Shoe painting

My sisters black "magical" shoes.
The one in the back has been covered in gesso.

Here is where I am now.
They need some gold or bronzey gold.
More "sparkle" and a little splatter.

I will post again after I finish them...

Waitin' for the bus

The other morning while waiting for the school bus, I took some pics.
See the sparkly ice on the car above?

Ah, the moon through the trees...at 7:28 in the morning!

And finally a young 'un with wet hair...really I'm a good mom and the bus is real close to showing up.
Up here we are used to the cold and we forget not to go out with wet hair and coats.
Actually at her school, they don't have lockers, so if they take something to school, they carry it all day long. Hence, the not wanting to take a coat to school.
Yesterday morning it was bit brighter, every morning now we will get a few more minutes of sun.
Well, have a great weekend and be sure and sign up for the One World One Heart giveaway!

One World One Heart Giveaway

I am participating in the One World One Heart event and giveaway again this year.
My giveaway is a small tin can that I added some glue, paper, glitter and a few more goodies to.

A little glitter here and there...some beads...

Some ribbon...some wire...
Below is a hint at the many bits and pieces that will fill the tin...
oh there will be more.

Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
Winner will be announced on February 12.

Click on the OWOH button in my side bar for more info!
This is not only a fun time for giveaways, it is a time to meet other bloggers who you might never see otherwise.
Have fun browsing the blogs because this event is more about seeing, meeting and getting to know other bloggers out there.
The prizes are a fringe benefit!

And the winner is...
Jeraluna!
WooHoo!!!

Sisters picture

My friend A has three young girls and they're sweet as can be.
So I made them this painting. It's a bit silly, but they love it.
I need practice with making faces.

It's nice to have my computer back now. I really missed it.
Oh, I put the thought out in the universe that I wanted Thai, but I didn't say what kind of Thai and in the mailbox was a package for my sister from Thailand and it was covered in about twenty stamps...Thai stamps. So I got my Thai...but it wasn't food.
Have a fabulous Thursday!

Any Van Halen fans out there?

A David Lee Roth sound board.
What could be more fun?

Ah!

My counter is gone.

After my surgery...

Look what came in the mail for me!
My very own personal chunky book put together by my friend Mary Ann at
Follow Your Bliss designs. Can you imagine someone putting a book together just for you? I still can't believe she and the wonderful ladies involved did it. It is beautiful and made me cry.
I LOVE it.

These are just a few of the pages.

It's all just gorgeous.
Thank you Mary Ann and ladies...
I'll gather the names of the others and post them here later.

Empowering word for 2009

Courage, my word for 2009 is courage.

Happy New Year!

I wanted to make a fun post this year, however with my computer gone, no pictures.
So much has happened this year as far as health and well...everything.
I want to focus on the how lucky I am to have my family and my friends both old and new, those I've met in person and online.
That's what I think about everyday.
Thank you all for the love you show and how you make me feel better when I'm blue.
Take care and have a very Happy New Year.

How's your holiday?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.
We had a nice quiet one here while we were surrounded by snow.
Did I mention we had snow...have snow? It's all over the place.
We found out that the reason we were not getting any mail (for three days before Christmas) is because we hadn't been shoveling the snow from around the mailbox.

My neck is healing up fine.
It does get achey and sore when I move it, which is expected because the muscles have to adjust to a straighter neck that is a bit taller too.

When my computer is back and I am not using my daughters, I will post pics of the snow and my neck and anything else that happens!