So Sorry....

time has just drifted away from me...I guess I have been lost in my own time warp... NO, not my warped mind, just in a time limbo...(anyone else hear that music?)

Seems my life is about to change in a few days... I will be something I never expected to be, dreamed I would be, hoped I would be, but deep down never expected.... I will be a world traveler... and I am seeing a part of the world that I just thought was out of my reach... Why????? Well, I am not sure... I guess just because I am a simple country kid....

regardless now...We will touch down in Rome, Italy... take a tour of Rome and head for the ship then spend a few days visiting more of Italy, Greece, Turkey and Crete... yes, I know we were supposed to go to Ireland, but they cancelled our tour due to lack of participation...So we had to pick something else that fell in the time off I had from work...

I am nervous, excited... I cant wait to share all of these new experiences with Joel...neither of us know what to expect...but being that we both are easily amused...we can have a blast almost anywhere... It should be outstanding...
he is worried about the missing rocket launchers from Libya... I am worried about if I should have enough cash for any open air markets we should go to... he's worried about protests in Greece and water cannon's... I just don't want their signs to get in the way of my photos or my hair wet...you see how it goes...without each other one of us would be to the extreme and the other oblivious... together, we are fine...

Some days you just have to wonder....

As most of you know.... I have a little problem with speed bumps, the furry with a long tail kind also known as squirrels... they just run out of no where attacking my tires and on more than a few occasions have become casualties of their own sick game...

This year I have hit a turkey and a deer, but.... but.... what does it mean when you start out your day and take out a pigeon???

I was taking the garbage to the dump, early Saturday morning... as I rounded the corner in my old green dodge pickup... WHACK....pigeon down... I got a photo op on the way out...

despite the evil pigeons plan... I had a great day... he should have had a helmet on.

Sweetness in life...

Usually has to do with Birthday Cake.... a year ago today Ollie... made her grand entrance.. today...she learned to eat cake...rip paper... she is walking, trying her best to talk

She is such a happy girl... and we love her dearly.

So this is what Ive been stitchen....

Ive had these ideas rolling around upstairs for a few months, figuring out how I could make them 3 dimensional with fabric, clay, wood and paint... I would like to introduce the first two from the Frog Hollow Series: Queen Bea and Wilma the Witch... they are between 20 and 21 inches tall...

Bea has a hand made crown and her pet bee...

her totally froggy feet...

would love some feed back....

Wilma the Witch

Her friendly lil spider hangs down from her hat....

her tiny mole..

and froggy feet...

Summer Daze 2011

I've already done this once....

so you would think dropping the second (last) child off for college would have been a piece of cake.... I smiled, kept my focus on making sure he was settled, knew how to get to the school, ect. We came to one intersection and he exclaimed, "thank god, a Wegmans!" to you out of towners that's a large supermarket here in central and western NY... I laughed... So I am confident... he will be fine....
I cried the whole hour home... it started raining so I felt like I was getting the go ahead from some where, and someone upstairs.

Last few weeks have been total stressed... trying to finalize financial aid, loans, housing, MD appts, paperwork, health insurance... the list just goes on...

Thanks to the LYMIES, Ive not felt well, wish the pain would pick a place and stay put, I hate surprises and everyday having something different hurt is beginning to piss me off...its just frustrating. I did get to talk with an MD who deals with Lyme disease and told me whats happening is normal, at least I am not going crazy....doesn't feel like much of a consolation.

I feel bad for Joel, between me losing my mind trying to make sure the kids are all set for school, being sick... I am afraid I've had my moments of not being rational and being an emotional roller coaster... How can he understand, when I don't myself.... *sigh*