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I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final  "Good-bye."
When you say  'I wish you enough,'  it is saying you want the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them.

-Author unkown









WHO AM I?
I am a crafter and owned by pets.  I am new to quilting but enjoying it as much as the painting and other crafts I have tried.  
I am blessed to have good friends, family and a job that I enjoy. Working on websites, photos, making samples/tutorials, learning new techniques, and designing  marketing materials is just fun play time. Check out my commercial design site
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Everyone has Stuff.
You know, the assorted crud that doesn't really fit anywhere else.  Just consider this page my personal junk drawer for my website!  
Never know what you'll find here...some real treasures or just trash...  

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
- Plato, the philosopher
  thanks for helping get that flitting pest!
Thanks Fred for the idea.
And thanks Richard for the ok to miniaturize
your fabulous fly eating frog flash....
and recreate/republish as double animated gifs!

Critique other site designs?
I am a bit uncomfortable reviewing someone's site because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The creator of the site has a vision of how the content is to be displayed and who am I to say differently. My opinion is just the way I see it and should be worth what you pay for it...nothing. Every site that I have made looks different, colors, layout, style, etc. to learn new techniques and to fit the need of the site.

I'm sure some people that visit this site have already said YECH! She used PURPLE...I hate purple... But that's ok, because I like purple and it's my design!  

I don't believe in squashing creativity. The song lyrics written by Harry Chapin really demonstrate how one person can impact another, in the wrong way! This song/story reminds me of Cat's in the Cradle for its ability to change our perceptions.  More than 20 years ago,  I was given this poem during counseling education as a reminder to not steer people to your view, but instead allow them to find their own way.  I still find it a guiding principle today!


I came across this on a torn sheet of paper in 1978 in Charlestion, SC. It fell out of a second-hand book I purchased.  This poem has great meaning to me and I wish I could credit the person that wrote it.
I am I
I am I
do not change me
condemn me
nor put me down.
Accept me
for what I am.

No...You need not agree with me
But accept me
for I am total in being
I have my faults
I have my guilts
But
that is
who I am.

Perfect I will never be
Allow me to be uninhibited
do not pressure me into feeling
what I do not feel
Accept me when I am flying high
as I have accepted you
when you were flying high

Do not put me down
nor make me feel unhappy
about me

I am I
and I like being
what I am

ME.
- author unknown

Have Faith.
Regardless of your particular religion or lack thereof, to live in this world we all need a little faith.  It's acceptance, belief without all the hard evidence proving fact. Sometimes we have to take a leap of faith to justify our belief in someone or something, to judge if someone is truthful or dishonest.  We can be skeptical, but sometimes we have to have faith in someone, take someone or something at face value until proven differently.  The best definition of "faith" I have seen:
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction
of things not seen"
- Hebrews 11:1 from the Bible

Don't Assume.
To assume is the opposite of having faith. It fills in blanks with your expectations, your concepts, your feelings, not fact.

One way to assume is think you know how to interpret what someone says. What was said was...but what was meant was...

Another way to assume is to gossip.  It often  is based on a morsel of truth but fills in the details with assumptions that usually apply inappropriate meanings.

Assuming can be very destructive and is wrong far more often than not and as the old saying goes...
"When you assume,
you make an ASS out of U and ME."


 green roseFlowers are Red, by Harry Chapinred rose
The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin' young man
I'm paintin' flowers he said
She said... It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one
red rose
And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
gray rose          green rose         pink purple rose  
Well the teacher said.. You're sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....
And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
purple rose
The teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It's for your own good..
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
And all responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he said
red rose
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen
Time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said...Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's use every one
red roses    red roses
But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he said
red rose
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.
mp3  896kb  (from live album)
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Supposed to be a horse!


Been renovating my home (inside & outside) this year....
just a few of the things I have been working on around the house:   (rollover image to see the notes) Craft Room rebuilt! See before and after pics in the QUILTING area of the site. flower bed stripped, new soakers and flowers planted! Spaz oversees all stages of interior work, seen on the plastic dropcloth for painting Painting 4 rooms inside and full outside of home! New flooring in 4 rooms! Everything had to be moved out to put the floor down. Been sorting and reorganizing as I go adding extra time. Added hand-painted style decoration on planter boxes and lots of little touches inside and out!

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