Things that happened yesterday in list form

• woke up and had cake (yes, I know you all know this), noticed my bubs had gotten me a new/old Nancy Drew mystery about a stage coach
• did the whole bloggy computer thing, while consuming the "nectar of the gods", by nectar of the gods I mean...Frappio, at the moment it rules my whole existence
• sat on my porch for a few minutes where I saw a sleek white, beautiful little creature, at first I thought it was a bunny, but no....it was an albino squirrel, I hope I see it again today
• painted things and packaged things
• cried when I read the outpouring of birthday wishes on my blog
• cried when I read my friend Aaron's blog and his lil' birthday tribute
• watched a HUGE scary ass lighting storm, part of the sky was green, the other part was black.
• got a special delivery of a dozen roses sent to me from my friend (and self proclaimed "biggest fan" Diana
• ate more cake, after eating pizza and french fries (it's my birthday damn it, calories don;t count on your birthday
• talked to my mom on the phone, who though did not send me a birthday gift swears she is putting something in the mail for me....some sort of miracle dead sea salt face stuff that will help me be beautiful....she swears this to be true, the sending and the beautiful part, and like always, I believe her...

so that was my day, in a boring un birthday celebratory nutshell....now as I type this the air is cool and the skies are dark, it looks like night but it is 8:00am, and I want to go back to sleep, but the Frappio has my heart and head going, so instead of sleep, I type, and then I will paint and I will not emerge from my studio until I am done.

you see I'm swimming with ideas, my bubs gave me some bulletin boards and I have one hanging between my art tables and I am using one as my inspiration board....and you see, it's working, I am inspired and have sketched out another very large painting.

now, first I must finish the things I started yesterday, which incluse a couple small pieces and some ornaments.

Photos today are of one of the ornaments in my shop as well as a new small collage, oh and I did post the large 18x24 piece as well....

one last thing before I go.....I promised you faithful ones that I had something special up my sleeve for this weeks celeb letters, I am giving you all a heads up as this letter will be themed.

you see (sorry boys) Michelle sent me a wonderful link a while back to find out who your "Celebrity Boob Twin" is.....well, here's the challenge, find your boob twin and write to her.

Boy readers, you can make one up or just revel in the boob inspiration, your choice.

xoxoxo

Top Five

ok, this is not a tag or anything just an idea I stole from Jody who stole it from Alex, and since they are both cooler than me, I figured...hell, I've got nothing to blog about today, I'm going to steal that.

so.....here is my list of the top five things I love today

1 - as I type this I hear my bubs in the next room (who has the day off) playing his guitar and singing while working on a new song...there is nothing better on the world than that. He is an incredible talent though he says he's not...no matter how much I tell him he doesn't believe me.

2- having a day off in the middle of the week with my bubs when we plan a field trip to the museum, can you believe I have been here 3 years and have never gone??? Bubs is not overly thrilled with the idea but he did want to hang out with me...I am so excited, less because of the museum but more for the gift shop...you see I have an obsessive love for overpriced museum gift shops.

3- I am really enjoying my attempts at drawing, I'm still the farthest thing from a natural as you would tell from the giant pile of pages torn from my sketch book, but I am trying and I am proud of myself for trying. The photo I showed today is the larger drawing of "Proserpine" that is available in my shop.

4- I am currently totally addicted to watching Justice League Unlimited on dvd. The funny thing is this "kids" show is actually one of the best things that is comic related to come out in the past 10 years (besides spidey 1 and 2). You all know I am dorked up with the comics, but even if you're not, get this cartoon on dvd!!!

5- I slept until 8:35am this morning....and that my darlings was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ok that's it for top fives....I will be back tomorrow with a letter to a celebrity, I am torn a few ways right now.....Between Paris Hilton, Brad and Angelina, or Jesus...

we shall see.

xoxoxoxoxxo

Tuesday

morning everyone!!

first, big thank you to everyone on board with the contest!!! So far I have a ton of entries through here, my shop, and myspace...so it will be a good contest.

For rules of the contest please see the blog post titled..."Monday"

ok so yesterday was hectic and I worked non stop, I even worked during Heroes!! Finally at about 11:00 I fell into bed to relax with the May issue of Vogue.

you see, my handsome bubs went to the PO to mail some of my packages and came back with it, at first I thought he had gone to the store and bought me a foreign Vogue, but no...it was American Vogue...and it had Models on the cover, yes...models!!!!!!!

I can't even remember the last time American Vogue had models on the cover, can you? Anyway, I usually sort of dread the summer spring issues of fashion magazines as I am not a "summery" kind of girl, but this issue of Vogue, is the best I have seen in quite some time, I seriously think I could blog about it for a week, it's that good.

but, I don't have time for that...I have a few hours to actually do some art and then I have a couple graphic design things I must get done, phone calls to make and more goodies to package.

Oh, and a big congrats to both Ben and Tara for jumping out into an early favorite position because they both commented on the blog and bought something...you see I think they are trying to "fix the contest" but remember loyal blog readers, this is not like the Quiz Show scandals of the 1950's, I have integrity, I cannot be bought.

(well I can be bought but it would take designer handbags to do it, or shoes)

here is an idea I stole from Karen Beth's blog, that I just loved.

5 hearts and 5 hates

here are 5 things I heart

1- the moments before you fall asleep at night then everything is all dreamy and surreal

2- ice cream dates

3- pictures of old movie stars

4- the rare mornings my bubs and I have to sleep in (about 2 times a month if we are lucky) and before we are both fully awake we just kind of snuggle in together and can't really talk, we just sort of squeak to each other at fist.

5- rain

5 things I hate

1- hillybillies

2- the fact that people light off fire works in the park next door all spring, summer, and fall

3- the fact that sometimes I tell people I am originally from New England and they say things like, "I thought you looked foreign"....there are so many things wrong with that statement I can;t begin to start, I just hate it all.

4- driving and being in a car for too long

5 - being poor.

ok, that's it for now loves. I am showing a new set of blocks I did, be back tomorrow for letters to celebrities.

****small side note, as of Thursday I will be taking all the art cards out of my shop as well as select paintings on canvas panel....they may not return as they will be going to Pittsburgh with me. If there are any you want, grab them now, or if you ask, I can hold things too...I'm nice like that.

xoxoxox
jenn

Bunch of stuff in list form

Happy Monday everyone, not really happy for most you know, but hell you get a new blog from me so that is bound to bring a half smile to some of your faces, right?

ok so for some reason I LOVE, and I mean love reading lists that people write when they have been "tagged" or some such nonsense, I even enjoy writing them...so today we are going to pretend that I have been tagged (don't worry I am not going to tag an of you) and I am just going to write 9 things, none of which are related, frankly I don;t have the brain power to link my thoughts together this morning).

1 - I am deeply and passionately crushing on Henry Fonda right now...strange I know, but true. It started last night while the bubs and I were watching a documentary on John Ford, and there was Henry....swoon....except sometimes when he smiles, all I can see is the same smile of his daughter "Hanoi" Jane Fonda....which is bad. Then he closes his mouth and all is right with the world again.

2- this weekend my bubs and I heard a strange click, click...noise, over and over, click, click....click, click. We had no clue what it was, I assumed it was related to the damn mouserson we have....but no....it was not a mouse, but a BIRD, from outside....it was in our dryer tube. AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I didn't think that was possible, plus the bird was flailing about so that it unhooked the tube from the vent, the bird was "this close" (you can't see me but I am holding my fingers very close together) from entering our apartment.

3- I wish almost more than anything in the world that I could have been a silent film star, or an Edwardian Era actress....

4- I look forward to Fall Fashion Vogue all year, right about now is when I really start to ache for it.

5 - I did not start doing art until my ex husband (that no good hippie) read all my journals and began to question all my poetry, what does this mean, what does that mean, who is this about??? Blah, blah, blah....I started doing collage as a way to still express myself without words, which I felt had betrayed me.

6 - my parents got married because my mom looked like Elizabeth Taylor.

7 - my favorite food is cheese, and cake....well and cheesecake for that matter.

8- I was petrified for most of my life that I would develop schizophrenia....which runs rampant in my family, I knew if I could make it to age 25 I would be fine, and I am.

9- sometimes when I am home working all day by myself, I realize I have not used my voice all day, not one peep...so I just make a noise, I little gasp of air and noise just to be sure that using my voice is still possible.

yay!!!!

was that fun for any of you? it was pretty fun for me, and that is really what I was looking for.

I spent most of the weekend working on this giant set of blocks I have pictured at the top of this post, they will be listed in my etsy shop a bit later today, they consumed me....and for that I love them.

see you all tomorrow darling ones!!

xoxo
jenn