HAVE BEEN THINKING

I have a few blogs – one I was using to participate in special programs—one for my art—one for my every day life—one for poetry----well so many and I really cannot keep up with any of them. I also have discovered that I really need to remove my blog from face book networking---at first I thought was  a great idea  that would be for exposure for my blog but I am now discovering that there are certain people that I could careless if they ever read my blog again. I have felt myself give and give and have cared and been concerned and have tried to utmost to be supportive yet NOTHING in return----and not that i really did anything for anything in return---but human decency makes it pretty easy to just say hey – Hi there and I care…..!!!!

As you can tell this is my bitch session---I rarely have them but when I do I really tend to go just ramble on about the things that ticked me off. But to be honest the point of me writing this was to try and figure out what i am going to do with some many blogs and not enough time to keep up with them.

So for now (unless something else inspires or motivates me) I am going to use this blog “The Crazy Life” as my everything blog—to bitch – complain – share – show what I am doing in my art – tell off people – write about events in my life – well you get the idea---now if this should turn people off----OH WELL----as my father would say-Don’t let the door hit you where the Good Lord Split you”.

If you stay---well bless your heart---you just might like the new format---the new me---the new ideas I will be throwing out there. You just never know. I still don’t know how often I will keep up with the blog – but now that most of everything will be combined—I think it will feel more complete and flow better and perhaps even be more interesting!

So for now---PEACE---Love Those Around You—Life Is Short!!!!

 

GETTING THROUGH MOMENTS

Yes Peeps – I am still around…thanks for all those that sent messages…I am doing okay!!!

Just trying to set things straight in my head as to what direction I want to go in. I know it sounds like I am speaking in puzzles or code but I have very very nosey children and personally I would them rather not know what decisions I am fixing to make. None of them will be happy.

Personally they have A LOT of growing up to do….tired of the whining and complaining and thinking that they know it all…tired of trying to help only to turn around and getting kicked in the heart  for it. My hunnie and I actually agree fully that we are both tired of their garbage and we are DONE….stick a fork in us because we are so DONE!!!

House is still not done – FIGURES!! Tired of waiting on that too!! I guess we will start eating out for holidays too because I just do not have a kitchen to cook holiday meals in. BUMMER!

Still getting paid sporadically from WC – that also figures – Tired of trying to fight the system….I just do not have it in me anymore to fight for my pay or medications or anything!!!

Yes we are finally in the “NEW” computer/craft room…getting my craft area set up is running very slow but that is okay – I like having more room and I like the light so much better in this room (more windows)…and now my webcam shows the picture much more brighter and sharper – so I am a happy camper.

Over at my art blog I am posting every day for two challenges – one is NaBloPoMo and the other is Art Every Day Month… so stop by my art blog – FINDING MYSELF – and see what I am coming up with every day as a creation!!! This should be fun!!

This weekend is suppose to actually go down to 44 degrees – WOW – for Florida that is CHILLY COLD…I can’t wait..lol!
We deserve the cool weather – we deserve the cool off – it has just been too warm for too long here!

Well I just wanted to do a brief update  - sorry if I am speaking in code for some – for now – it is the only thing I can do…until certain things are in place!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by…REMEMBER to HUG those you LOVE….No One is guaranteed a tomorrow!!

PEACE

SUMMER NEWS

HELLO SUMMER TIME!!!
I have been wondering if keeping a blog is a smart thing for me.
I have lost so much motivation to keep up. I have wanted to write about things
happening here - but getting my behind to actually sit and type out an entry
seems to be a major endeavor.Anyway - I am here now - so let me catch you all up on what is going on.....

Some GREAT news is that I am finding some dear friends that I have lost touch
with over the last 20 years - every once in a while I put type in their names
in a Google search just to see if I could find them but alas it
was not to be.....then on face-book I tried to do a search and slowly but surely I
am finding these wonderful friends/family once again and it really has
done wonders for me...I am finding that there were a lot of missing pieces to my life until I started finding
these dear friends.

The first friend that I found is sweet sweet Lauren - she was my roommate in college.
WOW it is wonderful to connect with her - she could always make me smile and is just
beautiful on the inside and outside - just so sweet...Golly I missed her.
Slowly but surely we are catching up on news--her emails sound just like her.
I am so determined to NEVER lose touch with her again or any of my dear friends.
I am VERY thankful for the internet - through it I have connected my past with
my present - and it is the perfect match!!! It feels like I am becoming more
like myself...I will write about my other friends in my next entries - I am trying to save topics to discuss so that I have at least that motivating factor helping me out.

It is typical SUMMER weather here - temps in the triple digits - so the a/c and I have
become really good friends - just another reason to stay inside.
I see a new lung specialist towards the end of this month - my other doctor
was slowly trying to get out of the WC business - he has turned his business into
educating senior citizens in preventive care - running a lot of community programs.
He barely had any more office hours - and trying to please everyone in this situation was just not working out for me - so now I have to start again.
Oh well - typical state garbage!

Any day now I am going to be a grandma - now that is exciting!!!
We know the baby is a girl---I am so excited -- I just wish I could be there..
but they are in Japan. But 6 weeks after the baby is born they are coming back
to the states - my son is heading for Georgia - so at least he will be closer to home.
I will have plenty of time to spoil and enjoy every second of it~~
Allen thinks if he just ignores it he will not become a grandpa because he is
claiming that he is too young - OMG ready or not - here she comes....LOL!

I have been keeping very busy with staying creative - I am still playing with
digital painting---and I am improving upon my zentangles - it really does
relax me - feel free to check out my art blog - FINDING MYSELF - and checking
out my art - it makes me feel like I am doing something good...and not
just wasting away!!!

Allen has been keeping busy with working on lawn mowers and small engine repairs.
Now that he can do for HOURS and HOURS...he gets into the zone and he just keeps busy.
Now he even has people from all over the place calling him to see if he can help them.
We are also talking about creating with gourds - dried up gourds - we have the tools,
we are just comparing prices right now of places that sell the gourds-because we
cannot find any that are local.
My hunnie wants to be creative with me - now how cool is that.
The daughter is working at her school job all summer and taking a couple
of classes also - she is loving it all - and she has a art exhibition coming up that will last
until the end of the year - WOW - I am truly impressed!!
She has created her own army of "monsters" - they are just so cute!!
They are out of clay - and just so very cute - she is also doing teddy bear jars - that
girl has such talent - I am in awe!!

As for the renovations - they are still going on -the roof was finished - the ceiling
in the garage and dinning room have been repaired - the dinning room has been
painted ( that room is our new computer/craft room).The walls in the hallway and entrance way have been repaired and painted.
We have the new kitchen cabinets - Allen is still staining them--and we have to move the
old computer/craft room to the new - but I have to wait until
Allen gets help because he hurt his back and he just cannot do it by himself!
So things are moving forward - but just a bit slower!!

Well for now - that is all the news fit to print -
I THANK YOU for stopping by
and staying in touch--leave a comment and let me know that you have stopped by - I look forward to hearing from you!
In the meantime - HUG those you LOVE - time is so short!
PEACE~!~

NOVEMBER PROJECTS AND HOLIDAY STUFFIES

WOW - First I want to THANK YOU all for the great Thanksgiving wishes.
We had a beautiful time - it was just my hunnie and daughter and I - small, intimate and absolutely delicious.
Allen actually cooked the turkey - melt in your mouth...Crystalyn made all the side dishes that
were flawless...and I - I was the slave driver and enjoyed every minute of it...LOL.
Truly we had such a beautiful meal, laid back and watched football and just pigged out.
I loved every second of it!
We had enough leftovers for the next day and that was it...we were piglets.
We heard from our son overseas - he sounded homesick because it is the holidays but
it was nice to hear his voice and spend some time with him.

Then, of course, we had to watch rivalry saturday in college football...we made
homemade chili (YUMMO) and we were glued to the TV.
The best news is that the GATORS WON (my team) against the SEMINOLES (my hunnie's team)
YES YES YES - another year of bragging rights!!!
They kicked butt - Gators 45--to Seminoles 15.
That was a smear!!
GO GATORS!!!

Now this past month - I have been participating in a class called SOUL COACHING...
I truly enjoyed every second of it and met some supreme peeps...
Every day we had to write about whatever the topic had been that day...
I blogged about it at my other blog if you ever want to check it out:
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER PROSPECTIVE.

Because I had to blog every day for the class - I joined in on NABLOPOMO which is
National Blog Posting Month....I did it!!!
I managed to blog every single day for the month of November!!
I was also part of Art Every Day Month for November - I created an ATC card (my choice of medium and expression) - every single day for the whole month of November.
Now that was a creative flow that I hit right on the money - because all the cards just flowed putting them together - I did not struggle once with what to do or what direction
to go into - I love it!!
If you want to check out all the ATC card creations I made they are on my art blog:
FINDING MYSELF.
I am so proud of myself - three projects that I started and finished and did not
let my illness and depressive fog interfere or overpower me.
Truly - if you just knew how much I struggle every day to get up and do something
those three projects being completed are miraculous...my family has been so supportive and have noticed the difference!

Okay - there were some of you that asked about the PEOPLE MIGRATION project that
I was getting involved with....PLEASE email me (addy in my profile) that you are interested and I will send you the email address of the lady that created them...and she can send you your own people.
So before college let out for the holiday, my daughter brought a people to her college to hang out with her at the library while she worked on a project...she has named her people "FAT LOUIE" my daughter has a vivid sense of fun and creativity...so here is the start to
the people living here with us...Fat Louie at a college library:


the above is fat louie listening to ACDC (with headphones) on the puter.

this is fat louie - looking up myspace pages!!


This is Fat Louie phone texting people migration!!

This is going to be fun - you can tell we just go crazy - with any project - we will constantly be
including our people in our every day lives and that way - you can see where this project goes..and the fun...my daughter is thinking of making our people their own blog - OMG - she has gone over the deep end - but I like it.....LOL!

Remember that little Christmas tree that I purchased last year and took pics to show you all?
Well anyway - we decided to not put it outside this year....we have brought it into the puter room since that is the room we use the most etc...
So our little tree fits perfectly on top of our file cabinet (short one) and is decorated.
I will upload pics next time...It really looks cute and even the hunnie thought it
was a great idea...so I am always looking at the great light and a few trinkets on it!!
LOVE IT!!
We bought potted evergreen trees (about 4 feet tall each) - and that is what we are going to put
outside. I think it will look neat - of course I will take pics of that too and show you all!
We took the majority of pics off my wall in front of my puter for Christmas cards so that they are the backdrop for the tree...I think it is going to look cool!

BTW - if you would like to exchange home addresses for a christmas card exchange
PLEASE email me and I will send you my address and then you can send yours to me..
I would love to get cards from you all - you are my peeps...and for the first time
since I became ill - I am so IN THE MOOD to do fun things for the holidays and this
is one of them!!
So please do not be shy - I will NOT share your address with any one for anything....I just want to send out some christmas cheer!
Well I think I have rambled on enough - so I will end my small novel now.
Thanks for stopping by - remember to HUG someone you LOVE!!!
PEACE~!~

WEEKEND FOOTBALL AND STUFFIES

It is sunday night and I must say that I have enjoyed a wonderful weekend full
of football and play time on the puter.
OMG - have I mentioned yet that the GATORS kicked some major butt against the
Georgia Bulldogs - YAYAYAYAY - the final score 49-10 that was a butt stomping of a game!
Then I watch Texas Tech play number 1 TEXAS...and TEXAS went down...it was
glorious! This means that the FLORIDA GATORS move up in the standings even more - (is that success that I smell in the air - lol).
Then Today - in the NFL - Buffalo wins - Giants win, Tampa Bay Wins and I am presently watching the Colts leading the Patriots. Just a great weekend in sports - at least for me..lol!

Yesterday I began my month long commitment to NABLOPOMO (National Blog Posting Month) and Soul Coaching and AEDM (Art Every Day Month). It might seem like I am
over loading myself - but I really wanted to push myself into accomplishing something fairly short term and creative and it would benefit me both spiritually and emotionally. All three things pretty much intertwine together - but I really want to complete them all.

So every day I am adding another item that I have created in some form here at my art blog
FINDING MYSELF
I am blogging every day at my collaborative blog about my walk through Soul Coaching which also covers me with NABLOPOMO. You can find that here:
MOTHER & DAUGHTER PROSPECTIVE
Free feel anytime to drop by those other blogs and check out what is going on...there is
still time to join in on the fun if anyone is interested...if I can do it - trust me - anyone can do it!

Well I Thank You All for stopping by - Remember you can always find me on TWITTER (hint hint) have you at least checked it out yet...it really gets addicting because you just send out short messages about what you are doing or anything really - and you can follow other people and find out what they are doing...I love this stuff...(I think I need a real life - LOL)
Remember to HUG someone you LOVE!!
PEACE~!~P.S. Here Is A Maxine For You All!

WRITERZ BLOX

Happy Sunday Everyone-
I have been trying to keep up with everyone -and their new blogs - if I have missed you please let me know - leave me a comment with your blog url so that I can find it and click on follow -which BTW - have you clicked on my FOLLOW - if not please do so-I would so appreciate it - ANYWHO- I have been using the google reader - that is a handy lil gadget - if you have not tried it yet - you should - it would use your blogger sign in that you have now because blogger is owned by google!! (convienent ain't it-lol) but it is really working for me.
Okay - life actually has been extremely boring around here - nothing to talk about hence the lack of entries!(the above lolcat is compliments of DAWN)
It is exactly how I feel!
Usually I am a person who can talk - and since I am home a lot by myself (daughter in college and hunnie off doing stuffies) I have no one to talk to - so you would think I could blog forever but alas - like the cat says I gots the blox!!!!

I did manage to update my art blog - FINDING MYSELF ...so that was a good thing. Right now I am trying to finish a digital painting of a hibiscus but it is going very S L O W L Y!
Now I am sure I have mentioned TWITTER - it is a way to let peeps know what you are doing at the moment - I think you can even send a twitter from your cell phone - I am enjoying it way too much - but have met some super people on it!!! I encourage you all to try twitter out...and if you do - plz let me know so that I can follow you on twitter - I think it is cool - then again - I have way too much time on my hands--LOL!

I did receive a great surprise in the mail this past week - I won a give away - yes yes yes!!!
I have met this lovely person (can't mention her name because I did not ask first) through her blog FIREFLY HILL - she makes her own bags and make up bags and belts and Xmas stockings, etc - absolutely awesome!!! If you have a moment - check out her blog - you will not be disappointed at her talent and Christmas is right around the corner, down the road - any of her creations would make great gifts!! Well she had a give away and I WON!!!
Here is a pic (from her site) of the bag I won - the picture does not do it justice - the makeup bag is absolutely lovely - I am blessed.

I also updated my poetic/inspiration blog ANGELS TOUCH MY HEART..I only have a few stories up - but I am slowly getting that organized also!
OKAY - did I mention that I collect business cards - well I do - I know it is a crazy kind of hobby but fun and inexpensive - I love looking at business cards, I love noticing what fonts and the artwork used and such - quotes that some peeps use on them - things like that - ANYWAY - if you happen to come across business cards -I am begging you to send them my way...
to send 20 business cards costs one postage stamp - I will send you back a new stamp if you want - but I have pretty much collected all the cards from the area I live and now I need to expand and I need everyone's help - SEND ME BUSINESS CARDS!!! if you want to do this - please leave me a comment and I will send you my addy so that you can send any and all that you collect - and even if you send some - KEEP LOOKING FOR MORE - I need need need more business cards (do I sound obsessed or what?)

Okay - I will walk away from that topic for the time being but I reserve the right to come back to it at a later time--LOL!
If you have nothing exciting to do tonight - you could always watch the seahawks (cough cough) play the BUCCANEERS (yayayayay) in football tonight - GO BUCS!!!
Well I hear dinner calling my name so I will end this rambling here - I hope everyone is doing well - and enjoying the cooler weather - here it has been lovely - I think we are starting to dry out (THANK GOD).
Thanks for stopping by - remember to HUG someone you LOVE!!