Picture in a picture

First of all let me say that I HATE change (like most people I guess), and second of all, I have my days and nights trying to switch places!  It can be exhausting!!!!  With all of that said, I haven't been tangling as much as I would like but I'm hoping this week will give me some time to do that.  Enjoy your weekend and hopefully you will get to spend some quality time with your friends and family!

A quiet night

As most of you who read my blog regularly know we've been trying to sell our house the last couple of months.  Since it's still not sold, we've had to split our ever shrinking family up so we (or some of we) could move on with establishing things in our new location.  Good thing when your kids grow up and move on with their own lives - bad thing it get really quiet around the house!  Since we're living in a split world at the moment, the evenings around the house can get quiet which is a good thing for tangling.  It totally serves its purpose by bringing up the levels of zen in a world that doesn't feel very zeny at times.  I hope today finds you in a perfect zen place!

Change is constant!

There are so many changes going on around me right now!!  Some I like and some I'm not happy with at all!!!!  Since fall is my favorite season, I'm totally enjoying the leaves falling from the trees and blowing around on the back deck.  I love the coolness of the mornings and being able to have the windows open to feel some of the gentle breezes and listen to the crows cawing.  It all makes me want to bake and get settled in for the upcoming winter (which NONE of us are ready for yet).  The sale of the house is dragging on which has brought about other changes (that I don't like), but since there is a time for everything, I'm trying to enjoy what's in front of me right now.  Step outside and take in a deep breath and be thankful for all that you have going on!

In all directions

The older I get the more I see how life cycles.  It's really so much like the Cat Stevens song, "Father and Son".  When our kids are young they are our world and when they grow up, they have their own world, which sad to say, doesn't revolve around us anymore because they've made their way.  I'm so lucky that up until this point, we are very close to all of our kids.  I hope that never changes!!  This tangle reminds me of that because it seems like we're all going in so many different directions, but the center of it all, we still come together - and that's what really counts in our crazy busy lives!  I hope you're enjoying those closest to your heart!!

Orbit

The final NASA space mission is underway and being a child from the 60's (yes there I go again dating myself) the space program has been around.  I remember watching the Apollo missions when they first started, I remember the Challenger explosion in 1986 (I recorded it on the VCR and later (a total accident) taped another show over it - which Mr. Thisorthat likes to remind me of when they show it on tv) and now this last trip - how awesome!!  What a ride NASA has shared with us!!  When we think of all the ways that society has changed over our lifetime, how far our space program has come and all of the progress that has been made - well its simply amazing to me - and I'm not a si-fi person at all!  But in this case you do have to give credit where it's due.   I hope today you have an amazing adventure of your own!

What Happened to the Day??

Oh my GOSH!!!!  First let me say I'm so sorry for getting this up so late!!  I am currently in CA where the time is two hours behind my usual time, and then to add daylight-savings on top of that - I'm so late!!!  This day is going to be over before I get my breakfast eaten!!  I'm still trying to work on some new patterns and yesterday while shopping at the craft store (had to get another drawing book) I was on the lookout for tangle patterns.  You would not BELIEVE the array of patterns you will find if you just pay attention!  They were on planters, on paper, on the floor, on upholstery, cushion covers, on the ceiling, in jewelry, so when I say everywhere I really mean everywhere!!  I'm hoping to get something new to you tomorrow (of  course I had to work on them last night) but sometimes when you're away from home things don't go as planned.  I hope you enjoy your short day today (red faced it looks like mine will be shorter than most of yours).  Spring must be right around the corner now - right????

It's MELTING!!!!!!

I think we've had snow and ice covering the ground (and everything else for that matter) since Christmas.  It seems like longer but I don't want to get over dramatic.  The past couple of days have been above freezing and they are even calling for 65 degrees tomorrow.  I'll wait until tomorrow before I get too excited.  But the point is that the white covered lawns, cars, rooftops, and yes even some Christmas ornaments are finally disappearing!!  Soon we'll be planting flowers again, mowing our lawns,  and walking outside without the fear of falling on the ice.  Even though everything has its time and season, it's always nice to see the changes happening.  Everything in life changes and regardless if we like it or not, we have to change with it.  We  can look at it like a rebirth and embrace it or kick and scream until we adjust (which is usually what I end up doing) .  Either way its going to happen.  Wherever you are in your life, and whatever place this finds you in, know that I finally get it and there's hope for all of us.  Lucky us to have one more day to enjoy whatever comes our way.  The doldrums of winter are leaving and the hope of spring is ahead.....