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Halloween Is  Coming!

My 11 year old created a promo edit of my music! Thanks Amelia for always having Gram’s back ! 

#RogerHodgsonsFoolsOvertue (my cover) 

#GeorgeMichaelPrayingForTime (MyCover) 

#MyOriginalEscape

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Happy Fall Y’all

This was a fun short to create! Actually, this standard video version.

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Happy 4th of July 2022 From Me To You

Happy 4th of July! I made this simple cake last evening. It’s a simple strawberry cake. Baking is a happy place for me. I guess it’s a creative outlet. 

My Granddaughters Amelia & Elizabeth. These are my daughter Britt’s fur babies. I recently spent a night watching the kids while my daughter was away previewing Texas. 

I just recently poured a ton of energy and elbow grease into getting my house ready to sell. If you have ever tried to live in a house you need to show, you know of my hard effort. Constant cleaning! I’ve lived in this house for 17 years. Although I clean all of the time, deep cleaning and some touch up painting was necessary I felt. 

By the time we listed the house, the interest rates had gone up and the selling market here came to a stand still. We missed the great selling market by a few weeks! It was rather an experiment any way. Kind of like fishing to see what you can get. I got a very clean house with some small but appreciated repairs out of it. I worked very hard to get show worthy. We had 2 “Open Houses“, a total of 3 people came to both showings. So, decided now isn’t the time to sell. 

I repainted my cabinets …

Yard work like crazy in extremely hot Phoenix temps. I’m glad to be done trying to keep it swept and trimmed in the middle of monsoon season. It was a continuous effort leaving me spent. 

I had to put my keyboard in the garage… I was so hoping for a larger house so that I could have a space to play my keyboard. I do love my house though. I’m not sad to be staying in this house. This, was my inheritance. I purchased it in 2005. It’s complicated now and I would lose half should I divorce… A terrible reason to be stuck in a marriage but, my plight. 

I feel it to my core every day and have for years and years. Ask anyone who stays in a marriage made in hell and they will tell you layers upon layers created their situation. It’s never one thing, it’s layers of things that are overwhelming and it becomes easier to stay rather than facing the inevitable losses. 

I suppose an element of losing an inheritance becomes a sense of letting your family and deceased relatives down. Prideful maybe? Or just realistic and practical? Ugh. Or a shared responsibility in giving someone the power to control your destiny… especially when they remind you on the daily what you’ll lose if you go. I should only hope that there is a special place for those who choose to attempt to control people in this manner. 

However daunting I’ve found my life experience, it did result in personal creativity. I’ve written songs and poetry about my life and my circumstances. Cathartic accounting of my darkest and happiest days! 

Something More is a song that I wrote about this very plight. 

Escape a symphonic layered track that I composed… 

Lost In The Game my original! 

I’ll Dream Of You Tonight my original, romance novel in a song lol

I make the best of each day, so much more than my situation in my life is amazing! So many things to be grateful for and so much love to be had! 

3 of my daughters and a sweet gal like a daughter to me! 

My Luna

Clarice

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Looking The Bully In The Eye

For Mother’s Day, I got Covid. I was sad that it took me till the afternoon to realize that I was sick. I spent the morning with my ASU student daughter. I exposed her to Covid without realizing I was truly sick. Luckily, she didn’t catch it! 

I ended up getting a fever of 103.0 later in the day! Even with Acetaminophen, my fever was about 103.0 for 2 days. The cough I got sounded like a barking seal. I was wondering if I had whooping cough it was so bad. I didn’t get tested until the day after Mother’s Day. On Tuesday evening, I finally got my results. I was scared when I got my positive result. I felt like I was in unknown territory and I wasn’t sure what I could expect! I was pretty sick so I’m not going to lie, I was really concerned…

Because I was really pretty sick and miserable I made a teladoc appointment with a CVS minute clinic clinician. I was grateful for a couple of prescriptions to take. This is the first time that I’ve needed an inhaler! I was pretty concerned that I was having issues like that! The cough was incredibly obnoxious! 

These were the tools in my arsenal… The protocol worked fairly well although I felt like I was sick a long time. Nights were harder as I couldn’t sleep! The frequent coughing and pain from fever were awful. Finally, I was able to sleep by day 10… 

I started walking again…

Take off Covid!!

I’m still not completely back to my normal energy level but I am however getting there! I started walking again a few days ago. I’m up to 2.50 miles. It’s been a push to do it but, I can. I’m through the quarantine phase now. My whole household caught it and all are mending. My 11 year old was allowed to return to school. Just in time! Amelia’s last day of elementary school is tomorrow! She will start middle school in late July. 

Having faced this terrible virus, I feel humbled. I guess I thought or had hoped that I was in good general health. I also had been vaccinated so I figured maybe I wouldn’t get very sick? Well I got pretty darn sick! Covid is no joke! I hear that we can expect to keep catching Covid every few months because the variants change just enough quickly to elude the vaccines and our own antibodies… ugh… 

Hot tea with lemon and honey is a terrific and soothing staple. 

My friend left these at my door. The largest bag of cough drops I’ve seen. I have a lifetime supply I think. They are wonderful though and help a lot! 

My sweet friend also left these at the door with a swe

Creative Endeavors From My Home And Heart

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Creative Endeavors From My Homemaking Perspective 

My 11 year old decided that my video needed some sparkle, a cat and some magic… lol she edited my video and low and behold it didn’t go over well. The Disney Dazzle fell flat. My video views in comparison to hers are so low. She has her own style and her audience loves her! She has found her niche and is extremely creative! It amazes me how kids can navigate social media so well. She has an odd skill set but it’s working for her on TikTok! Me, not so much! I can see that people aren’t interested in my kind of videos…. Awwww! Oh well. 

Fool’s Overture Practice session- 

I had the house to myself for a couple of hours. A very rare occurrence! I couldn’t resist the opportunity to make some noise! It was a real treat for me and I felt terrific getting my groove on… 

I’m happiest when I’m in creator mode. Creating anything from music to something decorative. Even baking can simulate that creator mode for me. 

I put together a video with some of my baking creations over the years. A slideshow set to cover music that I’ve created, Only Because Of You & Lord Is It Mine, written by Roger Hodgson. 

Baking & Musical Cover Endeavors 

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Tik Tok Goes The Clock

I recently joined the Tik Tok revolution. It’s fun and carefree atmosphere has many engrossed in hours of mindlessness. I’m no exception, I admit losing an hour or two to the platform 😁. I decided to try my hand at being a creator there. Please find me! 

A little of this and that. Enough to embarrass the heck out of my kids and G-kids. Lol I’ve been the joke and probably embarrassment of the decade to my family. Posting my music all over social media! I can literally see the eye rolls in my minds eye now 🤣. 

I have never been able to get very far with any of my dreams. My thought is at least I have acknowledged to myself that I have some. I’ve chased them on YouTube and SoundCloud. Without my dreams, I’d have been swallowed up by the endless nothingness that comes with being a caregiver. When you give a lot of your time to people, you need a creative outlet. A place where you can be authentic you. Something that gives you individuality and makes you feel visible. Other wise, you feel swallowed up! Find a place where you can be authentic!

Social media has given people a sense of reaching out and a place for self expression. Platforms to find like minded people, interests and something to relate to! I’ve appreciated this aspect of putting myself out there. Giving yourself a voice is good for your mental health! As long as you don’t have an expectation of actually getting anything back… 

Some people have all the luck and the right niche to be successful on social media. Most of us just want to be. I’m in that category. Self expression has been enough though. Platforms in which to place my creative energy, thanks #YouTube and #SoundCloud! 

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Twitter- @jTynajoy 

When your dreams don’t chase you back, realize, it’s enough to have them ❤️!