My "Me" Day

It's Saturday...my 'me' day.

Yes...I have a 'ton' of work that really

needs to be done..

but

I also have a need to spend quality time with myself.

I actually get way more done during the week 

when I take a little time to spend with myself

on Saturday.

Every other Sunday is 'family day'.

Five of my six children..and their families

come over and we 'do' dinner.

This started with their dad.

He was a 'chef' by trade...and so did most of the

cooking.

His favorite thing though, was cooking for the family.

So as the kids grew up and moved out on their own..

well (most of them anyway)

he started with Sunday Brunch

which morphed into Sunday Dinner..

and it was the one day of the week

we all got together.

In the four years that he has been gone, I've had

to take the Every Sunday and turn it

into every other Sunday.

It's a little easier for me...as much as I love

my family...sometimes my house just seems a little

too small for 15 people.

But...my 'me' day is almost over...so

I'd best be trying to get the very most out of what is left.

A busy week...

I took the week-end off...I really needed it..

but it seems if I take off too much time..

I end up with a work load that gets a bit unruly.

But..I've managed to stay on top of everything..

do some painting..

and update a couple shops.

I will be doing a lot of work on my

CMZ Art Zazzle Shop

in the coming weeks...

I've got a lot of new designs that I

want to put on the products there.

Mother's Day

Sick again???

I pretty much lost my Tuesday

this week...I was

sick again.

Maybe it's the high stress lately...

mostly Etsy related..

I will be so glad when they are through with all

the changes and updates..etc...

everytime they make changes and updates

the site ends up with all sorts of glitches..

and this time it was no different.

Plus..I think I have a spider bite or something..

whatever it is has made a huge

bruise on my left arm..

hope it goes away soon.

The nice people I 'meet'...

I do enjoy 'working' at home...

but sometimes I do feel quite 'isolated'

and maybe even 'insolated'...

it's way different than interacting with people

everyday at a 9 to 5.

So, the 'next best thing' is to

"make friends"

that I may never actually meet

face to face..

or even chat with over the phone

(but then, I'm not much of a phone person anyway...

I don't even give my phone number out to folks

who might be interested in licensing my art.)

I opted to do away with my 'land-line' and go with my

cell phone...but it seems my phone likes

to cut out when it someone other than family...

so..I just prefer to limit my communication

to email.

I find I don't have to repeat myself as often that way.

Anyway...not to stray too far away from my point...

my kids' say I do that a lot..

I've 'met' a lot of really nice people on Etsy..

through blogs I read..and at other

venues I participate in.

I think one of the best ways to

'get to know' someone

is by reading their blogs...

I have a couple that I would like

to share with you...

The Rainy Day Wanderer

Dyche Designs

and

Flutey Words.

Precious

I don't normally 'do'

movie reviews...

I leave that to the 'experts'..

but

I was so 'affected' by the movie

"Precious"

that I'm still not sure how I'm feeling about it.

Dear Lord, talk about depressing...

even the 'upbeat' ending

left me somewhat 'empty'..

I did get a little 'lost' from time to time..

I guess when Precious went into her 'fantasy world' to escape

the horrific abuse that was her life..

I think what affected me most..

was the knowledge that 

this shit really does happen.

Some Floral Bookmarks

I made up some new floral bookmarks

to put in my CMZ Art Zibbet Shop...

I'm hoping to have them listed by the middle of the week.

I've been so very busy that I haven't

had a chance to list them yet...but they are 

"coming soon".