Well it is Monday and another start of a new week.....Today, I decided to clean out all of my kitchen cabinets...I moved all my everyday dishes to the top of the cabinet because I am tired of them ...go figure...Anyway, I dont know what I was thinking when I bought them...because I know you cant change a Dogs spots.  The thing was I thought I needed a change,  so Jim and I went all over Pa...to I dont know how many different Kohls..until I completed my set of Yellow,Red and Navy...Mediterrain Look...Can't belive he made me use for three years,,,(I hated them after just a couple of months).Anyway long story, short,   I could not take it any longer.....White, white,white......I was in Target yesterday and I saw them,,,Hobnail white....I only bought a few pieces and Jim kinda of looked at me and I told him just to not say it...that I was the boss....and I needed my white back....so, Today, I had to move stuff around in my kitchen...to make room for the dishes I am destined to buy...even if it
one at a time......Look out Home Goods...and Target.  The nice thing about white dishes there all so many out there and they all look good together....So, enough...

Anyway,  ..I think I am getting Spring Fever...It seems like winter just isnt going to happen so I might as well enjoy the thought of Spring.   Which always gets me in trouble...but the prospect of Spring flowers and a garden does sound appealing.  I will be able to get out my Patio furniture out again ( I feel Like I Just Put It away.)... It is something to think about...

I am planning a little trip late March..California.....and Dallas... So I will see how much trouble I can get into in California....ROSE BOWL FLEA MARKET......Oh boy....I had such a good time a couple of years ago when I went ...that I am always thinking about going  back.  So I have to plan my trip just right...   All of the rambling I have been doing, and I didnt say anything about the fun I have been having playing with my clay....I have been making some really fun clay pieces.  I just love to try out new things...Maybe one day I will find my true gift and passion until then I will just keep playing....

Until the Next time ..........Love Your Life...It is a great gift......Toni

TGIF......

Well we are at the end of another week...It has been a good one...Jims back is getting better...thank goodness,,,,,anyway, I have been rearranging our bedroom today and I not finished but, I am tired...so ,
 tomorrow will be another day..I hope.  i have been playing with clay off and on this week.. I enjoy it but, It dries my hands out so very bad...and I already have a problem with dry hands(probably old age)....Have made some interesting things.  Hope I can conquer it into something beautiful.  Just have to wait and see... Hope the weekend will be filled with productive time..just depends in the mood I get up in the morning...Until then,,,LOVE YOUR LIFE.....T.

FROM RED VALENTINES TO BUSSINESS

Well Valentines Day is over until Next year....But,  I guess , everyday is really valentines day when you have someone you love,,,,whether it be a spouse, a child (or 5)..and grandchildren or just great friends...buying candy and giving a big red heart to someone should not define Valentines Day.  Everyday, I am grateful...and I know I am hard to get along with but,  I am so Thankful for this day and everyday.  Each one could be a challenge but I think it is a choice...so that being said I have decided what I am going to do TODAY. ...I am not going back to bed like I planned ,,,,I will go take something for my headache and go into my workroom ...and have fun...Turn on my music and let the time fly.

I hope you all have a great day and know that you are loved..all of you.....Dont let the day go without telling someone you love them or just smiling to someone you pass ....or the person that takes your parking spot.....Smile......Love your Life......Make It count.....It changes everyday... .........
...        ..LOVE YOUR LIFE>>>>

VALENTINES DAY...THE DAY OF LOVE...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY....ALL.   It is strange to me that we have to One Special day out of the year,  to express our love.  I try to express my love everyday.....sometimes not everyone wants to hear my Love.......(you know the days love comes out as Bitching)...but none the less love.  I am very thankful that I have a large family , I am never without the LOVE ....It is shared alot been all of us and not between us...so When I say I love you sometimes really means....I COULD STRANGLE YOU ,,,OR GET OUT OF MY FACE....you know what I mean....But for the most part we do love each other.
We all just dont express it the same.  But, for Today, It would be nice to just try today to be Kind and Maybe a little more thoughtful of each other...Try it ,,share your beautiful Smiles,,,It is a whole lot easier than sharing the ugly words and heavy bull that we share so often....

I started making Valentines yesterday for ALL (12 !)    of my grandchildren..as I do every year and I get so much pleasure out of knowing that The little expressions of my love to them will be several days after the fact....but if I were to be on time ....they would not know what to do and think I have lost my marbles.....and anyway this is like the Duracell Bunny.....keeps on giving...

I haven't even planned out my hubby's valentine yet ...hummmm...maybe a candlelight dinner...in nothing but an apron....No...he would ask me if something was wrong with the washer..or had I forgot to put them on...You all no what I mean,, so I guess I will have to think a while..Last minute..always works best for me.  

I hope you all have a lovely day and tomorrow you can go back to being your selves....haha....

Love you all..............LOVE YOUR LIFE......YOU ONLY GET ONE....TONI

February 13, 2012New Day

Well,  unlike yesterday the sun is shining and it is a Beautiful new day.... I have so many things to do today...and I am not sure where I want to start.   I am hoping to post a few of the tags I have been making each week for 52Q. 
 52 Questions and Answers
A group of crazy women that answers a new weekly question and creates a project to challenge themselves. And we share our creations .  At the end of the year, we will have answered 52 questions and created 52 small works of art... I chose to make a tag book .... every week a new tag.  Challenging myself to make the time in itself.   Art is what sees me though sometimes we I cant control the life moving around me. Do you think that makes me a control freak...Maybe..
I hope I have not bored anyone to death today...but, I really hope to get the hang of the blog thingy....
But until we meet again......
Take today and make the best of it ,,,we might not have a tomorrow.....LOVE YOUR LIFE....Toni

Today ,Just Putting Myself Out THERE.....

February 12,2012


In trying to decide what it is that I have to blog about, and what I wanted say...I have had to evaluate what I want to accomplish.

It is not easy to know where to start or how. I can only just step out and have the faith that the words I have to share will be read.
I am not a great writer and sometimes I have trouble expressing my thoughts...But I do have a great LOVE for my family and friends and a Passion
for types of art. New and old.

There is nothing that is more important to me (other than our God of course)...than my wild, fun, crazy, whinny, absolutely BEAUTIFUL
Family. So with that being said, I want to tell you about my Love for My Life.


Born in Texas, I come from a very large family, I am the oldest child of four. So I guess I am bossy, protective, Bitchy, Opinionated, and a great listener. I always
have believed that I had a great childhood and would not change it for anything. I guess my rose colored glasses weren't shared by everyone. But,
I look back and can only feel fortunate to have been wearing those glasses.

Now, to the real nitty gritty.....I am married to Jim, a quiet, calm, great guy, that makes me crazy...and yet, has taught me so many things. There will never
ever be the right words of expression for him. He is to a fault patient with me and he endured more that I can ever say with my brood of kids. He is My
younger by 9 years...but ever so persistant...He endured 4 daughters Merri, Erin, Cheyanne and Robyn and a son Eric, ...and still likes me. Crazy.....I call it, but I could not have learned to love so much without the past 1000 years.

Now my kids are all grown with children of the own....(there is a God ) 12 to be exact.. and most of the time I just laugh at their complaints and think
of all their little shenanigans and know that they will also endure.

For all of my life I have been artistic..of sorts. But not confident. I have a few admirable qualities and many dreams. I can sing and sew, I can paint
sometimes , and I try to do a lot of stuff in between. What I can't teach myself ,I will struggle with. I can't seem to find my one artistic passion. I want
to do everything and yet sometimes nothing. I can only say the one great thing I do is LOVE.

My heart is full for my family and my friends. I have one special friend outside of my family and I will call her my sister by choice. Her name is Mary and we
have been friends for more than thirty years..( Scary ) She now lives on the West Coast and I now live on the East Coast and my children live in 5 different states
in between... I will say I travel a lot.

I have made a few friends here in PA......that I really value . If not for them, I probably would have pulled all my hair out. It has
been three years that I have lived here and still can't find my way without a GPS.

My friends and I gather once a week and do our thing. Which is a broad statement in itself. I met them at my local scrap booking store . (which has since closed).


We are all different, Yet, the same. All girls, (haha) with need of comradery, laughter, sympathy and just someone to listen.

I hope that with this blog and my endless ramblings, I will figure out who I want to be when I grow Up....HAHA.. I am looking forward to hearing your comments
and making new friends. I dont get offended easily and I am very naive ...(Rose Colored Glasses).....But , I welcome your thoughts and knowledge in all you have
to share.
I want to share my different art and projects.

I have enjoyed finally getting started with this ...I have been trying for a long time to find the courage and voice to put myself out THERE.......

I am not great or even good on the computer, but I will try anything once. (or even Twice) I hope to greet you again...and maybe we will become great friends...Until

Then......Love Your Life.............Toni