Anything But Gray

I can't believe it's been a week!!
I had a few days of blahness from the Patriots losing the Super Bowl…and then another day of being annoyed at the world because Romney dropped out….now I'm waiting for one more crappy beyond my control thing to happen. (My money is on Brett Favre deciding to retire….I will be so distraught….)

But anyway, I'm feeling good today. Jaime had Lindsay spend the night and they had fun. They got into a little tiff because they stayed up way too late and got overtired, but otherwise they had a blast and Lindsay is still here. They are so cute together. Jaime is getting very "girly" loving her pretties and dresses and hats…just totally digging' being a girl. I like it!

I think today is going to be a lazy day somewhat…I have to get Jaime to do her valentine's for her class and I have a few cards I have to get done, but otherwise it will be a low key day, I think. I might make a few phone calls, depends on how the day goes….first I have to get Zak up to see if he has anything planned. 🙂

This was on J's Blog and I did it too. Weirdly accurate, I think!!! Frankly I was expecting worse….Joanna was never a fadish, cool name…..my perception of what other people think when they hear Joanna has always been of like an older librarian or something. LOL This isn't so bad! LOL

What Joanna Means

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.
You never give up, and you will succeed… even if it takes you a hundred tries.
You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.
You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.
At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

Pretty accurate…I don't know about the active imagination part though….or the prone to paranoia and jealousy…well, jealousy a little, but no more than the next person…hmm…..fun!! I think I'm going to go back and do Zak….want to see if it's right for him..LOL

You can try here!
What's your name mean?

WITH CONDOLENCE CALLS?!?!?!?

I CANNOT BELIEVE WE LOST THAT GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNEW it. I woke up in the middle of the night last night from a dream that the Giants won.
(don't even tell me how psycho it is that I am DREAMING of FOOTBALL!!!!!!)

Then the first drive….watching it, I thought to myself "they want it more…they are going to win this…" (referring to the Giants) I could just tell….the way they were playing, the vibe…I could just tell. And for the record, you can ask Zak, I display minor psychic abilities when it comes to football…dead serious. And I just knew.

But..because I am the eternal optimist. Because I always find the bright side of things….
now we still have something to strive for…..an undefeated season. Because now they know it is within their power, within their abilities.

And honestly, did we really want it, this season? With the whole "spygate" scandal tainting it. You know all the haters would've been all over that. So I'm just going to root for next year….and congratulate all the haters. You know you love this.

And congrats to the Giants and all their fans (Hi Jon!!!!!! Ha!!!!)

And finally…to the 1972 Dolphins.
Bust open that champagne boys, it's still yours.

And speaking of champagne, I'm going to drink mine anyway…now it's "drowning-myself-in-my-sorrows" champagne instead of "Undefeated & Super Bowl Champions" champagne.

And for the record….MY PHONE STILL IS NOT RINGING!!!!
What the hell people?????

I am doing my good deed of the day….watch this and when you pee your pants laughing, you can thank MOI!!!

Seriously…this has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen..right up there with D*ck in a box by Mr. Hottie himself Justin Timberlake…

Anyway..get the kids away, turn it up and enjoy!! LOL

Hahahaha!!
I cannot WATCH this enough, it's so hysterical!!!

I am not one to ask for "prayers" on my blog.
Sometimes I'll ask for good luck vibes…or something like that…but it's rare that I ask for prayers.
But this time…I can't help it.

About a year or so ago I happened upon this blog.
There were some personal issues that she was dealing with that got me hooked and made me keep reading. I really started rooting for her and I keep reading it because I really want to see everything work out well for her and her kids. 
A few days ago she had posted that they needed prayers..something big was going on.
I went back to her blog the other day and literally gasped as I saw a picture of her son in a hospital bed.
I had wondered what was going on that she would need prayers for, but I never, ever imagined they would needed for something like this. Her son sick…
And it has just tugged at my heart ever since. I have been so worried and every time I check her blog for updates, my heart races….so scared of what I'm going to read. Isn't that amazing? What the internet has done to us? Here I am…worried over a person that does not even know I exist…just amazing to me how connected we all can be now because of blogs and websites….the internet, for all of it's flaws and downsides, has brought about some incredible things. (J, anyone?)

So…for one of the first times on my blog…I'm asking that if you are the praying kind…maybe you could spare a prayer for this little boy.

I really want him to get well.

THANK YOU!!!

I love the internet!
I found this article and realize that me and Zak are going to live until we're AT LEAST 97 years old!!!
( I know I said forever but I'm thinking at 97, it's going to feel like forever…so technically, I wasn't exaggerating..)
We'll be ANCIENT before we die!
Love it!!!

Bring it on, baby!

Seriously…I've always said that. That I personally believe that if you have a couple that never fights…someone, deep down, is not truly happy. About one time in a thousand you'll maybe find someone  who is indeed happy always conceding, but I think it's rare. And I think a healthy argument here and there IS good for a couple.
It's all in how you fight, I think.

Plus if you never fight, you never get to have cool "after the fight is over" sex!!
And that would suck!

Besides the football game, I spent a lot of the weekend working on projects.
I'm debating if I'm going to start selling stuff on etsy, or not.
It's a battle with my self-esteem.
"No, you aren't that good. No one would buy this crap you do."
and then..
"Hey! This came out good…I wonder if I could sell this? That'd be cool to make money so I can buy more stuff!"
back to…
"SHUT UP…your stuff SUCKS. No one would pay for it."
and on and on and on it goes…

Art is subjective, yes? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and what may be beautiful to one person is ugly to another and vice versa…so thinking along those lines…I realize there is something (artistically speaking) for everyone out there and maybe my stuff is someone's idea of beautiful and just because of my crappy sense of self-worth, I could be depriving them…!!!

We can't have that, now can we??

HA!
Seriously….I think I may give it a shot and throw some things up on etsy soon.

Another reason for wanting to do this is because my sister-in-law/best friend on the planet writes poetry and she wrote a book, called Flowers Grow in Hell. And I think it is an utter sin that this book is not being read by the masses. She is so very talented. So I'm thinking if I do up some of her poems on canvases and maybe put them on etsy, that might be a start to get people noticing her book….can't hurt to try, anyway!

This canvas is based on the title of her book…."Flowers Grow in Hell"  and it's from one of her poems, of the same title. These two lines from her poems are the most freakin' BRILLIANT sentences I have ever read in my life…."I'm here to prove against all odds/that flowers grow in hell." The whole poem is excellent and very moving, but this statement, to me, is just huge. It says so much with so little….

Flowers grow in hell canvas jan 2008 (5)

Another look….

Flowers grow in hell canvas jan 2008 (4)

This canvas is inspired by a paperweight I saw in a magazine (that Ceci wound up buying me for Christmas!)…

Another opens canvas jan 2008 (4)

Another opens canvas jan 2008 (5)

The door is made from clay….I was impressed at how it came out! Go me!! lol

These letters I bought at Joann's and were plain wood and I painted/sanded/sealed them over the weekend.
I love when something comes out exactly as I envision it….

Home letters jan 2008

This card is for Emerald's birthday on the 29th. I cannot BELIEVE she is turning 13. Ugh!! Where does the time GO??

Emerald bday card 2008 (1)

So, as you can see…I was a busy little bee this weekend!
Getting so much done, actually puts me in the mood to create more….
(that's a sorta, kinda warning that there might be more of these types of posts coming! ha!)

Off to watch Medium or try to kick Zak's butt at backgammon.
We haven't decided yet.

We won!!
We won!!!
WE FREAKIN' WON!!!!

18-0.

Super Bowl, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm bummed that Green Bay lost….super bummed about that, actually.
Although, rationally, I should be happy because we can beat the Giants easier than Green Bay. But still..I wanted it for Brett.
And I think it's weird. Jon Bon Jovi's team..the team he loves is the Giants…and he's also good friends with the coach of the Patriots. (the song Bounce was written for him….cool, huh?) so I wonder..what a pickle that must put Jon in.
ha! And I wonder if he'll be there…at the game. LOL
Always looking for a glimpse of him….
ANYWAY…

WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!
 
🙂

On a side note…I can't BELIEVE it's been 5 days since I've posted…what the hell is up with that??

Congrats to the most amazing team EVAH!!!

Zak subscribes to Men's Health magazine.
The other day I picked one up and was just glancing at it, seeing what kind of articles were in there. I was curious…
I see the title to one article…

"Find Your Perfect Match"
Read our roster of classic womanly personalities—and learn which is the perfect fit for you.

I didn't even dare read the article…and he ain't gonna either. I'm ripping that sucker right out. This is where wife censorship is a mandatory thing in a relationship.
Call me crazy, but I am absolutely convinced there is no personality type labeled….
"Crazy, PMSing, demanding, always-gets-her way, pessimistic, whiny-baby-brat, bitch".
And since I'm convinced my winning personality type isn't going to be found anywhere in this article, no way in hell am I going to let him figure out that I'm <gasp> NOT his perfect personality type and therefore the woman of his dreams.
NO way.

That article has GOT to go.

🙂

there…
Man, I was just not diggin' that dark grey.
But I needed something to go with my banner (which I'm not overly thrilled with, but haven't had time to do a better one)…

this works, yes?

I had to change this…or I wouldn't have been able to sleep.
It was bugging me that bad.

Nuts.

Now I'm really going to bed.

I could've just typed 17-0, but I like it better that way.

WE WON!!!!! (as if you didn't know this already….duh.)

Had an absolutely awesome time at Chris and Danielle's. I am so glad they invited us and get this…the enemy I was talking about that they invited. Well, it turns out THEY WEREN'T JACKSONVILLE FANS!!! hahahahahahaha!!! Sucka!!! (That's for Chris because I know he invited them just to have the drama…neener, neener, neener!!! )
Anyway, it was an awesome time!!! It was so nice, all of us getting together and we really, really need to do that more.
Of course, Danielle, Kim and I have a great time when we get together, but the guys all get along well too. It's just fun, all being together and hanging out. I want to do that more. Plans did get made for another playdate for us girls. Danielle and Kim figured out the day and I cannot WAIT!! I think (I was a little buzzed by the time they told me about this…) the plan is to do what we did right before Christmas. Just hang out during the day and drink, talk and eat! I'm excited!! Feb. 18th, I think. It's a holiday….President's Day, maybe? Whatever…it's our playdate day!
Ha!!
Anyway, I didn't get quite as crazy as I normally do because I swear, these people wouldn't be my friends anymore if I acted like I normally do…but it was a blast all the same!!
We owe them bigtime…we had such a good time. And the kids had a blast too, sledding down Danielle's stairs. LOL
They are so lucky they didn't break any bones because there was no way I was leaving the game to take them to the hospital.

Sorry to all the Cowboy fans out there…and Colts fans….talk about upsets, huh?? Unreal!!!
Given all that transpired this weekend…I have to say…
OH MY GOD…THE PATS REALLY COULD DO THIS!!!
The Colts were the only team that I was really, really worried about…I think that team had the best chance to beat us…all the other teams, I'm cool with them…that is just normal nervous. I so hope we do this!!!!
FINGERS CROSSED!!!!!

I'm so torn…Patriots is my team…always has been, always will be. Hometown pride….:-)
But Brett Favre is my favorite quarterback…
On the one hand, I'd like him to get another ring before he retires. On the other, I want us to win!
Plus, I really think if the Packers go all the way and win….Brett won't come back.
But I think after the fantastic year he had this year, I think he is going to come back if he doesn't get to the Super Bowl or if he gets there and doesn't win.
And I REALLY want him to come back!!!

Okay….enough of this. I could just go on and on…lol.
To all my non football fan readers, my apologies again…LOL

I'll make the next post better…ha!
Night!