Briana's Solar System for Science class

December 14,2009

I have had a wonderful afternoon and I am feeling much better. I thought I might share my mandalas from the past 3 days to help spark your creativity. I will try to figure out the scanner later to get a better picture but this is good for now. Remember to think good thoughts as thought become things=)

Thank you Sue Doodles!

1.Where is your cell phone? pocket

2. Your hair?… bob

3. Your mother? absent

4. Your father?… well-intended

5. Your favorite food?… sweets

6. Your dream last night?… exotic

7. Your favorite drink?… coke

8. Your dream/goal?… mindfulness

9. What room are you in?… livingroom

10. Your hobby?… learning

11. Your fear?… failing

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?… blissful

13. Where were you last night?…here

14. Something that you aren’t?… perfect

15. Muffins?… sure

16. Wish list item?… eccentric

17. Where did you grow up?… Washington

18. Last thing you did?… Mandala

19. What are you wearing?… fleece

20. Your TV?…off

21. Your Pets?… everywhere

22. Friends?… priceless

23. Your life?… ebbing (not flowing)

24. Your mood?… peaceful

25. Missing Someone?… sorta

26. Vehicle?… Sonata

27. Something you’re not wearing?… make-up

28. Your favorite store?… shopwritersbloc.com

29. Your favorite colour?… all

30. When was the last time you laughed?… seconds

31. Last time you cried?… yesterday

32. Your best friend?… many

33. One place that I go to over and over?… bookstore

34. Facebook?… http://facebook.com/heathermmason

35. Favorite place to eat?… pub

Theater girl

The after party sugar high

The after party 2

The after party

My latest recomendations...

Coloring Mandalas 2 : For Balance, Harmony, and Spiritual Well-Being

Coloring Mandalas : For Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression

Hooked on Art! : 265 Ready-To-Use Activities in Seven Exciting Media

Complete Art Curriculum Activities Kit : 150 Easy-to-Use Art Lessons in 8 Exciting Creative Media for Grades 1-8



Blogs to inspire art...
Sue Doodles
The Crafty Crow
Art Projects for Kids
Unplug Your Kids
Spiritual Evolution of the Bean she has alot of mandala stuff!!
Daisy Yellow

I don't promise age appropriate content for kids. These are blogs I personally follow and while I can't remember a time where I've seen anything offensive for kids on any of them, I make no promises. So moms use your best judgement=)

Upcomming Birthday

It is hard to believe another year has passed me by. I accomplished alot, but procrastinated too. I am about to turn 33 which I guess for almost everyone would be considered well into adulthood...but I find my ability to imagine and play gets better every year. The world continues to become a more wonderous and beautiful place every year. To my darling daughter I will always be "as old as dirt" lol! Yet she will be the first to tell you how much I like to play! She jokes about my toys and craft projects too=) I made my wish list this year, as my husband requested. It was hard for me for as many of you know he was downsized from his job 7 months ago and is still not reemployed. My husbands family has been supplementing income for us for the past 19 months. Hard to ask for more than that. However, here is the long awaited list.

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Lamy Safari Fountain Pen Yellow Fine
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An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers
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Mini diamond-quilt women's plus size coat by Willow Lane®, Plus Size, Women's
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mophie Juice Pack Air - Case and Rechargeable Battery for iPhone 3G (Black)
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MacBook Pro 15-inch model at $1699
http://www.apple.com/getamac/whichmac/
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The Gift of an Ordinary Day:... (Hardcover) by Katrina Kenison



Not Becoming My Mother: and Other... (Hardcover) by Ruth Reichl
The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties by William J. Doherty

Shelter for the Spirit: Create Your Own Haven in a Hectic World by Victoria Moran (Author)
$13.99$11.19

There Are No Mistakes: Becoming Comfortable With Life As It Is, Not As It Should Be by Eleanor Wiley (Author), Caroline Pincus (Author)
$17.95$12.21

Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children Feel Special Every Day by Susan Newman (Author)

The Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker (Paperback)
~ Manfred Schmidt-Brabant (Author), Carol Brousseau

Tyra Cardigan by denim 24/7®
The reason we love sweater weather! Our one-button, trapeze shape cardigan is the perfect sweater coat. Adorned with novelty stitch, ribbed cuffs and bottom and shawl collar. Abt. 32'.br>
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Fine Gauge Cardigan by denim 24/7®
2 buttons; fly-away front. Ribbed yoke in front and back. Abt. 29”.
· Acrylic.
· Machine wash.
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Happy Halloween!!

Bri was happy to get her Corpse Bride costume this year! She is a big fan of Tim Burton's movies The Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas. She was able to go trick or treating for a couple hours with her dad, our friends Josh and Amy, and their daughter Aubrey. Most of the people who usually come were sick this year with the H1N1 thing! The 2 kids still had a blast and got a bundle of goodies.

I stayed home to hand out goodies. We had puzzles, bubbles, super balls, stickers, card games, playdoh, etc. This was the first year Bri noticed I don't hand out candy=) It was cold out but dry.

Now to decorate for Thanksgiving. We will be celebrating Thanksgiving/Christmas at the same time in November as hubby's parents will be leaving right after for Kazakhstan. They will be there until mom comes home right after New Years. Mike will join us again around May I think. It is hard for us all to have him gone for such long periods of time.

Thursday, Oct.29, 2009 @ Game Lunch

We arrived a bit early and Bri used her freetime to snap a few photos as usual=)

another Game Lunch photo

Other things I am loving these days...

I needed to get Briana a new artists portfolio this year and she kept eyeing mine! The problem is I didn't like the ones I was finding(to cheaply made) and I was very unhappy with the prices of the local places. Michael's and Freddies both wanted more than $50 for a poorly made product. I then stumbled upon Oriental Trading Company's art area and found exactly what I wanted at a price I could appreciate!! Their Student Drawing Portfolio Kit is only $29.99 right now and it comes with bag, clip board, rubber band, and large tablet! Briana was very happy with it! and so am I!!

Another thing I have been talking about is our writing presentation book. This one is as close as I have been able to find lately=( But I am still looking as would like a few more. This is another one that is close but nowhere near the $10 I paid for each of mine. They are great for showcasing and storing a child's writing and making them feel special. Every young author dreams of one day being published and this one you can keep updating=)

I had to show you this great reuseable Halloween bag! I love it! It will make a great Trick or Treat bag for years to come! You can find your own at Stubby Pencil Studio. You can also get another favorite of mine there... Smencils!! Yes I love smelly pencils... and kids do too. I often buy mine locally at Kazoodles but Stubby Pencil Studio is an onlie alternative for those who don't have access to our wonderful, locally owned, kid-powered Kazoodles!! Yes it is my all time favorite toy store!!

I hope this was some food for thought! I will share more soon!

Calling Cards

I know I have told alot of you about these cards and/or given you the link, but here it is again just to make it easy=)

Cottage-industrialist.com It is importand that you remember two things. 1. buy the right cards and 2. be sure to set your printer to NOT shrink image to fit=) I made both of these mistakes on this project! Lol...

How do you celebrate Fall?

Some pumpkin ornaments from Hostess with the Mostess













A bit of front yard funnery from Domestic Witch





















Georgous owl pumpkins from Magpies and Apples

I can think of several uses for a lovely owl can from where ada likes to wonder ... can you?

This project from Growing up Creative is one I can't hardly wait to do!

What am I looking for?

Hmm.

The family is ill.

Still.

Hubby had a tooth pulled.

Briana will miss another day of classes.

House is a wreck.

Linen closet looks lovely with all the crud in spacebags.

Found a lovely Antique White color to paint the walls.

I think it makes me happier.

I keep surfing through pages of blogs.

I read some,

I watch some,

I pass some by.

But in the end I feel a need to keep searching...

for what?

I wish I knew.

The best rational I can conceive

is I am looking for someone else to create my perfect blog

so I don't have to try to.

And if I don't try,

well then I don't fail.

Hmm.

I like the blogs where they are creating things...
Ordinary Life Magic

U Create

Just Something I made
I also like ones with good pictures...

The Fern Mossery

Orangette

The Magic Onions

I love blogs with free printable...

The Background Fairy

The Graphics Fairy

I love all the blogs I follow for different reasons. It should be obvious to me that no one's blog could ever be all that is me.

So I guess until I locate a blog that:

Talks about home moms, that love to read, and color, and draw, and do crafts, organize, cook, download free things, look at pictures, married early,loves her eccentric family...

and learn more about their Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autistic, Selective Mutism, Generalized, Social, School, Separation Anxiety, Childhood depression, extremely high IQ, preteen adolescent daughter, who loves art, theater, singing, reading, her own fashion and nothing else, homeschooler, kid.

And since we are being completely unreasonable here...

I'd also like to know about gluten and casein free diets and

how to convince a 12 year old to try it.

How to convince my now unemployed for 6 months, with no job prospects, husband, whom I love dearly, and have been with for 17 years now that "lottery winner" is not a job title he can apply for nor is it something he can manifest from thin air like he is currently attempting. I'd also like the no exercise, no pills, no calorie counting, nor expensive prepackaged meals, or weekly meetings diet that will make me skinny in a reasonable amount of time(tomorrowish) with no sagging, bagging, loose skin, heart problems, liver problems or other body damage not listed here. I want my pets to all BEHAVE. The big old one will no longer lick, shed, groan, get pushy for attention ect. The middle dog will no longer be aggressive to other dogs or people that resemble dogs. He will remember he is a dog and not act like a bully child we forgot we had. And the youngest will grow out of her 3year long baby stage and resume peeing and pooping outside, stop acting like a cat on the furniture and no longer have the desire to eat the other animals or her own poop. My cat will take his gifts to the neighbors doorstep and not mine. The snake will keep hiding. And last of all I'd like the daily maid service to begin soon as I am running out of clothes to wear and we are forced to use paper plates and plastic silverware. All that in a blog and I will be your biggest fan....

In the mean time it is no wonder no one reads all this crap I write but it is sure a relief for me. Now I will wave my magic Valium wand and drift off to sleep. When I awaken all will be right with the world... Or at least it will be while I sleep.

Sweet Dreams and all.

Found some great Google Logo Art here

Some great FREE stock photos here