This Portland weather is dismal at best.
It's grey. Or it is gray?
Funnel clouds. Hail storms. Chilly. Dark.
It's made me lose focus, mojo, creativity, motivation.
Blah.
So, I spent my night looking for a creative, cheerful shot in the arm. I went to bright, cheerful and far, far away and then back to 'old school'.
New, cheerful & Happy!
Happy Harris. How can you NOT be happy reading the blog of a woman NAMED Happy?
My "go to girls":
Michelle Geller. One of the sweetest women ever. I met her at my old job way back in the day and she instantly had my heart. One of my favorite days ever was a road trip to an art class with her. What a day! She's been a kind supporter of me at both Poppy & Ivy and Found on Fremont.
And Sadie Olive. I had contacted her about 2 months back to re-vamp my blog header, but I think I need to see where the next few months take me. Where my path is leading off to. Because I am one up in the air lady right about now. I feel like a bag has been put over my head and someone is spinning me wildly before allowing me to take a swing at a pinata. And at times I feel like I AM the pinata!
Rebecca Sower. Clean. Crisp. The marrying of home, family, craftiness. My dream? Where I thought I was headed. Where I hope to head of to again.
Jenni Bowlin. Crafty Queen. Color & class.
These are all the gals I started reading and following YEARS ago. WAY back in my years at Art House (a local scrapbook shop). They make me feel grounded and ---comforted! Women I looked up to, who made me think I could take off and make something really really wonderful if I blended everything I loved.
I have never hidden that change is not my friend. And I am a fast decision maker. I do not care for lollying about, no real answers. I like schedules, plans and a routine. All of that has gone HAYWIRE. With teen kids, husband, work, all the traveling (a GREAT thing...LOVELY thing, but SO much of it!),yard upside down--nothing feels like it's properly in place. I need to adjust to that I suppose. Seems that at 40 years of age, I could adjust a bit better than I do. I can own that.
So, tonight I think that my old school "secret mentors" and new school poppiness helped bring me around.
Tomorrow is going to be GOOD! I think I just needed the peace of kids, animals & husband fast asleep while I journeyed my little world of blogs! I suppose I should be happy that my "problems" can be fixed with such a simple counteractant!
Cheers to a really good Thursday. And maybe sun? A pinch? Even a shadow would suffice!
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