my secret addiction!

 yes, I have an addiction and it's not my fault!! I blame my nephew Christopher; not the adult he's grown into but the child he was. When he was 4 or 5 he wanted Legos for his birthday. Being the good Aunt I tried to be I found him a Lego Pirate Ship at the now defunct Toys R Us and to my surprise it was on sale so I got one for me! I discovered that I loved building with these little plastic bricks, I was amazed at the way the instructions showed you how to create this design and I was hooked...

I don't even know how many sets I have...

Currently I am building this...the graveyard and the beginnings of the first floor are taking shape!

love when Thursday is Friday

 I was on vacation all last week so getting back to work on Monday was a little rough. Don't get me wrong, I love my job but sometimes doing it wears me out! I basically look at the work done by others and fingers crossed hope everything is correct. I hate when I find errors but it happens. This being said it's been a rough week so I'm really happy that tomorrow is my Friday on Thursday!!!

Meow!!!

 Just found out today is Global Cat Day!! Living in a house of 6 family cats, 6 carport cats and 7 community cats makes this an important day in my family!

For most of my life I've had a cat, when I was 4 years old I got Lisa, she lived to an ornery 20 years old. Mom had BJ who had kittens and I adored Tippy and Lurch, later to be joined by Jezebel, Remi, Spike, Jake, Scootie, Tink, Belle, Max, Chaz, Roi, Rascal and Sweet Pea.

This year we lost Gandalf on March 9th and the best boy ever Gus on April 3rd.

Oddly, today is also Boss's Day and my wonderful boss is even more addicted to cats than my household. I've actually lost count of how many cats/kittens she has at this moment!!

handsome Harry Cat

Fun with Friends

Drove to Orlando for a day with my co-workers! We started the morning at Painting with a Twist, we all painted a night scene with a full moon, a star-filled sky, water and palm trees! Then we went to the Rainforest Cafe at Disney Springs for lunch. We finished our day at TopGolf, didn't think I'd like golfing but this was a lot of fun! I made a stop on my way home at White Castle for a suitcase of the delicious little sliders!! made my mom very happy.

Life goes on

  Feeling very good about this week, I've gotten a few things done...I mailed a box to a dear friend in North Carolina, got rid of some boxes in storage, made Pops happy with his own forever copy of Microsoft Word, finally got a new computer named Tigger, cleaned up my office area, listened to more of "Dead Mountain", even found that Preston and Childs were intrigued by the 1959 true story about the hikers in Russia.

Nice thing about getting a new laptop is I found pictures I haven't seen in over 6 years!!

here's the first picture I ever saw of Hiccup!!

more to come!

Read the words

I love music, songs, some of them hold such wonderful meanings and messages. I've been a bit down and perplexed by others and on my way to work this morning I turned on my Ipod and heard this song. The words spoke volumes to me and maybe I won't have to unfriend some people on Facebook.


"Close Your Eyes"

Everybody's on the same page
No new chapters
We'll never change

Everybody wants to be cool, yes they do...
And I'm just like them
But I won't be no fool

I guess I could waste all my time and my money, just trying to look right
But it doesn't change who I am in my heart if I look like a dime

So I want you to close your eyes
Sing to the world tonight
And show them what's beautiful
I don't care what they think
No, I'm not listening
'Cause I know I'm beautiful
So close your eyes

(Sh-sh-show them what's beautiful sh-sh-show them what's beautiful)
Come and show them... Uh... Hey...
(Sh-sh-show them what's beautiful
Sh-sh-show them what's beautiful)

Everybody's born to be different
That's the one thing that makes us the same
So don't you let their words try to change you
Don't let them make you, into something you ain't... No!

So I want you to close your eyes
Sing to the world tonight
And show them what's beautiful
I don't care what they think
No, I'm not listening
'Cause I know I'm beautiful
So close your eyes

(Sh-sh-show them what's beautiful)

Show the world the you inside
Raise your voice and close your eyes
'Cause you're beautiful...
Come on and show the world the you inside
Raise your voice and close your eyes
'Cause you're beautiful...

So I want you to close your eyes
Sing to the world tonight
And show them what's beautiful
I don't care what they think
No, I'm not listening
'Cause I know I'm beautiful
So close your eyes

Life...

so far this year my goals haven't worked out, well, I have kept up my reading but the photo challenges haven't gone the way I planned. Think I'll just wing the photos, currently I'm spending my Sunday mornings seeking all the Clearly People in Lakeland.

I'm also going to start a new blog, something very personal, a journey of healing.