Time to make you laugh as I want you to picture the shopping extravaganza. If you know me well enough you will find the sick sarcastic humor that I am known well for.
Ok Thank goodness -- we are done shopping. I must forewarn you if you are one of the procrastinators like I am..... be careful. People are ruthless and kind of a little nuts as they are in the shopping hunt. The animal instincts kick in and before you know it... a mad house. We were almost killed twice by people not paying attention driving....I could have peed and died all at the same time. Sheesh.
We hit 5 or 6 places and finished Christmas shopping in less than 5 hours. WOO WOO!! We were on a mission, dodging oncoming feet and enormous boxes and phew we made it without any scratches or major bruising. I always find it odd when a strange man rubs against me in the toy aisle(s), then I look and it is just my loving husband. hmm.
Anyway...let me get a hold of myself here.....I truly must remind myself to start shopping early early early and put all the crap on lay away or something to avoid the craziness that this holiday has become. Hmm a new found respect for what my parents must have gone through.
Really I don't mind the shopping or the holiday so much it is the actual wrapping of the gifts. If I had like a hundred bucks I would seriously hire one of those fancy gift wrapper folks to work their magic which are usually retired old ladies that are so awesome and really they need the cash anyway because their retirement isn't worth writing home about.
The best part of this holiday or anything that involves a gift is seeing that person open it and seeing their beautiful eyes just gleam with light. Truly the most beautiful thing in the world is love and joy and seeing the literal value of that in someones eyes. Truly takes my breath away.
For anyone reading my crazed lunatic post(s) I thank you and wish you a beautiful and lovely holiday. Enjoy it!
Much Love,
XOXO
Danielle
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Holiday fun
We are getting ready for the holidays... yes, finally. Usually the day after Thanksgiving we are rushing to get the tree and all the decor up to get ready for Christmas. This year we are just taking it easy. Somehow our 8 foot tree is missing the last 2 feet, therefore it looks pretty lame, so it is hiding in the garage, cowering in the corner because it knows it has been put aside this year. We are using the lovely 4 foot tree (ha ha) that we used more or less for just a side decoration at the huge house that we had a couple of years ago.
The Holidays are quite interesting in their own right. Dealing with family and all the lunacy that is our family. Trust me you are not the only one that deals w/ the drama.
I hope that everyone enjoys their beautiful holiday, drink LOTS of egg nog and get through it. Make some lovely pancakes (use the expensive maple syrup & real butter) on Christmas Morning with homemade cocoa and homemade marshmallows and have the time with your children. They are absolutely the most important thing during the holidays! Plus you know you want to play with their toys as well.
Then think about the things that you would love to change for next year. Instead of making one resolution, make 10. They can range from the simplistic to the absolute hardest thing, stick to it and at the end of the year you can make a private mental note to yourself that you have made a difference in your own life and possibly the lives of others.
So here is my TOP 10.
1/Take time out for myself once in awhile to just breathe.
2/Take that long awaited road trip with the husband and kids. Get lost. Do it again.
3/Spend more time with the kids.
4/Do something nice for a stranger/some strangers.
5/Recycle
6/Go on that diet and stick to it.
7/Finish that degree that you have been working so hard for.
8/ORGANIZE my life. Starting with getting rid of all the crap that you have held onto for whatever silly reason, oh yes you know it is hiding in the garage!
9/Find the time to really sit down and Paint, Draw, experiment
10/Make room for more goals.
XOXO
The Holidays are quite interesting in their own right. Dealing with family and all the lunacy that is our family. Trust me you are not the only one that deals w/ the drama.
I hope that everyone enjoys their beautiful holiday, drink LOTS of egg nog and get through it. Make some lovely pancakes (use the expensive maple syrup & real butter) on Christmas Morning with homemade cocoa and homemade marshmallows and have the time with your children. They are absolutely the most important thing during the holidays! Plus you know you want to play with their toys as well.
Then think about the things that you would love to change for next year. Instead of making one resolution, make 10. They can range from the simplistic to the absolute hardest thing, stick to it and at the end of the year you can make a private mental note to yourself that you have made a difference in your own life and possibly the lives of others.
So here is my TOP 10.
1/Take time out for myself once in awhile to just breathe.
2/Take that long awaited road trip with the husband and kids. Get lost. Do it again.
3/Spend more time with the kids.
4/Do something nice for a stranger/some strangers.
5/Recycle
6/Go on that diet and stick to it.
7/Finish that degree that you have been working so hard for.
8/ORGANIZE my life. Starting with getting rid of all the crap that you have held onto for whatever silly reason, oh yes you know it is hiding in the garage!
9/Find the time to really sit down and Paint, Draw, experiment
10/Make room for more goals.
XOXO
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Interestingly enough...
So Christmas is almost here and I have yet to shop. Been too darn busy. The tree is not even up yet. ergh. So tomorrow after I am done carving more lino tiles we will be busy trimming the tree. I have tons to do to get ready for the Last Minute Maul. I am running some prints so I am really excited as I have not done block printing since I was a kid. So I am really getting back to my roots here. LOL. I may bring some stuff from the gallery that I have been wanting to rid myself of. It is early spring cleaning folks!
My mother tells me yesterday that she has gone completely overboard shopping for the kids and has spent way too much money. I ask her why? The crap is just going to break a week after Christmas so why are you bothering? Amongst some of the gifts they are getting ---- Kameron has been eyeing Cindy Royal's purple guitar that she has had for a small time that is simply the perfect size for him, however, my Aunt purchased a guitar for him and a keyboard for Logan. It is going to be a rockin' house pretty soon. Hmm... maybe I will let the kids grow their hair out and they can start their own band. HA.
Along with the holiday crap I have been getting ready for a time of solitude after Naughty Gras. I know I will be relieved and happy that all will be complete with Naughty Gras for a while. So to regain some peace and balance again I will be shutting down the computer for a bit as I have the July show at Mad Art to contend with and the 30 feet of space that I have to worry about.
The pieces that I have in my mind are not only going to be a visual delight in the work itself but also will be something interesting in how they are displayed. This is something that I have wanted to do for a very long time with the idea but had never had the wall space to be able to put the idea into reality. I could literally do cartwheels on the thought as I have NEVER seen it done. The complexities of my mind have worked this all out and I am flipping out at the time because it is drawing near too quickly.
If you are in town you will have to just come and see it to experience my thought coming to life.
As of February 14th, 2009 I will be logged off for a bit -- although you know it will be too tempting to stay off the comp and completely out of the loop. So I will check in about once a week with updates and such and maybe a few previews at what I am working on.
The gallery especially will be difficult to completely stay off the comp. So I am erging all of my gallery mates to pull in the next several shows so I can get all the graphics and such done and final before my solitary confinement begins. :)
Oh yes I must share this below....... View the pic and then see the explanation below it.
The other day we were in Dick Blick buying materials and they have had this gory red ink stain on the carpet forever. The first time I had seen in last year I thought it was blood. So my oldest lays on the floor and says look mom I am dying... HA HA. He is such a sicko just like his mommy. We had to get a pic. So NO I did not kill my child. :)
Signing off for now xoxo
My mother tells me yesterday that she has gone completely overboard shopping for the kids and has spent way too much money. I ask her why? The crap is just going to break a week after Christmas so why are you bothering? Amongst some of the gifts they are getting ---- Kameron has been eyeing Cindy Royal's purple guitar that she has had for a small time that is simply the perfect size for him, however, my Aunt purchased a guitar for him and a keyboard for Logan. It is going to be a rockin' house pretty soon. Hmm... maybe I will let the kids grow their hair out and they can start their own band. HA.
Along with the holiday crap I have been getting ready for a time of solitude after Naughty Gras. I know I will be relieved and happy that all will be complete with Naughty Gras for a while. So to regain some peace and balance again I will be shutting down the computer for a bit as I have the July show at Mad Art to contend with and the 30 feet of space that I have to worry about.
The pieces that I have in my mind are not only going to be a visual delight in the work itself but also will be something interesting in how they are displayed. This is something that I have wanted to do for a very long time with the idea but had never had the wall space to be able to put the idea into reality. I could literally do cartwheels on the thought as I have NEVER seen it done. The complexities of my mind have worked this all out and I am flipping out at the time because it is drawing near too quickly.
If you are in town you will have to just come and see it to experience my thought coming to life.
As of February 14th, 2009 I will be logged off for a bit -- although you know it will be too tempting to stay off the comp and completely out of the loop. So I will check in about once a week with updates and such and maybe a few previews at what I am working on.
The gallery especially will be difficult to completely stay off the comp. So I am erging all of my gallery mates to pull in the next several shows so I can get all the graphics and such done and final before my solitary confinement begins. :)
Oh yes I must share this below....... View the pic and then see the explanation below it.
The other day we were in Dick Blick buying materials and they have had this gory red ink stain on the carpet forever. The first time I had seen in last year I thought it was blood. So my oldest lays on the floor and says look mom I am dying... HA HA. He is such a sicko just like his mommy. We had to get a pic. So NO I did not kill my child. :)Signing off for now xoxo
Monday, December 1, 2008
My plate is dripping
There are several things going on so I apologize that I have not had time to write the last few days. Along with the holidays I have been getting things together for shows coming up, trying to get myself back into the spirit of school (ergh), and keeping my mind amused. I have put in a deferment on my school loan so I can continue schooling. If I would have known that trying to get through the school headache is more about money than anything I would have not even bothered, it is always something. The academics are the easy part. Just ONE of my classes requires these two books that are going to run over 300 bucks -- people making these books are literally ripping us off! These are not antiques people!! I found them on Amazon for around the 300 bucks. If I want them sooner I will have to order them through school and that will run almost double. hmmm big choice there. STUPID CAD program!!
The holidays were and always are interesting. Our friend Cat joined us for Thanksgiving as her family is out of state so it was important to my husband and I that she not enjoy the lovely turkey day all to herself. We were all stuffed to the gills -- WAY too much food! I love turkey day! The only time of the year where I will literally pig out until I am almost sick. I hate Christmas food, just not the same. The day after shopping is equally exciting, that is if you have the money to spend. If not, it is enjoyable to read the shopping ads and make a wish list. Dam if that money tree could only grow! I have been waiting years and not even a root! ((snickers))...
Looking at the ads I was pretty disappointed and glad because the sales were not really all that spectacular. There were a couple things that were interesting but nevertheless -- BLAH!
So Black Friday came around and I tended the gallery for a few hours along with Genevieve and Deanna. Deanna's dog is so adorable and hilarious. Like a little doe frolicking through the gallery. Did I say Frolic? OH hells yes. There were several sales during the day and overall a great day.
The last few days I have not gotten much done in the way of what I need to so starting tomorrow it is time to get on the ball and get back to work. Naughti Gras has planning underway and there is still a lot to be done. tomorrow I will be calling several folks getting more sponsorship and getting information sent out.
I will be making some prints and I have to find my lino scraper so I can get my designs into the linoleum for printing. I already have a few lino's done but have LOTS more to do. I need to figure out mat board pricing locally and hurry up and pick up some as well as some acetate bags to package the stuff in. Is really frustrating as I hate waiting till the last minute but I get busy with different projects and it sits on the back burner. Somehow it always works out. I also need to print up my portfolio and put it together for the Last Minute Maul. I am horribly broke so it is important that I must sell as much as possible. I may throw in more commercial pieces just to make some cash which I hate doing but gotta make the bills. I specialize in nude work so I must step away from what I really love and just get it done. Lately it has been also tempting to get back into fashion design a bit, I did it years ago and loved it.
Other than the above I have been updating my retouch portfolio as I joined Model Mayhem a few days ago. Retouching photographs is fun for me and I really love seeing the end result. It is really fun when I can just play with it and put different objects in the composition. I love photoshop and illustrator. Corel I bought earlier this year and I prefer more to use the brushes in that program if I am trying to create certain effects. Photoshop will always be it. I totally blame my Grandfather for getting me hooked on it almost 13 year ago. With error comes perfection.
A few years ago I looked at the mayhem, but for whatever reason didn't bother to join as I already have memberships all over the place that I have been avoiding to update, ergh. Model Mayhem seems pretty good. There is literally a ton of talent on there. I was asked to model but I laughed as it has been almost 10 years and two kids later, and of course I am not Cindy Crawford, therefore I cannot afford a personal trainer or personal chef. It was very flattering I must say and did strike my thoughts but I realize I am getting too dam old to do those things anymore and I am not a size 6... anymore. Wish I was a size 6, but already I need to get rid of a LOT of clothes. A friend of mine who is skinny is getting all of my old sweaters and such that I probably won't be able to fit an arm into.
Ok enough of my rambling for the evening. Time to work.....
The holidays were and always are interesting. Our friend Cat joined us for Thanksgiving as her family is out of state so it was important to my husband and I that she not enjoy the lovely turkey day all to herself. We were all stuffed to the gills -- WAY too much food! I love turkey day! The only time of the year where I will literally pig out until I am almost sick. I hate Christmas food, just not the same. The day after shopping is equally exciting, that is if you have the money to spend. If not, it is enjoyable to read the shopping ads and make a wish list. Dam if that money tree could only grow! I have been waiting years and not even a root! ((snickers))...
Looking at the ads I was pretty disappointed and glad because the sales were not really all that spectacular. There were a couple things that were interesting but nevertheless -- BLAH!
So Black Friday came around and I tended the gallery for a few hours along with Genevieve and Deanna. Deanna's dog is so adorable and hilarious. Like a little doe frolicking through the gallery. Did I say Frolic? OH hells yes. There were several sales during the day and overall a great day.
The last few days I have not gotten much done in the way of what I need to so starting tomorrow it is time to get on the ball and get back to work. Naughti Gras has planning underway and there is still a lot to be done. tomorrow I will be calling several folks getting more sponsorship and getting information sent out.
I will be making some prints and I have to find my lino scraper so I can get my designs into the linoleum for printing. I already have a few lino's done but have LOTS more to do. I need to figure out mat board pricing locally and hurry up and pick up some as well as some acetate bags to package the stuff in. Is really frustrating as I hate waiting till the last minute but I get busy with different projects and it sits on the back burner. Somehow it always works out. I also need to print up my portfolio and put it together for the Last Minute Maul. I am horribly broke so it is important that I must sell as much as possible. I may throw in more commercial pieces just to make some cash which I hate doing but gotta make the bills. I specialize in nude work so I must step away from what I really love and just get it done. Lately it has been also tempting to get back into fashion design a bit, I did it years ago and loved it.
Other than the above I have been updating my retouch portfolio as I joined Model Mayhem a few days ago. Retouching photographs is fun for me and I really love seeing the end result. It is really fun when I can just play with it and put different objects in the composition. I love photoshop and illustrator. Corel I bought earlier this year and I prefer more to use the brushes in that program if I am trying to create certain effects. Photoshop will always be it. I totally blame my Grandfather for getting me hooked on it almost 13 year ago. With error comes perfection.
A few years ago I looked at the mayhem, but for whatever reason didn't bother to join as I already have memberships all over the place that I have been avoiding to update, ergh. Model Mayhem seems pretty good. There is literally a ton of talent on there. I was asked to model but I laughed as it has been almost 10 years and two kids later, and of course I am not Cindy Crawford, therefore I cannot afford a personal trainer or personal chef. It was very flattering I must say and did strike my thoughts but I realize I am getting too dam old to do those things anymore and I am not a size 6... anymore. Wish I was a size 6, but already I need to get rid of a LOT of clothes. A friend of mine who is skinny is getting all of my old sweaters and such that I probably won't be able to fit an arm into.
Ok enough of my rambling for the evening. Time to work.....
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