Set

Ready

in love with this shot - thank goodness for the iPhone - tunes & pics

Perfect run weather yesterday.

The course.  Quote: "It looks kinda long..."  Haha, it is 13.1 miles!

I had a perfect last long run yesterday.  I've been dealing with jet lag, so it hasn't been a problem getting up to go run.  I am lucky enough to call a few places home & yesterday I experience my childhood neighborhood with new eyes.  I was never a runner (well, okay I ran track in grade school, but it was much shorter distances).  It was a complete joy to run freely around the neighborhoods.  The knee has been feeling strong & I have a few good runs under my belt.  Hard to believe the race is 5 days away!

When You Wish...

upon a star

I cannot wait for our trip to the states.  While in Florida we'll be visiting that magical place & I'll hopefully be running my first half marathon.  I have patellar tendinits "jumper's knee" & hope it will heal in time to allow me to run.  Training for this marathon has been quite a journey for me.  Every weekend I completed a long run I would be so amazed that I did it.  I have not been a runner for quite some time (think grade school).   My short runs are 2-3 miles & I've run as far as 8 which is my personal best.  I can't believe that I'm a runner!

So for now, I'll sit & wait.  I've trained enough that I know I can finish 13.1 miles & finish in the allotted time.  It is so huge that I actually believe I can do it.  That Bus of Shame has been such a motivator to keep me training & hopefully it will be behind me.

New Year & a Clean Slate

Breathe, Love, Share Digital Journaling
Currently a student in Jessica Sprague & Nancie Rowe Janitz's Digital Art Journaling 

It's been forever & a day since I've posted.  I have a list a mile long of posts that I never got to.  I've decided to forgive myself & Let It Go!  Sometimes I wonder if blogging is the correct vehicle for me.  I spent so much time & energy on the minutia of protecting my work via digital editing - scaling the photos down, putting a watermark... Sometimes it took away the joy of posting & sharing.  Since we're so far away from loved ones, I posted all the time on FB, which also has potential issues, but still not to the extent of how often I'd love to share my work.  I guess I'm going to have to figure this out!

WIP Background in Traci Bautista's Doodles Unleashed Class
FYI, it's a FREE class & Traci is Awesome!
Acrylic paints, india ink on 8x10 canvas board

I am currently taking a few classes on-line.  I need to learn to pace myself.  There have been a few times I've gotten in a pickle & not finished a class.   Ha ha, something else to add to "the list" - I don't do resolutions, more goal setting if you will.  I stumbled upon Michelle Ward's current crusade - Make a Tada list.  I am so on that & hopefully it gets posted as another Jan blog post & not a few months down. 

I promise to not be a stranger on my own blog!

Happy New Year!  This was Kuwait on New Year's Day

Love & Lucky 13

I had a bizzar last week full up life's ups & downs.  I never posted this & I want to, so better late than never!

13 years ago I married the love of my life.  I always talk about fate & God & how we were meant to be.  After graduating from college I picked up & moved to Mobile, AL for a new job & life.  I didn't know a soul.  I even laugh now because the job I turned down was a buying job in Miami, FL.  Anyone who knew me back then would have pegged me for the Miami job.  But 13 years, 2 boys, 2 dogs 7 states & 2 countries later I love you as much now as I did when it all began.  Thanks to my hubby I never turned out to be a broke bitter single gal with a bunch of designer shoes chewed up by my untrained dog.  I love you sweetheart!

Join Us at the Trashion Show

Last year I attended this show as a judge, spectator & whatever else they needed me for.  I'm happy to say the 2nd annual Trashion Show will be tomorrow night at the Holiday Inn Salymia.  All proceeds benefit women in need here in Kuwait.

I'll be working with Trash to Treasure again this year as a photographer.  I have not had any sort of sneak peek of the work & cannot wait to see it.  My volunteer work has been more behind the scenes & unfortunately has been placed on the back burner of late date.  I hope to one day be as involved as I used to.

The pictures that follow are from last year's event.  The last photo is of my good friend Cheryl Spessert.  She was one of the visionaries that began Trash to Treasure.  She is no longer in Kuwait but she will be at  the event in spirit.  

Come out & see the show Tuesday November 1st at the Holiday Inn Salymia at 7pm.  Tickets are available at the door.  

Perspective Series: Looking Up

I've been on a photography roll lately.  I wanted to do a series of posts on perspectives.  My favorite challenge of photography is finding that perspective that tells the story you may not see right away.  The first one is looking up...

All these photos were taken in Athens last year.  I did not post many photos from our trip & really should have.  I have some beautiful shots - not to mention silly ones of the boys.  They were bored to death of all the "old stuff".  (Note: the photos without captions are because I can't find my notes on the names of the actual places.  Sad!)

Acropolis

 My favorite shot of the Acropolis 

Acropolis

Acropolis - notice the scaffolding on the side - there was some major work going on while we were there

Acropolis

I have a fascination with looking up & shooting a picture.  What do you see when you look up?

I'll have more pictures "looking up" in Kuwait.

Blue

Blue Flower Doodles WIP 8x10 canvas panel - ink

WIP crochet necklace with Czech firepolish beads

Blue WIP 3x12 gallery canvas - acrylics

I've been thinking a lot lately.  There has got to be an end to these feelings.  3 1/2 months of emotions due to all the change came piling on me this week.  I feel like I'm at a crossroads - roll up in a ball & disappear or take the bull by the horns & run.

Blue Flower Doodles WIP  detail