Okay I admit I am a little bit of a pack rat. I took to making my housemates and guests keep the wrappers from these nice italian biscuits because I was sure I could make an art project of the waxy decorative papers that each were individually wrapped in.  So this week I started pulling out ribbons I had saved from Christmas gifts this year (nice clothe ones, not plastic bows. And low and behold they helped me make some beautiful cards this week! I am up to about 15. Nice paper on sale, recycled ribbons from Christmas gifts and … Continue reading Recycled ribbons

My friend put this article on FB so I have stolen it to bloggy about it. My leadership coach with work made me read the book The Tipping Point as my sole thing to think about for my personally development plan for the year awhile back because he was convinced I was one of the three people in the book, a connector that this article below is talking about. I read it and laughed. It was SO true. It was interesting to think about how I “do” life verses how many other people I knew who did life and learning maybe … Continue reading Connectors

In case you can’t see clearly enough. The limp thing that looks like an oddly shaped soaked sweater is the cover for my hot water bottle. Not once but twice now I have woken in the morning to my bed being soaked because hte hot water bottle decided to have a slow leak all night. I came in tonight after being out of the house most of the day to step in a puddle on my floor.  Yes a puddle.  The slow leak in my bed last night wasn’t enough. It continued to leak all day long onto the floor … Continue reading The evil water bottle