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Coloring outside the lines

25 Sunday Sep 2016

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As a kid I didn’t mind coloring outside the lines. I’d always make a line and try to stay in it, but it never seemed to work. Now, I’m all about lines and lanes. I want you to stay in your lane on the road. I want you to drive the right way in a parking lot and not cross sideways to take a short cut.

I like things to be just so… Since I’m not a terribly good artist, crazy sister got that gene, the whole 901Rocks! happiness scavenger hunt has been a bit of a challenge. I’m trying to embrace coloring outside the lines and know that the goal is to make someone happy and not create a Van Gogh masterpiece.

I had the girls over the other night and since then my dining table has been art central. Waking up slowly with my coffee and paint has been fun this weekend. I’m just doodling and let whatever happens happen. If I happen to go outside the lines, then it was meant to be.

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Enjoy your beautiful Sunday.

so busy summer

30 Monday Jul 2012

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what a whirlwind it’s been!  Portland is one of the best places to live but in the summer, it is truly non-stop, jam packed go-go-go!

Giggly girl’s nights, summer concerts in the park, picnics and wine tasting, BBQ’s, birthday parties, babies, food festivals galore, and brew fest.  How’s a gal supposed to keep up with everything?!

I haven’t.  I’ve been absent because I’ve been doing everything.  and when I sit down to be creative the cupboard is bare.  I’ve been walking around with my camera to my face as usual, but haven’t had the time to sort through it all and see what it’s worth.

so, just a few images of my summer on the go, with stories to follow soon.

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let me count the ways…

08 Friday Jun 2012

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I love my girlfriends. and our Thursday evenings of giggle and clink have become a great source of motivation and relaxation for me.

Motivation… I’m having folks over, I’d better tidy up. Really. that is the secret to my housekeeping. If I have folks over I have a reason to clean. If I stay home by myself or go out, the place goes to shit in no time!

Relaxation… clink, slurp, nibble, clink, slurp, slurp… you get the picture.

and we are delightfully the most random, ADD, scatterbrains you can put together in a room. We are all sarcastic, obnoxious, crude and hysterical. a tiny snapshot for you of the evening…

I’m going to smoke a cigarette. What?! you don’t smoke. I know…

She’s crop dusting.
Break the chain. have I shown you how to break the chain? (insert demonstration here followed by uproarious laughter) no, you clap behind you. I’m going to crop dust Gayle’s bedroom. no, I think we should all go smoke a cigarette in Gayle’s bed.

How’d you do that? Oh you push the arrow button and select what you want to send.

What’s the difference between photo album and photo stream?

My mom asked what’s a pie hole.

When N catches things, it kinda turn me on a little bit.

See how you look when your being an asshole

All my beanie babies are vintage. and All your slap bracelets. I had pink high tops. You can make slap bracelets.

You can get toeless socks for yoga. There’s also sort of sick shit at health clubs. You can get a staph infection.

I found a handkerchief coming home from the park. I’m going to put fragrance on it for the bus and the smelly people at work.

Mmmmm mom candy

There may be some exploding cigarettes. A car driving by may think its a backfire

Aaahhhhhhhhhh….. Christa’s having good love w the foam roller.

Don’t get all compost Gestapo on me.

You have a boob on your head

I’d stalk all those crafters on pinterest and steal their fabric stash. How do you tell your insurance company your stash was stolen?

See why I love my girlfriends? and I got the nicest email thank you note just a few short minutes after everyone left. “no one hosts a better farting-burping bash than you do!” they like me, they really like me 😉

Addendum:
One of the giggly girls found this nugget this morning. Too perfect for our band of hellions to not share!

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TGIF

06 Friday Apr 2012

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I just have to say… what the FUCK happened yesterday??  Really…  I don’t get that cosmic crap, retrograde whatnot (sorry CM).  but thursday was one of those days where I really question the universe.

Myself and 3 other girlfriends had supremely crap-tacular days.  All completely random and not connected in the slightest, but horrible, I got kicked in the crotch kinda day.

It is generally my goal to be as invisible as possible as work.  I fly under the radar.  I do not volunteer to make presentations or to teach classes.  I’m known as that friendly girl.  now where do we know her from?  she’s so nice.  I smile and talk to everyone (mostly tongue in cheek, but some genuine).

I hate my job at the fat farm.  But I hate to admit, I do it well.  so thursday, when they said here’s the list of people who will now be doing xyz, I ASSUMED I was going to be on that list.  I assumed this because I rock my job.  I talk shit all day to people who hate me and end up loving me (80:20).  And NO.  because I haven’t been doing this long enough, I don’t get to do xyz.  Excuse me?!

What made this day better was an evening with the girls watching Mad Men.  I made a HUGE pitcher of martinis and a couple of my pizzas.  The day got much better.  That was until I went to sit in my big chair and it slid from under me.  I looked like a taco between the ottoman and the chair.  We all had a good laugh.  A much needed laugh.  I felt like the universe slipped back into equilibrium.  Kinda like Coe, when she does the collar shake, and puts things in their place.

Rant over.  It’s Friday.  I am a firm believer there is NO SUCH THING as a bad Friday.  It’s Friday.

Good Glorious Morning.  I made it to the end of another week.  Thank you to my guardian angel and whomever else is looking out for me.

*caveat: sorry if this is slightly emotional and rambling, it’s because I’m still pissed.  Feeling better about the universe and my place in it, but still pissed.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Celebration

12 Monday Dec 2011

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This series was taken about a month ago as we celebrated Kristin’s birthday at the Gold Dust Meridian.

I love my girlfriends and how we celebrate everyday together!  Our server/bartender was amazing to put candles in the deviled eggs!