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~ I'm still around ~

just trying to get back to feeling 

"normal" again.

Change it !!

Dolly

isn't my thing

but...

I just came across this while visiting a new blog and thought I'd share.

I'm having a hard time right now
getting
*things* done.
this video 'hit me' right where
it needed 2 AND made me 
smile.

:) 

He called me baby... Kandi - One Eskimo

 i

 l-o-v-e 

this song! 

"Kandi"

by One Eskimo

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A MUST READ!

just a quick break from my

"time to get away"

time

because i thought 

this

was worth sharing.

xx

it's TIME to get AWAY

from blogging.

from facebook.

etc.

it's time.

(not that i do much of it anyway)

i really

need 

to stay focused 

on my health.

it's been a 

long n rough 

winding road.

i'm tired of dr's appt's.

physical therapy that doesn't work.

needles.

x-rays.

etc.

i can't keep
pretending

 like everything 
is hunky-dory.
because it's just not. 
it hasn't been for many years.

 i have found someone

who does myofascial massage.

but she's not set-up to take insurance.

(not that my insurance will cover, because they won't)

she's willing to work with me on a payment plan

of sorts.

as well as lowering the cost

if i go with some kind of package.

(large or small)

she's the only one i've talked to

so far

that is certified in this.

we talked for 30 minutes or so on the phone.

although it sounds like

"just what the dr. ordered"

we just can't afford it right now.

i mentioned a naturopathic dr.

ages ago, that i wanted to see

but

my doctor (of 17 years)

wouldn't give me a referral.

so i fired her ass.

how can a doctor of 17 years

who has watched me suffer

with this since 

the beginning

not give me something as simple

as a referral for something

i NEED!

the doctor i see now

will give me the referral.

she says

"i think it's a good idea that you have access to alternative treatments"

so, i'm making the call-back tomorrow.

i'll continue to stay

caught-up

on my 

"reads"

i just won't be posting here.

i've got a schedule in the works.

things that will improve my life

as time goes on.

if i stick to it.

today, in the car...

i actually 

*voiced out-loud*

@ myself

"you need to get your damn health back!

so...

do what you need to do!

stop frick-n procrastinating!!

stop feeling sorry for your-self!!!

don't let those damn hormones control you!!!!

fight back, against the pain!!!!!

stretch, meditate, walk, strength train, hang, do yoga, dance 

(when no-1 is watching)  hehe... and most of all, BREATHE!!!!!! "

it felt good to give myself 

a good scolding.

i needed it!

i will continue to do this, as needed.

p.s. -

i have plans in the works 

to open another etsy shop.

i'll be closing 

stormynitedesigns @ some point.

i've started sewing again.

a little here and there.

so my shop will contain

metal & cloth 

items.

i don't feel the need to create 2 shops.

one is enough!

i'll  let you know when it's ready.

but

not until i've started taking care of

me.

see U on the

re-bound!

xx TC ~

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Sneak Peek

Of 

my studio space.

reminder 
b4's
shortly after we moved in.
everything was sort of
t-h-r-o-w-n
into place.

afters below

this will be 

my jewelry bench 
painted from the black
above
to a nice
crisp white. 

this is
my sewing table.
i hated to paint her
but
i need the room to
'flow'
i antiqued her,  just a tad.

when i unscrewed the drawer

i was surprised to see

this was 
'the screw'

jamie brought home these 

chinese lanterns 

on saturday.

i thought they looked nice 

against the 

white

for these photos.

i dug out some shelves i haven't used in ages

and gave them a fresh coat of paint.

i hope to get those

hung soon.

~ ttfn ~

My Studio - - A work-in-progress

some of you may remember

the

gawd-awful 

studio pics

i posted a while back 

after 

we moved in.

i've been procrastinating 

a bit
(due to my neck & back issues)
for what

seems like 4-ever

but 

this past week

i decided to start tackling

the room

b4 pics

the bag of scrapped wood

below

used to be

the white shelf on my little

work bench/table

above.

it was just 2 big

for my space.

this is what i decided 

to keep

once i smashed it
to

king-dum-come

with my x-large craftsman hammer

:)

i'm not sure what i'm going to do with these 

3 drawers & bottom shelf

yet.

this cabinet below was white
to begin with
(as u can see above)

an unfinished white.

so ...

i put the door back on.

 gave it a fresh coat of

a very light gray

then a very dark gray

 then a sort-of aqua blue

then primer

then behr

"decorator white"
(in eggshell)

from home depot.

then

i was happy.
sheesh!

it's waiting to be sanded

a little.

just around the edges.

the scrap wood in front 

i bought from a salvage shop.

i love

the blue & gray paint/stain

left along the edge.

these will be used some-where

in the apartment.

not sure where just yet.

the rt 133 sign 

is the one i mentioned in a previous post.

my antique bench/table on the right

(the 1 jamie said ... " i can't believe you slapped paint on that!)

has gotten some of the same 

"decorator white"

in a semi-gloss

(it's going to be my sewing table)

i've started to distress  the table some.

this is the desk/sewing table from the pic above.

jamie was kind enough to take the black

paint off the top today.

the bottom got the same white

in semi-gloss.

it's my work-bench now

(or will be once it's done).

i still have to decide 

if the top will be left in it's

un-finished state

or 

 something else.

**wonders why jamie never said a word about this one!**

more pic's to come later.

once it's all finished

(most likely)

2 da loo!

p.s

i have new plans for my etsy shop.

the first step was taken last night.

also ~ there's something else i'm working on as well.

but i don't want to get ahead of myself

so

i'm not going to mention that 

just yet.

:)

Road Trip

2 weeks ago 

we drove down to see my daughter.

she recommended this place for lunch

we had lunch in the back

near this pond

full of 

mostly

gold fish.

the food was very good!

(sorry, 4got pics)

after lunch

we took a walk thru 

a little near-by town.

we stopped 

and got ice cream

while we were there.

walking by an antique shop

i spotted

these very cool scissors!

no idea what they would have been used for.

any ideas?

to bad 

the shop was closed!

he 

looks like he was willing to

break-a-window

for the scissors

but, i passed.

water shots

were a drive-by

:)

Sunday Treasury

On Sunday

I received a

convo' 

letting me know

that my

Garden Ring 

had been included

in this

"Love It or Leaf It"

~ Etsy Treasury ~ 

a big 

Thank You 

to

Suzanne @ EarthlyBaubles

for including my ring.

 :)

 

p.s -

for the life of me...  

i could not

get the "caps" off

on the 2nd half of this post!  

*ga--sssp!* 

 

Weekend Blog Hop

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Spotlight Saturday Blog Hop

i came across this

last weekend

and thought i'd share.

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How often does this happen ?

Our new address # is 233

 my daughters new address # is 233

  

~ and ~

 the house jamie 

is working on 

is...

 233!!

all in different towns!

( i didn't know about jamies job until i mentioned my daughters # to him recently )

very interesting

yet

quite strange!

More Work from My Bench

2 pieces 

in a few hours

is a 

world record

4 me.

the 

"ladybug"

earrings

i created a while back

( they sold in my shop)

~ i adored ~

so much

so i decided to make

this

not a great day for photos

but this will have to do for now.

-------------------------------

i awoke this morning
feeling the need to re-write this post.

~ hormones get the better of me these days ~
(i can't wait until this stuff passes!)

~ edit ~

i've been feeling
out of sorts
  a lot lately.

thinking about my

family.

who's still here.

who's passed on...

a family as large as mine

and

we rarely communicate

  anymore.

 1 sister & 2 brothers

have passed.

xo

2 live out of state.

1 brother i'm not sure about.

(sad, i know)

he has always kept his distance

for reasons unknown.

4 of us live within 30 minutes of each other. 

and should be connecting

MUCH

more than we do.

there's work to be done!

"the walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy" 

- jim rohn

Garden Ring - Fresh off my bench

 Now in my

  shop.

Raw Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

the happy raw kitchen: Raw Chocolate Lava Cake :)

Weekend Road Trip - photos

Jamie & I

finally

spent some 

'together'

time
on saturday.

we drove up 2

 on the drive there

we stopped at the waterbury 

"flea-market"

i purchased this 

very curvy 

old chair for $12!

she'll be 

washed

painted

&

sanded back

(sometime soon)

i also bought an old

black & white

metal

Vermont Rt 133 sign

("from the 50's")

they're no longer 

B&W.

i bought it because Rt 133 runs thru

the town my mom was born.

:)

I also purchased this slightly imperfect coffee cup

@ the festival

it's so cute...

love the no-handle!

2 of these after my 32oz smoothie

and i'm good to go.

and this...

we stopped here on our way home

 

i took this rock home.

i think it looks like a fossil of sorts.

jamie says " a coconut fossil"..

hmmffff!

~ it was a beautiful day ~