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Mark just showed me this book he got. It wasn't familiar to me. Then he had to run an errand, and while he was gone I picked up the book and started reading it. He got home and he was like you stole my book... and I thought, I am an artist. The book is called Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon - and it's a little book, I read it in about 30 minutes and it sparked a good many ideas for me.  One idea was to write down ideas... and I already write down ideas as I get them, but maybe I need to put them in a little book where they can remain all together so that I can access them easily again. Also, I do journal on a regular basis so I got that going for me... but I could do more. There is some advice in this little book that I've already figured out myself - that I wish I would have known when I was younger. For example, educational and financial stuff that Mark and I talk about all the time, now. We are like - we should tell our kids this when they get to be that ...

What do these three things have in common: basketball, Oreo Blizzards, and the BK Whopper? Answer: My grandmother Dorothy Shea. She passed away a few years ago, but this week we will be celebrating her birthday as a way to remember her - and as a way for the kids to learn about her. She played high school basketball in Logan, Utah... something I never learned about her until after her passing. I think I was aware that she liked watching baseball on t.v. Recently, my girls have been getting into baseball. So, we've watched different movies on t.v . or Netflix, rather - to teach them the sport. So, I'm going to do the same thing with basketball. We have two movies in the queue - ready to go to show them how basketball is cool. One is called The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend.  I watched it a few months ago and remembered that this kid could spin the basketball on his finger for a very long time... they are looking forward to seeing that. We also have queued - a girls ...

In the last two months or so I've really gotten into Pinterest -  and even though I had that Pin It button on my tool bar for over a year, I finally got why Pinterest is useful. It's like Evernote - but public - although they do have a possibility for secret boards... and it's a great way to organize stuff... except that Evernote lets you organize websites and notes without images...   that's the only problem I've run into with Pinterest - I can't "pin" some really useful websites because they have no images on the site. It basically sucks then... But really, I have come across some super duper cute tutorials and images that I basically without Pinterest - would have probably not stumbled upon. Here they are... Definitely the Cutest Craft t utorial   I have seen this month: From Prudentbaby.com - DIY Fox Scarf with Free Pattern How cute it this foxy scarf?! I love it. And it actually looks easy to make according the the tutorial.....

I painted Temple Day Dream last year 2012 - really it captures the essence of how I like to paint, very whimsical - inspired by 1960's cartoons and children's illustrations - colorful and simple... it's the Washington D.C. Temple from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... it's one of their more magical looking temples, in my opinion. The original sold quickly after is completion... I need to order myself a duplicate on canvas because I really, really like it. Last night or rather this morning, I had a very poignant dream. I woke up thinking, gosh, if I could go back in time I wouldn't have changed what I studied in college or where I went to college, I would have changed what I had done in high school which would have changed what I studied in college and where! I had a dream that I was in Paris. And I had this feeling like I should have pursued art. As a child I had the gift. I loved art. I loved drawing.  You know, I'm pretty disappoint...