A Smile for Today

I have one of those calendars that you peel off a page a day. I think it is titled "Bad Cats". I LOVE it! Makes me laugh all the time. Sometimes I will cheat and peek at upcoming pages but try to be surprised daily.
Gotta share this one for today. This is me as a cat!

Hope you enjoy!

Goodbye to You, my Trusted Friends...

I am in mourning.

Laugh if you will, but I am sad. This is tougher than I thought it would be.

You see, for years, and years and years, I have been about the same size. A happy size. A ~damn I work hard & I like to wear cute/smart/stylish clothes while I can~ size. A few years ago I knew, this day was coming. I could feel it, sense it. I knew I should be careful, change eating habits, and start exercising.

Blah blah blah!

Part of me felt like, well, look at my cousins, my family, I felt like my metabolism will always let me be, that happy size. It took me years to get to a healthy weight. Years to "learn" to eat properly and maintain a healthy weight. Gaining was the problem, not losing. So, I trained myself for many years how to eat "hardy".

Life took a curve ball.

Suddenly, (okay not suddenly more like a period of two years in the making) my clothes started getting tighter and tighter. I jumped up a size, then another.

I know it is possible to lose weight. To get into shape. BUT~ these lovely items in the photo above haven't fit for TWO YEARS.

These are some of my favorite clothing pieces.

My suits... a few favorite suits that got me through ten years of being a fashionable Realtor. A couple of favorite dresses. MY GREEN DRESS!!!! Oh the memories in my green dress.. Dress it up, dress it down... Florida walking the beach , pearls and stilettos... this dress was so versatile. I got so much use out of it. My cute little two piece light blue dress w/ the beaded work on the skirt! I looked killer at my 20th reunion in it (yikes...that was two years ago!) .

I paid good money for these little friends. Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Hugo Buscati... On the brighter side... Most of these were purchased between 2000 - 2005. They still look great and are classics that are still stylish (kindof.. I mean, I would be wearing them..if they fit!).

I need to part with them. They have been snickering at me every time I step into the closet. They are begging to be worn, just not by me. I think it's time to go to the Jillian Center. (A Home for Battered Women & their children, that leave without a thing. The Jillian Center provides for these women, and our community offer finer clothing for them to get back into the work field). At least I know that would be a good home for them.

But I love these clothes!!!!

Stop it Janis! You will never be a two again! Say Goodbye!

Sheri~if you are reading this, I need you to come quick, they are back in my closet. It's time for an intervention!

a Taste of Spring w/ a touch of Summer

As it starts to warm here in Indiana, we are getting a beautiful splash of color.
The tulips are vivid.











The Trees are budding and so very fragrant.

Also making the Bees happy. They have flocked to the trees spreading their pollen (when not stinging my booty!)

The Magnolia bush is in full bloom as well. It's pink and white is breathtaking.










Mischa, thinks she is an outdoor cat. Sharpening her claws, ready to ponce. (Don't worry, she is an indoor cat. She only is pretending. The only poncing will be on a toy in the house!)

Then there's these little stinkers ... I must say, even the Dandelions look love to me today!

Amigurumi World

My new adventure is to make theses cute little crochet animals. I want to make Owls for Emily (Chi Omega mascot) and Turtles for Annie (Delta Zeta mascot). I think they will be so cute in small sorority themed Christmas trees.

Thanks to my great blog friend Pam from

http://www.scottys-place.blogspot.com/ . She sent me this book and encouragement to do it. ~Love you Pam! Promise to send a critter your way!~

It looks harder than I had anticipated. I am trying to muster the courage to get started... Or at least check my supplies for the guinea pig (well not really a guinea pig more like a ball, but it might look like a guinea pig if I give it a face).

So, no more stalling... I am going in! Wish me luck!