Spring has indeed arrived, warm temperatures, no snow  But on the negative side, the wind is blowing so hard.  I can't even go and sit outside.  I'm just sitting by the window waiting for that lethal stop sign to come blowing in and decapitate somebody  Since there are only two of us here right now, it might be me.  If anybody feels warmhearted, perhaps you can leave us some "amens"
in our comments.  Then maybe God will drop by and see about the wind.  more later.

It finally warmed up and the snow has melted, and Thien and I got sick with colds.  If you should catch my cold, I beg you not to take a decongestant.  I'm not even sure what they are for.  I took one today in hopes that it might help dry up my nose; instead my nose instantly turned into a snot faucet.  It just dripped and dripped and I sneezed and sneezed and my eyes watered and it was very miserable.  Now it is bedtime and after some Benadryl, I'm feeling somewhat drier.  I'm hoping for a good night's sleep.  Because you know what else came with the warm weather?  My son and his 6 week old son moved in temporarily and since he works 12 hr days (my son, not the baby), I am the babysitter.  And babies are exhausting!  Grammy needs to start lifting weights.   Wait.  I AM lifting weights.  I feel like I've gained 10 pounds.  So now I need to lose 10 pounds to make up for the 10 pounds I gained....hmm, I'll have to think on that.
Meanwhile we are busy working on our art journals, or at least shopping for things we need for our art journals.    But maybe I will just take my weights and sit on the deck and rock.

Friday Fun

Today I got my Magical powders from Lindy's and I can't wait to use them.  But....I'm saving them for tomorrow so Sandy and I can have fun together.  I keep picking them up to look at.  They are in tiny containers so I will have to be frugal with them.  I will try not to hoard them.  I also got some clear gesso, that I think will work better on my collages.  We are having lots of fun experimenting with art journaling and magazine collages.  Unfortunately we keep seeing products we need, yes, need, but someday we will be world famous for our page spreads and the money spent will be well worth it.

I am sick to death  of this weather.  We're in the midst of another blizzard on the 15th of April.  I never thought I would hear myself say a tornado would be refreshing, but a  tornado would be refreshing.  Let the storms begin.

We are interested in mixed media and are building up our supplies.   I know I've mentioned that I lack focus.  I don't know how to fix that.  If this were still two years ago, I would still be working on my paper bag albums and I would be crocheting my baby photo props.   But it's not and I'm not so I'm stuck with unfocused.    One of the most annoying phrases that is spoken today is "it is what it is", but it is what it is.  More later.

A change in weather, maybe.

One would hope that with the end of March would come the end of blizzards, unless one lived in Iowa.  But I think that we can hope that the snow.....wait, I just checked the weather and apparently we might get more snow next weekend.  But for the rest of this week we are looking at 60 degrees!  Our snowy weather is getting very close to tornado weather, and that would make an interesting weather pattern.

One thing I can say about our crafting is that we never get stuck in a rut.  Which is a good thing.....except when Sandy watches you-tube videos and decides we need a whole bunch more products.  But I have to admit that some of the things we've seen on you-tube are beautiful and it will be fun to expand our expertise.  What is scary is when I come to her house and tell her that the night before I was looking at Dick-Blick and ordered some things we'd talked about getting and she says she was also looking at Dick-Blick.  This has happened before and proves that our brains are in sync.