The Life and Times of a Part Time Dreamer....

Lists , Lists, endless lists. Things to do, stuff to wash, errands to run, stuff to buy. Why do most of my to do lists end up costing me everything in my wallet? I've really come to hate money, I don't even get to see most of the money I make. I just take a piece of paper with numbers on it to the bank so they can do some elementary math and add more numbers to my other numbers. This world seems to run on how many numbers you have. And the person with the most numbers gets the most power. It's like some sick Math game designed to melt your brain. All it would take would be some technical malfunction to add of subtract a few zeros from the end of your number stack and then all of a sudden you're sunk, or sitting pretty. Need I say more?

Some of you may be aware that my Birthday has come and gone and in honor of my birthday I would like to share with you a creation of mine.  I was gifted my very own set of Magnetic poetry from one of the wisest and most wonderful people I know. I'm not quite sure what to call this poem, but it did bring to my attention my tendency to simply put pretty words together without any for thought on what exactly I was trying to create. Never the less it did turn out rather interesting. Also here is an update on my fairy ball drawing. It seems to be coming together nicely although I will admit I don't like having my color range limited by my amount of colored pencils. I believe a trip to the store is in order.

My family Went down to Manti for our crazy HUGE family reunion this passed weekend. On our way down we made  a few pit stops which made up for all the craziness that would follow with gathering all of my insane family together. We stopped to see the location of the Golden Spike which is the place where the transcontinental Rail Road finally came together. There were families of swallows there to gawk at all the tourists coming through. I'm sure we made for quite the interesting site as we all filed into the visitors center. We passed though the visitors center to the train tracks where the replicas of the two original trains stood facing each other. My sisters took the opportunity to show their true feelings for each other. While the rest of us took in the sites to be had. My younger cousins had a blast wearing their new engineer hats and listening for trains with their ears to the track. After the Golden spike, we stopped for lunch and an incredibly huge hot dog at a gas ...

My dear family took a trip around the river a few weeks ago on a lazy Sunday evening to once again acquaint ourselves with the out doors since we still aren't used to the fact that everything isn't covered in snow. So we packed up the baby, put on our walking shoes and made it our mission to make some new discoveries. While walking we found that the benches placed around the river were strangely artistic. After reading the inscriptions we realized it was part of a city project called "Art you can sit on". Original right? Paw prints and strange rocks.  Some actually looked like benches while others were designed as fish hooks, paper air planes, or other strange doo dads. On one side of the river there were masses of people gathered to feed the wild life.  Ducks, Geese, and several seagulls were gathered for the evening feeding session. Baby Bro had a blast squeaking and pointing at these new water creatures that were now part of his discovered world.  But a...

Begin the insanity right away so you don't have to wait. this include finding pop grass and having a tweeting war in your cousins face.  Make one giant wish after another with the giant grandpa dandelions.  Remember that it only works if you do it in one breath. and to let your little  girl cousins dance in the flying fairy fuzzies. Enjoy the view form your perch ( don't forget to look for a way home). Realizing just how small you are in the vastness of this earth really puts things in perspective.  Document the moment of truth when you realize that your shadow reflects not only your outer self but your inner glory as well.  Snack on the prickly pears who decide to attack your socks as you walk by.  and don't forget to take a break to eat your fruit snacks.  Catch a butterfly or two.  Contemplate the beauty of the path you're on ( or sneeze, whichever is more convenient). And at last follow that little gray rabbit in a waistcoat down a hole ...

TAP TAP Hello in there, it's nice to to see you today. how did you get your hair to stand that way? No. Really. I want to know. I'm truly very impressed, And I do admire your interesting dress. So Dear, It's a nice day. Is it better over there? I mean other than your clothes and hair. Dishes done? Laundry away? Any pressing engagements? Bills paid with cash to spare, no towering rent? A visit? May I join you? In your strange backwards world, where it doesn't matter if your hair is curled. No then? Alright I guess. You'll go when I walk away. But I'm glad we took time to talk today.

This world can be an ugly place. Not so much because of the physical junk that we humans seem to think we need to put on this green earth, instead it can be ugly because of the stupid stuff that we people put each other through. Vengeful words, Irrational work loads, Abusive teasing, Spiteful actions, Physical injury, Racial Prejudice, Lying, Cheating, Thievery, why do we inflict such emotional and physical turmoil on our fellow man? Is it because we see that as the only way to make life fair? If I'm going to be hurt, then I will hurt others as well just so we're all even and we all hurt. How does that solve anything? It doesn't. But then, those of us who refrain from dishing what we've been dished often get walked on for it. Curse you life and your unfairness! I take comfort in the goodness of those few people out there.