"today is a new day with no new mistakes in it."
Summer permission slip
You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you have to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
-Fred Rogers
You know, it is becoming a very nice habit in my life to take time off every so often.
And I don’t mean from work, I am very responsible and respectful of my work, my bills and my rent.
No doubt that It would be nice to take some time off from work, too, but only if I had a different situation but my reality is different. And that is ok with me but if I win the lotto, forget it! I am quitting my job, LOL;-)
This is what I mean, as soon as i get home from work, I am really enjoying doing nothing any chance I am getting lately.
Well it could be that my daughter is away on vacation for quiet a while now and the house is so quiet, and well, there is not that much to worry, no need of real elaborated meals, or worry about laundry or what is she doing or how to keep her busy.
I know I probably need to clean the house but you know, I am going to enjoy myself the most I can for now and that’s it!
I am commanding myself to enjoy life as it is now until she comes back to California and then I will have to go back in track.
To life with more obligations.
LOL ;-)
Ok the permission is written!!!
Yay!!!!
Like I said, for now, I am just going to:
- smell my flowers and harvest tomatoes and zucchinni
- listen to my ipod
- read and lay down in the grass or in my tent
- go out and watch two or maybe three movies (yes, with just one ticket)
- give thanks to butterflies and birds for visiting my garden
- eating “al fresco”
- maybe I will enjoy a glass of wine (it has been a long time since I had this pleasure)
- keep going to bed around midnight because it has been fun!
- and then wake up early and think quietly
- no phone, no tv and keep enjoying this golden silence.
- walk and sit on the beach
- watch the moon and the stars and let my soul wonder
YES!!!
Just kick back, relax, and let everything run on autopilot ;-)
Shhhhh! Don’t tell anyone about this but I think it is already running in autopilot. LOL ;-)
How about you? Have you written yourself permission slips this Summer for something different, wild, for some excitement or for something dangerously fun? LOL
Please TELL ME what is it????
I am waiting...
Mermaid me ;-)
Give yourself a perfect day. Do what makes you happiest. Look upon what gives you joy. Speak to those who warm your heart. Listen to that which lifts your spirit. Surround yourself with sights and sounds and people who give you pleasure. For all the happiness you give to others all year long, give yourself a perfect day.
-Author Unknown
-Fred Rogers
You know, it is becoming a very nice habit in my life to take time off every so often.
And I don’t mean from work, I am very responsible and respectful of my work, my bills and my rent.
No doubt that It would be nice to take some time off from work, too, but only if I had a different situation but my reality is different. And that is ok with me but if I win the lotto, forget it! I am quitting my job, LOL;-)
This is what I mean, as soon as i get home from work, I am really enjoying doing nothing any chance I am getting lately.
Well it could be that my daughter is away on vacation for quiet a while now and the house is so quiet, and well, there is not that much to worry, no need of real elaborated meals, or worry about laundry or what is she doing or how to keep her busy.
I know I probably need to clean the house but you know, I am going to enjoy myself the most I can for now and that’s it!
I am commanding myself to enjoy life as it is now until she comes back to California and then I will have to go back in track.
To life with more obligations.
LOL ;-)
Ok the permission is written!!!
Yay!!!!
Like I said, for now, I am just going to:
- smell my flowers and harvest tomatoes and zucchinni
- listen to my ipod
- read and lay down in the grass or in my tent
- go out and watch two or maybe three movies (yes, with just one ticket)
- give thanks to butterflies and birds for visiting my garden
- eating “al fresco”
- maybe I will enjoy a glass of wine (it has been a long time since I had this pleasure)
- keep going to bed around midnight because it has been fun!
- and then wake up early and think quietly
- no phone, no tv and keep enjoying this golden silence.
- walk and sit on the beach
- watch the moon and the stars and let my soul wonder
YES!!!
Just kick back, relax, and let everything run on autopilot ;-)
Shhhhh! Don’t tell anyone about this but I think it is already running in autopilot. LOL ;-)
How about you? Have you written yourself permission slips this Summer for something different, wild, for some excitement or for something dangerously fun? LOL
Please TELL ME what is it????
I am waiting...
Mermaid me ;-)
Give yourself a perfect day. Do what makes you happiest. Look upon what gives you joy. Speak to those who warm your heart. Listen to that which lifts your spirit. Surround yourself with sights and sounds and people who give you pleasure. For all the happiness you give to others all year long, give yourself a perfect day.
-Author Unknown
Happy Birthday
A mermaid in bloglandia is celebrating her 40th birthday Today!!!
Yes! You Kathryn!!!!
Yay!!!
Friends, Birthdays, And cake!!!!
Fantastico!!!!
LOL
I hope you have the most wonderful day in the company of your family Today and always!
Also, please know that you are dear to me and I admire your talents, your creativity and your big big big heart.
You are a kind and thoughful, superdiduper friend!!!
I am so glad we crossed paths.
Thank YOU!!!
Ok! Let's celebrate you!!!
Yay!!!
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Kathryn!
Happy Birthday to youuuuuuu!!!
Hugs!!!!
lots!
;-)
from mermaid me,
Carmen
Married to amazement
-daughter
-friends
-love
-ocean
-music
-poems
-sunset
-lovemaking
-daydreams
-flowers
-yummy food
-color
-sky
-any form of art and creativity
Tell me, what amazes you? what gives you joy? what are you passionate about it? what makes you whole and complete? what makes you BE???
You have read some of mine...
please share yours with me, yes???
mermaid me
p.s. How lucky I am!!!
My Saturday is full of sunshine!!! beautiful !!!
This is my kind of day! oh yes!!!
When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.
~ Mary Oliver
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.
~ Mary Oliver
The Wall Art Quilt 2009
I am SEW thrilled and honored to be a part of this!!!!
Yay!!!!
My mermaid messy head (including the hair, too) and body have been exhausted from work these past days, and yes, there are so many things I wish to share with all of you.
So much going on inside my head and around me, and that includes the lovely mail I have received these past days.
Oh so many, many, MANY good things!
And so many things to dream about...
Everything is good news, that's for sure! but I haven't managed to get back in track physically just yet.
Yes, I confess my huge sin: I am a mess!
Don’t tell anyone, please, my casa (your house, too) is scary looking as I type this, LOL!
One thing for sure, if you could see my garden, you will love it.
That is the only beautiful and lovely place for sure, it is all green, full of flowers and tomatoes, and zucchini!
Big yay for my green mermaid thumb!
Yay for my garden!
I probably will share with you everything in different stages, better said in several posts about my life changing leaps of faith decisions and projects in order of joy and priority.
(what? What did I say? I don't know, I can't hardly understand myself sometimes, LOL)
The one thing tickling me right now and making me smile BIG time is to announce here that if there is something I want to be known for is for my gratitude, honesty and lovely creative imagination, all for a better world, good human causes, and for my own joy of living a life full of authenticity, simplicity, love, wonder, passion and magic.
And one more thing: mystery, because who doesn’t love to sense mystery? ;-)
Now are you ready for this?
OMG!!!
I am all excited about sharing this wonderful news with you, are you ready?
Do you remember the pink artist community art doll for charity? Well, Miss Loved Squared, that’s the name of the ART DOLL, talented Artist and lovely published author Monica Magness designated and composed, and collectively built with many other artists is almost ready for auction (tic, toc, tic, toc, LOL) and guess what? there are other creations worth the win! Make sure to make a donation by clicking HERE. All the proceeds are going to the Susan G Komen Foundation for breast cancer prevention.
I have a request.
I want you to be part of this. Please?
I want you to click this link (between August 1st thru October 1st)
I am please asking you to be generous, little or a lot, whatever you can, no matter how much, just open your heart for the hope of a cure, and come and let me know you did it (or email me) and I will send you a little something handmade and heartfelt by a mermaid (that’s me!)
Now, let me go back to my big exciting JOY-FULL BIG news.
Well, Monica Magness has done it AGAIN with a new project: The wall Art quilt 2009 to raise even more funds for the Susan G Komen for the cure, and I am so proud to be part of this wonderful project.
Oh yes!!!!
I am SEW thrilled and honored to be a part of this and I can’t wait to see the quilt complete and wonderful looking with all the talent creativity from EVERY single one of the pink artists and the lovely organizer and my dear friend and master mind behind all of these adorable projects: Monica!
I am looking forward to having SEW much fun!
Yes, I am about to start playing!
Thank you Monica!
You are amazing with the biggest spirit of generosity!
Thank YOU for all your hard work!
This quote is for you:
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
-Maya Angelou
God bless you and here sending you all of my best wishes for you to find the right house for you and close a great deal in Alabama!
Yay!!!!
And yes! Let’s rock & roll !!!
mermaid me ;-)
FYI:
On April 7, 2008 our doll was shipped in for a photo shoot with Art Doll Quarterly™ to be featured in an upcoming AUTUMN issue available AUGUST 1, 2008. The response from their office being, "She is ever so much more impressive in real life.. It’s a gorgeous piece of work and everyone here was very impressed. Thanks for sending her!"
I am tagged!
Yes, Those are my flat feet, LOL
In my tent, enjoying a beautiful Southern California very sunny weather of 72 degrees and a very nice breeze!!!
yes! the whole week has been in that range!
Very lucky me!!!
Ok, I have been way too much into thinking, and making conclusions these past days, LOL
And, well, Maryellen tag me with this, so I think this is easy, and fun ;-)
And since I don't want to think about work, I mean, this coming Monday, I am going back to work (you bet! I am not very enthusiastic about it) I am not ready physically but for sure I am going to be extra super careful.
Well, here it is this, my answers to Maryellen, have fun and if you feel like playing please do so.
Also please know that I am planning on visiting your blogs and read of your news, and projects.
Again, please know that I am very grateful to all of you, and slowly, I am getting there. Thank you Again and again!
Hugs!
> > Two of your favorite things to do to pass the time:
> > 1. watch movies
> > 2. collages and beading
> >
> > Two favorite hobbies:
> > 1. gardening
> > 2. photography
> >
> > Two Favorite vacations:
> > 1. Naples, Florida
> > 2. Gloucester, MA
> >
> > Two things you did last night:
> > 1. a nice talk
> > 2. slept well
> > Two favorite holidays:
> > 1. my birthday
> > 2. Christmas
> >
> > Two Favorite childhood memories:
> > 1. Playing baseball behind our house
> > 2. Spending time at my grandma
> >
> > Now, if you want to play or you are bored, you know what you're supposed to do, right???
LIFE IS GOOD ;-)
Hugs!
mermaid me, a pale mermaid me ;-) an always full of life and beautiful me
Carmen says
Say what you need to say
Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so-called problems
Better put them in quotations
Have no fear
For giving in
Have no fear
For giving over
You better know that in the end
It's better to say too much
Then never to say what you need to say again
Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open...
Say what you need to say...
p.s. I love this song. And ab-SOUL-tely, the lyrics of this song are going to be meaningful to me the rest of my life.
I am doing good.
I am walking a little slowly and there is very little pain. My color is back (lost two pounds in less than a week), I think am hungry again, LOL, and even, my friend said that the spark is back, (i made a couple of jokes, and said my favorite bad word a couple of times, probably because of the anesthesia, LOL) and couldn't help myself finding figures in the hospital ceiling and in its walls ;-)
I think I am doing fine. Really!
And I am home, taking it easy but ready to play again ;-)
Thank YOU!
Thank YOU very much!!!
It is because of all of your good wishes, prayers and lovely energy towards me.
Thank you for checking so much on me, for your lovely emails, your time and so much kindness and attention!
OMG!!!
That was awesome!
Thank you AGAIN!
Thank you very much!
Carmen
p.s.#2 Heyyy!!! Let's celebrate it! LOL I made it! I am feeling very good and have faith everything is going to be just fine.
LOL Yay! Thank GOD!!!
p.s.#3 SAY what you need to say TODAY!!!
p.s.#4 To ALL OF YOU again and again: Thank YOU very much!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
FOREVER!!!
And I mean it!
This is forever!
I love you!
Me, myself and I
Next Monday I will be having a medical procedure.
I know, whatever that means, for sure, it does sounds a little scary, right?
I want to let you know that I am in good hands and it is manageable.
I should be ok in three days.
You all know me very well (I just know you do) so please know that I am going to be ok.
I do NOT want to go nuts about this.
Instead, I am thinking of no fears, no worries, no emotions.
I am focusing my energy and thoughts into a whispered blessing that this too shall pass real soon, and I will be back to myself again.
Same is for you ladies. No worries, no emotions. I am going to be ok.
But here it is the thing: I need your love and prayers. Yes, that’s what I need.
Since I choose not to tell my parents and daughter, I am going to need double the load of love and prayers from you. Is that allright? Yes?
Thank you! Thank YOU very much!
Now, also, Please know for sure that I won’t be alone, someone will be driving me and holding my hand.
This weekend, I am planning to spend it cleaning a little ... maybe, LOL ;-)
For sure, I am absolutely spending some time doing nothing, going to the movies, also going outside to my garden where I can be who I truly am.
I will be visiting your blogs, too.
Please know that I have no idea how I am going to feel the days after so if you don’t heard from me, it means I am recovering and healing.
I promise you that I will be back as soon as I can.
Right now, I still feel healthy, secure and contented.
I am fine.
Sometimes during our lifetime, in order to learn, we have to go through little surprises, not very pleasant and maybe, yes, a little uncomfortable to admit.
Yes, for me, it is hard.
I pride myself on being 100% healthy and energetic.
At first, I thought “I have exhausted myself!” and then I stopped to listen to my body and that’s when I noticed more.
I am pleased I did.
My doctor was very surprised on how aware I was of my body.
I want to think that I have a great relationship with my body. And for sure, am aware of my soul’s needs because I speak and nurture my spirit to make it wise and strong and beautiful to connect it to the divine.
Heyy, don’t think that I am all that perfect, yes, I am a good girl, but ohh boy! I can make a list of all the things that happen to go through my mind on an average day, (specially the day after I learn of this) and yes I can be not that pretty inside and say to myself: I had enough! Do I have to go throught this too?
oh yes, what a jerk I am! or can be!!!
So yes, here, I admit I am scared!
But heyy!!! I admit I am doing my best to stay positive and looking forward my prompt recovery, and keep on choosing happiness and just let go and let God, and be, and live now.
Can you promise me to try too? I mean to try your best to fight those not so pretty things (and thoughts) which are a very normal part of our very human being, I guess I can dared to call them "blessed frailties" (and why not, blessed consequences, too)
And if you ever feel this way or in a way you are not sure you can fight it alone, will you contact me to be your ear to do some venting, or perhaps your shoulder, and ab-SOUL-tely I want to be your cheerleader. Oh yes!!!Count on me!!!
I was listening to this song, oh I love it so much! so comforting!
Mucho love and light to you,
Carmen
p.s. think of me, please?
I feel my boots trying to leave the ground,
I feel my heart pumping hard.
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.
-Mary Oliver
I know, whatever that means, for sure, it does sounds a little scary, right?
I want to let you know that I am in good hands and it is manageable.
I should be ok in three days.
You all know me very well (I just know you do) so please know that I am going to be ok.
I do NOT want to go nuts about this.
Instead, I am thinking of no fears, no worries, no emotions.
I am focusing my energy and thoughts into a whispered blessing that this too shall pass real soon, and I will be back to myself again.
Same is for you ladies. No worries, no emotions. I am going to be ok.
But here it is the thing: I need your love and prayers. Yes, that’s what I need.
Since I choose not to tell my parents and daughter, I am going to need double the load of love and prayers from you. Is that allright? Yes?
Thank you! Thank YOU very much!
Now, also, Please know for sure that I won’t be alone, someone will be driving me and holding my hand.
This weekend, I am planning to spend it cleaning a little ... maybe, LOL ;-)
For sure, I am absolutely spending some time doing nothing, going to the movies, also going outside to my garden where I can be who I truly am.
I will be visiting your blogs, too.
Please know that I have no idea how I am going to feel the days after so if you don’t heard from me, it means I am recovering and healing.
I promise you that I will be back as soon as I can.
Right now, I still feel healthy, secure and contented.
I am fine.
Sometimes during our lifetime, in order to learn, we have to go through little surprises, not very pleasant and maybe, yes, a little uncomfortable to admit.
Yes, for me, it is hard.
I pride myself on being 100% healthy and energetic.
At first, I thought “I have exhausted myself!” and then I stopped to listen to my body and that’s when I noticed more.
I am pleased I did.
My doctor was very surprised on how aware I was of my body.
I want to think that I have a great relationship with my body. And for sure, am aware of my soul’s needs because I speak and nurture my spirit to make it wise and strong and beautiful to connect it to the divine.
Heyy, don’t think that I am all that perfect, yes, I am a good girl, but ohh boy! I can make a list of all the things that happen to go through my mind on an average day, (specially the day after I learn of this) and yes I can be not that pretty inside and say to myself: I had enough! Do I have to go throught this too?
oh yes, what a jerk I am! or can be!!!
So yes, here, I admit I am scared!
But heyy!!! I admit I am doing my best to stay positive and looking forward my prompt recovery, and keep on choosing happiness and just let go and let God, and be, and live now.
Can you promise me to try too? I mean to try your best to fight those not so pretty things (and thoughts) which are a very normal part of our very human being, I guess I can dared to call them "blessed frailties" (and why not, blessed consequences, too)
And if you ever feel this way or in a way you are not sure you can fight it alone, will you contact me to be your ear to do some venting, or perhaps your shoulder, and ab-SOUL-tely I want to be your cheerleader. Oh yes!!!Count on me!!!
I was listening to this song, oh I love it so much! so comforting!
Mucho love and light to you,
Carmen
p.s. think of me, please?
I feel my boots trying to leave the ground,
I feel my heart pumping hard.
I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.
-Mary Oliver
Altered art book
An altered art book pages from the heart and soul of a mermaid ;-)
Check out my hands, LOL ;-)
Please, click the arrow to see it. Yes?
Oh yes! I am having fun, lots of fun!!!
As you can see is full with very cool and soulful collaged images, handmade and heartfelt by a mermaid, (that's me!) and embellishments, like ribbons, buttons, little bells and more!
I'm ab-SOUL-tely loving playing altering books!
Have a great Monday!
mermaid me ;-)
The visionary is the one who brings his or her voice into the world and who refuses to edit, rehearse, perform, or hide. It is the visionary who knows that the power of creativity is aligned with authenticity.
-Angeles Arrien
Check out my hands, LOL ;-)
Please, click the arrow to see it. Yes?
Oh yes! I am having fun, lots of fun!!!
As you can see is full with very cool and soulful collaged images, handmade and heartfelt by a mermaid, (that's me!) and embellishments, like ribbons, buttons, little bells and more!
I'm ab-SOUL-tely loving playing altering books!
Have a great Monday!
mermaid me ;-)
The visionary is the one who brings his or her voice into the world and who refuses to edit, rehearse, perform, or hide. It is the visionary who knows that the power of creativity is aligned with authenticity.
-Angeles Arrien
4th of July
When I was 4 yrs old, My tiny toddler flat feet touch the US soil for the very first time, and right then I knew holding my father's hand, my heart and soul knew that the USA was going to be the place I was to call my home one day.
As you all know, I was born in another country and ever since that day when, as a kid, I saw those playgrounds, the parks areas with the very green and perfect cut grass, the libraries! OMG!!! Those libraries!!!! The perfection of my own fairytale! yes! The libraries!!! nothing could be better than that. Lots of my time has been spent in a library.
And I admit, nowadays, sometimes, in Border's store, too;-)
The United States of America was a very fascinating world to me!
(yes that's me with the statue of liberty behind)
I am not that little girl anymore (well, deep inside me I am) and I am still fascinated!
My birth country is beautiful, no doubt about it, I miss the colors of the tall grasses, the wild flowers, and very tall orange trees growing everywhere, and most, the smell of sweet in the air, oh yes! that's my treasure from my birthplace, the smell of the sun and fresh laundry and my mom singing to some tunes from the radio, yes, we had no tv, until, later in our life, and when we did, yes all I watched back then was the reruns of lots of well known shows like I love Lucy, the little rascals, leave it to beaver, etc.
Four years ago, and after living for more than half of my life in this country, working hard to make my dreams come true and experiencing all kind of wonderful things like giving birth to my daughter here too, and yes sometimes, there has been not so good things, like 9/11 which made me very sad, I received a letter telling me that in a special ceremony for the 4th of July celebration I was to become officially an American citizen.
Yay!!!
And yes! I still say: Yay!!!
Believe me, I don't give anything for granted, I know how hard it is to work and make a living here but that's what it has made the strong and still sweet woman I am so it is good, it is great, Life has been very good to me.
The USA of America is my country, my home.
One of these days, I will be the happy owner of a house here.
oh yes!!! I will be and you all will hear in the air wherever you are my big Yay!!!
I believe I have been always an American at heart.
I am pride to be an American!
Happy 4th of July!
Before I go to start the celebration, let me share that I received from lovely talented artist and published author: Patricia J. Mosca, the Arte and Pico award, an award given to mean to be paid forward to bloggers who merit recognition for their creative efforts.
Thank you very much, Pattie! I am very happy and honoured to receive this from you, one of the most beautiful big heart Goddess. Thank you! A LOT!!! for sharing your creative life with all of us, specially, thank you for your kindness towards me and your precious time, thank you ;-)
I will like to share and pass this award to my dear Fab-YOU-lous talented creative mermaid ladies and yes, i am very proud to tell the world they are MY friends and I am part of their world and they are part of mine!
Yes!!! LOL ;-)
Christine
Scarlet
Kathryn
Michelle
3rdeyemuse
Congratulations beautiful magical mermaids!!!
You all rock!
You make my day lovely and fabulous, oh yes!!!!
love and light,
Very happy 4th of July!!!
Mermaid Carmen
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