creative inspiration

I have a website for my niece Sidney who's creating these wonderfully funky earrings and finger bracelets.....I'm liking the blue........it's for her background image.......

fresh baked bread with butter

What's more homey than that?

I bake my own bread.

I wish I could tell you that it's like Julia Child or Alexander Chaplin makes, but I use a breadmaker
that I bought @ a yard sale for $20... does the trick for me!

I was inspired by my cousin Barbara while visiting her in Florida last year.  She hasn't bought bread in years!  I thought "I want to do that"!  And since July 2011, I haven't bought a loaf of bread!  

Making your own bread is delicious.  You start getting a reputation and then every house warming or visit to a friends.....ya bring bread! 

I couldn't be happier. 

Oh and its pretty darn economical too..........every organic whole wheat or pesto bread costs me $0.96 to make. Ahhh the simple things in life.

Namaste

I'm celebrating LOVE Day.

Though my circumstances have changed from year to year, one constant has remained the same: LOVE. No matter what variety of it that I was feeling, or lacking, in some cases, LOVE has always been the deciding factor in how I'd answer the question.

There are all kinds of love. Valentine's Day isn't just about romantic, mushy, gushy love. For me, it's the someone special's (i.e. YOU!) that make up my entire life. 

It's not about what kind of love. It's about that unmistakable sense of warmth, comfort, and belonging that comes with Love. It's about the Love that we share with people.

I've realized how lucky I am to be able to feel love.

From my heart to yours, Happy LOVE Day!

Namaste

Gosh I love pretty thngs!

There's something to be said for "all white".

This isn't really a dress but materials and baubles thrown together and I just think it works.

If I could be surrounded by materials and baubles all day..I would be tickled white!

Sometimes I just wander the streets to get design ideas. It's not unusual to get inspiration this way.  I have folders on my computer filled with pictures I take from these wanderings. Every once in awhile I go through them and try to find a way to pass on my beautiful thoughts.

If nothing else, they make me happy.

Life's short. Enjoy each moment.

Namaste

Never give up Hope

Felix the Cat

Ahh the joys of getting a good sleep!

This was just too cute to not blog about today. My sister Ria has 2 cats.  She hasn't always had 2 cats.  At one time she had 4.   I lost this one (Felix) while cat-sitting.  He jumped out my 3rd floor window and went missing for 3 weeks and 3 days.  He had just flown here from Toronto so all's he wanted was to go home. It's a long walk Felix.

Needless to say miracles do happen.  We found him 3 blocks from the apartment hanging out at the beach.  They don't have those in Toronto.  It's nice that he decided to stay.

It's easy to love this guy every minute you set your eyes on him.

Never give up hope.

Namaste

Social Media 101

So did computer testing this morning for a position at St. Paul's and those computer tests really don't cut it!  When you're a computer geek and use shortcuts like I do, remembering how to do it in the "layman's" way was a wee bit trying!

Hire Me Though!
I'm a great worker with a sense of humour!

Namaste

Getting back to work..........

It's the first day back to work for most everyone and here I sit, in my little office in my little corner of the room and work on getting an administrative/design position.

I'm working on a website for a small sailing business and trying to catch up on all the social media happenings I missed during the holidays!  Facebook has changed it's look (again) and even though I'm hearing a few complaints, I'm going to upgrade my site to comply with the new changes.  It's important to go with the flow. 
If it's your first day back at work, enjoy the day of getting back into the swing.  
It's been a good holiday and this is going to be a great 2012!

Namaste