A Few Gifts for Christmas

Just stopped by to post a few pictures of some gifts that I made for my girls for Christmas! I was at a local Hobby shop and came upon a sale for patterns...99cents :) and you cant beat that. So I took advantage of it and picked up a few, well ten to be exact. One of the patterns is for the popular animal hats that all the kids and even adults are now wearing.

I made an ornament also that just seemed to go with my never ending love of snowmen.  So I'll leave you with the pictures and get a good nights sleep....zzzzzz. Oh yah, the pictures!

the Snowman is an original design :) if you are interested in the pattern just leave me a note with your email address and I'll send details.

Be back soon :)

Michelle

Its Me.....and I WILL write....

The date is 12-30-11 and I subscribed to an internet service on the 16th (originally it was supposed to be the 9th of DEC but that fell through ugh!).....I just this morning had it turned on! I just received my modem yesterday after it was delivered 2x's to the wrong address and then once to the wrong zip. How do I configure an icon that looks like its shaking its head vigorously? hmm.

I live, now, in the largest city in the U.S. so how this happened I guess isn't so much a mystery but is still very frustrating to say the least. So I can get a grip and go with things or I can fume over the disappointment of the system. I don't have time to get involved nor the patience because its been a roller coaster ride so far and my wits end has been passed up several times :)

I'm looking forward to getting back to the artsy end of my world....(sigh of contentment)

I have a few things to get done this morning  so I'll be back.......SOON.

I've missed writing so much.

Michelle

Internet! once again! yayyyyy

I will be brief but I just wanted to say that I will have internet by the  9th of DEC. ! Ahh the land of the living once again :)

See you soon,

Michelle

Internet a Bust in AZ!

Just wanted to leave a note for all those wonderful followers out there :) I am still alive and well in Arizona ! I just cant get internet without TV, which I dont want, for a decent price...arghhhh!

Talk about frustrating...oh boy, it really is just that.

So Im shopping for a decent deal here in AZ and until I get one Im without internet on a regular basis. This means that I am going to Starbucks...im not much of a coffee drinker either...and checking things like my email and facebook..I suppose I could also get it together and post on my blog. Its good talking again or rather writing because it really does allow me to make up my mind a lot quicker when I do.

Well Ive been here for about a month now and little by little Im moving right along. I now have my own digs and day my day Im putting things in their proper place. It takes me a bit longer since the back surgery but all  in good time. And did I mention that I left most of my furniture behind?? Yah, I did. My living room is the one to suffer the most but eventually it will be put together also, just like me.

I dont miss the snow at all...I dont think they've had much in Ohio but still the cold is there and I dont miss that either. I dont miss the grey, I dont miss the cold, I dont miss the urge to eat lots of heavy food either. I do miss my daughter Andrea..... A LOT, but I talk to her almost everyday. She calls me on her way home from work, she has about a 1/2 hr drive and it gives us the chance to catch up as though we were still 1/2 mile away.

I also miss being able to eat lunch with her, or dinner or just shopping.

I also havent mentioned that I had to leave behind a bit of my craft supplies because the movers, jerks that they are, gave me some lame excuse that they couldnt fit it on their truck without another 800.00. Yah, like I was going to fork over another 800 dollars....here ya go. Fortunately my daughter was able to keep what she liked of the craft stuff and donate the rest to some shelters that can use it.

I have taken a few pictures since coming here that are interesting but not like I would love to be taking. It seems that most of my days are filled with trying to get my medical records transfered here and finding a Dr. that would take my case. I have spent 3 weeks just trying to get a Dr to even hear me out. No one was willing until the Godsend Dr B.... :) and now Im fighting the system that will qualify him as certified in their OHIOan eyes!!!

OH yah, I was talking about pictures....and then I was sidetracked, as usual. I will look into what I have to post just so that things are a bit more interesting for you. I will be back.....but I have a big, Big,  BIG day tomorrow and I will deal with that first.

These are pictures of Lake Bartlett here in AZ. We went there shortly after I arrived and It was a beautiful day as you can see. I will post more when I take more :) AHHHhhh, I feel better now. It always makes me feel better to write, Im addicted, really.

See you soon, Michelle

p.s. and maybe some day I'll get back to the crafts, art, dolls, costumes and more.....I cant wait.

I've been through so much....

I have so much to say and yet there is so much that is just......kind of stuck in there. So much has happened since I left Ohio. Im working everyday at getting things in line and yet it seems that Im spinning my wheels. Im frustrated and I want to cry on a regular basis. I know that this is where I should be....with all my heart, Its just hard right now. This to shall pass, and everything is for a reason, without lifes lessons how would we grow, If you dont know what its like to live the hard life how can you truly enjoy the good...............I am going to get through this.

(these were my digs for the last night in OHIO...an air mattress and my computer! all a girls needs :}
and this is Sophia in her Halloween wax mustache! :)

All moves, especially as difficult as I have made this one, are hard. They are a learning experience. I have moved on in so many senses, but I feel almost broken right now. It seems that almost nothing is going right. Im moving again, and a bit sooner than I had expected, but, its the right place. I didnt expect it....but it shows me that I am listening and learning. I know that its the right thing to do, its the right place to be, without any hesitation in my mind.

(my Halloween pumpkin -a haunted house,  and also my 2 daughters with their "son of anarchy" and "headless horseman")

I was driving around town....if you can call it that. (not really a town more like a hmm, I dont know, its quiet and reserved and not busy and old hollywood  hills looking), and looking around as I did I saw a few places that I thought I would check out. I drove through the lot of one place and it wound around a few 2 story  4 plexes, they were very modest but nice. It was a quiet lot, no one in sight except a more mature guy riding his bike. The condos/apts are in the usual AZ design but still a bit different. Definitely not the southwestern style, I'll go with Old Hollywood Hills...that sums it up perfectly.

So I will move in tomorrow and begin my Arizona life.........yep, I won't keep you guessing. I like it, its warm, it has mountains and I will not have to scrape my car off...ever.

I havent had time to make anything just yet....I havent had access to anything remotely crafty...well I cant exactly say that. I did make my daughter here and her boyfriend costumes for Halloween. He was Jesus and she was his lost lamb. No patttern, free hand, and I really do like the way they came out, they were happy with them. I will  have 2 bedrooms in my new place so I will turn the 2nd room into my art/craft room, which Im ecstatic about.

And it only gets better.............................Its time to go to bed, I need rest and my mind is reeling again. I have to get a move on and I do mean a "move on"..........

good night,

 Michelle

Im Here!

Just got in late Saturday afternoon...all I can say is that I don't want to do that again for a loooooong time, ugh.

That was an experience that I can't wrap my head around just yet. It was a very long, tedious, mentally and physically exhausting day and night and day and...well you get the idea. Im not nor ever have been a great long distance driver and then add night vision, oh boy. There were a lot of sights to see but when all you want to do is get there you dont want to stop to check out anything, and we didnt. I could go on about the trip, really, because it was so much more than the few sentences that I've written but it wasnt my best experience. I just wanted it to be over. I thought that I would enjoy it and thought about all the fun possibilities, they didnt manifest. I guess I just wanted it to be over and be here, so I think I will concentrate on the now. I will say that fast food is not my friend anymore, I cant even look or think about a golden arch, ugh! or a travel stop and there are a lot of golden arches to be found in them, lol

Actually, once I get a breather there are a few great stories to tell, especially about Ms Kitty Sophia :)...Im just not there yet.

So for now Im going to enjoy the beautiful warm weather and the sun and the mountains and getting myself set here in my new home. Ive eaten a few great mexican meals since arriving and I think that I have my initial craving out of the way. I've been to a few markets (grocery stores) and see that there are lots of mexican products to make my own meals out of which will be great. I havent been able to get anything "real" in regards to mexican food for a very long time so seeing these items made me very happy. I would love to make my own tortillas strictly for flavor but im not sure that I want to take the time or deal with the calories when I find that they are sooooo delicious. I know that I want to try tamales with out a doubt, making them, and also some of the slow cooked meats (they have the seasoning here).

I'll be back have some things to do.

Michelle 

My Last Fall Walk in OHio

I took a walk on Friday to the bank....my car was waiting for me to pick it up but "I" was waiting for transportation to, and money to pay for.

So I decided to take a walk to the bank, for one, to get out and see the last of fall...for me anyway! I brought along my camera and started snapping away....great colors and with the leaves mostly still on the trees...yay, fall is beautiful.

It certainly can be a great time of year with all the festivals going on....octoberfest's, apple cider & apple everything....fests, mum fests, and on and on. Ahh and we cant forget the all time favorite "Clambakes"!
mmm & m. I will miss those..but I can always re-create them. Im taking along a  few fall decor from previous years here just in case, who knows?

Im almost done with my packing believe it or not. My Andrea has been an invaluable help with the many trips to The Haven of Rest. I donated a lot of things to them, they dont sell back to those that are in need. I just have a few more boxes to tidy up and then im off to the market to get some twine and some big boxes that I can break down to cover my large pictures and paintings.

I will suppose that I am getting a call from the moving lines to tell me when they will be arriving. At least that's what Im hoping for. So far there has been some confusion throughout the weekend between the 2 companies. Budget Van Lines is who I contracted through and then they job out and whoever is going to be in the area will be contracted to pick me up. I was told originally that I would have a truck that was going to drop someone else off on Monday and then they would pick me up on Tues/Wed latest but that I would know by Friday the 14th.....no call on Friday.

So here I am writing letting the 1/2 & 1/2 coffee kick in and of course the donut that I had to buy while in line at Dunkin Donuts! hahaha....it was really good though. A lemon filled/iced something or other and I bought a pumpkin one for later, just in case I have a need for another donut :) I havent had donuts since...geez...I dont know. And yesterday My Andrea comes over in the middle of the day to see how things were going and of course to help but had coffee & donuts in tow! mmm, ok now Im hooked, well at least for the duration of the trip. We have a lot of stops and  a lot of fast food to eat....ugh, lol,..well it might be good stuff tho, so I'll let you know.

I cant wait to eat mexican food where Im going, MY FAVORITE!

anyway, get moving Michelle.......be back soon,

Michelle