michelle ward

sheesh, it's hot

We melted today.  95* is too hot for April.  At least it didn't rain and I could do a little spraying.

 

I love collecting type from magazines but I don't really care what it says.  I will scudge up these pages tomorrow with some sandpaper and then spray paint so they look like decaying posters often seen on random surfaces in New York.  This Walls Notebook is perfect for that. 

I confess, I've put up a few posters myself - although it's been a while since my HIM Street Team sniped in the city.   We need a new album so we can launch a crusade.  Here's some old Evidence.  Kat didn't mind getting the heartagram sticker...she's a fan.

Speaking of crusades, No. 30 is coming to an end.  We are discussing journaling in your journal with Cat Got Your Tongue?  Come play before it's over!

add that to the ta-da list!

 

  

Yesterday afternoon the new rubber arrived, and in a few minutes I will lug the box of packages to the post office.  I am ready for a beer!  *Cheers* to all of you who participated in the fundraiser.  Later I will be heading to Hot Topic for gifts cards for Paula's family.  I'm hoping to hear back from the corporate headquarters of the store where I am requesting they match part of our donation.  Wouldn't that rock?  That would make a double ta-da!  Thanks again everyone.  *blows kisses*

 

my little piece of earth

Celebrating Earth Day was different when the kids were little.  There was always something going on at the elementary schools to help them appreciate this planet we share.  We don't participate in those activities any more, but I am proud the kids have grown to respect the importance of recycling.  Today I was in the yard and gave a prayer of thanks for our green grass, beautiful trees, and blooming rose bushes.

 

 

It was a terrific weekend spent with girlfriends....no incriminating photos, just the evidence that our hostess knows how to pick the right place to eat. 

 

Word is the Hot Topic rubber is on the way to me so I should be shipping all orders this week!  Thanks for joining in on this fundraiser - it was a roaring success!  Final report coming soon.

i'm a lautrec dunce

 

I admit it, I don't know much about the artist or the man.  But lucky me, I have good friends who adore him, and we are off for a girls weekend together where we will visit an exhibit at The Clark.  There will be some driving involved so I gathered some tunage, and had to include the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.  I got stuck on youtube for a while this week - watching Susan Boyle wow us all.  THAT girl can wink!  Then I had to re-watch Paul Potts from an earlier Britains Got Talent.  Some great goosebump moments that I love watching over and over again.  Don't you?

I ended up back here:

light

 

 

 

dark

 

 

bursting

Some days are better than others.  Today is Sam's 17th birthday.  I can't believe it.  Lots of calls from family.  But there won't be one from her, his God-mother.  I sometimes need to listen to sad songs on mornings like this.  Afterall, music is what feelings sound like.  THIS ONE makes me cry.  Everytime.  After listening about 3 or 4 times I latched onto the phrase....and quick went outside for a look at my still-covered garden.  It brought more tears, the happy kind.  A sign.

 

And when I'm in that place, I have to make stuff. 

 

And another page from the WN, because I found the perfect size Ville Valo photo.

 

l.u.c.k.y.

 

  

  

Lots of rain today.  The clouds rolled on and I noticed the clover patches.  It's my first harvest for 2009.  Proof of a lucky girl.  And more....this arrived recently from Kathleen, who has XXOOs on her license plate.  If you see her give a toot and a wink.

 

And how about this from Rita?  So cool to know the *pink wink* lives on in our thoughts. 

 

I have posted Crusade No. 30 ~ Cat Got Your Tongue?  Come play!  Thirty months of crusading for creativity, can't believe it.  Congrats to Lay Hoon for being the Top Hat Pick for No. 29.

And finally, this isn't lucky, this is good hearts in action....more than 100 of us.