sugar melts in rain

a,b,c,d

'aspiring adults ambitiously aim at action, allowing amazing acts'

I chose to do my encyclopedia this way as to cover more than one word for each letter. I am feeling quite ambitious lately and feel that if I continue to feel this way then all of my actions will be turned into great things. I have the ambition to suceed and to grow and to change as an adult. To go out in the world and experience all that I can and to embrace whatever is laid before me on my path. 5 things that I am ambitious about include:

My children and their growth, My Marriage and it's everchanging path, My creative side and it's newborn need to function, My finances and it's stability, and My health and fitness, doing all that I can to conquer the beast that has taken over my body!

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'beautiful babes bounce and bound becoming bright beaming beings'

I have 4 of the most beautiful and bright children in the world. They are changing and growing so fast that it often seems as though they will be grown before I know it. Madison, Chase, Quenten, and Sydney are my world. They encompass everything that is amazing and right in my world. I am bound to them and their magic. It is Fall, the time to be out and about and smelling all the world as it changes colors before our eyes. 5 things I am going to do with my children this month include:

Run around under the changing trees and jump into piles of leaves with them, Make luminaries for our front path with them, go on long walks during the weekends with them, Go to the pumkin patch and then carve amazing and perhaps frightful pumpkins with them, Sing, laugh, and be silly with them more!

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'changing characteristics causes creative chaos'

I have been for MONTHS, trying to unleash a more creative side to me. It was there once. Although I have found it hard to focus and to allow myself to just create, without needing to have everything in order before doing so. I have OCD really bad, and so I will get an idea to do something my head, but then I will spend weeks getting things prepared to do that ONE thing instead fo just doing it. Which in turn causes chaos in my brain and soul. My goal is to let go, to release the need to be orderly and to just CREATE. 5 things I am going to work on creating are:

Making a baby mobile for my friends new baby, Learning to knit and knitting ONE scarf at a time, Writing one Haiku daily to release what is within, Doing this Encyclopedia to help me figure out my path, and doing a contour drawing each week(and soon daily) to get my hands back in the game!

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'dancing daily does deliver dinamic dispositions'

Dancing. I love to dance. I used to be a Bellydancer. Used to dance every weekend of every week in shows and at restaurants and for thousands of people. Used to being the main words here. I am changing that! I am going to dance again, for ME! After I had my last two children, there just seemed to be no room or time for me to dance. Now I am ready to jump back in and get my moves and body back to where they once were, where they excited and enchanted myself as well as others. I am pulling out my costumes and music out of storage and diving in, feet first, belly second! My husband has never seen me dance except on videos, it is time I shared this part of me with him and my children! 5 reasons to dance are:

Releases bad energy, allowing positiveness to flow from and within you, You can NOT dance and NOT smile, so you will smile more, Music and bodies were made for eachother, Your body and mind are stronger and happier, It is the closest thing to flying I have ever experienced!

~ Encyclopedia of ME ~

Hello friends!

I recently have been on and off of this blog, as school has started for the 4 kiddo's and has proven more busy than I thought it would be. When I returned a few weeks back I decided to see what my list of Inspiration folks had been up to all summer. I came across one of the most interesting and challenging things ever since I began blogging. Bella Dia has started a meme , and she is doing it based on the Amy Rosenthal's Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. I am intrigued to say the least, also in hopes that this will fuel the fire that has been needing some kindling for quite some time. She has challenged her readers and friends to participate with her on this journey. She has posted a letter for each day and the references of that letter to herself. Such as 'A is for...' and so on. I loved this idea, because one it involved everyone, and two because it is based on the alphabet which I am in love with myself. However, I did not begin my Encyclopedia a few weeks back, so I am a bit behind the heard on this one, but have decided to go ahead and jump in NOW. I have decided to start today, the 3rd with the first three letters of the alphabet, ABC, and then continue on each day with the rest. You may follow this permalink to see what the buzz is all about. Try it, you may find out some interesting things about yourself and others. Before days end today I will have my ABC! I am so excited! Thanks Bella Dia for the fabulous direction and amazing inspiration!

Been a long time...

So it has. Been a long time since I blogged here. Summer was a interesting and joyous season full of eventful events and experiences. But I am back, and challenging myself more than ever. The past 10 years have been devoted completely to my family and friends and work. Now it is time to get back in touch with my roots, my personal rawness, my joy... to be intentional again with my life. To BE in my life, not just a bystander, but fully participating in all my lifes aspects. My first challenge to myself is to blog daily, even if it is only a blurb, just get it out, put it down in black and white. Take the daily time to inhale and to exhale, instead of my previous habits of just forgetting to breathe altogether.  I paid for a year of this blog, and have neglected it for months, that is just wrong in so many words. So, no messing around anymore. Time to be intentional again. Time to BE.

tagged?!?

Hola! Have been here less than a month, and have already been "tagged". I was so confused when I first saw that miss applehead had tagged me, but caught on quickly enough. So here it goes...

The rules:
• Start with 7 random facts/habits about yourself
• People who are tagged have to write their 7 things on their blog
• Then choose another 7 people to get tagged and list their names
Here goes nothing....

1.I get ANGRY when the humidity rises above 65%.   I am not sure what it is about humidity and me, but ever since I was a small girl, me and humidity have not mixed well. Which sucks, cause I love open windows and fresh air. But most of my summers are spent behind closed doors with the AC on, simply because I would become a monster if I got too sticky. This is something I am trying hard to change about myself, but I am sure after 29 years, it may be hard. My parents used to have to soak me in ice baths when I was little to calm me down in the summer because I was too worked up trying to fight off the humidity.

2. I have to drink ALL of my cold drinks in a glass with ICE.
I wont drink it if it is out of a bottle or does not have ice in the glass...4 cubes are best:)

3.I am an insomniac. Unlike my husband , who has Narcolepsey, I can not fall asleep well at all.

4. I can hold my breath under water for more than 8 minutes, I believe the longest I have held it was 3-4 years ago at 8 minutes and 43 seconds. I am not sure if that is exciting or not, but I think it is pretty cool.

5. I have been writing children's books for 10 years, just have never shown them to ANYONE, except for my husband and children. I love to write for children, I dream of publishing one day, just as soon as I get over my little failure complex:)

6.this one kinda goes with #5. I have a real issue with sucess in my life. I get right to the edge of almost suceeding at something and then I drop the ball. I am not sure why. My parents say I have always been this way....will just almost finish anything, but then stop right before I come to the line of sucess. perhaps why I can't show my stories to anyone. Something I desperately need to work on within myself.

7.I am secretly the laziest person in the world. If I could get away with it, I would sit on my butt all day and do NOTHING. I would sleep, read or just sit for hours thinking IF I could:)

Now I'm meant to tag seven people...

I am not sure WHO to tag though. I don't know anyone here on typepad, except applehead, kinda-sorta:)

Bella Dia, Taylor Made Designs, Liquid Paper, Nikki-Shell, Art Junk Girl, 62 Cherry, and moleskinerie have all been tagged!!!

been a while...

So, it has been a long while since I visited these pages. The end of the school year for me is always a busy and eventful time of the year. With 3 children in school, and one at home, my days always seem to be full of something or other. My husband and I are constantly ships crossing in the night due to his work schedule, and I recently have started cleaning houses in the mornings 2 days a week for supplimental income. It really is a fun job for someone like me. I love clean things, and I am a bit on the OCD side of life. Summer will be here soon, and for now the rain storms have died down...it was ridiculous how much rain we had been getting. My yard was a constant lake for weeks, good for puddle jumping children, bad for Mama's that have to clean the mud off their babes:)  Need to desperately update my photo album on here, have been taking the daily phot's, have not been posting....hmmmmm too little time in the days I suppose. The bag making is going very well, and we are curently trying to get into some local shops in and around town on consignment. I think it will go well, the shops we have been talking with seem thrilled at the prospect of having new merchandise in their stores. Have also been sucked into the wide world of swaping. Found swap-bot online, and it has been an adventure to say the least. So many talented and generous folks around the world. It has also been quite fun to do something with my hands each day for nothing other than to share myself with someone, not for bill paying or an assignment of sorts, but just to create and have fun making others happy for even just a moment while they open their mail. Things in my world have been going very well, I am at peace, my creations are coming along nicely, and the prospect of summer days in the sun and water with my family  sounds like heaven to me every day that it gets closer. Will try to post more often, as there IS a reason that I opened this account....to release, so that is what I shall continue to try to do. Take care!

ferica designs

Ferica began as a concept over a year ago. Jennifer(that's ME) and Jessica have been as close as sisters for the last 20 years. Jennifer wanted a handmade bag, she did not have money for fabric or material. She found a old bag that was pretty tattered to use as a pattern, some old cargo pants of her sons, and embroidery floss. She presented the idea to Jessica, and together they both set out to make the bag. Jessica did all of the construction on this first bag, Jennifer was the thinker and inspiration. After they were done, and saw the AWESOME results, they decided that they had something...something that could become a major endeavor and possibly provide both stay at home mama's with some extra income. Thus Ferica Designs was born. Handmade bags, made from old pants, clever liners, pockets inside or out, custom made, 3 different sizes, HAND EMBROIDERED images on every bag, and tons of love and sweat put into every inch of the custom made products. Jessica is the constrution lady of the bags(works the magic with the sewing machine) and Jennifer is the thinker and does the embroidery and liner selections(the easy stuff:)) We are in hopes of building a website and getting into some shops locally. If you like anything you see here or would like to buy, drop me a line by email and we will get it made and shipped off to you with great care and love. Please look in the Photo Album Section for a series of finished bags, and works in progress.

let's try that again:)

Made it too big the fist time, although this may be too small. Oh' buggers! Too tired to fix now. Will play with this more later. Night.

although he knew...

Yesterday was a normal day. Still have not slept, have this wee problem with insomnia. Will try to go lay down after I post this I suppose. My mind has just been really full as of late and I am trying to get them all gathered together. Have many little projects to do, perhaps a visual list would be a good thing to make right about now, so's I don't forget anything. But first, about this index card. I love them. Got the idea and link off of applehead's blog(thanks for sharing:)), have also seen them floating around elsewhere as well. Think they are fabulous, will use them often, so beware! Now for my LIST:

~make journal so that I can keep ideas and projects in a constant flow and organized. Outta' my head:) 

~embroider and make bag for dear friend Carmen's graduation!!! (May 5th is coming fast)

~take pictures of and post in sections of blog so I can start sharing my goods with others

~Have lunch with my Mama:)

~take the kiddo's to the park and play,play,play!!!

~give my husband a massage:)

~go to bed earlier each night until I am back to functioning in the daytime hours ( a must)

Okay that should do for this weekend, anything more and I am bound to not sleep a wink at all, and that would defeat one of the purposes on my list. Okay going to try to sleep now. Will return later today to add some stuff. Love those index cards:)

Nature Lover

In this section I will be posting my personal photographic works.

All of the Photo's in this section are mine, and made with great passion.

I hope you enjoy, and feel free to comment.

Will be working on getting a 30 piece show together for August, so any and all feedback is welcome, so I can get a feel as to what people are attracted to.

blogging can be confusing:)

So, here I sit at the computer, ready to rip my hair out. For the life of me I can not figure out all the steps to getting this page of mine looking as dandy as I would like it to. There is soooooo much stuff I have to put on, it looks though as if, it is going to take me a few days to get it all up and running.  So, I will push on into the wee hours of the morning to get this working right, or at least okay. Please be patient with me, and look for upcoming pages covering books, embroidery, photography, ceramic, wood working, paper crafts, and writing. I will get it all together. This in itself is a personal challenge, so at least I am keeping my brain busy:) The kids are all tucked snug as bugs in their beds, the tea is whistling, and the laundry is done....time to dive in folks! Wish me LUCK!!!

I am putting my super-hero mask on and taking this blog by force!!!