You know it going to be a good day when...

...when you can take these pictures first thing in the morning IN YOUR OWN HOME!!!!!! It helps if the night before, up until you turn your light out, you spend a couple of hours soaking up all the fabulous artwork that you have been blessed to have at your fingertips on your laptop. If I get this wrong I shall correct it later...the final study was Jenny of "everyday's a holiday" who had a party hat on a doll head. That image must have really seeped in during the night because the first thing I did this morning was put two and two together. Just last week I had bought a box lot of doll heads on eBay and hadn't even opened it 'cause that meant opening a pandora's box of comments from all of the four men I live with (not as sexy as it sounds). I had popped them out yesterday and loved them so...then last night...then...yippie! I love how Bettie Mellie Kersnowski (BM, for short) can't stop looking at her new hat, she loves it!!! And who wouldn't 'cause this fab party hat was a gift (swap?) from Mellie of the famed Little Melfie's Studio (gotta click on link on right), it's been in my powder room in a little "ode to Mellie" area. I had to ask her if it offended her that it was in the powder room but she said no 'cause she loves that room. I really love that room too, it's very cool if I do say so myself, so I thought it was fitting but I wanted to make sure she knew where I was coming from...

So, if I was of the creepy ilk I might have thought

that one of Mellie's other fab art pieces in the

same room was telling me what to do...but, as you can see, she's way too sweet to be subliminal, right? Right?

So, here's a shot of the newly decorated nook over my sink. I was having blog-withdrawal as I'm still working on my painting job in Annapolis, making actual money, and had otherwise not been too creative lately...ummm, Tammy, email coming soon to that effect...have a wonderful day!!!

You always know just what to say, Sis...her shared wisdom for today...

I get up every morning determined both to change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning the day difficult. -E.B. White (1899-1995)

Specked Egg Spring Card Swap

I'm finally getting around to posting the cards I received from the Speckled Egg spring card swap...this first one from Michele Witchell who can be seen at flickr: this good day... ...this one from Barbara Burkard...

...from Heather Simpson-Bluhm...

...from, well I don't know, we'll call them "anonymous"...

...and this one from Connie...

Thank you all, I love them all. And thank you, Heather, for putting this all together. Stay tuned for the button card swap at the end of June!!!

Grits from the Dirty South

My mother asks me if having a blog isn't a little self-indulgent...durrrrr. My husband says there's more information here that even he wants to know about me. My mother thinks that the internet is all porn and identity theft. My husband has to use a computer for work all day. This is the epitome of what I love about the internet. I would never have gotten to meet Shelley (Gypsy Wagon) were it not for the internet and/or mine and/or Amy's blogs. If you read Shelley's blog you'll see in the comments that she and I have had many parallels and so many things in common that it amazes me. Nene and I had gotten to meet Shelley and her hubby, John, when they came to Nene's sale but since I recently discovered yet another connection with Shelley I immediately called for more in-person time. So, today we got to meet up at Starbuck's. Soul sisters...girls raised in the south but we're from the DIRTY SOUTH. There's a strong common thread that we are connected by; we understand each other's humor, we are, well fire up The Ya-Ya Sisterhood DVD, we are loyal and fierce friends (you too, Fran, in the dentist's chair instead of Starbuck's today). No restraining orders needed here! And we already have an over-night field trip scheduled in July to Northern Virginia. Watch our hickory smoke go!!!!!

There's Hope!!!

Okay, I didn't get the point of The Road. I didn't realize what I was supposed to get from it until Oprah did the follow up on it with the author then they explained that the book was supposed to make you think about what things are really important and necessary in life-ewe. I get pretty close to that on a fairly regular basis but waiting for the end of the world and then being happy with piles of ashes and...? It's not for the roller-coaster minded folk like me. Deep for sure but also quite dark. But this CD is one of Oprah's classically good picks. Casually, in a relaxed manner, considering at all times the blessings of your life, get your ass to http://www.amazon.com/ or Borders, etc. and get this CD asap!!!! It is the perfect combo of perspective and reflection in very uplifting, soothing music. Don't miss out...p.s. I had forgotten to mention that track #6 should be all our mantras...