"Ma'am, those are Christmas lights"

Exciting Events!!

A few of my friends (that are amazingly talented) are having events in the next week.

*Rebecca Weller’s studio (studio 246) will be open to the public as well as all the other studios at the Essex this weekend from 6-11pm on Friday and Saturday.

Essex Studios is located @2515 Essex Ave.

*My friends Justin and Tasha of ellery have an upcoming show in the Cincinnati area next Tuesday. You do not want to miss the excitement of this hometown show.

Here are the details:
ellery
Tuesday December 6th, 7:30pm
Admission is only $3; Parking is Free
An intimate December show at Old St George (community center) in Clifton
In the very vibey upstairs Library Room
42 Calhoun Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(On the corner of Calhoun and Taft)

to the land of the living...

"We do not have to die to arrive at the gates of Heaven. In fact, we have to be truly alive. The practice is to touch life deeply so that the Kingdom of God becomes a reality...The Kingdom of God is available here and now."

'Breathing in, I calm my body.
Breathing out, I smile.
Dwelling in the present moment,
I know this is a wonderful moment.'

quotes from Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Happy Thanksgiving

"If there's anything we need one another for, it's to help us see Life, to hold each other's hands when we have to go down into the basements of ourselves and turn the lights on, to prod each other to spend our days wisely, to urge each other to invest our lives and time in things that matter to us, to point out beauty, to sit and be with ugliness and grief, to stir up one another's imaginations, to passs hope back and forth among one another that Life can be better in this world: that it's worth our tears and sweat and failures...And to remind each other that being with another human with confidence and quiet gentleness is the most difficult and beautiful thing we could experience." ~tasha

It's Snowing, It's SNOWING!!!

more fuel to the fire

“The other day you when we were talking about Thanksgiving you said “your family” but, they’re not just my family, they are your family too. It’s not my fault or their fault that you’re not as close to them.” (implying that it is MY fault--actually it’s my decision and I'm okay with that)

“Dad, I wasn’t saying that. I was just making the distinction between your side of the family and mom’s side of the family."

breakdown

Again, it happened. I wept harder than I had in a long time. The pain was right at the surface, bubbling into reality. I was grateful I was with someone safe. Some days are more difficult than others. Some days I continue to distract myself. And, some days I weep.

I wanna be like you...

Since the Holly recently answered these questions on her blog I feel inclined to do the same. Ask me these same questions in a few weeks and you will probably get different answers for most.

FOUR THINGS YOU USE EVERYDAY:
cell phone
pen
calendar
hairbrush

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
Life Specialist (pretty cool title, huh?)
Front Desk Clerk at a hotel
Receptionist at a real estate agency for about a month.
Securities Specialist (currently)

FOUR STORES YOU SHOP AT MOST:
Wal-Mart
Kroger
Target
TJ Maxx

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
Return to Me
Love Actually
Under the Tuscan Sun (notice a theme? actually, I own all those movies and that’s why it is so easy to re-watch so often)
Finding Forrester (I also own this one and I couldn’t think of another movie)

FOUR THINGS YOU WANT TO DO IN LIFE:
be a mom
love people
travel
find beauty in the ordinary

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
Chicago
England
Savannah
Winnipeg ( I just noticed that these are in alphabetical order…weird..I didn’t plan that)

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
yahoo
blogs
gaadvisors.com (for workity-work)
launchcast

FOUR OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
Walt’s Hitching Post
My mom’s house (not so much a restaurant, but really good food when she cooks)
Applebee’s
Outback Steakhouse

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU ATTENDED:
lincoln elementary
dayton high school
pendleton county high school
CCU, (fka CBC)

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPINGS:
bacon
cheese
garlic
onions

FOUR MOST DIALED NUMBERS:
holly
tim
christine
mom

FOUR SONGS I CAN'T SEEM TO STOP LISTENING TO:
Long Lost Brother, OtR
anything by Patty Griffin. (I seriously need to buy some of her music. Gosh)
Nobody Number One by Over the Rhine (I only own about 3 good CDs)
Know Better Now by ellery (http://www.ellerymusic.com/)
Norah Jones, Shoot the Moon (just came on my launchcast and I must admit that Norah soothes my soul)

FOUR SHOWS I HATE MISSING:
Survivor (thurs @ 8pm)
Grey’s Anatamy (sun @ 10pm)
Related

FOUR MOST USED PHRASES IN MY VOCABULARY:
“I don’t know”
“I love you”
“that’s crazyness”
“anywho”

time goes by...

Much of my week has been taken by lots of things and lots of people that I love. It has been a bit stressful lately as most nights I don't get home until 9 or 10pm after a long day of work. With winter coming and shorter daylight hours I am craving more sleep, more peace, and if I had my way more hours of sunshine.

I don't have much time to blog, maybe you're grateful for that. At any rate, there are things bouncing around in my head and I think they will soon find their way out if given the opportunity.

Highlights of my week:
*Watching a mother and her young kids run and jump in a pile of leaves last weekend
*Taking part in Tuesday events and wishing Jan a "Happy Birthday"
*Being awestruck in looking at love by way of Ben and Gehrig
*Making myself vulnerable to a friend

anybody?

did you catch the sunset yesterday? beautiful.

are you a fan of jessica simpson? Random, I know.

no more candy, please.

You know you need to eat more veggies when a cucumber smells good.

that's all.

Google swinging left?

A friend told me about this and I thought some of you might enjoy it. I think it happens to be quite funny.

click at your own risk:

www.google.com

Once you're there type "failure" in the search box and click "I'm feeling lucky" box.

Thanks Chris. :-)