Lots to experience at today's gluten free/sugar free tea party.
Food...
Fun...
Love...
I am tired, but it's good tired; the way you are when you trade a day for something worthwhile. Thank you Debbie, Denise, and Angel for making this possible and thanks to everyone who attended. This was one of the best afternoons I've had in almost a year.
I love you and miss you already.
XOXOX
Altered Today: Memories, Friendships, Well Being
As an artist, I often struggle with how to "create" things. What belongs there? Does this go with that? Is this the right direction? Sometimes, the choices are so overwhelming, even I don't know where to start.
Well...thank God for Portlandia...a cute sketch comedy show with the solution to my creative worries.
OMG. Why didn't I think of that? (Oh wait, maybe I have).
Altered CD Jacket Journal by Kathy Tagudin
OK, no problem. At least my bird ideas are distinct amongst all of the other bird ideas.
Or....maybe not.
But at least I'm taking the time to be creative and put stuff out there.
This is true. This is arguably true.
So, if you've got something to express, but don't know where to begin...put a bird on it. I DARE YOU! If for no other reason than just because you can.
Flippin the Bird T-Shirt by chillin penguin designs
Altered Today: Giving a Flip, Flipping the Bird, More Silly Bird Artwork, Bird on a ?????, Daring YOU to create something.
It's 1:30 in the morning and my living room hardly knows what to do with itself. In the corner, a paisley, Target slipper chair cries desperately for attention. Against the wall, a lonely IKEA Karlstad couch begs for a throw blanket.
Why so glum? What's all the fuss about?
Well, imagine how you'd feel if you suddenly stopped being some body's favorite.
Introducing our new girls...Lazette and Lazella AKA LaZBoy's Rialto Recliner Rockers in Brown.
Lazette, born January 21st at 4:30pm. Lazella, born a day later on January 22nd.
Now, before you say anything, I know. They're not much to look at in pictures.
But, visit them in person and you too will find yourself hypnotized by their soft, comforting, ways and gentle rocking action.
Lazette, originally scoped out for my feisty father, made a great first impression. Immediately, she set herself apart from her other lazy family members with her slim physique and modern ways.
She was a little tough at first. Her gears were cranked a little too tight and she had her back to us in the showroom. Still, after a little TLC and a brief getting to know you session, she was good to go and she definitely knew her place when we got her home...right in the corner next to the bookshelf.
Lazella was a completely different story. We never planned on having more than one, but Lazette was so perfect, so beautiful, so magical, it seemed like a shame not to give her a companion (and we did have the other side of that bookshelf...).
So, congratulations to us on the birth of our new babies. Aren't they beautiful?!?!?
Altered Today: Where I sit and write, opinions about recliners, comfort, Mom and Dad's complaints about our modern furniture.