i know- i know

its been a while in between posts. I'm a busy lady. Maizy and I are celebrating first-day-of-spring-eve by deciding its not too cold for her to start hanging out on the breezeway during the day again. It is however a little nippy so I give her lots of blankets and an electric heater. She has been in the family room in the basement for the winter. But lately has been showing obvious signs of being bored with her accomodations in the ways of ripping apart laundry and my floral supplies. For her own safety (from ME- I almost killed her after she chewed up one end of an entire bolt of NICE tulle, GRRR!) she has been in her crate during the day the last week. She is crate trained and rather likes HER space, but its not good for her to be there alot so its back to the breezeway.

In case you are wondering she is a Lab/Pit. We adopted her 2 years ago Next week. We were told she was a Lab-cross. As she matured its quite obvious she is part pit- I am from a family who loves big dogs, so I have no issues with it. But I am sorry to say too many people have stereotyped a wonderful breed based on the performance of a few. People seem to be forgetting that the few who fight and are aggressive, are that way b/c they are a highly trainable and loyal breed. PEOPLE trained them to be that way. I hate breed profiling. I love my Pit-Lab.

I am soooo looking forward to spending days on the breezeway again.

I have been busy planning my new etsy shop and as soon as its up and running I will post a link. Other than that just trying to keep myself occupied while counting down the days til starting seeds indoors

creative juices

are flowing!! I have been way busy making a few things for Baby Nolans Etsy store. Im not sure they have ben posted yet- so I will post pics here. But definitely check out the site and pass on the link. He needs all the help he can get!

http://www.fornolan.etsy.com/

back to basics

Matt and Annabell are both sick. It seems like the flu but who knows? I called the pediatrician last nite to find out how much cough medicine to give Annabell. She said not to give her any. They are now recommending a spoonful of Honey. Well I LOVE that I didnt have to give her meds- but HONEY? I have always disliked honey and I have never attempted giving it to Annabell straight. Other than that Ive given her a rosemary eucalyptus bath and keep the humidifier going in her room. She also is sporting the scent of vapo-rub. I hope she is better soon. As for Matt- he prefers to suffer thru his symptoms- and not so quietly I might add. The most I can do for him is keep bringing him water and make him soup. The house smells of a combination of Vicks and Pasta E Fagioli.

weekend moments

I try like crazy to find the beauty in this long cold season. You have to or you'll go mad. It does get considerably harder to do once March is here though. Im glad we dont use the front door since if we did we would have to break down those beautiful icicles which are about 2 1/2 feet long.

my current distraction

I picked up these fabrics last nite at the store. I am finally settling on some ideas for my daughters bedroom. I also scored some cute balloon shades at Target the other day. They are white with a medium pink paisley design on them. I had been trying to do our bedroom first but I keep changing my mind on a color scheme, so I decided to back off of it for now and do a retro cottage type of thing in her room.

waking in a winter wonderland

more snow. In spite of how bored I am with winter in general at this point, even I cant deny the beauty of a fresh snow fall. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder and THIS beholder was inside drinking coffee wiping the sleep from my eyes as my husband shoveled at 5:30 am. In my defense, this was a heavy snow. Matt knew Id be more in the way than of any help to him. As a side note, there are MANY times I envy the life of my dog Maizy. But this morning I did not. I hate getting out of my warm bed in the morning to walk to the bathroom- can you imagine having to crouch in the snow to pee? no thanks. check out the pic- I love her ears- shes like "WHAT?!"

*ENFP*

Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving - E.N.F.P. -this is me.
If you are truly interested (and have too much time on your hands) you could certainly read more about it, [ http://www.personalitypage.com/ENFP.html ] here are a few quotes on the ENFP that not only had me chuckling out loud, but made me feel the need to look over my shoulder.

"ENFPs are pleasant, easygoing, and usually fun to work with. They come up with great ideas, and are a major asset in brainstorming sessions. Followthrough tends to be a problem, however; they tend to get bored quickly, especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to be procrastinators, both about meeting hard deadlines and about performing any small, uninteresting tasks that they've been assigned."

"ENFPs have what some call a "silly switch." They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence. Sometimes they may even appear intoxicated when the "switch" is flipped."

"Friends are what life is about to ENFPs.... Whatever the dynamic, ENFPs are strongly influenced by the opinions of their friends."
- http://typelogic.com/enfp.html

at any rate- i cant wait to show that info to my husband and hear his opinion.

... which brings me to the next part of my introduction....

The title of my page here is a direct quote from my soul mate, my best friend and the love of my life. Matt likes to tell me I am 'eccentrically beautiful'. Which to me translates to he finds me cute, but cant quite explain why. I take this as a compliment, but I cant quite explain why. I do know he tends to say it with a smile and I am a sucker for his dimples.