grateful friday...

- the adorable new look my blog is wearing
compliments of the talented joleen

- the kind comments left by blog-friends regarding
the new look :)

- being singled out by the co-ordinator of the
autism IBI therapy training i am currently taking
as having heard that "i was a natural" and that
i would have no problems with the training.

- a week of only one child to look after which
greatly reduces my stress and has allowed me
to regain some of my lost sanity.

- bamboo blinds stained dark finally bought
for two of our 5 living room windows...

-sunshine streaming through said blinds

- a conversation with my son "six" in which
he explained to me that all boys want is
money, cars and a girl. when i asked him
if thats what he wanted, he exclaimed,
"well, not a CAR! but i would like a million
dollars and one girl". heh heh.

- its the end of the month and there is enough
money in the account to cover all the bills.

- the stressful "hearing" i had to attend in regards
to a claim being made by a former landlord/friend
that we left the premises still owing money has
been held and decided on in our favor. i hate
confrontation of any kind, so i'm even more
grateful to my best-friend-who-happens-to-be
-a-lawyer who came with me and held my hand...

- the constant sweet support of my husband...
i don't know if it is just "spring" or the kids not
being here or what, but it feels like we just met
again...i love when that happens.

happy friday!

a song for poetry thursday...

Famous Blue Raincoat

It’s four in the morning, the end of december
I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better
New york is cold, but I like where I’m living
There’s music on clinton street all through the evening.

I hear that you’re building your little house deep in the desert
You’re living for nothing now, I hope you’re keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You’d been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without lili marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody’s wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see jane’s awake --

She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I’m glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

-- sincerely, l. cohen

my first real job of any truth and reality
was at a record store.
one day a man came in the store
and bought a leonard cohen cd.
i mentioned that i liked his poetry...
a couple of days later, the same man came back
with 6 poetry books for me,
all leonard cohen...
he just gave them to me.

i have loved this song
from the first moment i heard it...
the lyrics, the deepness of his voice,
the sadness, the honesty.

i'm in love!

joleen
so sweetly offered
to do a banner for me
and i
eagerly
accepted...

(by eagerly, i mean fairly danced with anticipation
whilst sending joleen numerous excited emails
and obsessively checking my email to see if she
had answered)

i am so
stoked...
heh heh...
stoked....
i'm going to start using that word again...

anyhow,
i want to say a huge
THANK YOU
to joleen for doing this me
....

i am definately grateful!
:)

oh and the name change,
joleen did that for me, too...
i really didn't think that "bloody hell"
described where i was at in my life
right now...
and i suggested geek inc to joleen
and she agreed it would be a cool change...

so, welcome to geek inc!

sleeve kittys and garden gloves...




hurrah!

the mailman brought me a package
a package from simple sparrow...
a package containing mr. stripey sleeve kitty...

i'm sorry the pictures are so danged dark...
the sun wasn't out
and i couldn't wait to post the happiness
that is mr.stipeysleevekitty!

:)

thank you toni...
i totally adore him!
:)
oh, and the card, (although again, my pictures
do NO justice)
is precious...

an extra special grateful friday!

grateful friday...
a list.

-today is the last day of the job that i am currently doing,
but not-so-much loving anymore. i know i have said that
this change scares me, but today...i just feel
liberated. lighter. like i made the right choice.

-the capri pants my mom got me for easter
fit perfectly...hurrah!

-being surprised (truly, which does not happen often)
by my husband last night who picked up my favorite
chinese take-out for supper....mmmmmm.

-starting "a secret life of bees" and loving it!

-my absolute favorite-ist team was not eliminated
on amazing race!

-knowing i will not have to worry anymore about
one of the children i look after filling my son in
on any more "information" as he has been,
such as "bad people go to hell" and what
the naked woman looked like on the poster he saw
at his friends house...and the word sex...
ack.

-after my husband's initial voiced concern over
whether or not i should change my career or not
at this point, he has turned a full 180 degrees.
he knows i can't do what i am doing any longer
and is completely behind me in this...
and i don't have to tell you
how much that helps.

-finding these links and sites which inspired
me (along with knowing that i will soon have
more time for me again!) to do this:

what i plan to do next week and b-e-y-o-n-d!!!!

-
finish the pink and white knit blanket i have been working on
- finish up 2nd surly cross stitch bookmark for best friend
- look up recipes for chinese food and try them!
- blog, blog, blog, blog :)
- paint two pictures for sister in laws baby in a twinkle twinkle little
star kind of theme
- plan my garden, plant my garden
- plan my flower beds, plant my flower beds
- make up 2 more blue fleece quilts for upcoming babies due
- cut up/recycle all clothing currently sitting in plastic garbage
bags.
- finish the apron i started in gray plaid material
- work on playing with/experimenting with html book my
brother lent me
- start book of dreams with artsy mama's blog
- mail cds that i made months ago for michelle and liz elayne
- make lullaby cds to go with other gifts for upcoming babies
and artwork for the covers
- read secret life of bees
- declutter my house
- learn how to crochet
- look up recipes for slow cooker and try them
- knit a bear the same as the polar bear but in brown
- finish the last chapter of the artists way that i never did
get to with the blogging the artist way group

and sooooo much more...
yayayyyyayayayayayayayayyay...i'm so excited
:)

(as i was typing this...the sun came out...hopefully
a sign of things to come)
edited to say i have just seen this and
i could not be MORE excited about a movie
:)