It's a Pig's Life

Created using FairyTale Collaboration piece by Marta van Weick at Deviant Scrap.

Marta van Weick has accepted back on her Creative Team. I'm very happy to be active in digital graphics again. It will take a while for that skill set to return in full force, but it's fun to play again. :) Marta's designs and level of activity required are a perfect match for me. Deviant Scrap has wonderfully creative kits to work with.

On the home front I may transfer 14yo dd to another middle school. Her case manager is hostile towards her and me. We have an IEP tomorrow morning. Should be a great meeting. lol I'll write tomorrow.

Enjoy

Created using Fairy Tales Collaboration piece by Marta van Weick at DeviantScrap.com

Angling

I'm back. It's a newer me, though, not the old me. We've turned more corners, at a variety of angles, than I ever imagined we could handle.

The good news is my faith is back and I feel like blogging again. I missed having this creative outlet, talk about a block. :) If you are interested in our journey over the last year, check out the attached Children's Schooling blog.

More soon ...

Jenny Doh and CrescenDoh

Have you heard of Jenny Doh and her Creative Lab? She is the former editor of Somerset Studios magazines - all of them! She has created her own place on the web. Her newsletter wanders into my inbox on no particular schedule but today it was right on time. Here is the first line:

"Freedom means choosing your burden."

{Hephzibah Menuhin}

When the work gets tough, there are folks who want to get free from it. Actually, what they really want is to quit. But that's not freedom.

And there is more. If you need to hear this like I did today then congrats! Ciao ...

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Moving those Boulders

Image via WikipediaSome days we need just a few words to use as leverage to pop those boulders out of the way. (see yesterdays post) A friend forwarded a daily inspiration from The Brave Girls Club.

Short and sweet today. :) 

Enchantment has been slipping ..

For some reason the enchantement has been slipping a bit as of late. Not that it isn't there, it is. But along with the enchantment are challenges. These challenges are like small boulders, the kind you'd see in that terrific caveman cartoon, what's the name of it?? Anyway, I feel the enchantment of moving in the right direction, getting the stepping stones to continue the move. Some of these stepping stones are boulders! Have you ever heard of such a thing? Dang! So here I am, bad knees, achy body climbing over these medium sized boulders. Keeping my head up but darn, when you have botox shot into the neck muscles they aren't all working at the same time. Keeping my head up is effort. lol  Oh, my. Isn't this all so interesting.

The good news is the rest of the family is developing just fine. Her boulders are a might smaller and flatter and longer. So she has some time to skate in between the challenging pieces.  Ahhhh, rest!

Thank heaven for Carl Jung

It's Monday

On my journey, return to health, I made a stop at the dentist office today. One x-ray later, Dr. Stevener tells me I need to have 6 teeth removed. Once that is healed I will have who knows how many 'repairs' made, including fillings and partial replacements. In the meantime, I have infection somewhere in there, so I was started on another antibiotic. I hope this takes care of my dental problems permanently. I have been in and out of the dentist office more times during the last 6 years than I care to count.  Here's to white teeth!