*my computer's now fashionable - maybe moreso than me*
i was surfing the
coach website this afternoon for care and feeding instructions for the bag i have . . and lo and behold found
this! how fun is that. .now my computer can be fashionable like moi. . .acutally moreso b/c i downloaded the scribble one and that's a more "current" pattern than mine ROFL
any other coach fans out there? :)
{Meme challenge #1}
Tenika posted the following challenge today on 2 peas:
a meme is an idea that is shared and passed from blog to blog, like a question posted in one blog and answered in many other blogs.
I thought it would be fun to post a challenge, photo assignment or question that we would all answer in our blogs at the same time that week. Then we could post here when we posted so that we could all share together with each other.
"How much closer we'd all be if we stopped long enough to honor one another in a circle of show-and-tell. If we listened to one another's stories, looked at each other's creations. We're all hungry for community. We need more ways to connect. Adults still need show-and-tell. Literally." -Pam Grout "Art & Soul"
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... This week [April 24th- May 1] we are going to paint. online.
ARTPADYou have 4 rules.
1. Don't think.
2. Don't judge.
3. JUST DO.
4. You have permission to fail, to be mediocre, to suck sewer slime.
Sometimes, when we give ourselves permission to do things poorly, brilliance surfaces. JUST DO. Paint as little or as much as you want but make it your own.
SO i was excited to play along!! and here's the result:
Grape Swirlshow fun is that???? if you play make sure you link it up so i can see (b/c i'm the only one reading my own blog ROFL)
:) have fun!! thanks tenika. . can't wait for next week's challenge :)
{new song obsession}
kerrin told me about this amazing song. . and it's now my new obsession:
breathe by anna nalick. .. check it out if you haven't and here are the lyrics:
"Breathe (2 AM)"
2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to critisize,hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason
'Cause you can't jump the track,we're like cars on a cable
and life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in you hands
And breathe, just breathe,Woah breathe, just breathe
May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just today he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it.
Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,Woah breathe, just breathe
There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.
2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer inside of me, threatening the life they belong to
And i feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to
Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.and breathe, just breathe woah breathe, just breathe,oh breathe, just breathe.
{does anyone read this thing??}
I'm thinking the answer's no LOL that's okay. . i'll just ramble more. . . . :)
last night i drove Kerrin to the dark side - we were hanging out and all of a sudden we were driving to NH to buy an ipod mini ROFL :) i think i should get commission from apple for all the time i talk about that thing. . :)
i *heart* my mini :)
thanks to April
http://matm.typepad.com/ i have learned that it's all star voting time for baseball :) so go ahead and vote :)
http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/all_star/y2005/ballot_reg.jspfeel free to vote for anyone with BOS next to their name :) rofl
speaking of the sox while at the mall with kerrin i FINALLY got my pink red sox tshirt. .. i settled on a Ramirez shirt..
manny how i love thee :) :) :)
my cousin had her baby girl yesterday. . !! i can't wait to see her. .Lola Jeanne :) :) 5lbs 9 oz and apparently freakin' adorable :) got her the CUTEST little madras plaid capris and little shirt at baby gap last night :) love it :)
yeah so i guess that's it. .for the, oh wait, NO people that read this ROFL :) :)
{friday}
YAY. . friday! not really feelin' the whole writing a lot thing. .so i'm going to take a cue from Ms. ali edwards and make lists:
i'm diggin':
*the weekend*
*a stack of 3 glossy new magazines (CK, BHG, and marie claire)*
*a weekend to scrap or do whatever i want to do*
*cheesecake factory food w/ kerrin tonight*
*emails from linda (they brighten my day)*
*new SCHTUFF to scrap with*
*my NEW sneakers :) *
i'm NOT so happy about:
*john being gone for the whole weekend :( *
*belle keeps scratching the new couch :( *
{signature, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, and a few other things}
was planning on a bigger post at lunchtime. . to do all the challenges that have been popping up on other people's blogs (OPB LOL) but i just started a letter for someone with the last name rosenkrantz. . yep. .i'm a dork. . . i'm laughing about it. .. does anyone know why?? LOL i know kerrin does :) :)
**EDITED TO ADD**
lol this is why i love kerrin. . i emailed her about the rosenkrantz letter. . and here's what i get back:
Dear Mr. Rosenkrantz,
We're not paying for your character implant. You'll have to remain flat, or pay the fees to be rounded out yourself.
Thank you,
Tufts
PS - Say hi to Guildenstern for me.
PPS - Heads.i'm not sure who else reading will let it. . (or for that matter if ANYONE reads at all LOL) but this is why kerrin GETS IT. . . . please don't move to cali lol
after seeing other bloggers' way cool signatures. . i decided to try my hand at my own :) enjoy!
Color - pink
Word I most like to be described as - happy
Best meal I cook - my "summertime pasta" john loves it!Best Dessert - lemon merangue pieFavorite Book - the great gatsby
Outfit - capris and a v neck tshirtBedtime - by 11Sound - my laugh Wish - to live a happy, succesful lifeStyle - bright, sunshiny, simple, eclectic, easyWord - love
What I crave - salty things, mexican food!
Surround me with - light, color, friends, family!
{Monday. . Monday}
Aside from it being Monday and Amanda's birthday it's also - *OPENING DAY* at Fenway Park! My beloved Red Sox recieve their World Series rings and play (and hopefully beat) the Yankees. Ah, nothin' like it!
which leads me to ponder - as a Red Sox fan. .is this season ALREADY a disappointment? Weird thought right, but follow me, if you will. i am 25 years old i have grown up with the Sox. i have grown up with the "curse", i have grown up with the knowledge that but for a man named billy buckner, 86 years would not have been (true it would have been 68 years. . but who's counting??). Mike Greenwell, Roger Clemens, "Oil Can" Boyd - these are the boys of summer from my youngest years, giving way to Tim Naehring, Darren Bragg, Mo Vaughn, Tim Wakefield, Nomah (hehe) Garciaparra, Manny Ramirez, Curt Schilling, and Johnny Damon.
I'm familiar with the spring training mantra "this is the year" . . .but last year really WAS the year. . . .and. . .what do we talk about now???? there's no curse. .the boys took care of that in St. Louis, there's no chants of 1918 in opposing stadiums . . there's just the knowledge that we are the champions. . . . . somewhat bittersweet wouldn't you say?
anyway. . i love baseball season no matter what the outcome - for 24 years of my life on this earth it was always a disappointment - and i loved them anyway. . .and i love them even more now :)
i will end with a VERY immature thought (since i've acknowledged it as such there is NO chance i can get accused of it later on LOL) - it's somehow so satisfying to have the Yankees in Fenway today - as our boys recieve their much deserved championship rings, and hoist that well-earned world series banner.
**PLAY BALL**on another topic - there's a new strongbad email today - hehe. . . rampage - soo funny. . .strongbad makes me laugh so hard and he's just oh so quotable (some would say it's his abs ROFL)
check him out at
http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html i reccomend virus as a starter . . . :)
*04/11/05*
{musings}
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France
Jill-Ann posted this quote in the pub over at 2 peas today and it really struck me. i think that it probably speaks to a lot of people, scrapbookers and non-scrappers alike. i have had one page picked up by a major publication (scrapbook trends) and then 2 pages in an e-zine. not exactly the success i'd envisioned for myself. truth be told, i'm VERY disappointed in myself most times. i always tell myself when i submit, "this one is great, they'll love this one" and then remind myself that it's okay if they don't, but there is ALWAYS that sting of rejection when you realize the calls have gone out and you didn't get one. then after the sting comes the beating myself up part. . lol and the "i can't believe i thought this one had a chance" part. those are the hard parts for me.
john will tell me every single time how awesome he thinks my stuff is, how awesome he thinks i am, and i love him for that, i really do. . but he just doesn't get it. truth be told. . i don't think anyone but a submitting scrapper does.
anyway, the posting of that quote just brings it all back for me. . yeah it sucks when you don't get a call but i have to keep believing, keep dreaming, keep doing. . and just keep submitting. .
and on a related note. .i'm beginning to think i'm losing my mind - i went to starbuck's on the way to work today (i try to keep it just to fridays. . otherwise. . i'd be poorer than i already am LOL). . . as i sipped my iced tazo tea lemonade i thought to myself "self. . how i love anything that comes in this cup". .and like a lightning bolt i had my page for the pubster's liquid inspirations journal. so .. why am i losing my mind?? well because naturally i have to save my empty cup, take it home, and photograph it. . . that my friends is why i'm a nutcase :)
*04/08/05*
