Easter Dinner

My friend Carla invited me over for Easter dinner which was very nice of her.  I love ham dinner and it was yummy.  She is a good friend and very good to me.  The wires got crossed a little bit in that when I said yes she assumed I was going to church with her also.  She is Christian and usually we stay away from the topic since me being gay and a Catholic puts me one step below Satan and one step above the man that crucified Jesus.  I also am not that fond of Christians and the touch of superiority they exude.  In any case it is a good example of seeing the good in someone.  She has plenty of other awesome aspects to her and I guess I must too so that is what we focus on.  After dinner we went swimming with he two nephews and niece so I was a great afternoon all around.  It was not my family but it was nice to spend Easter in a family atmosphere.  She is very good to me.

Tax Day - Pay Up

Best I could do on not a very fun day of the year - yeeech.

Time to Get Going

Isn't this so cool???  I have been playing more and more with writing text on my photos.  Such a simple thing but it has me so excited!  I am thinking that maybe I will make a whole collection of photos with captions and then make a video since I have not made one in a long time.  What has me most excited is that I feel creative again.  It is like I have been dormant for the winter and now spring is here and I am waking up.

Before and After

My friend Carla always takes awesome pictures and sends them to me because she know how excited I get over them.  Last week it was a beautiful day and she sent me the above picture.  I loved it as I was having a tough week and it reminded me how awesome things are regardless, you just need to see it.  Getting this picture reminded me to stop and look up and see how fantastic of a day it was.  It was a fantastic day before getting the picture but it was not until I got the picture that I actually put my challenges aside and saw and appreciated that it was a good day.  On top of that I knew right away that I would be able to use this to make sure my friends also know they are appreciated.

On Saturday I took Carla's photo and modified it just a little bit.  I have been working out how to write on pictures and have it be legible.  I think I am getting it down so that pleases me.  I then texted this message out to a bunch of friends and included a personal note to each.  I know simple it is but it pleases me to be thought of and I wanted to spread some pleasure, appreciation and smiles to friends I was thinking of.  Now I am sharing it was those that do not text.  I hope you have a great day.  I am going to work on remembering to look up and see that it is a great day.  I hope when you see this you look up too.  Be good.

Max

This week was a very odd week.  In the thick of it is hard to see past the storm but I know I am moving forward still some how.  So instead of going on about all that I wanted to introduce Max.  My friend Debbie adopted him and I cannot get over how cute he is!  She said he is very friendly and loves going on walks.  I am so excited.  I am sure this furball is going to bring her plenty of joy which makes me happy.

Klutz

Ebay helps me while I am in my temporary holding pattern.  It helps me keep my time productive and earns me money but also it gives me the thrill of discovering treasure and seeing what profit I can turn it into.  Although I give in every so often, I do well at not getting treasures for myself and not filling my home to the brim.  I got some shirts, ties and shoes for my part time job and get compliments on them.  The compliments are good but then the customer thinks we sell them but we don't LOL.  A couple weeks ago I unearthed this awesome Waterford ornament egg.  It was made in 2004 and was in mint condition.  It still had the original box, packaging, labels, price tag,  and booklet - all for just $3 when full retail was $45 - cha ching!  Of course I saw profit in it immediately, especially being Easter time, but in addition it was so bright and shiny and mesmerizing that I just loved it.  I really am not that materialistic but I can appreciate beauty, even more so when it is shiny!  I need the profit so I just take enjoyment in finding the treasure, enjoying it THE SHORT while it is in my home, then shipping it off to someone that will love it.  This is all a great story so far right?  Well another one of my bad habit is that I drop things - very often.  I always have and it used to cause me so much stress but i know although it does not make me happy to drop things, it is not the end of the world.  As I was taking photos of this stunning turquoise ornament, I dropped it.  My floors are all tile - SMASH.  It literally tumbled from my hand in slow motion and although I knew what the end result would be I did think to myself as it was falling, "Maybe it won't smash to pieces".  Of course it did smash to pieces.  I was disappointed but not devastated.  I will find other treasures to sell.  I did however feel badly that this wonderful creation survived in awesome condition for 10 years and yet only 72 hours in my hands.  It just was not meant to be.  I have turned many items into profit and will turn something else into profit.  I used to get really harsh judgement over dropping things but recently while Matt was here I dropped something and broke it.  Matt just looked at me like, "Oh well crap happens, it is not the end of the world" and you know what, it is not.  Although I get very excited over nice things and labels, this proves I am not materialistic.  I know, believe and feel that breaking an item is not the end of the world.  Tomorrow the sun comes out and I will smile and there is no breaking that.  Not only that but even though it was swept up and put in the trash, I have these photos so I still have it and it will remain perfect in them.