Dear Far Away Friend... THANK YOU
Today was one of "THOSE DAYS" when I was in a funk and having trouble pulling myself through it... Too many sorted details to explain but it was my far away friend who pulled me through. I don't even know if they truly grasps how much it meant to me that they simply let me babble ... I didn't share much, but enough to feel like it helped. And they didn't reply with much, but what they did say was enough, it was encouraging. How is it that sometimes it takes many words to express something simple and then there are times when it takes only simple words to express something complicated? I suppose it depends on who it is sharing and the sincerity of what it is they say....I'm only guessing.
WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS
So when I get into these funks, which are few & far between... I tend to busy myself with tasks ... Today it was completing my first kitchen design, which I must say is turning out pretty stinkin' great! Feeling good about that and knowing that this too shall pass I think at the moment I am feeling much better about things. I know that when I lie my head on my pillow in a short while, I'm going to count all my blessings (counting my friend twice!!) and I know that when I wake up tomorrow, the Lord will bless me with another day and that this day will have been one I learned from. There is a reason for everything, good & bad - although the bad isn't any fun. God is only giving us the bad to make us stronger and I believe so that we don't take the good for granted. Although I would like to say I DON'T ... there are time, I believe I do take things for granted. Today, I'm thankful for the bumpy road, although it really isn't any fun... I know it will get better. And I'm thankful for my friend, SO thankful xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Because it's time to be real, feel what makes you gitty and get over what makes you hurt... Life is simply too short to spend all your time trying to figure it out... let's just GET OUT & LIVE IT
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Beautiful Roses....
The last time I received flowers, it was a bouquet of dandellions from my daughter, which I must admit were far more beautiful bunched up in her hands than this beautiful display above! Don't get me wrong, the flowers I am about to speak of meant so much, but there is something about someone picking you flowers and holding them out in their hand, that a florist can't touch...no matter how grand the display. My very dear friend brought Charlie Mae & I these flowers last week, for no reason at all...which is the best reason if you ask me. I was surprised and reminded once again how special the people in my life are. He is a friend who has "adopted" my children as his own grandchildren, until his own kids come around and provide for him the joy of little people. He is a wonder friend and one I greatly admire. He is married to one of my sweetest & dearest friends, and the two of them... are an incredible pair! They have a relationship that everyone hopes for and few achieve. I could go on and on about them, and will perhaps in my next entry... This entry, I want to share how blessed I often feel that I have the people in my life that I do... I am a firm believer that God brings people into your life to fill spots where others have been and moved on, or where others have left open. Perhaps even spots that you have been holding open for that special someone. I am very blessed to have the people I do in my life... SO BLESSED! And as I think about the upcoming vacation to Sun Valley with my brother & sister, I think about how blessed I am to have siblings who I love, get along with & enjoy to know end... BLESSED, I AM BLESSED IN DEED! For all of the complaining we do about our families at times, there is nothing dearer....dysfunction and all! And we are only able to deal with this dysfunction because of the special friends in our life that give us that balance of normal, what ever that is! I am blessed in great abundance....blessed indeed! PS The very wonderful friends I speak of above are Dr. Jake & Cathrine Cambier...LOVE THEM!!!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
This little piggy went to the market.....
I love my daughters pudgy little toes - so cute!
She wanted to play footsie today while we worked in the yard.. we took a break for lunch and I took the opportunity to capture her dirty but cute little foot.. She asked that I take a picture of our feet together... good idea I thought. One day those little feet may be asking to borrow my shoes, Much sooner than I am ready!
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH BABY!
One might thin
k I lost my camera...nope! Just so busy trying to get everything organized before my great adventure that it left little time for pecking at the keys or downloading photos. I feel like I may actually be getting back on track and will again have time to put my thoughts and pictures into focus... what a good feeling. So, where do I begin... hummm
THIS IS AMY!
The adventure to Utah for Amy's birthday was SUPER FUN! Jamie & I had plenty to talk a
bout along the way and the view AMAZING! Of this view, I have few photos as we were on a mission to arrive in time for a Salmon dinner at my aunt's house. Which I will say was WONDERFUL!
Thursday night found us in downtown Salt Lake meeting with our TATTOO ARTISTS.... you read that correctly. We met with the artist who would design, or help with designs for our tattoos. My artist was Nick... The youngest tattoo artist in this region at only 20 years old.. did that scare me? Maybe a little, but after spending nearly an hour with him as we talked about what I wanted & I showed him the sketch I'd drawn (years ago!) of what I wanted... he made me feel like he sincerely wanted this to be an incredible experience and that he wanted it to be the work of art I hoped for to express myself.
THE ADVENTURE THAT WILL LAST A LIFE TIME...
Friday morning it was cinnamon rolls and coffee before we ventured back into SL
C INK for our tattoos ... I woke in the morning and my first thought was "today I'm getting a tattoo" followed by butterflies and maybe a nervous giggle... WHAT WAS I THINKING?
After Nic
k placed the transfer onto my leg and I saw the image which I'd doodled onto paper a dozen plus times become reality, I was ready to go for it. I don't know what it was, but something about it felt like the time was right and doing this meant sharing the experience with my cousin and the design with my children forever.... I chose the Daisy to represent Charlie Mae... it is our favorite flower and when I see daisies I think of her. I chose a baseball for Blake, because that is where we aren't just mo
m & son, but we are one anothers biggest fans and best form of support. He knows that no matter what he does on that field that if he looks inside his baseball hat... there he will find a message written by me at the beginning of each year. A word of encouragement and strength, words to remind him too that I love him no matter what...and a dragonfly for me, The dragonfly symbolizes going past self-created illusions that limit our growing and changing. Dragonflies are a symbol of the sense of self that comes with maturity. They are reminders that we are light & can reflect the light in powerful ways if we choose to do so. "Let there be light" is the divine prompting to use the creative imagination as a force within your life. They help you to see through your illusions and allow your own light to shine in a new vision.
Friday was a fun filled day.. Friday Night found us In Park City... where we met up with some of Amy's friends, and what a fun time that was!!
Amy celebrated her 40th birthday with girlfriends in Park City- we rented a condo for the night and enjoyed Margaritas with the girls before heading out for Thai Food... YUMMY! We made our way to THE SPUR for a few cocktails before closing down the town and calling it a night. We had a fun time, talking, laughing and more laughing!
I LOVE MY COUSIN AMY, HAPPY FOUR OHHHHHH
I was soo happy I could be there to celebrate with Amy, one of my best friends and most favorite cousin!
We had such a great time together, it was fun to spend time with her, and funny to listen to us! We have the same silly sayings and gestures.... I think people had more fun watching the two of us than anything. And her poor boyfriend.. there seemed to be a sense of confusion for him, wondering if perhaps we were separated at birth =) We think so!
k I lost my camera...nope! Just so busy trying to get everything organized before my great adventure that it left little time for pecking at the keys or downloading photos. I feel like I may actually be getting back on track and will again have time to put my thoughts and pictures into focus... what a good feeling. So, where do I begin... hummm
THIS IS AMY!
The adventure to Utah for Amy's birthday was SUPER FUN! Jamie & I had plenty to talk a
bout along the way and the view AMAZING! Of this view, I have few photos as we were on a mission to arrive in time for a Salmon dinner at my aunt's house. Which I will say was WONDERFUL! 
Thursday night found us in downtown Salt Lake meeting with our TATTOO ARTISTS.... you read that correctly. We met with the artist who would design, or help with designs for our tattoos. My artist was Nick... The youngest tattoo artist in this region at only 20 years old.. did that scare me? Maybe a little, but after spending nearly an hour with him as we talked about what I wanted & I showed him the sketch I'd drawn (years ago!) of what I wanted... he made me feel like he sincerely wanted this to be an incredible experience and that he wanted it to be the work of art I hoped for to express myself.
THE ADVENTURE THAT WILL LAST A LIFE TIME...
WE GET OUR TATTOOS!!
Friday morning it was cinnamon rolls and coffee before we ventured back into SL
C INK for our tattoos ... I woke in the morning and my first thought was "today I'm getting a tattoo" followed by butterflies and maybe a nervous giggle... WHAT WAS I THINKING? 
After Nic
k placed the transfer onto my leg and I saw the image which I'd doodled onto paper a dozen plus times become reality, I was ready to go for it. I don't know what it was, but something about it felt like the time was right and doing this meant sharing the experience with my cousin and the design with my children forever.... I chose the Daisy to represent Charlie Mae... it is our favorite flower and when I see daisies I think of her. I chose a baseball for Blake, because that is where we aren't just mo
m & son, but we are one anothers biggest fans and best form of support. He knows that no matter what he does on that field that if he looks inside his baseball hat... there he will find a message written by me at the beginning of each year. A word of encouragement and strength, words to remind him too that I love him no matter what...and a dragonfly for me, The dragonfly symbolizes going past self-created illusions that limit our growing and changing. Dragonflies are a symbol of the sense of self that comes with maturity. They are reminders that we are light & can reflect the light in powerful ways if we choose to do so. "Let there be light" is the divine prompting to use the creative imagination as a force within your life. They help you to see through your illusions and allow your own light to shine in a new vision. 
Friday was a fun filled day.. Friday Night found us In Park City... where we met up with some of Amy's friends, and what a fun time that was!!
Amy, Donna, Kristin, Melissa, Jamie In Park City Utah
Amy celebrated her 40th birthday with girlfriends in Park City- we rented a condo for the night and enjoyed Margaritas with the girls before heading out for Thai Food... YUMMY! We made our way to THE SPUR for a few cocktails before closing down the town and calling it a night. We had a fun time, talking, laughing and more laughing!
I LOVE MY COUSIN AMY, HAPPY FOUR OHHHHHH
I was soo happy I could be there to celebrate with Amy, one of my best friends and most favorite cousin!
We had such a great time together, it was fun to spend time with her, and funny to listen to us! We have the same silly sayings and gestures.... I think people had more fun watching the two of us than anything. And her poor boyfriend.. there seemed to be a sense of confusion for him, wondering if perhaps we were separated at birth =) We think so!
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