The Gypsy on Adventure

Panic and Injury!

I wore my favorite bracelet and when I got to my desk after lunch missing ONE fantastic hand made pumpkin... panic... sigh...

Then on my way to the car after work (another car left an empty space) THERE was the smiling pumpkin waiting for me!!!!

Whew!

I actually slept last night...and was able to shrug off all the noise of the day. Today was a great day! NO clicker man! Some times I feel like the weight is coming back on, and I am not sure if I like this dress on me or not, but  I did do 4,192 steps today! So the effort is still there.

Great tunes on the iPod and although it is Thursday, it is MY Friday! Celebrating the life of my grandmother tomorrow...and cleaning up her grave. 

As I left the house this morning, these beautiful roses stopped me in my tracks, I had to take a moment to smell them and drink in their beauty and photograph them for every one else to see the roses in October!

SURPRISE!

Well it was a good day, one of my co-workers called me a "Skinny Bitch"!!! Ha ha ha I love it!  And the fact my hair was fantastic today! I LOVE the way it worked for me today!  The day at work was tolerable...

 

And when I got home....SQUEEEEL surprise! Dee had sent me an envie!!!! With TONS of goodies! Including BOWIE Socks!!!! They rocked my world! Squeeel with delight! I was SO grateful when I opened that package!  My days have been spent in deep thought about life and why I have been so down...all the issues out of my control...and her random act of kindness blew me away! I love you Dee!

Today when I went out to water the plants, I noticed the Cukes have flowers on them! Must mean I am going to get fruit! I hope I hope I hope!

Great Fun!

We left Santa Nella at 10 am and got to Santa Clarita for a thrift shop at 2:30! Not a bad run at all! We found MANY treasures on our trip...and the best time was had a Zinnia's in downtown Pacedena! Joe who works there was fantastic and was the most memorable and fun time I had the entire trip!  A shout out to him! We talked long about the Day of the Dead and myths and the church. So refreshing to meet some one who gets me about this!

We all had great meals and great finds on the trip! We made our Junk Gypsy Necklaces and wore them to dinner where all of us lost some of our hanging things but we will fix them all when we get home! AND you can even see the photo where I hit my head on the ceiling jumping on the bed! Ha! When we got to Gilroy it was 105 degrees! Yikes Welcome Summer! I am so glad I lost that 11 pounds to be able to wear shorts and my jean skirt!

It was sure nice to get home to see the WGB ... I so missed him!

Here are some pics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Surprise Mexican Fiesta Lunch

Today was the surprise gift and luncheon for Lucy! It was hard to get up this morning, I didn't sleep much last night with the tattoo, just amped up and a little burning when I moved my arm, but nothing major. I got up early like 6:30 and had some lemon tea, showered and got things together. No anxiety today!

It went off well, I got there by 9:30ish made coffee and enjoyed a cup before Lucy arrived.

It was a great day! And I could tell it meant a lot to Lucy. I think every thing went well. She was so surprised about the story of the wallet! When we bought it was LAST May in SLO and she had no idea!

We were going to do a fabric book but we started the Habu scarves with Lucy's roving and my Habu, and it took too much time. If we had all spent the weekend like we had planned it would have been all done...but things changed and we all left.

 

      

A Lucy Day

I got up and got ready for the long drive to Lucy's I packed the good clothes for our dinner out. She had a gift certificate to a French place in carmel. Right before dinner we walked into a DIVINE shop that I absolutely fell in love with! Its Cactus and Beyond Borders! Go to this link! Not as great as being in the store but pretty fantastic!

We spent most of the day working on a few shrines. I finished the Karen Hickerson shadow box by using one of her tools to put the pin through. I started the next Religious Icon Shrine I wanted to start.

I feel very disconnected to every one that I went home after dinner. AND made good timing, got to San Jose before it was really dark. I just can't see at night like I used to.

A day with its joys and its lows, but still glorious!

Channeling my inner grandma that raised me today, she would have worn an outfit like this in her 40s! Today I go to tend her grave, she died today in 1982, and I make her grave in fall colors! Ready for the Day of the Dead...If the rain stops long enough! And I am hoping she is looking down or up and laughing her ass off! And feeling the pure joy I have today! Some one told me I looked zetti today! Giggle I guess I do!

  I made some scones for breakfast, enjoyed some me time without stressing out! Such delight, such pure joy! No pain, day off AND the universe granted me RAIN! I ran off to the store to get the flowers, JoAnnes had them at 50% off! Score! Less than $20 this time and they are still pretty!  Then I went off to the yarn store! To try to find some yarn that may match my Sparkly Autumn shawl I am working on...

Then I drove to San Jose and visited the grave. As I was getting my fleurs ready, a man stopped his truck and asked me if I ever heard of people STEALING other peoples flowers!? Apparently some on had taken his mothers flowers! I told him the last time that I was here I was VERY upset at the grave condition AND that my flowers were gone! I told him I was sorry that happened to him and we went on our seperate ways...

Then I walked up and NO FLOWERS ON HER GRAVE! All the fairys and dragonflys gone AGAIN! And the grave still looks bad! I told the WGB I think she is in the getto area! It is starting to make me mad! really! But I am trying NOT to be mad...and let it go...maybe those people just couldn't afford it anymore...I am just lucky I saw those flowers were on sale!

I stood at the grave and of course the guys mowing the lawns had to be in her section! NOT that SHE has any grass! I swear my timing and the experience is NOT how I want it to be! I put my iPod on Lila Downs and listened to her crying singing and thought of my grandmother...I told her what I have been up to and told her if those TWO MEN weren't there looking at me I would have showed her the steps I know for belly dancing! LOL  I should have done it anyway, what do I care and they would have had a great story to tell about the grave yard! Next time I will!  I was glad to have my rain boots on it was muddy! Even though it wasn't a great experience...I took the day to just remember her and having her in my home around me lets me remember her the way I want to anyway!

Squeel!

I am SICK! Snarfing ... no voice ... sneezing ... wheezing ... and just plain poopy! BUT I got the BEST mail today!

I got a BEAUTIFUL day of the dead bracelet from Karen today! I AM SO EXCITED! It is wonderful! AND a wonderful card from Sylvia!!! With a beautiful religious icon!!!! Oh my drool is hanging from my sad mouth since I can't breathe out my nose and I love eye candy! eHem...let me get a hanky!

It is wonderful of her to send me one of her treasures! I am so excited to have it!

I will upload pics later! When I take better ones!

AND I receive the panta and scarf from Niblet on Etsy! It is wonderful! Look at that wonderful face under the panta! Hee hee hee I can't wait to wear it out! LOVE the color! So although I am very sick...I still think I look cute in it! Now I am going night night! (AND if you look really close you can see how irrated the skin is under my nose! Sigh)

Super Nova Rivas Release

This morning while going through my every day routine of life I see a VERY special email!  I cannot even express in words what is in my heart!!! I am so very excited for my friend Lucy and her family!

Stories and Art

Today started out with a visit to St. Ignatius Church located at 650 Parker Ave San Francisco, CA. My girl friend Lucy had a Great-Grandfather and a Grandfather who were famous painters. Today we saw 5 of her Great-Grandfathers fresco's in St. Ignatius.

Mail Call!

Oh what a GREAT mail day I had! In the midst of a hard Friday, in comes the mail lady! With boxes!!! Ooooh to joy!!!!

My NEW Day of the Dead Witch, a new artist I found Tamra out of Texas, and My favorite Bone maker Karen!!! I am so excited to show them off! Karen was SO sweet she included a wonderful item with a fav bone person on it for my cell phone!!!  I just LOVE the way my collection is coming along! I am SO happy with these!!! Squeeel!