I wish....

The MM contest page had me thinking what do I really wish for? I'm not sure really beyond the on going health and happiness of my family and friends.

I remember as a child wishing I had blue-eyes and blond hair. I'm over that one. Had blond hair out of a bottle once upon a time, doesn't suit me. I don't want to wear contacts to have blue eyes. I'll leave that to Paris Hilton...MEOW! My claws are going away now...

I wished for children. Warning be careful what you wish for.... Just kidding! I can't imagine not having my girls. I remember when we were having fertility issues being so scared. I did wish for a boy, but it wasn't in the cards. We decided two children would be as much as we could afford to raise and still have retirement for us. I don't regret that decision most days... We can always do the foster care thing or have an exchange student...

I guess I wish to be thinner, and I'm working on that one. I'm down another pound this morning! WOO HOO! To be able to travel all over. Working on that one too. It's hard on only two or three weeks vacation a year. I think we'll be putting in more of an effort on it.

I think everyone wishes for world peace, except the truly twisted ones. A cure for cancer, A cure for ( fill in the blank here), end to hunger etc...

So if you had three wishes. They have to be selfish wishes not altruistic in any way. What would your wishes be?

I've given this some thought I want to get the most bang for my wishes! ( I need a life, LOL!)

1. I would wish that I could be completely fluent in every language ever spoken on the earth, and beyond ( hey there might be little green men). That mean to me be able to understand, speak and read the language.

2. Ok this one is really vain but.... I want to look like my eighteen year old self without having to work at it, have good finger nails, slightly bigger eyes, and longer eyelashes.

3. Be able to master any skill, and perform it at an expert level extremely fast.

Tell me what you'd wish for?

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY...

1. DON'T SWEAT THE PETTY THINGS AND DON'T PET THE SWEATY THINGS.
2. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR.....
3. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.
4. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?
5. THE MAIN REASON SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.
6. I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE'S THE SELF-HELP SECTION?" SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
Just thought it was pretty funny.... I love some the web wisdom!
7. WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?
8. IF A DEAF PERSON SWEARS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?
9. IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?
10. IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?
11. WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO "GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?"
12. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?
13. IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?
14. WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?
15. WHY DO THEY LOCK GAS STATION BATHROOMS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL CLEAN THEM?
16. IF A TURTLE DOESN'T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?
17. CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?
18. IF THE POLICE ARREST A MIME, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?
19. WHY DO THEY PUT BRAILLE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK MACHINES?
20. HOW DO THEY GET DEER TO CROSS THE ROAD ONLY AT THOSE YELLOW ROAD SIGNS?
21. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
23. DOES THE LITTLE MERMAID WEAR AN ALGEBRA?
24. DO INFANTS ENJOY INFANCY AS MUCH AS ADULTS ENJOY ADULTERY?
25. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?
26. IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DO THE REST DROWN TOO?
27. IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?
28. IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?
29. WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD "LISP" TO HAVE "S" IN IT?
30. WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN'T SHOOT AT THEM?
31. WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON SOUR CREAM?
32. IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL MAN IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES DOES HE BECOME DISORIENTED?
33. CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACT OF GOD?

Deep Thoughts For Those Who Take Life Way Too Seriously

1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
2. A day without sunshine is like. Night.
3. On the other hand, you have different fingers.
4. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
5. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
6. Remember, half the people you know are below average.
7. He who laughs last thinks slowest.
8. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
9. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.
10. Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
11. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
12. Change is inevitable. (except from vending machines.)
13. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
14. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.
15. OK, so what's the speed of dark?
16. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
17. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
18. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
19. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
20. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
21. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
22. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
23. Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
24. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened?
25. Just remember--if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.
26. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
27. Life isn't like a box of chocolates...it's more like a jar of jalapeno's. What you do today might burn your a.. tomorrow.

HOT

It is Freaking unbelievably HOT! Can't do a thing out side with out sweat pouring off a person. Being in the pool is the only activity fit for July in Tennessee.

I don't have much to say because the sun done burnt out my brain!

Home again!

I have BOTH my daughters home again!!! I'm so happy! I love that they are able to go places and do things that enrich their lives, BUT it is hard on MOM. I want them to experience new and different things to stretch beyond our little town, BUT boy it nice to have my babies back!!! I do enjoy my quiet time, but I think I OD on it! It was lovely to have my husband all to myself for a bit.It is nice to eat out and have uninterrupted conversations. A preview of empty nest... Not bad, but I'm not ready YET.

I think they were gone a bit too much because I wasn't even mad when I found wet towels in a pile in their bathroom... I'm sure that will change by tomorrow! ROFL!

Cleaning up my MESS! Organizing the scrap area from HELL!

Do you ever wonder how thing just get so out of hand sometimes? My scrap area for example. I sat there with the wonderful closet man, and told him exactly what I wanted for cabinets, counters, and add-ons for ribbon and such. The problem is I never really organized it when we moved in, I had good reasons. I was in the middle of putting on a scrapbook convention, and decorating the rest of the house. But after 3 years that excuse just doesn't wash. I was burnt out. I wasn't scrapping at all. The only projects I did in 2005 pretty much were contracted for publication that is the only reason I scrapped. So at that point I really didn't care about my scrap area. Finally in the Fall of 2006 I started scrapping again and enjoying it. There is HUGE danger in making your hobby your profession. It sounds really good in theory, but when I'm burnt out at my job I turn to my hobby.... So did a lot of reading.

Oops! I'm rambling.

I really didn't think it was that bad, but I was delusional. My scrap area was an unorganized mess. I couldn't find a thing or I'd find after I got frustrated and used something else. I've been slowly organizing. First, I did all my papers. They weren't too bad because of my racks. BUT what do you do with good scraps? That needs a solution still. I then focused my brads. Once I got them all in one place I was amazed at how many I had and the duplication. I got all my rubber stamps in order. Some I didn't even remember having! I even broke out the UTEE! Yesterday I finally after 3 years put my Sizzix towers to use I put all my dies in them. Better late than never, right?

I purged my magazine stash. I seriously doubt that I'd ever use ideas from 1998 through 2005. Even if I would I haven't as much as looked at those magazines since I housed them there in the cupboard in 2004. they are just taking up space I could use for other things. The only magazines I kept were from 2006 through 2007 and the issues that I had projects on the pages. I'm still not sure what to do with the Idea books. I do know I won't purchase an idea book unless it is on a technique I can't figure out for myself. My quilling, Punch art, iris folding, painting techniques, tea bag folding and kaleidoscope idea books were a good investment. The purely "IDEA" books weren't a good investment. They just get out dated like the magazines.

I organized my acrylic paints. I got a cute little basket type thing meant for shower use with a handle in the middle. Perfect for my stash! I can see all the colors easily. I'm still working on my ribbons. I have three very full hanging bars. Not nearly enough! so far I put them in trays, but I have to take the trays down to see what is in them. I'm not happy with this solution. I think I may buy paper towel holders. I bough more containers to put all my quilling and paper making supplies. I'm going to tackle my drawers next! I bought "junk" drawer organizers. I have a feeling I'll be going out for more...

One or two projects a day and I'll be done soon! I HOPE..... I hope I don't ever let my stuff get in this condition again!

Updates

Got on the scale yesterday and it read 195! One pound closer to my goal! Plugging away at it! I now fit into most of clothing in my closet! that means I can button and zip the jeans not wear some in public... not into camel toe or having them fall off!

Courtney called from Australia Tuesday. she got to hold a koala bear! She said it was so cute cuddly, but it stunk! She petted Kangaroos. She said she's havinga an AWESOME time. Oh and she running out of money....

Nothing too exciting is happening here. Jim and I went out this weekend and spent more money... We got the some finishing touches for the "den". It's a decorative floor display. This HUGE metal plate on a stand , (reminds me of a gong) a Large I-Dream-of-Genie type bottle green speckled that we put curly twigs and a spray of multi-colored eucalyptus in, and a ball made out of banana leaves on a iron stand. It turned out cool, at least we like it. I feel very interior decorator like! LOL! Soon the room will be done. We have the water color my mom did for us of our back yard out to be reframed. It may have been an award winning painting but the frame was hideous( mom won three prizes for it in art shows around Cleveland). One of those black generic metal ones didn't fit the picture at all. I know why it was in that frame because competition you can not have a "fancy" frame. The frame and matting will be done right after Courtney gets back. We just need a something for the other walls. I'm thinking of doing multi- photo frame and putting our pictures up in black and white or sepia. I guess we'll go on from there!

All up dated!