I'm thinking of coming back to blogging. A lot of different things have happened in the last couple of years. I had stomach surgery, and many complications with it. A few hospital stays, many ER visits and medical procedures done, and I'm still here.
I need to get back into writing. I need to document my life, because some day I won't be here, and I want people to remember who I was.
So I look forward to coming back, to sharing my work, my loves, and everything in between.
I'm a total airhead. I just don't know where my mind has been.
In other places obviously...
Because I totally forgot about to post about the last swap I did!
I got my swap from Karen at Creative Expressions.
This was a great swap for me. I LOVE tea, and we have a HUGE mug collection in this house. I'll admit that I have more than 1 mug that I love to use.
Until I got this!
It is the CUTEST thing in the world!
and SO me!
Now I'll show you the rest of the package.
Look at this loot. A box of blueberry tea, 2 tins of different loose teas from a local shop, some flavored honey sticks from a local place, a totally cute little "tea" pot candle holder with a candle, and a GREAT loose tea scoop. (Mine has died and gone to the great garbage in the sky, so I've been using my french press.. which is annoying sometimes)
I had so much fun getting to know Karen with this swap. I think we'll be good email/blogging friends.
There's a new swap going on over at Chaotic Goddess!
I LOVE this group! And the two ladies that run it are WONDERFUL!
There is no doubt that Isabelle Thornton of Le Chateau des Fleurs is talented. This French-girl-gone-Utah has a wildly popular blog full of interesting DIY posts, photography, giveaways, and great reviews. Aside from being an awesome blogger, she also creates fun apps for phones. Previously her "Make Me Skinny" or Bon Bon app has kept many entertained as they edited and adjusted photos on their iPhones, and now I'm excited to announce she's released an entirely new app! This one is different, and for Android!
Let's face it, sometimes you spend more time with your smart phone than you do with your spouse, friends, coworkers, and family... You sleep with it, eat with it, and admit it-you take it to the bathroom with you! With Smartphone DNA you are creating a new kind of experience with your Smartphone.
Smartphone DNA is an app dedicated to Twitter users, and it allows you to collect your Twitter DNA via your Android phone, and then compare it against other twitter users to see how much you match! This is a great way to locate new Twitter friends that have things in common with you!
How it works:
Smartphone DNA shows you a list of apps you currently have installed.
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I've joined another swap.... I sure do like doing swaps...
This one's going to be HOT!
get it... mug.. hot...
oh well, never mind.
What goes on with this one? Well you fill a package with goodies for my partner that I would love to receive. The package must include a mug, and stuff that goes along with it (tea, coffee, cocoa, cider, ect) and anything else I want to include. A goodies box to enjoy on cold days while they're sipping a warm drink for their mug!
I'll have to agree with this one. It is the BEST MOVIE EVER!
First off, who doesn't love a good musical?
The film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical. Ms. Dolly Levi, a New York-based matchmaker who merrily arranges things... like furniture and daffodils and lives. A widow, she takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. He is in want of a wife. So she proceeds to weave a web of romantic complications involving him, his two clerks, a pretty milliner and her assistant, and his niece and her beau. In the process she has found herself in love
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When his first solo album came out I was a closet JT fan. He was my guilty pleasure. I wasn't sharing this with anyone... Then I found out that some friends of mine were also closet JT fans. I still text Cathy Senorita lyrics. Second album came out, and I came out of the closet! Especially when my little nephew would dance around to Sexyback. He was such an adorable 5 year old!
Third album, I had a countdown on my phone. I was so excited to watch him on the Grammy's. Suit & Tie was great. Listened to it over and over again... Mirrors comes out, and I'm in love.
I LOVE this song, and then I read this article about how the video is a celebration of his grandparents love, hence the dedication to William and Sadie at the beginning. Deeper and deeper in love I fell.
Mirrors
Aren't you somethin' to admire? Cause your shine is somethin' like a mirror And I can't help but notice You reflect in this heart of mine If you ever feel alone and The glare makes me hard to find Just know that I'm always Parallel on the other side
Cause with your hand in my hand and a pocket full of soul I can tell you there's no place we couldn't go Just put your hand on the glass I'm here tryin' to pull you through You just gotta be strong
I don't wanna lose you now I'm lookin' right at the other half of me The vacancy that sat in my heart Is a space that now you hold Show me how to fight for now And I'll tell you, baby, it was easy Comin' back here to you once I figured it out You were right here all along
It's like you're my mirror My mirror staring back at me I couldn't get any bigger With anyone else beside me And now it's clear as this promise That we're making Two reflections into one Cause it's like you're my mirror My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me
Aren't you somethin', an original Cause it doesn't seem merely assembled And I can't help but stare, cause I see truth somewhere in your eyes I can't ever change without you You reflect me, I love that about you And if I could, I Would look at us all the time
Cause with your hand in my hand and a pocket full of soul I can tell you there's no place we couldn't go Just put your hand on the glass I'm here tryin' to pull you through You just gotta be strong
I don't wanna lose you now I'm lookin' right at the other half of me The vacancy that sat in my heart Is a space that now you hold Show me how to fight for now And I'll tell you, baby, it was easy Comin' back here to you once I figured it out You were right here all along
It's like you're my mirror My mirror staring back at me I couldn't get any bigger With anyone else beside me And now it's clear as this promise That we're making Two reflections into one Cause it's like you're my mirror My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me
Yesterday is history Tomorrow's a mystery I can see you lookin' back at me Keep your eyes on me Baby, keep your eyes on me
I don't wanna lose you now I'm lookin' right at the other half of me The vacancy that sat in my heart Is a space that now you hold Show me how to fight for now And I'll tell you, baby, it was easy Comin' back here to you once I figured it out You were right here all along
It's like you're my mirror My mirror staring back at me I couldn't get any bigger With anyone else beside me And now it's clear as this promise That we're making Two reflections into one Cause it's like you're my mirror My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me
You are, you are the love of my life [x10]
Baby, you're the inspiration for this precious song And I just wanna see your face light up since you put me on So now I say goodbye to the old me, it's already gone And I can't wait wait wait wait wait to get you home Just to let you know, you are
You are, you are the love of my life [x8]
Girl you're my reflection, all I see is you My reflection, in everything I do You're my reflection and all I see is you My reflection, in everything I do
Here's what I found out in the Blog world this week!
Whateveris a blog written by John Scalzi. I TOTALLY Love reading what is on his mind every day. His post Two Simple Observations Regarding Women this week made me want to just say a big ol' Thank you.
Twice a month I have a fun little group I meet with. I was introduced to them by my friend Audre.
Me and Audre
We meet at Paradise Bakery, find a few tables together (sometimes this is quite a chore when it's busy),
get something to eat and drink, sit and crochet/knit and talk for hours.
a project I started at Coffee & Crochet, and finished at home.
It is great fun, and I have met some sweet, sweet ladies.
Lauren and Brooke in the top picture. The bottom one is Minnie Purl, also known as Mamma on Neglecting My Kids...
And even get some free yarn, or crochet magazines from whomever is giving their stuff away!
I turned this lovely yarn from Brooke into a hat for Kennadee!
I'm even comfortable enough to go without Audre now. It's hard for me to meet new people, but if someone is with me I don't have a problem. Well they aren't new anymore. They are becoming great friends.
I don't know how often I'll do it. Maybe it will just be when I found something new that has become on of my favorite things, and I HAVE to tell the world about it.
Today's Favorite Thing
Better Oats Oatmeal is seriously the best instant oatmeal that I have ever eaten!
100% Whole Grain Oats
Real Pieces of Fruit
Flax Seeds
The flavors are WONDERFUL!
I've had three of the 23 different varieties, and have loved all three.
Blueberry Muffin tastes like a blueberry muffin!
Cinnamon Roll tastes like a fresh hot cinnamon roll.
And the packaging! OH SO SLIM! Not a huge box taking up lots of room in your kitchen.
Also, you only need a bowl and a spoon to make it. The packaging is used as the measuring device. No getting out a measuring cup to make it.
It has become a staple in our house. I hope it becomes one in your's.
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.
tagline from imdb
Ferris pulling a fast one on his parents, sister is pissed, Cameron sick in bed, Principal know's he's not really sick, Simone stuck in school, the whole school thinking Ferris is dying! Stolen car, art museums, parade floats, Danke Schoen, Ben Stein,
I've had a song in my head all day... A song I don't really don't want to have in my head. so I tried to listen to something else... but it didn't work. I've still got the song in my head.
So, since I've got it in my head, you can now listen to it and get it into your head...
*grins*
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
by: Taylor Swift
I remember when we broke up the first time
Saying this is it, I've had enough, 'cause like
We haven't seen each other in a month
When you, said you, needed space, what?
Then you come around again and say
Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change
Trust me, remember how that lasted for a day
I say, I hate you, we break up, you call me, I love you
Oooh we called it off again last night
But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
To my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
Like ever...
I'm really gonna miss you picking fights
And me, falling for a screaming that I'm right
And you, will hide away and find your piece of mind with some indie record that's much cooler than mine
Oooh you called me up again tonight
But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
To my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
I used to think, that we, were forever ever ever
And I used to say never say never
Huh, he calls me up and he's like, I still love you
And i'm like, i'm just, I mean this is exhausting, you know
We are never getting back together, like ever
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
To my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
We, oooh, oooh, not back together, we
Oh, getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
And my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
Okay, so when I originally started this post it was LAST week... so one, or maybe 2 of the posts here may be 2 weeks old, instead of 1... But *shrugs* that's just how I roll.
MY FAVORITE POSTS THIS WEEK:
My little cousin, who is not so little anymore, has a great blog called The New World Adventure. She wrote the most incredible post about bullying the other day. It is a must read for everyone! definitely beautiful
Sweet little Nina wrote a great post over at MAYBEITSMYADD about a messy room. She's way to smart for her own good this one! The Messy Room
Through my other blog, and business, Arizona Sunshine Girls I was nominate for the Liebster Award by Melanie at Van Wynsberg Nest. Right now it's all about baby! She's expecting a boy, and her and her hubs are getting the nursery all ready. Such a cute blog, and so much fun to see what people come up with for baby themes! This is one of my favorite tho!
I really don't know how I found her, but another great blogger (Kristen from This Radient Life) made the CUTEST PSA for a friend/fellow blogger's birthday. Why is this my favorite post of the week? Because she posed a few of the PSA's from my childhood... you know Blair Underwood doing the STD thing, and the egg... you know. the egg... this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs. So yeah! GO READ! The More You Know...
As everyone has already found out, Google Reader is going caput, and we're all scrambling to find other ways to read/follow the blogs we love.
So today (yes it is Saturday, but my days are soooo messed up right now I'm saying that today is Friday) I joined the BlogLovin' hop going on over at My Beautiful Crazy Life.
If you guys have been around here for the last few weeks you would have noticed that I changed things up a little around here.
Yup... Sure have. I needed an update, and something fun.
My super awesome nephew and nieces, here in Arizona, have been doing a little Doctor Who watching lately (see... coolest kids EVER). One day I got a text from My Buddy showing me a picture he had drawn (12 years old and becoming a very good artist).
This picture has become my header, until someone draws me something new.
If you can't tell, that is a Shufflebot asking the Dalek to take him to his leader...
I think it's pretty awesome!
Here are a few other examples of My Buddy's awesomeness!
The most AWESOME Spartan that ever was!
And the Harry Potter that hangs in my room! He really is THE COOLEST NEPHEW EVER!!!
