Creating ...

Recycling old magazines into picture frames and fun little vessels.

In my next life I want to be an artist ... FULL TIME!

Presenting this year's Baby Jesus ...

In my elementary teaching days, this time of year would be spent putting the final touches on the Christmas Play. Students from kindergarten through grade 8 would sing and tell and act out the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. When the time came for the baby to be born, Mary ~ played by an eighth grade girl ~ would be handed a real baby from behind. The role of Baby Jesus was sometimes played by a boy and sometimes played by a girl; it all depended on which student had the youngest brother or sister at the time!

I think Mijo would make a marvelous Baby Jesus this year:

health and happiness ...

One day this past week my good friend gave me a little magazine she picked up at her chiropractor's office. I found one of the articles most intriguing and have returned to read it over and over again. It's entitled Enjoy the Ride and contains a list of 40 things to health and happiness. Here are a few of my favorites:

Smile. It is the ultimate antidepressent.

Live with the 3 E's ~ Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

Dream while you are awake.

Try to make at least three people smile each day.

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

So ~

Look who I had dinner with last night ....

Mijo just keeps getting cuter and cuter and cuter!

i am happiest when i am creating ...

Several months ago a good friend asked me to complete the following sentence: I am happiest when ... That question has remained in my heart and mind ever since and I would still answer it exactly the way I did when it was first asked. I truly am happiest when I am creating, be it writing ... drawing ... sewing ... drumming ... brainstorming ... that is when I feel I am most at home with myself.

My siblings and I recently moved my 81 year old parents from the family home ~ they/we lived there 46 years! ~ into a 2 bedroom senior living apartment. Inspired by Dana of Old Red Barn Company, I decided to transform my mom's old card table into something I could use.

 

I didn't take any before pictures but it was in pretty bad shape. I painted it a barn red and used ModPodge to adhere 4x5 inch rectangles of Thimbleberry print fabric that I received from a PIF (sorry, my cell phone doesn't take pictures like Dana's!!). Now I just have to find out what kind of acrylic she used to seal it.