the sun is red and shining.

Most importantly check this bad boy out.

It’s a NEW fiskars rotary trimmer debuting this fall. What makes it cool? Those are speakers that you see on the left corners. See, this is the rock, paper, trimmer- the newest fiskars trimmer that has speakers and attachments so you can hook up your ipod. Sweet? I think so. So much so that I might have to reconsider getting an ipod…

Fiskars has a LOAD of awesomeness coming- you can check it all out over at scrapbook.com (here) Was so excited the other day when Stephenie loaded it all up. Now to just wait until it all releases! If you want to see projects just start clicking on the fiskars DT blogs (I’ve got ’em listed down on the right side of my blog…) Their work with the lines, the new squeeze punches, oh man. CAN NOT WAIT!

Now onto my day…

The sun is red. It’s not good when you go in the kitchen and find a RED sun. This photo doesn’t even do it justice- it’s MUCH brighter. Oh, and the sky is grey. Winds changed again and our blue skies went back to smoke-filled grey. There is really no escaping it- I’m just grateful we don’t live in one of the areas close to a fire! For today, and probably a few more our town is once again grey due to BAD air quality. ugh.

I find it funny that on this grey sky/red sun day I get to share the following photo with you.

my button fixation is reaching all time highs. I spent at least 4hrs on the layout you’re getting a peek of here. So many new favorite things in this page I love it!!! (and yep, it’s for my fall BPS class…) Though I love the process and results, I couldn’t ever do pages this labor intensive always. They’re a fun once-in-a-while project… but not for everyday creation.

Well that’s it from me. Have a fab friday!!

hank. may. and jake.

First of all, when this commercial came out years ago I laughed so hard- I totally loved it. What I loved especially? That I could insert the word “may” instead of hank and mentally play it in my head for myself when pep was needed. Yes really. watch.

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I don’t drink that beverage (blech!) but still. Love the commercial. Started thinking about it yesterday and have been playing it now and then (mentally) with Jake in the song now. Even have Elizabeth running around doing it too. Getting those positive recovery vibes going, and keeping it up best I can!!

your blog:

My home page was forever the fiskateer backsite where I could approve comments, check in, etc. Now that I’m not a lead… what should my home page be? I have discovered and set up my home page as igoogle now. LOVE IT. Fun stuff to see, always different, and I finally realized the time saving thing I needed most in life. the blog reader feed thingie so it pops up updates on the blogs I read. I don’t have to click through my list taking HOURS longer. I never read the blogs I want because it takes too dang long, then there’s no updates and I’m irritated and give up. Now? I log on-line and instantly know who’s blogged. So my point: would love to add you to my feed subscriptions- just leave a comment with your blog addy so I can cut/paste from my e-mail (where your comment goes) to my browser. Look forward to reading more blogs now!!!

thursday update-

First off- THANK YOU SO MUCH for your love and support. Really. I know I didn’t reply to comments, but they are so uplifting and appreciated. Thank you.

Well things are a lot less bleak than they were on Tuesday. That is good news- or potentially good news I should say. Jake’s pneumonia (caused by his disease) is what’s keeping him in the hospital- and unstable- at this point. He has to be fed and watered exclusively through IV because they can’t let him have anything orally until pneumonia improves. BUT- unless he turns back around for the worse… he’s now a teeny bit better than when I brought him in Sunday. Which means they’re getting closer to finding his proper dosage, AND that he’s fighting back against the pneumonia.

It’s all very S-L-O-W and drives me nuts. 3 more days is the expected time frame for him to be in- assuming everything goes smoothly and he recovers. The bottom line right now is either his 7 year old butt is going to kick into gear and win this battle, or he’s going to loose it. Knowing that it’s really clear cut (and probably not a decision I have to choose the outcome of) is helpful. Also last night we chatted a bit about feeding bowls and his maintenance when he comes home… a topic that had not been previously discussed. Again, it’s still not definite that he will recover, but there is hope.

As for me I’m doing better. I finally talked my brain into waking up and being active. Tuesday night was a real ‘do or die’ night for our Jake, and I convinced myself that maybe if I got off the couch and did some fun stuff (and talked to jake trying to send him telepathic messages) that maybe I could help him somehow. Now normally I’m not a big believer all the telepathic/psychic/talking to the other side type stuff. But then I thought “but what if it’s real, and I’m wrong?”… and that thought alone had me conversing to the east (Jake is east of us right now).

Yesterday I had a nice yelling match with our garbage company (you have to yell- they’re amazingly RUDE) and that put a smile on my face. Why? I should have called them and yelled tuesday but didn’t bother. The fact that I woke up Wednesday itching to call them… a good sign of spunk returning! So I am going to resume regular blogging now… assuming we continue on this good path.

Keeping good thoughts (and conversations) going…

no news.

he is not improving. waiting on my call from the dr. tonight… I really do like her.

Whatever the outcome, I hope things get going sooner than later. I have no motivation. I am literally doing 1/20 the amount of anything as normal. I just sit and stare. If you’re reading this you probably know me well enought to know I’m the super motivated, always moving type. So for me to simply do nothing, well that’s major. and bad. I have no creative thought. No will to read. I’m barely even eating. That’s not me.

(sigh)

until tomorrow.