss.... religion and politics. Fran and I are opposites on both with me being a born-again Christian and she being Jewish. And then she's really liberal when it comes to politics and I'm really conservative. Yet we can discuss our thoughts and opinions without arguing and fighting and agree to disagree. It's really a gift, I think. And she makes me look at things in a new way, no matter what it is. We haven't had as much time together lately as we have in the past and as much as I would like. I've missed her. Fran, I have missed you! I'm sorry I didn't get over to cut your hair today! ;(
I'll go and see if I can get my painting finished so I'll have something to post.
Friday, October 3, 2008
My drug of choice
is, by far, paint. No, I do not eat it nor do I sniff it! But there is just nothing that can calm, rejuvenate, or refresh a soul like paint. For me, today, it was watercolor. I've been focusing so much on my Art Unraveled class proposals that I haven't had time to just sit and paint. Today, I woke with my 3rd headache this week but it went away fairly quickly with meds. I went and did my weekly reading session in each of my boy's classrooms at school. Then I headed over to Fran's after a quick trip to the post office, a load of laundry tossed in, and dishes loaded into the dishwasher. My times with Fran have been FAR too few in the past couple of months and it makes my heart so sad to think of all the time I've missed her lately. It was good to catch up a bit today even if we only had a couple of hours. So, I painted. When I was in Target yesterday, the ornamental squash and pumpkins caught my eye and I knew I had to paint them so I bought a bag of them. This painting is a tiny, ATC size. For those of you that don't know what an ATC is, it's an Artist Trading Card, the size of a playing card (2-1/2 x 3-1/2 in.). I am kicking myself now but I joined in on an ATC swap with the Every Day Matters Sketch group so I have to create 6 to trade. And, I swear... NO MORE SWAPS! I don't know why I keep joining in when my art time is so sacred and I want badly to get some new art in my Etsy store! Arghhh... I"m so mad at myself! But it will be fun to get other little pieces of art from other artists. There are some really phenomenal artists in this group.
Normally, today is Family Fun Day in my house. My day with my boys to watch movies, play games, etc.. However, they have missed swim too many days this week due to either my being sick or Chuck not feeling well so, they have to go swim today. Tomorrow will be Family Fun Day. I want to go see the new Beverly Hills Chihuahua movie. It looks really cute. I'm hoping Chuck can go with us. If not, I'll take the boys myself. I'm sacrificing my pajama day! Believe me, it's a sacrifice! I live for Saturday's now so I can be a pajama hermit! LOL! Wouldn't it be great if we never had to get out of pajamas? ;)
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A day in bed
Yes, this was me most all day today... when I wasn't taking hot showers or sleeping with heat packs on my head. Today, I had a fierce migraine and if you think I look terrible in this picture, it's like a pin-up girl picture compared to how I've actually felt! I finally got rid of the nausea long enough to get down some hummus and pita so I could take meds. I barely got 3 bites down but it was enough for my stomach to handle the medicine. I hate that a whole day was wasted in bed. But, it's gone now and I'm so glad! I did have to miss a mammogram. Bummer. You all know how disappointing it is not to get your breasts flattened! LOL! Gawd, I know ya'll realize I'm joking. It's like a curse that I've avoided past time. I haven't had one in two years because I was so sore (for like 6 weeks) after the last one. I dread this like the plague. So the headache bought me another week of painless boobs.
This made me smile today. This is Max's attempt to really antagonize his brother. That sneaky little stinker loves to make his older brother mad so he took Sam's newest Beanie baby and wrote this note. Ahhh, the stuff a 6 year old comes up with. Well, almost 7. He's been counting the days on a calendar so we only have about 3 weeks left to the countdown.
And now it's time to get these guys wrangled up for bed and do some reading.
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