i didn't forget....

blue dog tagged me
with an AW meme and
i didn't forget...
i just needed the time and space to think about it
first....
so,
with no further ado...
here it is:

four wishes, dreams and desires?
1. good health, happiness and adventure for my family
2. i wish that i could find that "thing" that i want to do...
that elusive "thing" that would be my career but
not suck the life out of me as my current career does
3. access to simple things that i never want to take for granted;
interesting and satisfying conversations, good books, cold
diet coke, internet access, tickle fights on the couch...that
kind of thing.
4. ummmm....a hundred more wishes???? heehee

four imaginary lives?
1. author of children's books
2. owner of cool and whimsical candy store that would
miraculously stay open whether or not we made any
money
3. photographer of children and/or weddings
4. perpetual student

four things i should change?
1. how i look after myself...i should eat better, exercise more
and drink less diet coke!
2. downplaying what i can do
3. moaning about how i hate my job and DO something about
it instead
4. procrastination

four people i admire?
1. as lame as it sounds, my husband...he is just so damned
capable...build a shelf, renovate a house, do the plumbing,
wire the stove, fix the computer, fix the car, deal with
people, be a great father, and still remember all the
little details of things i say or like...he knows me unlike
anyone else i have ever known...
2. margaret atwood...she writes the kind of books i would
love to write...i always relate to her...i always find myself
in her words.
3. my husband's cousin hailey...she is an amazing artist.
4. mary engelbreit...works in art and magazines...sigh

four things i like about the artists way?
1. i like how it is set up into weeks and it seems very "do-able"
2. i like the quotes on the side of the pages.
3. i like the introspection.
4. i actually do like the morning pages.

four things i still hope to get out of the artists way?
1. a tidal wave of creativity
2. more self confidence in myself in this area of my life
3. less second-guessing myself
4. connections to community of like-minded people

i won't tag because i don't know who has and who hasn't
but if you haven't,
why don'tcha?
heehee.
and thanks to blue dog for the tag.

pick me! pick me!

this morning
in a fit of inspiration
i entered a contest on my local cbc radio station
in which i had to share our "little nicknames" for one another
in time for valentines day...
it was to win flowers, chocolates and books...
i want to win.

so with that in mind,
this is not only the letter i sent in
but also what was just read in full on the radio
(much to my children's chagrin, teehee)

Good moming,

I sent an email through your website, but then heard this address being announced
so thought I should make sure I get the right one.

A little history may be good to tell beforehand.
My husband and i are both confirmed computer fanatics.
I would give up my telephone and tv before i would let go of my internet connection.
My husband is the same.

Because of this "shared interest" and the fact that we each have our own
computers set up side-by-side...we have earned these sweet nicknames:
I answer to geekgirl, geek and my favorite, "my l'il geekgirl".
My husband is undeniably OGG...which stands for online gaming geek...

we are what we are.

You asked about names for our children? We have those as well...
my daughter, when born, had a bad case of cradle cap earning her the moniker
of "onionhead" because her head was always peeling.
My son has always had a rather large head in comparison to his body
and was so energetic that he sucked up all my creative energy and therefore
was rewarded with only "bighead" as a name...which he will still answer to at six.

Signed sincerely,
Geekgirl
:)

i so want those books.
ps...what are your nicknames?

ch-ch-changes...

i'm considering switching to
typepad....
i don't know...
i want a change...
i'm scared to lose all that i have already done though...
any comments from anyone that uses
typepad?
or another one that someone can recommend?

or maybe i should just stick where i am...
sigh...
i dunno...
i'm on the fence.

friday's list


this sunrise...
kids not crying any more than usual, if not any less...
no mail, which meant...no bills!
half an hour of stolen quiet time to spend with an oprah magazine...
a fushia and red handmade valentine from six...
six's comment "i love you as much as i can love you"...
a finished lime green head kerchief knit by me...
a supportive conversation with my husband about all the things he thinks
i am capable of...
the promise of the weekend ahead, gloriously unspoken for, unplanned, mine...

happy friday
:)