Over the winter break-- just over 2 weeks plus a bit with E's illness, I started watching the show Lost Girl. I highly recommend it. Season 1 and 2 is on Netflix. Season 3 starts all around the world this week. (I know I have been an obsessive slug... 2 seasons, well the first one was short... but yeah, I have been a viewing fiend. Take note, this is rare, that something holds my attention this long.)
In Season 2 Episode 15 -- they end with this song.
I went back to figure out what the song was and am sharing it with you.
Little seems written about the artist. I found this about Benjamin Gonner online. There is a tiny bit more written here.
So enjoy... (strictly speaking, this song really isn't safe for work or quiet coffee houses or small kiddos...)
My New Year starts tomorrow. The kiddos go back to school. I hope to get things kicked into high gear. It really is impossible to really focus on my projects, while focusing on keeping them entertained.
There are going to be some changes. This blog, will likely be one of those changes. I love writing here, but I need some focus and I want to make some changes. It is time.
2013 is symbolic of many changes. It has been a full year and a few months, that I have allowed myself to mourn. Really mourn and to wallow, yes wallow. I cloaked myself in the sadness and the thoughtfulness. And the anger and the disbelief and now, I have come through that. I am ready to start new.
In death there is change and in change there is the chance for greater change and even rebirth or reinvention.
2013 will be full of change.
Be ready.
For now, I will continue to post as I feel the urge. Much of the first part of 2013, will be about me deciding what I want to tackle. Where to focus.
I watched this tutorial and followed her instructions to the letter. It was easy. The results were fantastic.
So I started with the fabric I had purchased for the very special draw string bags I made this fall. Even thought I bought a remnant, it was nearly a yard! I had more than enough for the bag and two pillows.
It is no secret. I am horrible at cutting fabric. So I made a pattern. I followed the instructions in the video and I used an old atlas to make a pattern. It worked like a charm.
After cutting the fabric using my pattern, I hemmed the edges of the fold as instructed and then pinned the back to the front, right sides facing. Then you simply sew the square together. This is so easy.
And they are simply beautiful.
I used a simple silk on the back. So elegant.
I made these for the almost staged living room. The chairs are a great peacock blue velvet. I love them, but wanted a throw pillow. The pillows really have a touch of every color we have going in the living room, which ties it all together very nicely.
This project required no materials, as I had the fabric and the pillow inserts. I would estimate it took me maybe an hour or so, from start to finish.
We can do better America. We can do better. If only we imagine a world drenched in LOVE... not hate and blood...
Children are dying in suburban America. Young girls are being blown up in Afghanistan while collecting firewood. Kids are being crushed in building being blown up in Syria. Children are dying on the streets of America, because they have inadequate health care and lack of food. Children are dying due to the very actions of adults. Adults, who choose selfishness over love and responsibility.
It needs to stop. It must stop... It stops with us... When we stand up and say enough.
I allow Christmas music in the house. Seriously, there are 12 Days of Christmas if you believe that song, so really, I ask you, do we really need to break out the Holiday Tunes the minute the candles burn out in our jack-o-lanterns.
The kids have been teasing me, singing silly changed up versions of Frosty...
E confided that he and Daddy sneaked some Christmas music while I was out of the house with L. His little face was so cute and mischievous.
And L and I discovered that our favorite Christmas song is the same one... Neat-O!
We made this discovery after her modern dance class, where they were preparing a dance to the song. I can't wait to see that!
I think we will all enjoy the music more-- having not OD'd on it in November. Any song gets old after so and so many repeats.
In November L, had this bit of advice for the Xmas music pimp in town.
She drew this the first week of December. For the record, I did not provide any enticement. She formed this opinion on her own.
I think it is fair to say, now on December 12, we are ready for Holiday tunes!
