Snippets of an ordinary life in an extraordinary world
It’s been a long time since I posted a Friday Felicitations and it seems an appropriate exercise right now. The house is full, but I’m thankful. I’m so glad to have my family with me–whatever happens, we’re all together. But as we sit amid the ear-splitting barks of the family terrier and the constant drone of the news updates, it’s hard not to feel blessed. Especially with the absolutely mind-blowing color display Ike just gave us during sunset.
Finally, after 4 months, I am finished with one of my biggest projects in a long, long time. I’m finally able to make it a Friday Felicitation!
This year I was co-editor of True Words from Real Women, the annual anthology of the Story Circle Network. My fellow editor is a dear friend from SCN and a true Wonder Woman. I love her to pieces and hope she learned as much from me as I learned from her.
We really wanted to leave our mark on the anthology and find ways to show that it is a proud showcase of our members’ writings. In previous years it has had a very similar look to our quarterly publication, Story Circle Journal. We wanted the anthology to similar but different, so we opted for the same style of illustration throughout. Although the inner pages are black text on white paper, we chose a lavender paper for the cover because the Journal is white paper throughout.
We were expecting about 50 submissions–we ended up with over 100! But it’s done and I am extremely proud of it. And I’m sending up a little good karma in the hopes that I can be involved in the project again next year. 
Sometimes I can’t help myself–sometimes I’m most grateful for the smaller and more material blessings in my life. Like this totally happy wall hanging set I found for my dining room. This wall has been a blank slate for four years because I hadn’t found anything that just belonged there. I have found it and it has been installed. VERY happy, and very appropriate for our home, I think.
Hubby and I had an impromptu date night tonight (which seems to happen less frequently as we, okay usually me, get wrapped up in life’s happenings). We saw Iron Man, which totally rocked. I must have the soundtrack. I never thought I’d like bang-em-up movies set to hard rock. The only thing that’s better is kung fu to electronica. Woohoo! Hey, even girls like to get their testosterone on. 
And, lest I forget, I finally uploaded photos from a girls’ day at the spa when I visited NM a few weeks ago. It had just snowed, so the trees were dusted with white. And Tracy, who is obviously much braver than I, actually lounged briefly on the chairs. I fell in love with Ten Thousand Waves the first time I went. And it’s all the cooler because it’s become somewhat of a tradition to make an outing up there with the girls when I visit Albuquerque. I finally get to take hubby there in August! Woohoo!
I have been so blog challenged lately! Oy vey. I actually carved out some time to journal tonight, and as I was writing, I realized I inadvertently created a Friday Felicitations list. Since I’ve been plagued by Blog Deficit lately, I figured it was a good time to hop online and put my thoughts to screen.
So go forth and find your own felicitations! Blessed be, everyone.
A while back I created an Etsy store so I could start selling some of my bead creations. My hubby and I refer to it as supporting my habit. I’ve added a couple more pieces and named the endeavor DaisyLady Designs. Check it out!
When I logged in tonight, I noticed that someone marked my little shop as a favorite. OMG!! Somebody <hearts> my stuff! *happy dance*
Over there on the right-hand side of the screen, you’ll find a shortcut to my most recent additions. I’ll even be selling my wares at the upcoming Story Circle Network conference!
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