Vital

Vital by pattili on polyvore.com

This week's prompt at One Single Impression is "vital." As I go into my busiest time of year doing all my tedious special ed reports and meetings, I find myself craving creativity breaks; these are vital to me, especially at home. In the last week I have discovered Pinterest and Polyvore- both time suckers to the max, BUT both are full of creativity! On Pinterest, I have pinned many different images and ideas for school (and have already used a few). I love the different forms that creativity takes and the way people interpret them. Polyvore is so much fun; can't believe I have not heard about it before I literally "stumbled across it" today- it is perfect for me to do my "collagey" types of things- mixing thoughts and color and images... but without the mess of all the art products (which I know is half the fun, right?). Mike is thrilled because both of these new-found hobbies of mine take up no space and have not cost us a cent (I was planning on buying the Cake Pop Maker anyway )- it's a win-win right there for him!
Hopefully your week is full of the things that are vital to you...Thanks for stopping by!

Sour Grapes

on and off the vine

sour grapes lead to bad " whine"

bitterness lingers

This post took a different turn than I had expected. Originally I was planning on posting about my love of wine and some pictures of Michigan vineyards I have visited, but...I got to thinking about the term sour grapes and people being bitter for one thing or another and how it relates to me. I seem to be surrounded by friends who come from large families- nuclear and extended. With the exception of a few friends- most have upwards of at least 3 or more siblings and parents who are still alive. Plus these friends have more than 2 children- creating large extended families- who tend to all live within the same area as each other- some within the same block. I think that is so cool. I don't have that. At all. Having lost both my parents to death and my only sibling- a sister- lost because of her betrayal and deceit towards me, (as well as her whole family; extended as well), aside from my immediate family, I am alone. None of my cousins live in my state or ever did, so I don't really have any real relationships with most of them at all. Mike's family is in the area and that is a good thing, but his extended family is kind of small as well. It is just strange how things like that work out, I guess. I try not to think about this too closely very often, but sometimes I can't help it- or the thoughts come out of nowhere and can take my breath away; I feel so gut-wrenchingly sad about it. My friends are great about sharing their families and I have many "sisters" and for that am truly blessed; but sometimes it's just not the same thing and I miss my sense of family. That's where the" sour grapes" feeling comes in for me. I try not to dwell on it too much but I know "they" are there just waiting to be picked if I so desire.

The prompt at OSI this week is " sour grapes"....check it out!