Fall, Halloween and Purgatory

I hope everyone had an awesome Halloween.  Ours was great!.   The big kid ran around the neighborhood with friends and we parked the little one in front of the candy bowl.  We handed out bowl after bowl of sugary-over marketed goodness.  We attempted the trick or treat thing but it didn’t really work.  Jude was perfectly happy mooching out of our own candy bowl. Fall is officially my new favorite season. (I gave up on spring when we only got a few weeks of awesomeness and then it hit 100.)  Right now everything is cool crisp and changing colors!  It is beautiful and quiet here in suburban North Texas.  I’ve done little things here and there that I will try to blog about, but mostly the days have been filled with keeping up with the family.

As usual, I’m having energy problems. I dont have enough.  Sometimes our days can get hectic with everyone having such a crazy schedule.  I have to keep up wit hall of them and feel a little dizzy at times.  However, I am still trying to be more relaxed and let the holiday season roll up.  Next up…Thanksgiving….Oh gawd I am tired already! 😉  The season is upon is and there will be tons of things to get ready for…. Did I mention that I have an energy problem?

In the studio news…. Is there any?!  There are many things I wish I could be doing in my studio and in the garden right now; however, I feel like I am in limbo.  To spill the beans, we are in the process of buying some property that would allow for REAL studio space!  I can’t tell you how excited we are.  The snag is that, as with most of the real estate in our newer area, it is a short sale situation.  I don’t have the heart to explain the stress of a short sale, or what it even is if you don’t know, so here is a link.  I will let Wikipedia do the job.   Needless to say, purchasing this home has been a very stressful and long task.  I feel like we are in purgatory and nothing is getting done or progressing untill we have a closing date or even a final answer.  We are in the last stage right now where we are jsut waiting on final approval from the investors.  We are mainly trying to keep positive and hang in there and be patient… The patience thing is really hard!

So that is where we are at right now in Wenderflonia Land.  The holidays are coming up and am in the craft making mood.  I’ll get to blogging more.

On pins and needles, but still yours.

Wenders

Get with the busyness

This is the time of year that I get the itch to get super organized.  Cooler weather means less reluctance to do things.   The summer heat no longer represses me with an iron fist of swelteringness.   Also, October starts the months of busyness, and if I don’t clean out the hall closet now there will be chaos supreme by Thanksgiving.  I am positive of it.  Coming up we have birthdays galore, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas to look forward to.  And for some reason, I am especially excited about all these things this year.   I am feeling down-right festive.  Why, I even decorated the porch for Halloween…by me I mean I went to Target and bought the stuff for Parkers to decorate with.  I hope to post some outstanding pics once we get it spooky enough.  With the purchase of a fog machine and a black light we just may have done it!   There are so so many things going on this week and next that I must must must stay on top of the photo thing!  I am so behind! Wish me luck.

OK, now to get right on top of that.  I have full confidence in myself that I wont just lie down and cuddle with the dogs and just read a trashy novel……

Mainly because that spot is already taken.

Love,

Wenders

Before It is Gone

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If all this cold and rain is any indication, my beautiful garden is soon to be a victim of winter.  Despite the spoils of the season, I love this time when the air is crisp and the first sign of dropping leaves emerge. I am still conflicted with sadness, as I see the flower babies that I nurtured all summer begin to fade away.  I definitely need to get outside with the camera more and capture the last hoorah.

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