pretty stuff

One of my friends from work lived in Japan for over 20 years. When they moved back to the states they brought lots of stuff. They had a garage sale today and look at the pretty things I got. This painting's at a weird angle because of reflections. I think it's watercolor. I just really liked this painting.

I got two tea sets. Corey told me to get her one. I think I'm keeping the blue one..

It matches my blue wall..

This set is called "firefly"because it lets light through ... maybe I'll keep it ... I can't decide

10 cups - wow

After going to the garage sale I came home and slept for most of the day. This cold

seems to be moving to a cough and chest cold, poo. I really don't need this right now!!

I really wanted to go see Corey and Chris' new place this weekend.

she liked it!! yay!!

I used to like to do this...

and I think I still do. This is for a little girl at work. I hope she likes it.

when I was in high school I would draw kid's names and they would pay me. It was a nice little side business from my part time job at Disney.

Chuck went a little crazy with flowers

Valentine's Day

dog park, dogs visit (and kids), lettuce

Chuck found my shoes that are 3 sizes too big and

tried them on one cold, very cold morning. He

decided he liked them very much and now wears

them around the house all the time. They

are very soft, cushy and warm. I think he's making

a fashion statement

Millie

Jesse and Jersey. Jersey is so cute.

She's a black Renny.

We have a house full when everyone and their dog shows up.

My friend Tina and her husband Ben have a vegetable garden and

orange groves. Ben had to pull up all the lettuce before

the freeze the other night. He came to work and

gave everyone some, it's huge!!!

I hadn't seen lettuce this big since living in Alaska.

Trip to what we call the "dog park". It's really

just a nice place to walk in the woods.

I caught a picture of this woodpecker and didn't see

in the bottom picture there are two.

Cyprus nodules always make me think of people frozen in

tree shape living in a little village in the woods. Yes, I'm weird.

Leftovers

These are pictures from my favorite Disney resort the

Wilderness Lodge

This is outside near "Old Faithful" which goes off every hour.






I think why I like the Wilderness Lodge so much is because it
reminds me of Alaska and I really loved living in Alaska.
Although I was a kid (as an adult the cold might bother me)
and I loved all things outdoors - ice skating across the street
from our house (there were two huge ice skating rinks) ,
skiing and sledding. Our house was between two hills one was
Bear Run and the other Moose hill, named so because if I understood
correctly - who lived there.
It was an interesting place to live. I also remember
going to a bicentennial celebration and getting to see
the Iditarod dog sled racers flying through town.
I also remember the Eskimo toss where they
had seal skin blankets sewn together to make a huge one
they would put people on and throw them really
high into the air. And eskimo candy
made from whale blubber, yum.

Mom gave me these pictures yesterday. I thought this was

a good one of her, Terry and Dad. And no, Terry

doesn't have a punk hairstyle. There's a clock on the

wall behind his head.

I really hadn't seen Terry in his uniform before, that I

can remember. I always saw him in his flight suit.

Amy's sister took this picture of Jesse. I saw some

others she took and I think she has a lot of talent! Jesse's dog wanted to take Renny for a walk but he

was really not happy about it.

Foggy Florida, been that way a lot lately.

Check out this video by my nephew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ5mdNDgCOI&eurl=http://www.mvtelegraph.com/index.php/news/735-young-filmmaker-prefers-clay-to-computers.html&feature=player_embedded

Last vacation day

Only in Florida...Gator jerky and smoked aligator and it

was being sold out of a trailer that also had "Starbucks coffee"

yummy combination

Cocoa beach

We always seem to wear out the little dog.

I forgot I want to simplify, simplify, simplify!!!!!

I resolve;

New Year’s resolutions I don’t like to make. Within hours, days, weeks they are usually broken. This year I have to make at least one; learn everything I can about diabetes. I will also need to take it one step further by using what I learn to help Chuck change his diet and start exercising with him for both of us to become healthier.

My resolutions for 2009:
1. Learn about diabetes and what we can do to make it better, change our diet
and have an exercise plan.
2. Be joyful on a daily basis, choose to see the good in situations and people (watch
my mouth, don’t say not nice things)
3. Do things to show my family how much I love them
4. Get my priorities straight
5. Don’t be afraid to be an “artist”
6. “Seek God 1st and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Questions I will ask myself each month to help keep on track:
1. What new thing have I learned and applied to our lives to help keep diabetes under control? What are we doing on a daily basis for exercise?
2. What kind of attitude have I been displaying?
3. What have I done to show my family how much they mean to me?
4. Have I figured out my priorities and been keeping them in the proper order?
5. What have I done as an artist this month?
6. Am I seeking God 1st?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!