Did I mention?

Did I mention I love fast vehicles?!!! Love it, love it, love it!!

Here's a not so good picture of my 2003, 100 year edition, supercharged Harley Truck & a custom chopper, soooo loud.

I am thinking of signing up for the Las Vegas Speedway classes. They have a day class or up to a week workshop to learn to race the pro cars, or whatever they are called, you know the one, that Earnhardt drove. Going to wait until fall, cuz it is just too dang hot to get in those non airconditioned vehicles'

Kay, I am off and running, a million things to do today, and I haven't even had my "half caffeinated & half decaffinated coffee, with 2 scoops of vanilla bean ice cream! (My fav!)

Fast cars~

Yeeehaaaw! Love my GTO! Thought I would put up some pics of my toys. This is the 69 convertible GTO, 4 speed...fast fast fast!

Sometimes I just have to go drive, that is one of my favorite things to do, besides art & traveling around the countryside....hey, maybe I should have been a gypsy, well that's another story.

I had this crazy notion to go take out my supercharged Harley truck & take it to the speed it has on the dashboard, 130! I haven't done that with the truck yet...I found this great straight road out past Red Rock Canyon, think I will take off today & take it to the 130...how exhilerating, hopefully no wild donkeys on the road!

Blog explosion

OK....last night my blog was accepted on "blog explosion" I am scared out my wits! Not really sure how the whole site works..with all the talk of "credits & auto assigned traffic?" I am going to have to read up on all the details.....so I guess I may have some visitors to my blog, will see. I am nervous as all heck about that, didn't start the blog for visitors, but it felt silly just writing letters into cyberspace. Anyways, excited to see what happens!

Last night I stayed up until 1 in the morning, can't remember the last time I did that...I am usually in bed by 11 at the latest...cuz I love to wake up early when the sun is rising, which I never used to, I always hated to get up early. I guess when you start getting older, you want to get in as much as you can in a whole day. Although I have been contemplating not even sleeping anymore, gosh, all the things you could get done in 24 hours, if you didn't have to sleep!!! I once heard that Donald Trump only sleeps 4 hours a night, I can see that! That's how he's been so successful, but I wonder if sleep deprivation has clouded his mind?

Well, I am off to clean up the kitchen, we had a huge barbeque last night with some more people who came to town to visit....I am sick of all the visitors, but last night was actually fun.

Intrigued~

Ok...I am obsessed with reading blogs online! I finally realized last night....it is more interesting reading about other peoples lives, than watching tv. Now I know I am not crazy! Not that I ever did....but dang there is some fricken whacko's out there!

I found subjects on life in general, happy & sad. Non important random yacking, bored housewives, dad's, singles, married couples....just yacking in the dead air of online craziness....oh I LOVE IT!!!! It is better than reality tv. I even found some famous peoples blogs, which were even more intriguing~

So I must admit I am awed by it all, and all the mundane writings. So I guess I will continue to blog & see what the heck it becomes in my life, some fun time, just to write stupid things or to be absent from the kids for a lil' while. I think these are boring writings, but hey, I guess I am kindof a boring person these days! Although I believe I am at the edge of some great things, ya know the calm before the storm!? Mostly because of the resistance from my family about my art, they just don't get my art, and can be really mean about it sometimes. It makes me have a burning passion to create, even more!!!

Anyways, back to real life, the kids are staving, so I better go make some lunch & then back to reading blogs about someone else's, crazy life!

P.S. This is a photo of some crazy guy!! No relation!!! Cracks me up every time I see it!

Not sure why!

Not sure, why I started a blog.

Not sure why I even care.

Not sure if I will ever tell anyone it is here.

Not sure if anyone would even care to read it.

Just not sure today.

I miss my friend~

My friend took off for vacation, and we usually chat online 2~3 times a day, she is my support, my art friend, & my inspiration.....I miss chatting with her, not even sure when they were returning, they were going to the ocean....aaaaahhhhh love the ocean, it is one of the best places to be on earth, something about the ocean air, the humidity in the summer & love to walk barefoot in the sand....ohhhh wish I could be there.

I can't believe you could have such a good friend from chatting online, I feel like she is a best friend & we only met once, in person. Hmmmm, so strange, I guess that is what the soul is for....our soul knows who is good.

She is one of my favorite artists, I feel in love with her art on ebay. I still want to buy every one of her art pieces!!!

I hope she gets home soon, I am going crazy not talking with her.

~Angels' tears~

"Sometimes life is as bitter as angels' tears. But whether those tears be bitter or sweet depends wholly on who tastes them."

Color blue's~

Lake Tahoe blues' are intense.

What a variety of colors in that lake...emerald green, and many shades of blue....I think I'll try some water colors today, to recreate the amazing colors.

~At the top of Heavenly..looking down at the Lake~

Home sweet home!

Oh so happy to be back home...Death Valley, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe. 80 miles wrong turn on a dirt road through the middle of death valley 120 degrees, praying for no flat tires!

It was amazing! 3 hours on dirt roads, not one car was seen!

It was like being the only one on earth, so eery, but
exhilerating~

~Leaving

Today has been so insane, I haven't sat down for more than 10 minutes, every muscle in my body is aching, I have been getting ready to take off, to Lake Tahoe early in the morning & I have been doing 10 tons of laundry & cleaning the mansion. I hate to come back to a dirty house. Isn't it weird when you return to your home, everything looks brighter & beautiful than when you left. But the colors seem to fade fast when you start checking your mail, checking emails, checking voice mails, ahhhh modern technology can be so dang stressful, but I can't imagine having to do all this laundry by hand! I would have been working for a week on all those clothes.

Speaking of laundry I better go put another load in.

I still haven't packed yet!

I once was wild~journal pages

Ahhhhh, I did some journal pages today. I really needed to do some art, now I don't want to stop!

But I suppose I should go clean the disasterous mess in the kitchen!

Last night got into the truck, after dinner, someone slashed the tire, what a drag having to wait for triple A. It was 111 degrees, at 10:00 pm.

Woke up so sad~

This morning Sandra & Jessica left back home. I slept in & when I woke up, they had already gone...I felt sick to my stomach, that I didn't get to hug them both.

They left a note that made me cry. It makes me sad they are still trying to get over Don's death, it is still like it happened yesterday. But was so happy that we talked about it together, it is still rough for me to talk about, he was an amazing person, but oh so young to die like that. He left us all with such wonderful memories of him!

Sandra is so inspiring to me, that she has survived her ordeal and has become such a woman from it. And to be a single mom, and going to school full time, is so amazing to me. I do so, love them both.

~Chocolate Exstacy~

Went to see the new movie "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" mmmm yummy Johnny Depp, so sweet he is~

Chocolate contains a natural "love drug" typtophan in which produces serotonin. High levels of serotonin produces feelings of exstacy.

Hmmmmm...wonder if you really could get addicted to chocolate?

I think I will start an experiment with chocolate....seriously!!!

Dear Crissy art card~

I am so in love with this art card...it is so amazingly eerie, intriguing & haunting. I have been outbid 10 times! and it is up to $80.51! I think I'll swoop in the end...I don't care how much I pay! It is her first art card! Puts mine to shame~

Went to go check out her info...
~dearcrissy.com
~crissylivejournal.com
~dearcrissy (ebay id)

Love this artist...my friend Lani (healingexpressions) forwarded me her art card...I felt bad because she was bidding on it too, but so glad she showed me.

A blue day~

a moody blue day today...I only worked on my journal pages for a little bit today, hopefully can work on some tommorrow.

This is an art trading card, vintage glass crystals are sprinkled all over her...I love this one~

Something new~

I actually had time to sit and do some art today, finally! I did two pages in an art journal book. Felt wonderful to accomplish that, can't wait to experiment with more pages tommorrow!

Met Pete Rose last night down at the strip, took some pictures and got his autograph. The kids had no clue who he was.

I am extemely exhausted, off to sleepy time.....

Sandra & Jessie got married!?!?

What the heck is that all about!? Sandra Bullock & Jessie James...what an odd couple that is, can't say I believe they will last....sorry to say, but it is so weird I just had to comment, not that anyone ever reads my posts, just my personal thought on that situation. Although I adore both of them & their talents...will be interesting to see what happens.

I am extremely tired today, stayed up till 2:30 in the morning. I can't remember the last time I did that, many many years ago! We went shopping at Ceasars, oh my gosh, I wanted to shop all night, talk about sheltered these days, I really need to get out more! My friend Becky has been wanting me to see this store called Anthropologie, oh my...was I in vintage heaven...clothes, and home decor, books, candles, jewerly. I wanted to just go lay in one of the beds & spend the night & inhale the lovely smells of the perfume & candles, and read one of their dreamy books under the crystal chandeliers. I bought some kool books, and some dreamy pj's. All night I could smell the luscious perfume & candles still in the material....mmmmm. I think I will go back tommorrow & buy more goodies, had my eye on this ornate mirror & some goodies for the guest room.

Our company took off this morning for a trip to the Grand Canyon, will be back tommorrow, so my day consists of cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning! And we have people coming to look at the house at 4:00, did I mention we have the house up for sale? Well, that's another story.

So I am off and running, I think I'll make some coffee first....oh my gosh...I can't believe it's 11:47! I am still in my lovely new pj's....

Lazy Day~

Well so much for the strip today....it was too dang hot! So we just played in the pool most of the day, then I attempted to go grocery shopping. It was 120 in my car & I burned my hand, arm and my leg, trying to get the groceries in the truck, oh what fun this Vegas heat is. I wonder if I will ever get used to it?

Tommorrow planning on going to Ceasar's to go shopping, eat, drink and be merry, so looking forward to that.

Going to go do some art with the kids right now, I think I will attempt to do some journaling....scared for some reason...I can just rip the page out if I don't like it, how silly...I guess new territory for me.

A better mood today!

It seems as though I were in a dark cloud the last few days, woke up today & feel like the cloud just dissappeared, the strange thing is, I didn't notice it, until it was gone, hmmm.

Today is going to be 113!

Our company arrived last night around 11:30 pm, so I am sure we will be busy running around playing down at the strip, and hey, I won't have to cook for a few days! Looking forward to seeing some different scenery than this house, except for hate to see all the tan, youthful girls, down at the strip, not that I don't look young, people never guess my real age. But thats another story.

Have to run, late start, and have to get some coffee

115 today in Vegas!

Ohhhh, was it hot today! Still is 103 and it's 8:30. I actually swam in the pool today, instead of just laying on the floaty, that was a huge step for me, I am going to get in shape and start exercising. Talked with my friend today about trying a yoga class, she mentioned a great place to go and it is a block away, so now to steal away from the house will be the difficult part. I have to just be able to trust someone to babysit the kids.....I need some time to myself, before I go insane!!! Is it wrong to feel like I need time to myself? I never have taken time for myself so I feel guilty as heck just thinking it! and I feel guilty for doing my art...wonder if other people feel guilty. hmmmmm.

oh...today I did make a step in doing something different....I watercolored about 6 pages with different colors, in a cool journal I bought off of ebay, from Rustic Stains, hand stabbed, or whatever they call it....but I am waiting for the pages to dry and going to try to do some journaling later tonight. Scares the heck out of me trying something new...I don't know why, it's just a silly journal!

Well...I think I'll go do some laundry and light some of these delicious candles I bought in Seattle, they are dreamy.

crazy dayz!

Well, the day has already been crazy! Much chaos in my house...one thing I found out is I have been uninsured for over a year on all 4 of my vehicles!!! All my babies! I have been paying for a commercial policy that should be non existant as of a year ago, so I thought the cars were under that policy...these agents are fricken jokes and dumber than 2 hillbillies trying to find oil! but thank God I noticed it , now the district manager is trying to figure it out..like it's my fault! Idiots!!!!

So I am off to go clean the mansion, we have company coming in tonight, they didn't bother to tell how long they are staying...I hate living in Las Vegas, I have more friends and family than ever since I live here! And most that come to my house never have money or rental cars, so I usually cook & clean & taxi them around....it really sucks! But I don't mind if they want to go to the strip and go shopping..love the malls down there, my favorite is the Venetian mall, love the expensive clothes there!

Wow! I have noticed I have been sounding pretty angry these last 2 posts! Probably because I have been so busy haven't had time to do any art for over a month!!! I think I will start an art journal, just so I can just do some kind of art or some writing to be creative! I do so adore Teesha Moore's art journals, she is so amazing and she makes it look so easy! I hate it when I don't do anything creative, lately it seems I have just been cooking, cleaning, & picking up toys all day & night...I am going to gather all these silly little toys and donate them ALL! I am so sick of picking them up in every room.

Yesterday I read this great article in a travel magazine about scenic train rides...the one that I would love to take is The Orient Express, through Peru? I think that was it and another through the Swiss Alps, sounded so awesome, lovely cars with glass roofs, exquisite dining & spectacular sleeping rooms, sounded very luxiourious, not like amtrack.

hmmm!!!!@$%+?

Well today is the first day I will have posted a note here, really have no idea why I signed up to have a blog, but I actually think it will be nice to just write notes. I doubt if anyone will even look at this so I feel free as a bird to write what I want and not a soul knows who I am, love that! In the vastness of millions, I can be nothing, yet something.

Today is 113 degree outside, too hot to do anything..just cranked up the AC and did some laundry and cleaned the rest of the house to show to possible buyers today...this house is too big, yet too small...too big to clean, it takes way too much of my time to clean, and too small where I can't escape from all the noise and rucus going on. I wish I had a little shop off of the house where I could go and escape and do my art! I have been thinking of putting a work desk in the wine cellar to go work, but it feels like a dungeon, not much inspiration there, but it's a great place to store all my art supplies.

Well, I better go make some dinner I am starving, cold salad and fruit sounds good. I wish I had a chef to cook my food.

P.S. doesn't that picture of the wine cellar look like an entrance to a dungeon!?

My first note