I Won Some Blog Candy

a while back and will do a post about it soon.  Remind me!  Its really funny.

Moving tends to throw a wrench in it....

FOR EVERYONE!!  This little guy has gotten quite used to hanging out with me. Yes, he always does have a little smirk on his face.

He's gotten pretty used to hanging out with ME

because this one's

Yeah her - the cat's mom

been doing alot of this TRAVELING

I KNOW GET OUT RIGHT! THAT'S HOT!

So he's got pretty comfy at my place. Which is COOL because I LERVE HIM anyway.  HE'S MINE NOW HE'S ALL MINE. Little does she know.

But when she's back for a visit, he tends to park himself on top of her SUITCASE.  He's KNOWS he's a smart cat.

But he always seems to be on high alert for suitcase action

 But can you blame her?  She's got places to go like HERE:

A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.

SOOOOO as I was saying moving is hard on everyone.  Including the blog action.  This blog is the PRISS[Y] Place remember?  For those of you that don't know....that's an acronym for [P]aper,  [R]ibbon, [I]nk, [S]tampin', [S]crappin' and [Y]atayatayata.  I do realize there's been a lot more of ONLY the [Y] in that equation. Yatayatayata.  True true.  Which is OK because this is my blog RIGHT and I only have 2 READERS TOPS.  ROFL.  I won't be invited to the Blogher awards anytime soon or Martha's for that MATTER.

SOOOOO Let's revisit <--- click my good luck totem MR. HAWK that came for a visit on my first morning at the new place.  Oh yes I was so overjoyed and thought what a wonderful world.  Yes?   Yeah SURE the Native Americans think he's a symbol of "the dawn and a fresh new day".  That's awesome.  But personally I think he was MARKING HIS TERRITORY.  

This is who came for a visit on the second day of being at my new place.  I was all excited and going to go look up what it meant in Native American terms as regarding to "totems"  I was sure it was another good omen until.....

Little did I know he was on his way out of this world and his visit would be but a brief one.  He was so cute and I was wondering why he was so still and didn't startle when I took his picture.  I got pretty close.  Shortly after this picture was taken I went back out in the backyard (a couple of hours later).  And Mr. Bunny was gone (as in R.I.P.) not as in ran away.  I had to pick him up and bury him.  

LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A PICTURE OF A CUTE BUNNY WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US AND IS THE LAST DAY OF MR. BUNNY'S LIFE.

Hello and Goodbye =C - Thanks for visiting...

IRONIC that I titled this post <--- click "The Other Side".  Singing the praises of Mr. Hawk.  What am I prophetic?

Good Omen?  I think not!!!  MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD BULLY

TOTEM SCHMOTEM.  He's on my $#!( list.  I guess a hawk's gotta do what a hawk's gotta do.  Which is be a predator.  Nice.

One of these day I shall resume my normal programming which requires a lot of GLITTER. K.THX

M.P.D?

Multiple personality disorder a.k.a Cybil. That's me? On the one hand I love vintage things, I love the 50s theme.  I have a lot of treasures collected over many years and I've weeded them out considerably.  But there is still a fair bit of Chotzkie hell goin' on.

and drum roll....this is me?  Minimalist, zen, spa.  Actually, I am moving more towards the "less is more" style.

THEN ya have this me... chotzkie hell.  My library wall which I still LOVE was behind my sofa in the other place.  Now it's in a more prominent location not behind a sectional but in full view within the room.  The chotzkie's from chotzkie hell used to be displayed on a shelf that ran around the perimeter of two walls of the room.  Now, they are displayed on top of the library bookcases.  I think its a bit busy, but for now they will stay since we don't have the shelf installed and probably wont put it up in the new place.  I only pulled out a few.  I have other collections apples, cows, tins etc... the chickens made the cut this time.  I'm really really trying to thin things out for GOOD.

AND then back to desert sticks sans art I picked up from the desert.  I like the texture it brings to a room.  I copied this from hotel decor I saw once.  Really like the natural colors of an area.

AND THEN THERE'S CYBIL.  Oh incidentally, the burgundy wall color is the existing paint.  It was the only room I am thinking of changing the paint color of, all of the other room paint colors in the new house were the same color paints that I had in the old house.  Lucked out there, what are the odds of that?  I can live with this color for now.  I probably SHOULD have painted it before I unpacked but srsly did not have it in me.  It will have to be done later.  I will probably go with the seafoam green (very light) I had in my other kitchen/living area.  Still love that color.  I'll post a link later.  I will add however, the burgundy goes really well with the existing chotkies I have.

 EDITED TO ADD:  THERE IS A BACK-STORY TO THE ABOVE FRAMED PRINTS.  I HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO DIFFERENT PICTURES TO THIS COLLECTION AND MAYBE I WILL POST THE ENTIRE SET SO YOU CAN SEE.  THESE WERE WATERCOLOR PAINTED ON CARDBOARD INSERTS (REMEMBER THE CARDBOARD FROM SHIRT PACKAGING) AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY FLASH CARDS.  FOR EXAMPLE: THE TREE HAS THE WORD "TREE" STENCILED ON THE BACK OF THE CARD.  I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUCH CUTE FOLK-ARTESCK IMAGES I HAD THE ENTIRE SET MATTED AND FRAMED.  MY GREAT-AUNT (NOW DECEASED) WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.  SHE PAINTED THEM ALL BY HAND. I BELIEVE SHE GOT HER INSPIRATION FROM OLD THE DICK AND JANE READING BOOK SERIES.  I HAVE IMAGES OF A MOTHER, FATHER, BOY (I'M ASSUMING IS DICK), A GIRL PRINT (JANE?), DOG, CAT, PIG, CHICKENS, BALL, HOUSE, ETC... THEY ARE VERY OLD AND QUITE THE HEIRLOOM.  SHE HAD GIVEN ME A "BOX" OF HER OLD PAPERS AND SUCH FROM HER TEACHING DAYS WHEN MY GIRLS WERE LITTLE AND THESE WERE IN A FILE OF THAT BOX.  THAT'S WHEN I HAD THEM FRAMED.  A SEPARATE POST ON THIS LATER.

I guess you can say I have a very eclectic style.  Its a mix of folk, vintage, americana, 50s and minimal, shabby chic, chic shabby and a dash of bohemian too.  I don't know I'm a bit scattered.  I crave minimal and am slowly transitioning towards that style.  Out with the old and in with the new "less is more" theme.  I am planning on selling whatever doesn't work for me any more to an Etsy store just as soon as I get through things and continue purging.  I will post more after photos as soon as time permits.  Hope you enjoy a peek into my new place.

Ciao for now...

Praise of Summer

 ++

Well this heat wave has me cursing summer today.  But I like this vintage image.  Thought I'd share!

PMA

...since I have been more M.I.A than I.A lately thought you might like to turn some pages with me (desk calendar).  YES, you guessed it I am indeed back to work and back to R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.  I always like to get caught up on my calendar pages.  It's all part of getting my head back into the game.  I will only list favs here so don't go crazy bc a date is missing.  It was intentionally left blank.



JUNE

25th

• Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself.  Learn from it and go on.

26th

• Always affirm there is an answer to any problem and that you can find it; indeed, that you are now finding that answer.

27th

• When you get up in the morning, you have two choices-either to be happy or to be unhappy.  Just choose to be happy.

28th

• Don't waste mental energy brooding over past events or worrying about the future.  Live a day at a time and do a job at a time.

29th

• God will always take care of those who love and trust Him and sincerely do His will.

30th

• Quiet your mind so that inspirations may arise from its depths.  An inflow of new thoughts can remake you regardless of every difficulty you may now face, and I repeat-every difficulty.

JULY

2nd

• God's peace is medicinal.

3rd

• You will never know what great things you can do until you try-really try.

4th

• Never take no for an answer.

5th

• Ask for directions.

7th

• Hold the image of the life you want and make the image become fact.

9th

• The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist.  He sees all the difficulties clearly...which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker.  But he sees more than difficulties-he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.

10th

• The more problems you have, the more alive you are.  (Note: I must be superhuman ,))

and last but not least..... drum roll

12th

• Expect generous benefits in never failing supply!

Woot woot we're all caught up on our readings now.  Don't you feel great!  Don't know about you but I like to renew my mind DAILY.

~later

The Other Side ,)

I was honored this morning with a visit from this little guy... I believe its a hawk.  How beautiful.  If you're into hippy dippy airy fairy stuff (hey its Californ.i.a. folks, you know how crazy we are) you can read what a visit from a hawk symbolizes here <---- click. It starts out like this... the Hawk is the symbol of the dawn and the freshness that a new day brings (doodoodoodoo insert twilight zone music here); and the power of recollection. These energies and qualities enable the seer to travel back through the pathways of time; helping to connect us with with our roots and incestral wisdom that lives within our phyches and our culture. Hawk is known for his ability to travel into the past... 


how cool is that?  


I think it was so appropriate that he came for a visit this morning because it is a fresh new life for me and my family.  There are no accidents. Insert happy face here.  


Irony alert:  a hawk landing on the power lines caused inferno house <---- click remember that day? that was a "sign" that particular house was a NO. ROFL.

He was very still and didn't seem bothered by me at all.  I think he was still asleep.  The first shot I cropped in a wider panoramic view to show the terrain native to this area.  I was sipping my morning coffee standing by the back fence overlooking the canyon that is now my backyard.  I thought I'd share some pix of the new place so there's a mix of this and that. CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE FOR DETAIL.

Here's a close-up of the hawk.  He shot me a little nod.  Such a poser.  Hi there!

Coffee central.  One of the first appliances in operation (HELLER).  Ever important.  Caffeine. Note: vintage Pyrex, I love and use for a butter dish (Tiffany blue) and a sugar dish (red). I used to have a set of matching nested bowls in the primary colors.  Remember those from the 50s? I think a daughter confiscated those to one of their apartments.

Close-up

More of my loved vintage items.  Not sure if this is their permanent home, just got them out of the box.  I used to have these on a shelf in the old kitchen.  I love my "Aunt Jemima" cookie jar.  I bid on a box at an auction that I went to and she was a treasure surprise at the bottom of the box (S.C.O.R.E.) One of a kind I've never seen another.

Another close-up of the same area.  Note: my favorite Good Morning coffee mug <---- click!

Another view from our backyard.  Note:  the marine layer has hung out all morning... my favorite.  These houses are very far away on the other side of the canyon that separates us.   I zoomed in. The view is obstructed a bit by electrical wires, unavoidable.  They are behind us not right over us.  An issue I hadn't considered when looking for a place.  Oops.  I was going to crop them out but then I would have had to crop the marine layer which was the point of this photo.

Lots of greenery in the back too.  Another S.C.O.R.E. We had nothing but dirt in our old backyard <--- click well, and these cute little guys.  But the entire hill was covered with what they are standing on... dirt/sand/desert.  No trees nada.

Fog, aka marine layer ~I love you.  We live on the west side of the mountain now.  My old house is literally on the east/back of this mountain.  If I threw a stone in a straight line over this hill it would be in the backyard of my old house.  As the crow (or hawk ,) in this case) flies. The east side of this same mountain is much hotter and we didn't experience the direct ocean breeze like we do now.  It was much more inland and deserty in our old backyard.  

This is a close-up of a backyard across the canyon as well.  The guy has a putting green in his backyard.  That's how we roll in SoCal.  Too funny.

Bathrooms unpacked, check; kitchen unpacked, check; library wall unpacked (Picture coming soon), check; bedrooms unpacked, check; l.r. craft room, office, garage pending... HELLO from the other side and cross fingers I will have crafty stuff to post soon.  Next up for unpacking.... CRAFT ROOM.  

Be careful what you wish for you might just get it!

Stay tuned while we break for intermission...

I'm so excited to be into the new place and the move is behind us.  Whew what a ride.  I have the week off (Yosemite on hold, move, in full-swing) so I can make some sense out of all of this chaos and foolishness.  I planned on taking before and after shots of all the chaos and foolishness but frankly, what's so interesting about piles and piles of boxes?  In fact, this was going to be an all text post just blogging in to say HAY and stay tuned

...until this happened:

I got up for one second (literally) and Bubba Gene was on it like white on rice.  Playing fake asleep (sound asleep) now who could dare disturb such a cutey pie. I had to snap a pix.  Thanks Bubba Gene for the photo op.  (aka Punke but we call him Bubba Gene)

He's so exhausted.  During the move he's been carted from house to house for two weeks until we were moved.  He was prowling around the new place for days and finally calmed down enough to realize he's home too.  I'm fostering kitty again while the daughter travels and such so he's back with Grams (yes I only have furgrandbabies) temporarily.

I'll be back after intermission.  Crafty space is still all in boxes so posts continue to be all about nothing and yatayatayata

See ya when I see ya

EDITED TO ADD:  As I signed off I looked through my camera and ends up I had snapped one shot of the move in process.  Ironically another animal shot.  Look at Mr. Dog (aka Prince but we call him Mr. Dog, Doodoo, Monster, Wolfdog, King, Boo, Bubba (jk)) ROFL he sits right at the end of the ramp as if to say HAY where we going can I come too?  Animals too dern cute.  He's like you ain't  goin' nowhere nohow without me.

p.s. HAY intentionally spelled wrong.  hehe  Prounounced HAY AY with two syllables.

See ya on the other side

Happy Birthday to My Youngest!!

 JUNE 24

Do your honest best,

think prosperity and the Lord will,

for a fact,

provide.

He will do the providing through you.

I just thought I'd publish and dedicate the thought for the day (from my desk calendar) to my youngest daughter because its her birthday!!  She's on a world cruiseship job right now so we have been keeping in touch via the internet and facebook.  It's really amazing modern technology.  She can be out in the middle of the ocean (somewhere in the Norwegian Sea right now) on a ship no less and still get INTERNET.  I just love it because I still get to see her and talk with her and she doesn't seem so far away.  I know my daughters are grown now but I still like them close though far.  She was a big baby 9 lbs 11 oz. As you can see she had a lot of hair. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOO... WISH YOU WERE HERE

Since...

normal programming is down the river with the donkeys and until normal programming resumes.... I'll just C.A.S.E. (C.opy A.nd S.hare w/E.veryone) stuff that I like instead:

Definiteness of Purpose the starting point of all achievement.

By: Napolean Hill

Don't be like a ship at sea without a rudder, powerless and directionless.

Decide what you want, find out how to get it, and then take daily action toward achieving your goal.

You will get exactly and only what you ask and work for.

Make up your mind today what it is you want and then start today to go after it! Do it now!

Successful people move on their own initiative, But they know where they are going before they start.

Positive People, Positive Thinking, Positive Results!

CASEd from Mind Power 365

Happy Father's Day!

 What Makes a Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so,

He called it ... Dad

~~Author Unknown.~~

The Seven Seas

My youngest daughter is off today for a 6-month around the world adventure. She accepted a position on a cruise ship working in the spa on board ship. First, she flies to Copenhagen, Denmark.  I like to track their flights, I just feel closer that way.

then she has this itinerary <---click

The first leg of her journey will be a 15-day round trip Copenhagen to Copenhagen.  I'll keep everyone posted.

The move is coming along.  We are going to move to the new house a week earlier than originally planned, the last week in June as it turns out (instead of the first week in July).  Boxes are everywhere and seems how I packed the craft room first.... aaagh.  I really really can't wait to get moved now.  Have I mentioned, I hate moving?  Pretty sure I have.  Stay tuned... one of these days my life might resume normal programming I say "might" because somehow I highly doubt it.  Waaaaaa.

It's a Good Thing!

A few of my favorite things...

• The morning light

• The Macbook (you can take it anywhere)
• Listening to music

• Coffee mugs
• Lists

• Me time (its not that I don't like you... its just that I like my quiet better? credits:Sh!t My Dad Says)

• $1 altar votive candles (from the grocery store)
• Books 
• EDITED TO ADD: naps

• iChats
• Ground zero on anything and today it's paperwork.

• Thin addictives, almond cookies. Yummo!

Onto another topic...  The hus and I had a successful "date night" we headed out again last night to see if we could catch the Red Algea tide.  The red algea were out like the waves and the California Grunion Run (<--- read about it here) was in with the high-tide.

 (Stock photo)

Its so random, we went out there to see if we could catch the red tide and instead we ran into a Grunion Run?  The ocean never dissappoints.

Note to self: do more often!

My cell phone keeps rebooting itself.  I wish it would stop.

I'm glad I've got photos of the home I'm leaving.  This blog is good for something.

There are some things I WON'T miss from my old neighborhood... the Gearhead's aka Greasemonkey's? on this street.  They've always got some engine PROJECT going on, please.  Can you say noise pollution hello.  Does anybody mind... if I nap.  Yeah won't miss that.  Then there's this go-cart that starts EVERY year right about this time and runs up and down the street until the 1st-day of fall.  Yeah, I guess its cute.  I won't miss that or the barking dog next door. There is something about this one house.  A while back the first dog barking owners moved, goodie, dog GONE.  So the new neighbor's that moved in after that dog barks and bites.  Nice. WHAT?

~Ciao for now...