origami obsessed . . .

I just keep folding . . . when maybe I should be doing other things, but sometimes this is exactly what I need to do.  I have probably made about 400 paper cranes the last couple of weeks - most of them for the kids at the school where I work.  I am not sure how they caught on . . . but for right now these kids like paper cranes and I enjoy all the kids . . . so I will keep folding.  I also have plans to make some ornaments and have enough cranes made out of old book pages to decorate a Christmas tree this coming year.  I seem to be a little origami obsessed. 

doodles, paint, and omelets . . . . and withdrawals

 I needed a reminder today . . . 

"Faith isn't a feeling.  It's a choice to trust God

even when the road ahead seems uncertain."

~ Dave Willis.org

  . . . doodles and paint

. . . and when my husband makes an omelet - it smiles!

I needed smiling omelets today.  

I quit drinking coffee on Thursday.  Just typing that makes me wonder what was I was thinking? I drank a few cups of tea to get me through the headache . . . and I thought that would be it, but NO - there seems to be more to it.  It has been five days . . . I am so tired and feel like I am just off or in a fog . . . I guess sluggish is a good word.  I'm congested and even though the worst of the headache is gone . . . it feels like it is still right there under the surface.   By 3:00 in the afternoon I can't keep my eyes open . . . I have just given in to a 3 hour nap every afternoon . . . and I don't usually take naps.  Of course I had to get online a find out what I could about caffeine withdrawal.  Who would of thought . . . and what was I thinking?  I love coffee!  . . . did I mention that I LOVE COFFEE!

I actually made the decision due to some health issues . . . so it is a good decision.  

I am drinking herbal tea (which is NOT coffee) . . . but I love the message on my tea bag tonight.

good things this weekend . . .

We decided to hang our chalkboard instead of just leaning it against the wall . . . 

. . . and of course Charlotte had to help Grandpa. 

She measured . . . and marked . . . 

and as usual made the whole process much more fun.  

It may not seem possible to actually enjoy every moment . . . but I can find some joy in every day!

I can find joy in the small stuff!  I can choose happiness every day!

GOOD THINGS THIS WEEKEND!

1. Our new chalkboard . . . and drawing with Charlotte

2. Yard work 

3. Temperatures in the 80's

4. Sitting outside reading

5. Getting up early

6. Visiting Jake and Kasey

7. Painting Charlotte's nails . . . (why don't I have a picture of that?)

8. Hot tea . . . with a message

9. Fresh fruit for breakfast

10. Laughing so hard it hurt

good things . . .

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace.

Making the complicated simple,

 awesomely simple, that's creativity."

~ Charles Mingus

 This has to be the best theme for a book fair ever . . . as least as far as I am concerned.  

I think I need to dress like a hippy and help out the librarian for a few days! 

I seem to be feeling extremely motivated and creative - with a whole head full of ideas . . . and not able to settle on anything. I have dolls started that I am excited about, I'm reading and writing and jotting down notes, I am playing with paint and messing with journal pages . . . but not settling in and completing anything.  Other times I don't know where to start.  I seem to be inspired by everything I see and everywhere I look colors just make my day.  Now all of this feels like a good thing, yet it is also leaving me feeling a little frustrated.

Work is busy and I like getting so much done there . . . yet, I would like to just walk out the door and keep walking.  When I say "keep walking" . . . I mean just walk until it is time to eat and sleep - and then get up and walk some more.  I am in the mood to wander . . . 

. . . maybe I need to wander!  

Maybe I need to just not think so much! 

Maybe I just need to . . . . ???

GOOD THINGS THIS WEEK . . . 

1.  Making cupcakes with Charlotte

2.  Having Mattea spend the weekend

3.  Flowers everywhere!

4.  Rain . . . and warmer weather

5.  My tomato plants have doubled in size.

6.  Watching baseball

7.  Reading

8.  Walking

9.  Drinking wine and "talking wedding" with Jennifer

10.  The color green!

good things today . . .

GOOD THINGS TODAY . . . 

1. paper cranes

2. painted bears

3. pink Adidas shoes (I told him he should have worn his pink socks)

4. hot tea

5. fresh asparagus for dinner

6. coming home and getting warm

7. flash back photo of cousins . . . this made my day!

8. rain stopping long enough for tennis.

9. more rain on the way . . . 

10. seeing some friends we haven't seen in awhile

good things this week . . .

"Find out where the joy resides, and give

it a voice far beyond singing.  

For to miss the joy is to miss all."

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

GOOD THINGS THIS WEEK . . . 

1.  Plenty of rain

2. Plenty of sunshine

3. Making dolls with Charlotte

4. Making turmeric tea (I used the recipe here)

5. Eating healthy!

6. Talking to my brother

7. Mornings with Lily

8. Dinner and cribbage with my man . . . (I won!)

9. Looking out my window at work and seeing the mountains

10. Green!

It's been a long week . . . a simple week . . . an "I can't wait for the weekend" type of week.  I guess every week is an "I can't wait for the weekend" type of week, but I think I am feeling that a little more than usual . . . Spring Fever!

good things this week . . .

"Finding joy is probably tantamount

to finding yourself and being

comfortable in your own skin."

~ Morgan Freeman

PEACE ~ LOVE ~ LILY

GOOD THINGS THIS WEEK . . . 

1. Coffee, tea, and cute cookies at work . . . 

2. Being disciplined and not eating the cookies

3. Quotes

4. Shopping with Lily . . . popcorn and root beer!

5. My brother sending me pictures of Mom and Oscar

6. Walking and taking pictures

7. Flowers

8. Getting plenty of sleep

9. Eating healthy . . . and feeling great

10. Getting reacquainted with my Shabby Charlotte dolls . . . 

Peace ~ Love ~ Joy

a crane, a quote, a cup of tea . . .

 

 



 

I had hoped to post full pictures of my new Shabby Charlotte doll and get her listed on Etsy . . . but it is getting late, and I still need to finish her story and take pictures and I am just way too tired.  I just fixed myself a cup of hot tea and I am calling it a night . . . way later than I intended. 

Out and about on Saturday . . .

Peace ~ Love ~ Cranes

Saturday should have been a little more productive at home . . . but it is easy to get side tracked when I am on vacation for a week.  So I cleaned a little - then we played tennis, took a drive to place one of my origami cranes, and ended up eating Chinese food . . . I love being on vacation!

A Cup of Tea . . .

A cup of tea is a cup of peace.

~Soshitsu Sen XV, quoted by Kenneth S. Cohen

 

. . . and sometimes you need that at the end of the day.