Inspired by Life

Having a Good Day

I read this great book The Complete Guide to Asperger Syndrome and things are starting to fall into place. I wish that we (ALL PARENTS) could have all these manuals before we have kids in order for us to know what to look out for and that these syndromes could be picked up way earlier. So, the good day theory goes something like this.  (Aspie way) If you see 3 red cars in a row it is a good day  and if you see 4 red car a super good day but if you see 3 green cars it will be a bad day.  And if you go no where to see cars it's just a day.  There is no logic I said.  No, but neither is there in good and bad days in the weather or the amount of traffic or the way your hair is behaving at least with counting cars you have a better chance of a good day.  I am having a good day.

be kind

I was a bit low on inspiration and tried a scrapbook challenge from Pamela http://pamelasworldofscrap.blogspot.com  This is my take on the sketch.  I really enjoyed it no thinking just doing.

 

I love these colours. I did a second page for more photos.

Organized

Taan bought me the book The Secret a while back and I read it and thought it was inspiring.  When it was so important for Renice to be organized and I started to organize my life and prayed for organization. It was quite strange to do that as it never entered my mine that organization is so important so, we are organizing and organizing and the more I live the more I organize I have made it a game and try and make it as arty as possible.

I started with the 7 Gypsy room. I love before and after pics spot the difference?

 

What was I thinking not good at all.

 

This is more like it.  The moral of the story is be careful what you ask for.

Journey to Higher Ground

It's not going so well with my little girl at the moment.  The stress is getting to her and to me. She  had a melt down.  Does not want to do anything and doesn't sleep and the worst is as a mom I can do very little for her.  I miss hugs from her in times like these we are a very affectionate family and lots of hugs and kisses goes round in our families specially in hard times.  The more stressed she is the less she wants to be touched.

I'm moving to higher ground this will be a time of reflection and lots of meditation to get us all back on track again.

  just give me time.......

 

GYPSY

I did this page for Renice as all she wants to do is work on every horse farm in the world. She told me I must keep her passport ready, when she's done with GR 12 she is off to America and Mongolia to see the wild horses.  When I explain that I will miss her her reply was that she'll write.  Gypsy child, but I do have so much fun with my little Aspie sees the butterflies from the bottom and then arrange them according to species and size. 

 

 

Just Gypsies

I really worked my back side off  to have all the baskets packed.  One sometimes forget how much work goes into these scrap days.  Just a few quick pics before I go to bed and jump out to re check the basket and back in bed and out again and re read the instruction and back in bed ........................

 

Of all the pages this one is my favorite.

  

 

I love my job.  Fly your dreams.

Mothers Day Wishes

This is a glorious Mothers Day.  Just the right temperature if you sit in the sun.  Renice was to engrossed in her own world and Wian was to busy to remember its Mothers Day but, you know what it is OK.  They never going to be the kidz next door, but I do not want the kidz next door.  Dad remembered the Smoothie maker and we all had Strawberry smoothies for breakfast. 

This is a good day because I am a mother,  and not the only mother on this property.

The guinea fowl had 18 chic 2 days ago, what joy!!!!

Fly Your dreams

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Gypsy Market
Zanzibar
Brompton
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Boys

All our new product come in this week and it really inspired me to do a new page for Wian's album. We had a burglary a few years back and our video camera was stolen and we only replaced it a few months ago.  Over the Easter holidays we took it out and looked at all the old videos, only then did I realized that I am getting old.

I am not so big on the video thing and then got scrapping again.  Renice really enjoyed the video I think it re assured her of our love for her and how much everybody welcomed  her when she came into the family, it also opened a whole new window of questions which was never asked before.

It is emotionally draining, to have kidz with special needs, and I thank God hourly for my support group.

Wouldn't change them for the world!!!!!!!!!!!

 This was a real scrapbook page little paper. Lots and lots of photos.

HOME COMPLETE

         

we had a wonderful day yesterday, sorry that i didn't but the images on the blog earlier.  Had a tooth removed this morning, not something i would recommend for a Tuesday morning.

These  were all the images of one side of the book, but it was bound to stand so it had rings or wire or string on both sides of each board.

             

Address the Possibilities

At last I finished my HOME book.  This services as inspiration in hard times, times when one must look up and not down.  I've included inspirational text, this is not so much scrap booking as art mixed media.

You can add photos if you like to but again like always I have dug deep and got my answers for my creative quest.

I have learnt so much from my daughter again as her life is so uncomplicated, she does what she can if she can't she'll find out and do it tomorrow and tomorrow is good because today was good and life is good and if we have hard times we'll dig out the hard hat and start to shovel.

Address the possibilities have taught me about my home my people and all the possibilities that is out there on a daily basis and the choices we make and if it is the wrong choice start to shovel.

 

   

Monday is going to be a lovely day of red wine good food and lots of creativity. Can't wait.

 

APRIL 06 ADDRESSING THE POSSIBILITIES

This altered book (and more) will be a full day class with a halve hour lunch break and tea and coffee intravenously. All products will be included.  This will be a inspiration in hard times, food for the soul.

Home is

....the people in it.

.....surrounding myself with the things I have collected over the years.

........a place to be free and create

....... a big table worn from years of good food and conversation.

......a comforting bath.

Nini's Inchies

Renice was on camp for three days.  This really stressed me out.  Will she be ok, will she brush her teeth, bath when she should and leave the bathroom clean after she's done?  By Thursday I couldn't help myself, I  phoned to ask if all is ok and is she doing what she was suppose too.  The answer was short and sweet  NO
but, none of the other girls is brushing their teeth, she is only eating dessert and have midnight feasts.

But she is ok.  I feel so responsible for everything she does, I forget She is not my child only loaned to me like any other child on this earth and that I can only do my best. 

She made this beautiful Inchy project and I am so proud of her, and know that she is capable of much more, she's  ok.  She just need a map, a itinerary, a list and a schedule and she'll be fine.

ATC

We had a good weekend.  Not very creative but,  very constructive.  I cleaned my studio and discovered the most amazing plastic (not green sorry) shop with all kinds of containers. So we are sorted.  Ribbons are with the ribbons the beads with the beads and being a Libra the greens aren't with the greens yet. I am working on it.

I had a phone call from the fairest Cape last week, and they are so inspired and enthusiastic about all the altered art and ATC"S and this made me feel guilty as I have all the product and all the knowledge and yet  procrastinate and do very little.  I have opened my windows and let the sun in.

I must give credit to Lisa Bebi   this lady does not stop to amaze me, her work is stunning and inspiring. So I squeezed in a few ATC's.  The images in my ATC are form Artchixstudio.  I love this shop.

I dont think my stamping will win a stamping competion, but I love it.

Spread your wings and fly.

Turned the corner

I cannot change other people and at this point I do not have the knowledge to change anybody, I might be stuck to do lots of structural changes.

I've read a lot the weekend.  The Secret, Ask and it will be Given  , Dr Dimitri the Bible and came to the conclusion that I am standing in my own way.  I've started my meditation and quite time.

I am painting again and started by travel portmanteau a lot of lovely expiring gorgeous hours of creating dreaming and playing.  I have a few short term project , just to keep going. 

As for James Dean (Wian 8) he is on a roll negotiating for a bigger and better helicopter and as anti social and unemotional as Renice is, so does this one live for the moment outspoken and challenging, it is like living in a court room with a lawyer giving a constant closing statement.  Maybe that is why I find Renice so difficult as these two are worlds apart.

My turmoil

I am always level headed and have very little problems with problems. "So what do we do now!!!!" think of something and start doing it.

I never thought that having a child with Asperger Syndrome would in pack my life so much, as I battle to come to terms with it and where I fit in .  Where do I go from here how  do I  make sense of another world
but I am only allowed to peep throuht the key hole.

I do not understand how she think I can only see that she is unhappy and I can do very little to make it better.  There are days that things are better but lately she is battling to cope with all the changes and changes are not good for Aspies.

My art heart is telling me to do things to make it better for me but maybe it is not the things that people want to see out there. 

We've packed 400 kits in the last 3 weeks and I did not have time to do what I need to do the little I do is not enough to feed my soul.

 

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New Year

There is the saying that goes" new year same  problems"  and I lived with it for a while, but then realized this is not true as lots of things can be worse and lots of things can get better and this is preciously what happened this new year.

Renice was re assessed and it is definitely Asperger Syndrome and maybe only now  do I realize the impact on my life and how hard it is for all of us. I do not know if now that we know that it is easier or harder.

We went to the movies on Saturday and there was a little girl with  a stump and everybody jumped to help her with the popcorn and adding salt. Renice also wanted salt and bumped everybody out the way dropped the salt, everybody looked at her clicked their tongues. Only then did she realize she did something wrong. I could see on her little face that she stressed and didn't know how to fix it, the thought entered my mind that how cruel people are to judge without knowing to in flick pain without thinking.

This time of year is the worse time for her, all the changes sends her in turmoil. By making this page( to be added to the Making Memories calender ) shows how much I love her and although this does reflect her life at this stage, everything is not in boxes and lists it is beautiful and it is alright.

Journey

This is the last rays of the year and yet it is not the end.  The Christmas shopping is done and the kids went to Nikki Zipp of Paperchain and done the most beautiful inchies I'll take photos tomorrow and do a post. 

The kids are getting a tree house for Christmas so Dad has still away to go before Christmas and Wian is not allowed in the tree house until Christmas Eve and that is very hard for a little ADD baby.

We are not going away accept to the tree house and back but I hope the Journey page would inspire all to scrap a travel page.

 

All the products on these pages are 7Gypsies and a little ribbon goes a long way.

Fly your dreams

GROW

I had Renice at the doctor again and did a bit of Christmas shopping I've gone to all the factory shops to do the shopping for the teenagers that does respect handmade gifts.  The Nike shop is great and so is the Meltz shops.

Only problem with these shops they are not very organized, and you have to scratch for everything and if I take Renice with she can't shop there, she repacks the shop for them.

However, they all grow up to become adults and it is these growing years that I enjoy most the little teenager peeping at my daughter over their Coke, and her remarks on trends and fashion.

 

7 G grow sticker Co dinations card-stock Dream Street Papers and MM paint that I splatted here and there just because I can.

Sorry no photos yet.

 

A really girlie girlie page. Fly your dreams !!.