Saturday
Waning Gibbous Moon in Libra > Scorpio/10:09 p.m. PST


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"I shut my eyes in order to see." - Paul Gauguin
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Have you ever noticed when you cannot remember something you shut your eyes or cover your eyes in the process of remembering what you needed to remember?

I do this quite a bit lately as it seems I can't remember words or a grouping of words. It really irritates me when this happens. Sometimes I have to ask my husband to help me remember. This doesn't always bring the results I'm looking for. Still, I feel that it is good to shut my eyes and allow my brain to come forward to show me what it is I am looking for.

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I want art in my life!

I can't believe with the gift of the artist's sketch book, what is coming from my fingers. I am drawing. I am also entreating Michael to share his knowledge of what he knows about art. So far so good.

I am also beginning to read the newsletters from About.com on drawing and sketching. I need to expand my horizons.

Then I will call my darling sister to enquire of her art knowledge. She is the artist in the family. She is truly an inspiration for me and a good role model when it comes to art.

Then I need to watch the papers for free or low cost art classes.

Until then I am doodling my way through my art book and enjoying myself.

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Today has been a strange day. Instead of sunshine it has been overcast.

That said, we decided today would be a good day to get our laundry done.

There weren't many cars in the parking lot when we arrived but a lot of the machines were full. I was able to find two together and another around the corner from where my first two were.

Next thing I know, the next wave of people wanting to do laundry arrived. They were not too happy about the arrangement of open machines. Luckily, I didn't freak out with a change in my orderly life, and worked with what is. This is a big break for me. Then my darling husband arrived back from his errands and assisted me in taking care of the clothes in the dryer.

Before I knew it, two baskets were folded, the third was folded at home and clean sheets on the bed. Yea!

Now let the rains come down, we have clean clothes.

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Night Owls

Lately this week I have been staying up late with that husband of mine to watch Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, and Carson Daly. Some nights are good and others are a yawn.

But staying up this late, means I don't get up until between 10 to 11 a.m. I'm not sure what this is doing to my taking of my diabetic medications. I kind of feel I am losing a part of my day only because I'm doing my stuff later in the day. Is there anything wrong with that?

Still, I don't seem to have the energy that I have in the morning. I guess I am still processing what it means to not be working. I don't have to be some place by 8 a.m. My time is my own. Like for today, I am happy that I got the laundry done and that man of mine got some errands done.

Tomorrow we will have other tasks to accomplish. Like for me is to take care of my filing and then to take care of the end of year filing. Oh my, that gives me a headache. I know, break it down into baby steps.

Well it seems I am rambling so I shall end here.

I hope everyone has had a lovely Saturday.

mz. em

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Currently reading:

-- "Possession - A Romance" - A. S. Byatt

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"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." - William Penn, English entrepreneur and philosopher



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