Nana's house

I thought Nana didn't do to bad on going to her first estate sale. She didn't even buy the above piece of art for the zig zaggityness but for the pexi-glass frame. She wanted to use it to display our ancestor's native Montenegran costume. She said the art has kind of grown on her though. I told her that many folks out there would love to have that piece. At first glance it looked like it had been painted 2 different colors but in reality is just a solid piece of paper that had been folded all fancy like. Makes me want to go check out the estate sale scene.

It was also such a nice treat to do my inventory check on the children only to find the above scene. You know because usually when it's all quiet & kids are awake there just may be some unfortunate events going on.

Reality: Ziggity Zag

Life is kind of like a zig zag. You go up and then you go down.  Sometimes you can make the decision to ride the top of the zig zag a little longer even when life throws you a downer.  One thing I have learned is that on many occasions happiness is a choice (sometimes a hard choice).  Now hopefully I will not forget that...especially when I feel like I have been enrolled into a torture camp and everybody will not stop screaming.  I apologize in advance to my poor nerves.  Patience is a virtue, right? 

When I found the the above fabric, I knew it was mine. I thought I would make pillows or something but then family pictures came around. You know the dreaded family pictures. I told myself that since I already lacked control over the situation at hand then I was just going to have to surrender (AGAIN) & we were going to have fun no.matter.what. Well I guess I did have control over one thing and that was what we were going to wear. I pictured a zig zag skirt made of tulle & netting, I mean why not, right?...after all the mission is to have fun. Then as my friend put it, "You are channeling Cindy Lauper". Well I love Cindy Lauper and Girls Just Want to Have Fun, so we went with it. The only problem was, pictures were a little out of control. "I just need one picture to send out for Christmas cards" , I thought. When one of the coolest photographers around posted a picture from an"out take" I thought, "This IS reality & captures our family quite accurately" and I love it. Pictures were fun. Mission accomplished.  I can't wait to see the other pictures.  

Now I need to take the skirt and turn it into pillows.

Time for a few pictures that I thought matched the photography event quite nicely.  You know a tad bit C R A Z Y!

I am ready to relax with a very calm neutral setting.  Which probably means no over the top, like in the above pictures.  Well except the bathroom designed by Mary McDonald,  it certainly created a calm space that incorporated the zig zag so I'll take that one. 

May your holiday season be at the top of a zigzag:-)