Happy Halloween, Near And Far And In Between

                        Happy Halloween! Trick or Treat!

Pumpkin carving was a lot of fun last night. The LED strobe lights that I bought for the pumpkins are great! I love them and will pack them away for next year with the rest of my Halloween treasures lol.

Zoe has a school dance after school today. I will pick her up from the dance, she will get dressed in her costume and I will do her makeup as I have done for years...she will meet up with her friends for trick or treating. I have to feed her in between somewhere. I'm glad for her that this year Halloween falls on a Friday! More fun, less rushing!

I'm taking time off from stressing out today. I will just enjoy the holiday for every spooky, amusing and carefree moment of it I can get. Today the house will be quiet and I will have some time to think/
ponder. I'm hoping some creative inspiration will come to me. Meanwhile, this cup of coffee is
delicious. I have my BFF kitties hanging out with me while I drink my coffee .

Have a safe and sane Halloween everyone!

OMG,The Things We Do To Ourselves!

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Change is in the air here. The mornings are nice and cool. The afternoon heat is tolerable. I imagine in a few weeks it will be cold here lol. Cold to us anyway. When you live in extreme heat for so many months, cool feels cold to you!

Halloween is almost here and I’m ready. Like a lot of you, Zoe and I will carve a pumpkin tomorrow night. I bought a couple of LED strobe lights. Good ole Dollar Tree! I find more little things there! 

Zoe is going as a blue crayon this year. Her BFF is going as a pink crayon. 

I stole a few hours on Monday that I worked on and posted a few more songs. Here are the links…
Downstream written by Rick Davies
Oh Darlin written by Rick Davies
Lost In The Game my own original.
Something More Than Nothing my own original

I had really hoped that I would find that I’m talented enough to make money doing this. The reality is that I’m not. I find like a lot of other artist that the dream is all in my head. It stays with me but the appreciation is all mine. The challenge of learning a new song to the arrangement and production- the pleasure is all mine. Not a marketable skill… Awwww! I hate that my husband was right on this! He’s been telling me all along that I don’t have a sound that fits in with this market. He told me he doesn’t like my music and he doesn’t “get it.” He rolls his eyes whenever I try to tell him anything regarding my music. So, I gave up trying to include him in it. I just hate that he was right. Part of me so wanted to succeed and show him that I could! I wanted so much to make it.

I could envision a whole other life… One of my own design and happiness. Freedom from the barrage of negativity. Like so many other women, I find myself in increasingly difficult circumstances. I’m fighting overwhelming insurmountable feelings of oppression/ depression too. I’m realizing that at 52, I gave my life away to everyone. I took care of people. I gave all of my time and energy to helping others achieve. I own this, I chose to do this! Looking back though I see that I failed myself miserably. I take care of people all day- There’s no pension or 401K. I have looked after kids, my husband and this house and everything that our lives are about… My Mom for years…
So my reality is overwhelming to me. I find that I need to be employed so that I can move out of this daunting, bleak and uncertain future. I gave away all of my power… god knows my husband is constantly reminding me of this with his words and actions. OMG.
I simply must find a way up and out of this condition. I’m sure the magic cure for all of this is to make money. Then, I won’t feel so helpless and hopeless. If anyone has any sage words of advice or encouragment for displaced housewives they would be so welcomed! I don’t think my heart could bare another negative comment or more ridicule. I have lived a lifetime of that, trust me on this…

Family Halloween Get Together ...Food And More Food

                           Kitty cat sugar cookies, raspberry bars, gluten free frosted brownies.

                            Rolling backpack... Can either roll like luggage or be worn as a backpack.

I couldn't resisit this. It looked like it needed to be Kadee's! So cute!

Mini pigs in a blanket, fruit, Halloween party mix. I made mac and cheese to go along with the hotdogs for the kids. I mad a pot of spicy chili and a batch of cornbread to go with, lots of food!

So simple yet so yummy! Apples with carmel.

Cheater Cake. A small inexpensive cake that I embellished for our B-Day gal. I wanted it to feel like a bday too.

Kadee's new shoes and socks. I have never seen a kid this happy to open socks. Lol, just precious!

Granddaughter Alissa couldn't make it today but all of my other G-kids were here. I love having parties for and with them!

Chicken Soup And Bread...

                                                                            Guitar Man
Guitar Man played on a keyboard? I realize that this is a stretch. It is however unique in that of all the covers I glanced at, none are with a keyboard accompaniment. I love this Bread song. This is my latest Youtube upload.

I have had a busy week with domestic chores. Yard clean up took up my Monday. Making homemade soup was a fun way to embellish my Tuesday.  The trick is to slow simmer the chicken first. Remove
the chicken from the water. Let it cool enough to take the skin off and remove the bones. I add the
chicken back into the soup after I have added my chicken broth, seasonings and vegetables. The broth
was out of this world good. Season it to taste.

I used chicken thighs...

Lots of veggies...

I added a slight amount of garlic powder ( granulated). Just a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar too. 

This is the finishing touch if you like noodle soup. These are vietnamese egg noodles. We buy them from the Asian market here.

Have a great day all

Seasonal Indulgences, Boy Do They Have Me Pegged...

 Halloween is creeping up on us... The decor and the taste of fall is everywhere. (If you enjoy it). I do! I love fall, it's my favorite season. I love the warm rich colors and all that fall promises...(cooler temps here in Phoenix).

This is a scrumptious flavor to look forward to every morning in my coffee.

This, I will be making for a get together/ party this weekend..

                 Candy corn looks nice in a dish. I don't eat it but someone around here is I see.

 These also look nice in a dish or in cookies...

This is only a few of the seasonal products out there ready and available for consumption. My point here is, look at how we are influenced by the seasons!I am a gullible consumer. I eat up literally, the seasonal products on the shelves. 

Where Is Fall? Not In Phoenix AZ!

This brings back wonderful memories in my childhood years. We lived in Pennsylvania and this reminds me of visits to my Grandparents house in Emlenton, PA. The scenery at Grammy and Grampy's was always postcard perfect. What a gorgeous place to live! I loved to walk in the woods when I would visit them.

I don't miss the gloom and doom of the winters in PA. I know now that I suffered with seasonal effective disorder as a child. Awful depression! I would never be able to hack it now there. As oppresive as the long summers are here in Phoenix, at least I don't have to shovel snow.

I keep thinking that we are almost done with the heat but if yesterday is any indication, not too sure! Omg it was hot! We took this set of G-kids to the fair.

Korbin and Kadee! 

We drank a whole case of water and bought lemonade and snowcones! The only way to handle the heat is to constantly hydrate!

I hope they had a good time. I know that we wore them out! It was fun to have an outing with them and I'm sure we will again sometime soon. I hope that daughter Delcee enjoyed some quiet time. This little gal Kadee has a birthday coming up on Thursday. She will be three. I'm going to bake her a cake and have them over for a little celebration.

Korbin and I a few years ago at Grandparents day at school.

I love this pic of daughter Delcee with her kids... Love love this!

Time is fleeting! This was a few years ago already!

I wouldn't like not being able to see them often. I feel very blessed that all og my G-kids are close by.

I am so proud of Delcee! She works graveyard shifts on weekends and just finished her AA. 

Looking Back In Time While Moving Forward

The following videos have no picture, only sound. This is in part due to the way that I had to record them. I had to use two iPads lol. So, no pic just sound. The above picture is exactly how I imagine my  recordings today. Poor sound quality like on an old victrola! What if while moving forward in time, we step back into my genre...whatever it is! Hope you enjoy.

Instrumental Piano/ Violin Something More Than Nothing

Piano Version... Something More Than Nothing