when my friend, Kel, invited me to blog. Yah. She knows I have wayyyy too much to say. Blame it on my Scotch-Irish German Italian Anglo Saxon French hair-itage. Or... you could blame it on my parents. Or my grandparents. I hear tell that they all are fascinating folks. I'll give a run-down on them another blog.
In the meantime- suffice it to say...
I like to scrap
I like to stamp.
I like to effervesce.
I like music. All kinds.... I'm currently listening to: Itzhak Perlman, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, John Mayer, Carly Simon, the Chieftans, Beethoven, Al Caiola (Italian Street Music), The Corrs, Jackson Browne, Herb Alpert, Tracy Chapman, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Eva Cassidy, the Eagles, Luther Vandross, the Spinnrs, Rod Stewart and some Pipe Organ classics. Think eclectic. Yeah. That's pretty much me. Just don't make me listen to country. I break out in hives. Well- I can handle blue-grass and folk music just fine.. like Allison Kraus and Crystal Gayle... I'm just not into the twangy stuff. Uhh... send me over the edge.
Now-- to the things that really define me.
Wife. Yup. Almost 23 years now. Married to my best friend. Sowed our wild oats together. We grew up together. In God's great plan- I may have made some rash decisions. One of which was to get married and FAST! Well, He made sure and picked out the absolute right-est guy in the world for me. AND... He provided the greatest mother-in-law ever. Yup. Love my mil. Would follow her to the end of the earth... or Colorado if she happened to be going in that direction.
If you are familiar with the father of the Reformation movevment, Martin Luther-- he said a great thing about the institute of marriage. Now- remember! He's a former Catholic priest marrying an ex-nun.. cuz- well, cuz there wasn't anybody else left to marry her (she's a bit of a intellect and not necessarily a beauty is Katherine) ... and it had been decided the right thing to do for all these ex-church officials to be in the state of marriage.
Anyway- his quote: "There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company.. than a good marriage." Martin Luther, 1483-1525 Isn't that AWESOME! And, I'm living it!
One of the benefits of the marriage covenant is: children. Yup. I'm a mommy. Our son-- a bona fide miracle is a college freshman and is.. get this... NICE! He is a classic Renaisance kind of young man.. full of the aspirations of the young and the dreams of glory and honor of a more chivalrous age. If you guess that he's one of my favorite scrap subjects you'd be right!
Chocolate. It's a vegetable! It's a narcotic! It's what's for lunch! Cocoa is a healthy portion of every house wife's psyche. Haven't had any today... get some.
Pets. Marmalade orange & Vanilla and 20 years old- that's Bill Yes. I said 20 years old. He has a fascinating story about his survival from day one of his life. a Black Panther like kitty named "Black"... what else? Samson, blind-since-birth is a marmalade w/ tabby stripes. Mad Max is a pale fawn with perfect stripes and was actually "saved at the revival".... Males. Every last one of them is a former Tom Cat. OH. excpet for Little Kittley a ferral black. But- she only comes inside if we force her- and then it's with several lacerations and only until she can figure a way to escape... must be the male factor she doesn't like? Yeah. That's gotta be it. And, finally-- the dog. Wrigley is a beautiful black and white pure-bred Ditch. Never heard of "Ditch"? Oh... well.. you see.. the vet really doesn't know what kind he is- but, we got him out of a ditch! Named him for the piece of gum that kid threw out and stuck to my brand-new truck... stopped to get the gum off the paint- and there's a puppy in the ditch. Wrigley is named for the gum. Better than "Bubble Tape" or Dentyne dontcha think?
Let's see... oh.. there's reading, garden appreciation , and birding that are all a daily part of my activities.
And... then... there's my 'rents. Pa"rents" and grandmother. I'm very much a mama's, daddy's, and g-mom's kinda girl. I see them every day since they are now my next door neighbor. Ohhh and yes- dh doesn't mind a bit that he has inlaws for neighbors. It could be worse. Used to be we were sandwiched between the 'rents and a couple of Russians. He used to kid that he didn't know which was worse! Just kidding... we liked 'em all! Truly tho-- having one's loved ones living next door to you and not interferring with your relationship or your daily household events is a blessing-- and one of those things that God just takes care of! I always thot I'd like to live on a compound like the Kennedy's.. now, I do and we are all pretty happy with the situation. We do have to share the dog, tho. But, that's another story.
Now, that I've completely bored you to tears and expressed myself far longer than I had time for... I'll get back to making some cards. You know the game: Paper, Rocks, Scissors? Well- that was just the precursor to SCRAMPING! Scrap + Stamping! Woohooo! Now, to the business at hand!
Yahdda yahdda yahdda.... blah, blah, blah. Comments welcome. Thanks again- Kel!
Silly Sally the Scrampin' Tsarina
monikor thanx to frnd, Dr M... the greatest virtual doc I know. Personally- but, not IRL.
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Oh Sal, you have captured yourself well via the written word! And in such a newsy, humorous manner. No need to keep the day job--you can get out there and compete among the comediennes (note the female version of the word).
And now you've gotten me into this. I never realized I could do it. Been trying hard not to fall...oh well! Such is life. Maybe I need more chocolate... ;)
Keep on writing, and I'll eventually catch up with the reading!!
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