truths of the day

- everyone gets happier when you tell them there's a check in the mail
- the next wedding show will rock harder than the first
- when in doubt, give me more than one day to turn around a job
- people working at a company with more than one office need to keep their files on the network so they can be accessed from more than one office
- pdfs can, in fact, save the day

perhaps tomorrow

i do wish i had something full of excitement to tell you. something full of spunk & sass. vim & vigor.

what exactly are vim & vigor? does anyone know?

but the truth is - today was hard. it was not what i had bargained for. and i came home feeling worn out and beat down. to top it off, i probably didn't do everything i should have. i probably didn't talk to everyone i should have. it will all wait until monday, when i will try again.

chain girl: the series

i do wish i had some brilliant, exciting news to share. but instead, you just get this photo. :)

face lift?

this little gal isn't mine. she was supposed to be returned to her rightful owner last weekend, but i forgot her at work. a week from this friday she may well be out of my hands (same bat time, same bat channel, a different superhero to celebrate). until that time, however, i shall enjoy rearranging her face, taking photographs of it, and showing them to you. :)

top ten tuesday!

top ten crafty projects i'd like to accomplish:

- finish my mom's quilt.
- a secret sketchbook.
- another secret sketchbook. :)
- a sketchbook with a sewn-on fabric cover.
- st. patrick's day doodads.
- redesign of this website for the 1 year anniversary. well... 13 month anniversary, perhaps. :)
- a topsy-turvy cake.
- a pantone-like book.
- a purse for my little cousin alyssa.
- a secret quilt.

and you?

quote connection

"i certainly do not hope to alter the world. perhaps i can put it best by saying that i hope to alter my own vision of the world. i want to be more and more myself. as ridiculous as that may sound." - henry miller

i've always loved this quote. or, at least, i've loved it since i first found it. tonight, i found more words by mr. miller.

"the aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." - henry miller

now i may not completely agree with either statement, but they are drenched in challenge, don't you think?

march goodies

march is coming...

and i'm cleaning out my e-mail. so if i post these today, i can delete one more message. :)

march is: nat'l caffeine awareness month, craft month, eye donor month, frozen food month, peanut month, talk with your teen about sex month, umbrella month

1-7 - nat'l chocolate chip cookie week
7 - monopoly invented '33
10 - telephone anniversary '76
14 - nat'l children's craft day
15 - ides of march
17 - absolutely incredible kid day
19 - nat'l quilting day
25 - pecan day
27 - kite flying day
28-3 - egg salad week & nat'l sleep awareness sleep (i'm not sure if these two are supposed to correlate or not)

thought for they day

indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too stong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.
- cs lewis

in my world

sick + not able to sleep = searching for new fonts

happy valentine's day!

no, i'm not in love with someone named jack.

i made little personal-sized pinatas for some of the people i work with. their names begin with the letters j, a, c, and k. i just like that i can spell jack out of their initials.

the tissue paper hearts were filled with valentine's pez dispensers, flashing valentine's noodle balls, and candy, candy, candy! including the heart-shaped sour cherry warheads.

this weekend

- blogger decided to update the number of posts i've made. 199 once i press the publish button.
- i re-entered the crafty world. pictures tomorrow. :)
- i enjoyed watching pieces of a group project across several states start coming together.
- i did my taxes. yay for getting money back!
- i slept a lot.
- i decided to let go. if it's meant to be, it will be.

by request

skyhigh sunset

have you ever watched a sunset above the clouds? when flying from florida to texas you are flying into the sunset. and so for 2 hours you can watch the sky change brilliant colors and reflect off the top of the clouds - much like a sea of cotton. from the underside of the clouds, that sunset is hidden from you. only when you rise above that cottony layer can you experience what was once hidden from your eyes.

i haven't been much for writing on here lately. and i'm sure these photos i've been posting mean much more to me than they do to you. but when i close my eyes, i can still see that sunset. the dense layer of clouds blocking out the rest of the world. leaving nothing to see but the brilliance of the sun.

captiva cactus

yes, we ventured onto captiva island. we actually spent a good chunk of our time there, including dinner at the bubble room our first night on the islands. yum.

sanibel spider

this one's for you, jean!

yes, i will be posting more details about the trip. but for now, don't the pictures make you want to be there? :)

february schmebruary

february is: bake for family fun month, canned food month and library lover's month

february is also: national cherry month, national get to know an independent broker month and national pet dental health month

february 12 - lost penny day
february 13-19 - jell-o week
february 22 - spay day usa
february 28 - floral design day

sanibel sunrise

sanibel sunset

florida was fantastic.