Ridiculous ideas. They usually don't seem ridiculous at the time, and if you have any initial doubts, you tend to squelch the part of you that wants to nay-say and embrace the foolish hopeful portion that says "Grand idea! Why didn't I think of that?!"
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Friday, November 8, 2013
Ridiculous Ideas & Photos to Prove It
Ridiculous ideas. They usually don't seem ridiculous at the time, and if you have any initial doubts, you tend to squelch the part of you that wants to nay-say and embrace the foolish hopeful portion that says "Grand idea! Why didn't I think of that?!"
Thursday, August 2, 2012
The Year of Living Pinterestingly: Segment One
This is an hilarious character created by Allie Brosh of http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com |
My name is Lisa and I've succumbed to Pinterest.
I soak up all its visually stimulating, time sucking glory. I'm a visual learner and a non-creative copycat. So when I see something visually pleasing, and want to go to there, I think, "How hard can it be? Couldn't I make that?" <<----Rhetorical questions, Steve. But if you have to answer them, try: 1. Not that hard, sweetheart. and 2. You could make that and I'd be glad to help you!
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So, when he stopped talking, we were off and running!
Weeks, hundreds of dollars and priceless quality bonding time later, we were done! Since I don't have much photo documentation for this project (ALWAYS document! ALWAYS document!), I'll post a sort-of-during and much-after photo and let the reader decide.
The sort-of-during photos of our sad, lonely toilet room makeover |
The much-after-photo of our toilet room with magical floating shelves and no memory of the chaos that ensued to reach this point. |
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Not Sure Yet
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Through the Elephant
A year-in-the-life is a journey through elephant bowels. It is dark, you're all squished and surrounded by poo and all you want is to make it out the other end in tact, and able to see daylight.
Monday, December 27, 2010
2010 Almost a Wrap
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
I've Been Meaning to Do That
Besides trying for "way too long" to figure out how to add copious
pictures to my blog (unsuccessful), I have a jumble of things I've been meaning
to do. Here it is--possibly in list form--so I can check off each completed
goal, or more likely: later refer back to, lament how it’s still undone and
contemplatively decide if it’s still worthy of my time.
1. Finish Sara's toddler clothes quilt I smugly started 12 years ago.
(It waits, nicely folded in my art closet next to the sewing machine I
bought myself for my 33rd birthday.) Happy graduation, Sara! Perhaps you could
reach another milestone worthy of a toddler-clothing scrap quilt once I finish
it!
2. Take photos outside early in the morning. (seems like a good idea for
differences in light and shadow, but insert reasoning for not doing here: )
3. Alter a book with all those gathered collage pieces I’ve meticulously cut
out of magazines, and even purchased from the “ephemeral” section of ebay.
4. Organize my art room (formerly known as “the office”) so I can attack
aforementioned projects.
5. Stop obsessing over dog and cat hair covering every inch of my home.
6. Get new carpeting to get a fresh start on the dog/cat hair thing.
7. The snow on the tree outside is so beautiful in the sunshine right now, that
I shall take a photo forthwith. Brrrrr, got it. If I can figure how to post
photos, check number 2 off this list even though it’s nearly ten-thirty.
8. Read more books from the Newbery winners and/or classics.
9. Become more technologically adept, or hire/cajole someone to turn my
thoughts into words and pictures on my attempt at a blog. (Alexander comes to
mind—he could make this blog thing work with his eyes closed!)
10. Sketch out funny thoughts as comics and try to soak up some of Sara’s
talent for visual artistry.
11. Convince Sara to publish her exquisite drawings, paintings, comics and
observations because she is a comic and artistic genius.
12. Always have Pandora music in the background—Pandora knows what I’m all
about and will feed me inspirational sounds.
I will stop at 12 “Things I’ve Been Meaning to Do” (or is twelve Things-I’ve-Been-Meaning-to-Do
?) Damn. There’s another thing on the list: figure out intricacies of
punctuation and titling. bluurrrgghhh!