Inherent Passion

I have nearly come up for air. It’s been a very long 2 weeks for me. I have over-committed at school, at home, and at work. I am tapped. To top it all off I have been really quite sick with my sinus infection / cough and FINALLY yesterday these antibiotics felt like they were kicking in. I feel close to human again today. Luckily the weather has totally sucked and there has been no need to be out in my garden. All that should change tomorrow. I have lots of things to plant. Lots of things. Like $400 worth of things that I bought at the big school fundraiser. Yikes! But we are really trying to pull the landscaping together in hopes of maybe selling this house next spring. I have dreams of a house with 2 bathrooms and a big lilac bush. I am fairly easy to please. And that way I won’t have to sneak down the alley and cut lilacs off the neighbors bush…

If I can make it through this weekend (way over-booked) then I can really start to focus on work, which is where my focus needs to be. But life has a way of throwing things at me, so we shall see…

In the meantime, I am really looking forward to THIS! And THIS!! And THIS!!!!

Filed under: Daily, Work, Life with Children, Movies on May 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

When we bought our house in Dec 2005, one of the very first things I worked on was getting the veg patch spot ready. It’s morphed a bit over the last 2.5 years. Last spring it looked like this.

This spring I convinced the hubby that I needed raised beds, so he got behind the project and came up with this plan.

Tomorrow the soil is arriving to fill them up and this time next week, they will be all planted up. I’m thinking bush cucumbers in the biggest flattest bed. Some beans, some peppers (which I’ve never had luck with, so wish me luck), some sweet potatoes, some carrots, some broccoli, some other stuff. I love the veg patch!

The tomatoes go into another patch, and hubby is constructing me a trellisless-trellis so as soon as that happens I will show you all. There is also another patch just for the herbs. Right now there is garlic, thyme, mint and oregano. In a couple of weeks the basil and rosemary will go in and some onions as well.

So if you’re inviting yourself over for dinner, I’d say mid- to late- July is your best bet!

Filed under: Dig Dirt Tuesdays on May 5th, 2008 | 9 Comments »

“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm wollen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with string…” containing any of these items from my Etsy favorites…

Etsy Buy Handmade

Filed under: Daily, Fun stuff on April 30th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I am in super-hyper-overdrive these days. Mostly stuff going on with the boys school, but also the Good Green Business and The Movie and gardening season is upon us and although I resisted the call of the garden for as long as I could, I eventually had to go out there and separate the weeds from the plants, the trash from the dirt. I have new friends through the boys’ school friends and it’s so wonderful to socialize with people who have kids that my kids want to socialize with. I’ve been keeping up a bit with my blog and occasionally reading other peoples blogs. Oh yeah, and I’m in a book club…

All this is FABULOUS! My life feels full, my kids only mildly neglected, the husband only moderately neglected and the dog more neglected than the rest but still very much loved. But this quote I read today caused me pause.

“The body has its own way of knowing, a knowing that has little to do with logic, and much to do with truth, little to do with control, and much to do with acceptance, little to do with division and analysis, and much to do with union.” ~Marilyn Sewell

I have a cough that is raging out of control. Ciaran has the same cough only not so frequently and debilitating as mine. I have been ignoring it for the better part of a month now, thinking if I don’t pay it any mind it will leave me for want of a more attentive host body. Instead, it has decided to increase its insistence on attention. A friend asked the other night if my tubuculosis had flared up. Um, yes. It has.

Some of you may know, some of you may not, that I have a chronic case of the sinusitis. It is not fun. It has been antibioticed, surgeried, naturopathed, allergy tested, gluten intolerance tested. The.Whole.Nine.Yards. Nothing has seemed to really make a long term and lasting difference.

So an osteopath walks into the room…no really…at the dinner party I was at last Friday night. We had a nice conversation and I’ve decided to let him try his voodoo magic on me. He claims to possibly be able to provide some relief. Let’s see what happens. I’m all for trying everything. Like that one time, I went into the heart of the bayou and searched out the sea witch to cure that which ails me. She could bring Cap’n Jack back from World’s End, but couldn’t save me from the sinus abyss.

Filed under: About, Daily, Quotes on April 29th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

How can I not but feel like Theoden on the cusp of the battle of Helm’s Deep I ask you?

Lurking in the shadows like the orcs of Moria I have found a pile of poopified underwear stuffed into the closet of the youngest one for fear of retribution by his father for his current inability to either a) make it to the bathroom on time or b) wipe accordingly if he does.

If that weren’t enough, no longer is Saruman breeding Urukai in the bowels of Orthanc, but rather in the left-over containers in the bowels of my refrigerator. With Mithrandir and the might of Lysol I have done by best to take them all down. But the smells during the process were enough to send even the bravest of hobbits back into his hole in the ground.

The fridge I will take the blame for. It has been in neglect for far too long. The six year old and the poop-tasticness is not fun, but a truce was called between the six year old and his father and the six year old (hopefully) no longer lives in fear from his father’s wrath over the poop.

For now, we have tried to find a safer path into the heart of Mordor and we shall slay the evil that lurks their somehow, someway…

Filed under: Daily, Life with Children, Family, Movies on April 27th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

We are a high class bunch I tell you!

Thanks to Gillian, Sarah, Erin & Aimee for the fabulous evening!

Last night’s dinner with the bloggers was so much fun. So fun in fact we closed the joint down. We had oodles to talk about and probably had we not all had real lives to get back to could have still been there chatting up a storm. In any event, I was thoroughly amused, inspired and stuffed by night’s end.

We also learned a valuable lesson about India House. Don’t go for dinner, only lunch. And don’t expect anything to happen quickly (good for women getting to know one another - not good for hungry people or diabetics! Hope it wasn’t hard on you Aimee!!).

Here is my feeble attempt at photo blogging the momentous occasion.

Filed under: Daily, Blogs I like, Friends, Fun stuff on April 25th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Thanks Binks for an awesome idea for me to spew forth the randomness that is my brain. I am copying you out right, mild form of plagiarism if you will…

Am having dinner tonight with said Binks, Greebes, Winks and Nova. Simply put, I can’t wait! All of them are cool chicks and I am go to feign coolness in their presence. Or not…

Have started distributing art to the peeps who have made their donations and proven it to me. So kewl!

My new name is The Imposer.

I watered my gardens today so it will surely rain.

I spent $255.50 on plants for said gardens from the advance plant sale fundraiser through the boys’ school. I actually planted 2 of them today (which spurred on the watering) and am so excited for May 1st to plant the others.

I need to schedule my yearly check-up, but I want a new Dr. Anyone have a good OB-Gyn in D-Town that they can recommend?

Also, if OB-Gyn won’t give me Xanax, need to find a good shrink too.

Met Shelby last night at networking event. Buy stuff from her. She is awesome and her stuff is gluten free.

Met someone else last night who was selling jewelry. It wasn’t my favorite jewelry and when she overheard me telling a handbag lady about Etsy, she piped in that she hadn’t had any luck there. I wanted to pipe back that it was because her stuff was ugly, but I held my tongue.

There is something to be said in holding your tongue. You never know when “not saying” something will really be the better option. And make you more friends in the long run. If friends are what you’re going for. If not, then by all means, say whats on your mind, at all times, no matter what and friends be damned.

Have been eating fruit left over from networking event last night all day. The perks of my biz are fruity and delish.

This is a cool thing that Greebes shared with me the other day. Urban Edibles.

Binks shared this on her blog today…and since I am “sharing” ideas with her today I will share this with you. Remember, when you behave a certain way, so will they…

Filed under: Daily, Blogs I like, Life with Children, Environment on April 24th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Well, it’s over. The bidding has end. Results have been tallied. The unofficial total is $681.48 with $325 of that coming from our school! I am just so darn proud of that. Thanks to everyone who made it happen. Especially Aimee!! You ROCK sister and I will give you a big hug and a kiss on Thursday night when I get the honor of meeting you in the flesh!! Well, I guess we’ll be clothed, but I digress…

There was some intense bidding and last minute swoop ins to take very popular pieces. I am going to make the kiddos a little certificate to congratulate them. It really was fun. Next year, when we have time to plan it and get it going, it’s going to be big. We’re going to raise a lot of money. Just you wait and see. In fact, I sense the bigness will be so big that it will actually be a non-profit that we will have full time jobs managing…I may be delirious right now…

Anyhoo, Happy Earth Day Y’all!!

Filed under: Blogs I like, Friends, Life with Children, Family, Fun stuff on April 22nd, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Saturday we filmed my scenes for the trailer of the indie film I have been cast in. The movie is called The Fence. Here is a brief synopsis about the film.

A fence becomes a symbol of hope and communication for those searching for their lost love by the two lovers who were denied theirs. Gibby, hired to build a fence, does not foresee the drama that ensues after he and Mia fall in love. Their heartbreaking story travels. And so the people come. Those searching for ones lost to them.

My character is not part of the unrequited lovers, I play the annoying wife who stands in the way of love. As if that’s ever stopped anyone before! (Just kidding…) Anyway, we are filming the trailer to solicit investors to make the film. Here are some shots from a couple of my scenes. I think Viggo would be proud. Notice those hair extensions. Like a duffus I cut my hair that I had been growing out for the movie. Luckily my BFF is my stylist and we were able to work it out. Whew!

Filed under: Daily, Movies, Fun stuff on April 16th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It definitely feels like a Friday to me, but a heavy one. Tomorrow we are filming my scenes for the movie trailer and I’m a wee bit nervous. Not so much about the acting, but that the horse will just stand there and not even move. I’m sure he’ll do fine but I’m nervous. So, to alleviate my nerves I am stealing a post idea and the comment I left there and gracing my blog with beauty-ful photos today. Riayn made up this top ten celebrities I would get naked with if I could. I thought it might be tough to come up with 10, but I was wrong. So without further ado, I give you my top ten (with a bonus at the end!!).

1. Viggo Mortensen

This shot was taken in 1980. I was 9 that year. He was a manly 21/22. I wrote to my friend that at nine I was madly in love with Danny Zuko (aka John Travolta). But had I known about Viggo I would have been smitten right then.

Here is a shot I have always loved. It was probably taken in the last 5-10 years. Still manly and hot. (insert heavy breathing here).

The there is this one, all wet and manly. (Have I used that word too many times?)

2. Johnny Depp

I had a thing for him before he was Captain Jack. He was amazingly hot in Chocolat but I wasn’t a 21 Jump Street-er. I think my crush started with What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Oh, to have been Mary Steenburgen on the kitchen counter…

3. Keanu Reeves

Yes, it all started with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and it never let up. I really fell hard when Point Break came out and The Matrix sealed the deal. Apparently my brother, who is attending film school in Hollywood bumped carts with him at Ralph’s not long ago. I nearly died of apoplexy when he told me that.

4. Jamie Foxx

Give me a man with a gift for comedy and a body to boot and I am all good. But then throw in his performance in Ray and I am completely over the edge. Have you seen his abs????

5. John Cusack

It was the first time I went for the guy with the brains and the appealing personality when I fell for Lloyd Dobler. And JC so embodied him that I felt an immediate and unending love!

6. Brad Pitt

Like AJ he is obvious and usually not on my list but since I get 10 might as well.

7. Adam Yauch (aka MCA of Beastie Boys fame)

Just love him. Got to meet him in person one and he was lovely. Love his message and his politics too!

8. Sting

Do I need to say why?

9. Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000 of Outkast fame)

He’s a true artist. In so many senses. Love him!

10. Jude Law

I originally had Anthony Kiedis at number 10, but then I found a pic of Jude Law and couldn’t resist. I don’t no if there is anything redeemable about either of them except their looks (Jude) or body (Anthony) other than their artistic abilities but I find them irresistibly hot. Jude wins today.

And I would switch teams for none other than

1. Amy Ray

I obviously have a thing for musicians. I love the tone of her voice, and the passion with which she performs. I do tend to relate more to the lyrics Emily writes (hopeless romantic that I am) but Amy just does something for me.

Filed under: Blogs I like, Movies, Fun stuff on April 11th, 2008 | 9 Comments »