I am in Shock!

As a journalism student, and lifelong believer in a free press being essential to free people, I am in shock that the two American journalists jailed in N. Korea have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor!

I hope there will be an 11th hour reprieve for them.

Wow. Shocking!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/asia/09north.html?hp

Bad thing to start the day on.

I am a pretty flower...

I am a Canna What Flower Are You?

You Are a Canna

"You stand up for what you believe in, even if it gets in the way of what other people think. You are proud of yourself and your accomplishments and you enjoy letting people know that."

Have Some Customer Service

Ever notice how nasty people can be sometimes? Even in the retail world, where one would assume there is something to be gained from giving great customer service, customer service is often lacking!

Well, here is an Etsy seller who gives great customer service! So, go buy something from them, you won't be sorry you did! She sells the most awesome collage sheets ever. Beautiful, rare finds!

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Too Cute!

I love this lady. She is too cute. I love how she says, "Etsy".

And the spring goes boing...

I tend to be a pretty controlled person. I am wound tight, some would say. I think I really have got to figure out how to let go a little. I am mentally very hyper. My mind goes at warp speed at all times. I never loosen up. As a matter of fact, I have the tendancy to be so stiff, clinching my muscles, in my sleep that I wake up sore.

I think this tendency to be so controlled has been a virtue for most of my life.

It lends itself to stubborness, a trait that is a definant plus, and I am quite sure has lead to my survival.

It served me well when the boys were younger. I lived life on a schedule. I was a stay at home mom for most of their lives, and I ran a tight ship. Clean house. Manicured lawn. Tidy kids. Bed times, bath times, meal time. Etc.

But now, as I am getting older, and they are too, I think it is time I loosen up a bit.

I know being wound as tight as a spring has an ill effect on my art.

Many times I will start on the road to something adventurous and new to me, only to scale back and create something more controlled and neat. I like my results, but really wish I could get on the wild side.

While I am working these kinks out, have a look at this Etsy shop. This artist seems to know how to take a walk on the wild side.

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President Obama and the First Lady

I love seeing normal behavior in the White House. Taking his wife out on a date. Going to dinner. Hopefully no more endless video of a ranch in Texas that apparently needed the brush cleared from it constantly.

Edit Later: LOL Too funny. On Rachel Maddow, Kent Jones brought up the Bush trips to the ranch to clear brush!

Two incredibly good videos. Hypnotically interesting. Nice to see women working in work shops, too. Something uplifting about that.