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Or so the saying WENT

Who said Good Things Come In Threes? I don’t know, do you? I used to love that saying, three being my favorite number. But recently I got to wondering how Good Things in 3s became Bad Things in 3s. Haven’t you heard that one too? Bad Things Come in 3s. Bleh. Let’s do away with that shall we?

See I noticed this: G.O.O.D. equals 4 letters. B.A.D. equals 3 letters. Shouldn’t we change the rules? Let’s start saying Good Things Come in 4s. That way there will always be one more Good Thing than Bad Thing.

And let’s talk about Bad Things for a minute. Bad is not a place I have ventured on this blog. I’m not going there, just lightly dancing around it. Just trying to get some perspective. Like there are Bad Things and there are Bummers. Say, for instance, Graham’s two-year-old-IPOD-with-a-warranty-that-ended-in-July is toast. It’s not a Bad Thing, it’s a Bummer. But like all Bummers (and Bad Things), there is still something Good to be discovered. It’s a Good Thing he has used it every single day, getting enjoyment from our investment. It’s a Good Thing he can afford to buy another. It may be toast, but it didn’t get engulfed in a California house fire. It’s not an appliance he needs to sustain life. And it’s so insignificant when you find out some terrible news about someone you love.

Isn’t it interesting that we can find Good in the smallest of things if we set our focus to see it? Have you noticed that Good attracts more Good? And Bad attracts more Bad? I wish I could find this article I read online to share with you. It was about magnetism. There was a study done where someone discovered you can actually measure magnetism within us. And Good vibes, or whatever they are called, attracts more of same. Think about that. Want to change your path, your destiny, your attitude? Be good, do good, see good. Attract Good.

So four good things for today:

1. Join me in wishing my dear friend Lisa a Happy Birthday.

2. I met a new friend. He tagged me, but I don’t do tags. Visit his new blog and his revamped site….and for sure look for the new Grungeboard demo here. It’s a Good Thing.

3. Sam and I are off to music therapy class, presented by NJ Very Special Arts for families with Autism. We are lucky to participate in a program like this. I look around at the other kids in his class and feel so blessed.

4. I heard some Bad news recently, but I can filter through it and find some Good. I feel Good that I was the one who got the call. I got to be there for someone. That is so Good. I know I can ask you (yes YOU) to say prayers with me…..that Good will prevail. I know that you don’t need the details, you’ll just send your positive vibes our way.

EDIT: Can’t stop at 4.

5. Coffeemate Gingerbread creamer. Swoooon. See how many good little things you can find when you’re fending off bad stuff?

6. More Moo. Laurie shares her cards, the kind we were talking about the other day. *Note to self: have some made!* You DO have Laurie’s book don’t you? If not, add it to your xmas wish list!

7. More ETSY love…..don’t you need one of these? 8" high, 1/2" thick! More letter styles available. From www.damboisedesigns.etsy.com

8. And from www.pleasebloom.etsy.com , this terrific piece.

And yes, I know THINGS don’t make up all that is Good in life. I do believe the quote: "The best things in life aren’t things", but sometimes things are just the Rx. Besides, after shopping this week, at the mall and online, I’ve got half my xmas list taken care of!

Oh, and Graham’s new ipod? I think he likes it better than his old one. It has video!

November 10, 2007
Day 3 & 4: Dead End, New Beginnings

Trying again. Have had two posts eaten up. My goal yesterday was to get some cork wall tiles for Sam’s room. He has about thirty wall calendars hung in perfect lines around his room and each month when he flips the pages he has to re-push-pin back in the wall. Cork makes sense, yes? Do you think Lowe’s or Home Depot had them? No! I did find an online source, just waiting for confirmation of the thickness – need them to be push-pin appropriate. Crossing fingers it’s not another dead end.

Continued working in my Himnal. Not Hymnal. HIM lyrics + Journal = HIMnal. *cracking myself up*

One of my favorite new things is this paint dabber. Works great on alphabet stamps over a painted page. Sometimes ink just doesn’t cut it. These are just the trick!

Watched Corpse Bride with Fallon last night. It’s a good thing to watch a film over and over…you see things you might have missed the first or tenth time. Found this photo of the puppet guy settting up a scene. How about that staircase? My uncle is a Construction Coordinator in the movie industry. Before I was married I thought about moving to CA to work for him. How fun would building sets have been?

And now for new beginnings. I have had this doll for years. How hideous is that attire she came with? The collar, yes! The rest? No! I have a gigantic clock case she will reside in – so grungy and weathered it looks like it came from the floor of the Titanic. I’ll be painting some tyvek clothes for her – in black and white of course, and we’ll have to do something about the purple on her head. Bleh! I know, spray paint! She’ll look perfect on our red bedroom wall. As you know, Pierrot is my Muse…should be fun. Stay tuned.

Next up: The Mall, by request of the kids. Here’s out routine: in through Macy’s to navigate the Lucky Brand jewelry, then Hot Topic, Vans, Journeys, Pac-Sun, Spencers, Claires, Sephora, food court, home. Band merchandise will be involved, twist my arm.

November 8, 2007
Day 3 & 4: Dead End, New Beginnings

Trying again. Have had two posts eaten up. My goal yesterday was to get some cork wall tiles for Sam’s room. He has about thirty wall calendars hung in perfect lines around his room and each month when he flips the pages he has to re-push-pin back in the wall. Cork makes sense, yes? Do you think Lowe’s or Home Depot had them? No! I did find an online source, just waiting for confirmation of the thickness – need them to be push-pin appropriate. Crossing fingers it’s not another dead end.

Continued working in my Himnal. Not Hymnal. HIM lyrics + Journal = HIMnal. *cracking myself up*

One of my favorite new things is this paint dabber. Works great on alphabet stamps over a painted page. Sometimes ink just doesn’t cut it. These are just the trick!

Watched Corpse Bride with Fallon last night. It’s a good thing to watch a film over and over…you see things you might have missed the first or tenth time. Found this photo of the puppet guy settting up a scene. How about that staircase? My uncle is a Construction Coordinator in the movie industry. Before I was married I thought about moving to CA to work for him. How fun would building sets have been?

And now for new beginnings. I have had this doll for years. How hideous is that attire she came with? The collar, yes! The rest? No! I have a gigantic clock case she will reside in – so grungy and weathered it looks like it came from the floor of the Titanic. I’ll be painting some tyvek clothes for her – in black and white of course, and we’ll have to do something about the purple on her head. Bleh! I know, spray paint! She’ll look perfect on our red bedroom wall. As you know, Pierrot is my Muse…should be fun. Stay tuned.

Next up: The Mall, by request of the kids. Here’s out routine: in through Macy’s to navigate the Lucky Brand jewelry, then Hot Topic, Vans, Journeys, Pac-Sun, Spencers, Claires, Sephora, food court, home. Band merchandise will be involved, twist my arm.

November 8, 2007
Day One: Dirty

No school for a whole week! That means a break for Mom too. Spent the morning in my jammies. Did a little shopping on ETSY (will share soon). Got to the post office just before closing. Had an impromptu pizza party. Can you smell my garlic breath from there? Got dirty in my studio with some spray paint. Couldn’t find my gloves so my hands almost look like this.. I’m avoiding cleaning. If you’re going to procrastinate you should at least be having fun making stuff, right? Blackletter is still my fave new font. Spray is still my fave old medium. And I haven’t evolved in my color selection – who says you have to?

November 6, 2007
Day One: Dirty

No school for a whole week! That means a break for Mom too. Spent the morning in my jammies. Did a little shopping on ETSY (will share soon). Got to the post office just before closing. Had an impromptu pizza party. Can you smell my garlic breath from there? Got dirty in my studio with some spray paint. Couldn’t find my gloves so my hands almost look like this.. I’m avoiding cleaning. If you’re going to procrastinate you should at least be having fun making stuff, right? Blackletter is still my fave new font. Spray is still my fave old medium. And I haven’t evolved in my color selection – who says you have to?

November 6, 2007
Swoooooooon!

So this week Belinda posted her clever icicle dolls (her second entry of the Goth Crusade) and I swooned over them. In particular this one below, THAT ARRIVED IN MY MAILBOX about thirty seconds after I commented on her blog. You know what that means? She mailed it before I even saw it and SHE KNEW I would flip out over it. It was wrapped in this lovely parcel with very handsome postage stamps and some yummy MOO cards too. Does she ROCK?

Also in this week was another unexpected surprise from Mary Ann. Yep, swooned at the envelope and all the goodness inside.

I know you wish you could see the

detail of the devilish message on

the package.

Isn’t she a scream?

Little did she know….

on the very same mail day that her

package arrived…..

the one below came from Tally.

Grave dirt from Israel!

And one of the cards from her

new business, check her out!

Thanks girls!

I’d seen MOO cards talked about on blogs but I’d never seen a real one until I got the ones from Belinda, and then these lovelies from Johanna. I can see why everyone is swooning over them. These in particular are swoon-worthy, don’t you think? Thanks Johanna – my friend met through The Crusades. Speaking of which……

Congrats to Pilar! How sweet is she? This Halloween card arrived – a clever eye sees it can double as a stencil. In fact I got this card from both Pilar Pollock and Anne Bagby AND I sent a few of the very same one. It’s so cool when people GET you.

Chris made me smile today when she alerted me that Johnny Depp is on the cover of EW this week. (We get it delivered as a special something-or-other from Best Buy.) Little did she know the magazine arrived today and I thought the same thing she did, the he reminds us of a certain someone. I’m looking forward to ~~Swooney~~, oops, Sweeney Todd, the Burton film, aren’t you?

To end this swoonfest post – we have the whole next week off from school! Maybe I’ll get my studio cleaned, or finish the rubber designs I meant to get done over the summer….or maybe I’ll just sleep in every morning, and catch a few films (the list is long!) Maybe I’ll paint Sam’s room. Maybe I’ll wrap up some unfinished projects. I’ve been wanting to visit Tarrytown – home of Sleepy Hollow, so maybe we’ll take a drive up there. I am such a space I didn’t realize we had the week off until YESTERDAY so I haven’t planned a thing. What an expected treat – no schedules, no early mornings, no homework! SWOON!

EDIT: a few comments and private emails about MOO cards means I should post this…..I haven’t done them yet but I can tell you from the ones Belinda and Johanna sent me that they are really cool, and very inexpensive to have made. The ones they sent are 1" x 2ish". Go here for more info: www.moo.com

November 2, 2007
Swoooooooon!

So this week Belinda posted her clever icicle dolls (her second entry of the Goth Crusade) and I swooned over them. In particular this one below, THAT ARRIVED IN MY MAILBOX about thirty seconds after I commented on her blog. You know what that means? She mailed it before I even saw it and SHE KNEW I would flip out over it. It was wrapped in this lovely parcel with very handsome postage stamps and some yummy MOO cards too. Does she ROCK?

Also in this week was another unexpected surprise from Mary Ann. Yep, swooned at the envelope and all the goodness inside.

I know you wish you could see the

detail of the devilish message on

the package.

Isn’t she a scream?

Little did she know….

on the very same mail day that her

package arrived…..

the one below came from Tally.

Grave dirt from Israel!

And one of the cards from her

new business, check her out!

Thanks girls!

I’d seen MOO cards talked about on blogs but I’d never seen a real one until I got the ones from Belinda, and then these lovelies from Johanna. I can see why everyone is swooning over them. These in particular are swoon-worthy, don’t you think? Thanks Johanna – my friend met through The Crusades. Speaking of which……

Congrats to Pilar! How sweet is she? This Halloween card arrived – a clever eye sees it can double as a stencil. In fact I got this card from both Pilar Pollock and Anne Bagby AND I sent a few of the very same one. It’s so cool when people GET you.

Chris made me smile today when she alerted me that Johnny Depp is on the cover of EW this week. (We get it delivered as a special something-or-other from Best Buy.) Little did she know the magazine arrived today and I thought the same thing she did, the he reminds us of a certain someone. I’m looking forward to ~~Swooney~~, oops, Sweeney Todd, the Burton film, aren’t you?

To end this swoonfest post – we have the whole next week off from school! Maybe I’ll get my studio cleaned, or finish the rubber designs I meant to get done over the summer….or maybe I’ll just sleep in every morning, and catch a few films (the list is long!) Maybe I’ll paint Sam’s room. Maybe I’ll wrap up some unfinished projects. I’ve been wanting to visit Tarrytown – home of Sleepy Hollow, so maybe we’ll take a drive up there. I am such a space I didn’t realize we had the week off until YESTERDAY so I haven’t planned a thing. What an expected treat – no schedules, no early mornings, no homework! SWOON!

EDIT: a few comments and private emails about MOO cards means I should post this…..I haven’t done them yet but I can tell you from the ones Belinda and Johanna sent me that they are really cool, and very inexpensive to have made. The ones they sent are 1" x 2ish". Go here for more info: www.moo.com

November 2, 2007
BOO!

Party report: It was fantastic! Fallon and her friends were all in their goth carb, and spent the night eating, laughing, singing, and of course DANCING! They ended up in our basement pub, decked out with nightclub lighting. It was a rainy morning that turned into a perfect evening, just the right temp to head out to the deck to cool off in between tracks on Fallon’s playlist.

Fallon’s favorite band: My Chemical Romance. If you know the band, you KNOW why she had to have the jacket, and joined The Black Parade for Halloween. And my favorite band….had to include them too. Hey, the colors worked!

One of my favorite finds for this year – got them at Target. Stock up on them….you’ll be impressed, really!

I remember Halloween as a kid in Minnesota. It was so cold you had to have a costume that would fit OVER your snowmobile suit. I’m sure it snowed more than once….just as it did when the kids were little and we lived in northern Michigan.

Be sure to hop over to the Street Team blog and see all the ghouly goodness being shared for the Get Goth Crusade!! See link list for Crusade No. 13.

Did you see this? I wonder if they give out good candy at this house?

And did you see THIS? Ullabenulla shares some terrific images for Halloween…..be sure to check out the Ossuary she posts about on October 29. And THIS, from the History Channel.

Be safe. Carry a flashlight, and brush your teeth before bed.

October 31, 2007
BOO!

Party report: It was fantastic! Fallon and her friends were all in their goth carb, and spent the night eating, laughing, singing, and of course DANCING! They ended up in our basement pub, decked out with nightclub lighting. It was a rainy morning that turned into a perfect evening, just the right temp to head out to the deck to cool off in between tracks on Fallon’s playlist.

Fallon’s favorite band: My Chemical Romance. If you know the band, you KNOW why she had to have the jacket, and joined The Black Parade for Halloween. And my favorite band….had to include them too. Hey, the colors worked!

One of my favorite finds for this year – got them at Target. Stock up on them….you’ll be impressed, really!

I remember Halloween as a kid in Minnesota. It was so cold you had to have a costume that would fit OVER your snowmobile suit. I’m sure it snowed more than once….just as it did when the kids were little and we lived in northern Michigan.

Be sure to hop over to the Street Team blog and see all the ghouly goodness being shared for the Get Goth Crusade!! See link list for Crusade No. 13.

Did you see this? I wonder if they give out good candy at this house?

And did you see THIS? Ullabenulla shares some terrific images for Halloween…..be sure to check out the Ossuary she posts about on October 29. And THIS, from the History Channel.

Be safe. Carry a flashlight, and brush your teeth before bed.

October 31, 2007
Cutting Teeth

How’s this for scary clever? Mom made us this ceramic pumpkin in a class a few years ago.

EDIT: finally took a few more photos…they are up on the Street Team blog. Are you gothing out for Halloween? Making cool cards or costumes or are you a master carver? Show us!

October 25, 2007