Turkey Day is OVER...back to the grind

So today in the middle of an all IT staff meeting at work I was so depressed when I could not find my doddling pad. My girlfriend Peggy had given it to me and I have been using it in meetings when I am bored or stressed. Love to doodle, it is a stress reliever for me. Man was I bummed when it was not in my bag. And to top it all off Peggy showed me her doodle after the meeting and I wanted one to. WAAAAAA

I love Thanksgiving. Yummy food, good family, and a few days off. My wonderful Design Team at SBO had a great Wicked Awesome Wednesday last week. They had run out of DT Kit items to work with so they decided to lift our GDT Kim.

Man these women just keep impressing me more and more each day. What they did with the kit this month is so wonderful. Take a look at the SBO November DT Kit.

Wow!! I just love these ladies.

So, now I am looking forward to Gail's 8th birthday, you know that is a holiday in our house. The princess makes sure of it. Can't believe she is going to be 8. Life does just fly by. Enjoy every minute is so true. Gregg and I are also hosting the neighborhood party this year. It is a progressive party, three houses in one night. We always have such a good time and this year it is our turn. Then off to Christmas in the county (family party) and then to Aunt Joan's in RI and Moms for Christmas Eve. The worldwind tour of the Fabbri's is just beginning. I will most definitely be dead on my feet by Christmas day.

Time for me to scoot. Got to go hit the Mass Pike for my 1+ hour ride home. Looking forward to watching LOST tonight. Can't wait to really see what Kate's story is.

So the crazyness has not gone away....LOL

Still NUTS O in the Fabbri house. Except that Soccer is over for the season. OMG, can you tell how excited I am. But, now for the holidays. Thanksgiving in RI next week, Gail's 8th Birthday, Hosting the Nieghborhood Holiday Party, Altered Clipboard Workshop to teach, Craft Fair at Gai's school, paint Gail's room, Cybercrop at SBO on the 19th....OH and Christmas.

So should I go on.

One thing I have been thinking of lately, and a lot about, is doodling. I really want to get into this and have all these asperations to do it, and then I don't. I remember my first assignment when in college, I was an Art Major, was to doodle. I thought the professor was off her rocker. As a matter a fact, she kind of was. LOL. I had the hardest time getting it. I wanted everything to be perfect. I remember her giving us the speel about doing it while on the phone or watching TV. But, at that time in my life I just did not get it.

Now I do. I have come to a point in my life where I am doing my art for me. Not for what I think people want to see. I still struggle with the many...and I mean many ideas tossing around in my ever stressed out head. I need to get them in line, organize my thoughts. I need a MF's Strategic Plan. That is the Project Manager in me talking. I want to do things like: Catch up on the kids pages, scrap more with Gail, re-org my stuff and my space, make it look more posh rather then the crap it is now, explore me and what makes me who I am and where I want my work to go.

I want to create something, not just mimic what is already alive and kicking out there. I need to make my mark. I am thinking more now that my mark may not just be the paper creations I created but the community I have started at SBO. I feel like such a member of a "Happening Place" when I think about SBO and the fact it is mine. I mean it is all of ours but it was bourn from my thoughts, actions, and energy. Now, to take that and channel it into my artwork in some way is the next step.

So, any ideas on how I do that?

Anyway, who knows what I just wrote. Babbling or what today. Guess that is what this darn blog is for. LOL.

Have a super day to whoever cares to read this.

OMG...I am so tired

I have been non stop for days now. Soccer, Gymnastics, CCD, More Soccer, School, Work, Work and did I mention Work. Just want to go home and go to bed. But, life happens and I am in it.

Hey did you see my cute cartoon avatar my friend Nikki made of me. She made them of all us girls at SBO. Take a look.

All my new friends

So we had a chat at SBO last night. It was great. Some of our new memebers came for a visit. Nicole and Malin. And some of the old fogies even showed up this time. Patrizzia...that means you baby.

I am so overwhelmed by all of these wonderful women I have met. Even the kids are calling them all my name in my house. Gail and I hang in the scrap/sewing room and discuss my SBO sistas while I tell her about thier kids and where they all live. What a special time this is in my life. Who would have thought, this time last year, I would have all these new friends.

Now, for the old one. Gillian and Maria and I went out this week for some drinks. Which turned into eating sushi, coconut shrimp and mashed potatos. OK, so how freaky does that sound. But, it was ohhh so good. It was nice to sit and chat with these two wonderful ladies. We don't get to do it as much so when we do it is sacred time.

Hey, forget the spell check. Blogger is so slow right now. Excuse my spelling errors. LOL