THE BARBARA SHOW

Books!

2012-02-05T07:02:00.001-06:00

I love books. I love the colors, the designs and the care that goes into the designs and the covers. A books cover can be rich in leathers of gold or deep earthy browns, while others are purples or reds or even those rich greens creating the feel of the 1940s. That's what I feel anyway. I happen to think of the printed fern on the curtain and slipcovered furniture, a filterless cigarette

Perchance to Blog

2012-01-31T09:02:00.001-06:00

I slept in this morning, until way after 7, can't believe it. I just couldn't dream, ha ha, of getting up at 4:30 a. m., when I originally opened my peepers. I was involved in my dream visiting The Pioneer Woman ,on their ranch, we were off lolly gagging somewhere on their zillions of acreage. I know this happened :) because I watched a taped version of The Food Network Show . Who knew a

Back Off Sybil! LOL

2012-01-27T09:28:00.001-06:00

What a week. What a day or two within the week. If next week is like this week then I'm outta here. I have no idea how or where .... I 'm all about taking a hike. That would be my unruly twin talkin' like that. The practical one, she'll stay, work on everything and make it better or adaptable and get on with it. Just once though I'd like to be the other one and take a hike. Be the bad

Part 2-Nothing

2012-01-18T07:12:00.001-06:00

It's a holiday from school today, thanks Martin! I'm making cakes for a friend from school and it's her birthday. She's helped me so much with those pesky little details of Photoshop, as well as other essential aspects of learning Web Design, so I thought I'd bake her a cake for the sacrifice of her time. It was a great excuse to haul out the baking goodies and lose myself in a mound of

Rolling rolling rambling ...

2012-01-10T08:55:00.000-06:00

I haven't the foggiest idea what to write about. This may be a whole post on nothing. I've written them before and my consensus is, if Seinfeld can and he created success from it, then I can write a few measly posts on nothing too. Right now, I'm looking at some clothing which resisted the hangers for a few days, why does this happen? If you have any word concerning this, let me know so I

Cleaning Cycles

2012-01-05T09:14:00.000-06:00

I think I'm starting my spring cleaning early, or if you want to look at it another way..exceedingly late. It started with the Christmas decorations, which by the way, only fit into one tub. I have limited space so that's a "have to". I've been housing my daughters childhood mementos for quite some time, but when they have lived here longer than she has, it's time to go. I need the space. I

Vacation with the Crazies

2011-12-28T12:10:00.000-06:00

Griswold? Christmas? crazy family We had our own kind of crazy family Christmas. Do you want to know who went? Me, my ex husband, his gay bf, our daughter with her bf and his daughter. Our son met us there as did his wife who he is separated with and his new gf. Oh lordy, I've learned to not say I live a dull life and to please make it exciting. Eventually you'll get what you ask

A Matinee' Day

2011-12-19T07:18:00.003-06:00

So.......... do you like the Nutcracker? If you have'nt ever been, and are anxious to attend the latest showing in your town or are planning to go, or may even dread the thought take heart. Swans Black and White Photo from Orlando Ballet Company orlandoballet.org I just saw the Reader's Digest Version, an hour in length and I must say it was much less painless. I'm not knocking the full

Seasoning

2011-12-06T08:47:00.000-06:00

Po tay toe, pota to...hard to get the meaning across on "paper". toe may toe, to ma ta, ha! indeed! How do you say those words? How do you say Merry Christmas? This year Merry Christmas will be the words I utter, not to annoy anyone, it is just an outward expression of me, of my outlook on the season. . I am not kicking politically correctiveness to the side, but when it comes to MY

Move over Moon Doggie

2011-11-22T05:44:00.000-06:00

With all the planning and hustle and bustle, just about everyone sitting down to partake of the festivities at the dinner table will slave over stoves and spend money on too much food for such a short amount of time consuming mass quantities. (that makes me think of The Coneheads lol) Then, we'll promptly fall asleep only to wake up feeling like it never happened, to start all over again only

Heart Confetti

2011-11-12T18:37:00.000-06:00

I spent some time today with friends and was able to experience their version of an outward expression of a personal celebration.. How lucky?...no...this was a blessing, luck had nothing to do with it. I was blessed to witness "vessels" sharing in their good fortune, giving to others without even seeing a surprise on those faces. This filled me with a sense of awe. It was the kind of moment

Freedom, freedom, freedo, freed, free, fre.........

2011-11-05T06:57:00.000-05:00

There is a burr starting to fester, I need to be careful because of my BP. The other reason is who else to do I have to complain to, although using this format helps a little. And with time, it'll pass and something else will annoy me, it's the law of nature. I saw an article about a man who served our country as did his father. He had a flag he wanted to fly on Veterans Day, but the where

Go 'headwithyourbadself

2011-10-31T18:31:00.002-05:00

whoooooo boo ..shreek...aaaaacccckkkkkk.... I bet you're thinking of Halloween...but actually I just got back from my exes house.. JK ....It's that eerie time of year when black cats need to stay hidden and the dentists should be giving discounts for all the extra work they will be getting after the holidays. We're doing them a favor. steve, tonia, gary, & me '73 This used to be my favorite

Wondering

2011-10-23T19:59:00.000-05:00

I feel the need to create, I've joined Pinterest. There are so many ideas on there that I feel like hyperventilating, it causes the creative juices to flow and ....welll....I CAN DO THIS. This could morph into my Christmas tree --but in my room,it could be a family tree if I wanted it to be, it could be an oak but whatever it is, it'll be mine, it may not look quite like that. Hmm, that

I am Geek

2011-10-19T18:14:00.001-05:00

Think Geek! I think you need to know I'm starting to...think like a Geek! I'm getting excited over Photoshop, animation, and for a half a second HTML, but only that. I'm still bruised by that dumb class, I suppose that'll change eventually, but for now, major yuck! I'm even talking like I'm 22. I wish! Duh! If Valley girl syndrome sets in I'm really in trouble, I'll have to run to the

Home Brew

2011-10-11T07:01:00.000-05:00

I was a youngster, asleep, as was the household when suddenly I woke up thinking there was a war going on , it sounded just like machine guns. It happened so fast, I waited listening for more of the same but didn't hear anything else so I went back to sleep. In the morning we found out what the noise was about, my dad, ye old beer maker had had a tub full of Home Brew he had bottled,

Consistency

2011-10-03T15:38:00.000-05:00

Consistency . Does anyone have a clue as to what that is? I need to remind myself of the definition, I suppose. I wrote myself a note a few weeks back, to be more consistent posting to my personal blog. I'm a few days behind my well intended schedule. I write for two other blogs. One for my HOA and the other I have to keep updated for school. This weekend was riddled with good

ISBN withdrawal

2011-09-23T08:05:00.025-05:00

I have a textbook kinda life. I love the acquiring and selling phase of textbooks so much more, it can be very profitable if you know the tricks and the moon phase (jk). When I entered school I had to readjust my way of thinking and not look at every book as $$ signs but as a learning tool. You think I'm kidding? I had to refrain from flipping the book over and wanting to memorize the ISBN

A Whirlwind

2011-09-17T17:19:00.001-05:00

Lately my days have gone whirring by. I'm clip clopping along with my schoolbooks and a question on my brow. I seem to have that look all the time now since I started school. Be that as it may, busy has replaced what my parents gave me for a middle name. I'm still technically challenged, like stirring muddy waters because the more I learn the more I have questions and the more confused I am.

September

2011-08-31T09:00:00.000-05:00

Holidays, county fairs, schools in, all kinds of happenings for the month of August, actually what's left of it. September, is tomorrow, it's the time of the year I get homesick, frighteningly nostalgic, so much so I want to drag the baking equipment out and turn my kitchen into baking central. I'm ready to pull out the cinnamon incense, to decorate in varying shades of pumpkin colors, and

I can't wait for Labor Day already

2011-08-12T15:51:00.000-05:00

In another week I'll start to feel like I did when I was a kid. Sort of.... School will begin again and I'll be cramming my head with all sorts of geeky stuff. Of course I have a long road before that actually happens. I really can't wait to call up things in my memory bank at a moments notice like it's nothing. I have no problem being a full fledged geek. I really want to be good at

Pictures and other things to do...

2011-07-30T10:20:00.000-05:00

I've been tearing through stacks of picture albums dating ..way back--- trying to locate certain people to pass these photos on to because I haven't a need for them any longer and I thought they might like a photo they probably forgot about........ and tossing others I never really cared about. Bus stayed for a while Some photos are of people I never had a close connection too..I suppose you

All She Wrote

2011-07-24T08:01:00.000-05:00

It's one of those days where I don't know what to write about but I do need to update my blog. I don't want people to desert me. Let's see, I watched kids this week, I swam a little, possibly did more bobbing in the water than normal. I need to clean, per usual. I'm rearranging a ton of books at the thrift store where I volunteer. So I have been planning for that. I 'm also editing a book

I'm Not Settling!

2011-06-25T07:08:00.001-05:00

In the last week or two I had the natural urge to bake but now...I don't want to dirty one dish let alone look at a cube of sugar..even if I had one I'm not satisfied..notabit .(not that one) I threw out a cake the other day..Horrors. it "Looked" great but wasn't up to the standard I wanted it to be. . I'm disappointed with how things have turned out. I want Quality.. DO YOU HEAR ME?

Who's in a Pie?

2011-06-12T08:31:00.001-05:00

Yesterday, I spent the better part of the day baking pies for an upcoming BBQ. It's been quite a while since I've done this because the last 2-3 years I 've been unable to stand for long periods of time. I accomplished that task quite well, my knee is working great. My patience is another matter, I forgot how time consuming pies were. I was a little restless, but hours later I made 4 pies and