Makin' my way back...

i was so shocked to see how long it's been since i posted anything! i check Blogger almost daily - but clearly updating my own blogs is not happening!

Had a nice quiet summer - altho' busy at work! Finally found time to paint and decorate for Fall! Will do some more this weekend. Attended an Alice Cooper concert last month - AWESOME!!! Trying to continue my quest for a decorative, yet organized craft room! The weight loss...well...still trying! And as usual i am doing my best to pay up bills and then get some $$$ saved...so any crafty stuff i am doing is STRICTLY with supplies i already have!

Off to do a little cleaning up - limited spare time means i must do thing in small increments - but stuff gets done!!!

Just no time...

i joined an online art class at Brave Girls called Soul Restoration. i received a beautiful package of supplies to make some albums & artwork all for myself. It sounded like such a nice idea. To think of what makes me happy, what makes me tick, what made me sad, glad, etc. during my life. But as much as i tried to get thru it...i realized i just did not have the time to complete the lessons. So i think at some point i will certainly utilize the products...and will definitely make something for myself...but not now. And i'm okay with that.

Peaceful Sadness...

Heaven has another angel...my pastor's wife, Pastor Leslie went to be with our King yesterday. She had battled ALS and has been an inspiration of faith to me as she fought her fight. Rock On Pastor Leslie!!!♥♥♥♥

Soul House

The Brave Girls Club online class "Soul Restoration" started yesterday. WOW! This is going to be quite a different experience for me! i am committed to do it though - because it feels like something i need to do.

i am going to enjoy it too...all the arts & crafts involved while you really look inside your "self" and repair some things in your house that have been broken - some things are broken that you were not even aware of!

It calls for more writing than i've ever done as well...that may take some time. i used to journal MANY years ago...apparently it is my time to start again!

Another snowstorm came through last night here in NJ - looks like a foot i think. i am lucky to be off from at least 1 job...will have most of the day to clean it up to head out for the other job. i am so tired of winter now...really!

Time for breakfast...then some work on my Soul Restoration projects! i have some great ideas!

That's my Jeep Cherokee under there. We had a little snow yesterday...and overnight...not getting anywhere anytime today that's for sure! Had a couple hitches shoveling but gotta take breaks in between. The wind is crazy & caused HUGE drifts as you can see!

Brave Girls Club

Found a thing called Brave Girls Club...they hold artistic retreats out in the midwest, but it's more than that. It's finding your SELF again thru the art you create, the fellowship you gain and the time spent with your creating.

i registered for the online course that starts in January called Soul Restoration (will put a blinkie to link as soon as i figure that out! lol) and i'm really looking forward to it. There are specific exercise & a curriculum to follow & it's all to help you gain your SELF back again! All of us have "stuff" that's holding us back & it's a chance to push that away and let YOU come back!

i get a sense that Faith is a large part of this...which is what drew me to this as well.

So i will see how it goes & share here as it happens!

It's gettin' to me!...

...either old age or the crazy work schedule i have juggling 2 jobs! i swore i was to work at my second job (at the vet) on Monday & Thursday---even said "see ya Thursday" when i left on Monday night. Well, Wednesday afternoon they called looking for me---OOOps! Seems i wrote down Thursday-Oct 13th on my paper...hmmm...Wednesday was the 13th---NOT Thursday---well, i am embarrassed to say the least & i feel very bad, but it was an honest mistake & i would have gone in if i was able...but i was already at my full time job. i am hoping they forgive me & that i still have a job to go to!

But on a MUCH brighter note---i FINALLY got my hair cut! Went back to Magda at Vito Mazza - haven't been in exactly 1 year! i was so excited to go---and she did an awesome job as usual!

i have Saturday night & all day Sunday off---hoping to get together with my scrappin' buddy Elisa & see what for trouble we can get into! If the weather is nice on Sunday i want to definitely take some pictures...haven't done a real photo day in a looong time.