Little sheep on it’s way!

Jools has given me the Nice Matters award. I’ve never seen this before so I looked it up trying to find where it started. Turns out it was started by Bella Enchated. And in her words: This award will be awarded to those that are just nice people , good blog friends and those that inspire good feelings and inspiration! Those that care about others that are there to lend support or those that are just a positive influence in our blogging world!

So I in turn would like to give the Nice Matters award to some ladies who took the time out of their day to email me when I was feeling a little down and needing a break. I’m supposed to choose 7 but more than 7 wrote me so I am naming them all. Alice, Sarabeth, Karol, Michelle, Siew (didn’t send along a link), Judy, Sandra, Stefanie, Lisa S. and last but not least Jools. For yes Jools not only gave me the award but she was one of the kind ladies who emailed me so she deserves to be mentioned three times in this post. Thank you all for your supportive emails, they really lifted me up!

Look what was awaiting me me I woke up this morning!! I was so surprised. I’ve never pre-ordered a Harry Potter book so I wasn’t expecting it for another week. But look here it is! Bwaa haa haa!! Now just to finish rereading the rest of them. I’m only half way through the 5th book. And I was planning to sew today but Harry is calling…

Remember Ollie, the head sitting octopus? Well as of yesterday you can make your own version of Ollie. Yep that’s right. YOUR OWN OCTOPUS!

You can order Alice’s octopus stuffie pattern here!! Yay! YAY! YAY!!

Go get it! Make a little octopus to join your family.

Ahhhhhhh!!!! And that’s a scream of terror not joy, not happiness. Do you see what I’m talking about? Aaaaccccckkkk!!!

It’s broken!! BROKEN!!! Waaaaah!!!! Waaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Many months ago Isabelle leaned on my laptop screen and pushed it all the way flat back. It is not meant to do that!! The screen went dark, I screamed and raised the screen and adjusted the brightness. I noticed the hinge area looked a little wonky but it opened and closed and it worked just fine. Just an occasional squeak. Well last night when I opened it there was a very loud creak. Isabelle was sleeping, it was dark, and I didn’t think much except wow that was loud, hope it won’t disturb Isabelle. Then this morning when I opened it I saw it right away! WAAAAHHHHH!!! And now the lid is a little crooked and won’t stay shut. Aaaahhhh!!!

AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Do you think it’s fixable?

I’ve been ‘tagged’! by my Tina to do ‘5 things’.
The rules are as follows:
1. someone tags you,
2. you post five things about yourself that you haven’t already mentioned on your blog,
3. you tag people you’d like to know more about.

Ok so five things about me:

1. I feel so self conscious doing these meme things. Which is stupid considering hello this blog is about my life. I think I will not do anymore after this. What a party pooper I am.

2. Wow I cannot think of a single thing to say. I’ve been thinking about it since I’ve been tagged and not one thought will come into my head. I just asked Alan could he think of something. And you know what he said? He said write down I used to be a man. Ha ha ha! There you go. Have I ever mentioned that Alan has the most wonderful sense of humor. He always makes me laugh. We just had this whole conversation: He said I dare you to write that down. And I told him I did. Because I did. So I told him to think of some more things. And he replies well if you’re going to lie you can write down all sorts of crazy things like you’re a rodeo clown. Hee hee!

3. Oh here’s something totally random that I just thought of. I like watching Charlie and Lola. My sister mentioned how much she liked it. So one day I watched it. And I really really like it. I mean REALLY LIKE IT. I have actually contemplated whether or not to record them so I will not miss it. Not for Isabelle but for ME! ME!!!

4. Oh here’s something else I just thought of. When I was little my dad was backing out of the driveway and I purposefully stuck my foot out under the tire. Not my whole foot luckily because I’m sure something would have broken but I know a part of it went under the tire because I remember it hurting a hell of a lot. Why did I do it? Because I thought the car didn’t look very heavy and I wanted to see.

5. Ooh number five. What other random thing will pop into my head? Oh here’s something. I really liked art when I was little. And when I entered high school I wanted to become an animator. But somewhere during high school, a bad art teacher I think, I lost all interest in art. I stopped drawing completely. Then in college I was going to get a business degree. I took an art class to fulfill some requirement and enjoyed it very much. It wasn’t until I took a management class that I knew for sure that business wasn’t the way I wanted to go. But I couldn’t shake it off, that high school art experience. I wasn’t as interested in it as I am now and I really struggled to finish school. But finish I did. It wasn’t until these past few years that the love of creating has really come back.

And yay I am finished with this meme!! I will not be tagging anyone. I had such a hard time thinking of things to write.

and like how I tried to hide this post by writing a new post about Isabelle. If you’re subscribed of course you’ll see this but if you read from just my web page maybe you’ll miss it which is fine by me. Yeah #1 on my list. I’m so self conscious about these things.

I received these in the mail from Christine last week. She is the sweetest!! It was totally unexpected, such a surprise. Thank you Christine!!

See, she sent me the beautiful book The Red Tree. I love the images in here. They are so inspiring. I wish I could create such beautiful images. And look! Her goccoed notecard. It’s just the kick in the butt I needed. Once I saw her card I finally drew something that I wanted as my first try with my little blue machine. Now I just need to go to the store and buy some paper to print it on.

I just have to say I don’t know how come I’m so lucky to connect to such kind people. It amazes me. Five years ago I could not have imagined finding new friends through the internet. And yet here I am, with such thoughtful friends. I am grateful for all of you, all those who comment and all those who lurk, all these people I’m connecting to. I do read every single comment. Each one brings a smile to my face and I’m sorry I don’t reply to you all. But thank you, thank you all!