my new dress

I want to wear it everyday...it makes me happy :)
photo via Anthropologie

Etsy LOVE

Found out I was featured on tumblr today.
Thanks Etsy :)
http://etsyvintage.tumblr.com/

This little bowl of acorns has a real following

Thank You

Thank you to all who have commented or contacted me personally with help, guidance and most of all hopeful words of comfort.
Life must go on and I have to confront it day by day. There is no changing that. I have started taking on some of the suggestions as leaving the cats out of the bedroom, getting a cover for my mattress and I am personally removing tons of dust catching antiques from the home.
My doctor told me to rid my home of all throw pillows and stuffed animals. UH NO!
But I will be letting go of all my designer feather pillows and linens.
No more decorative moss or acorns allowed, and my favorite eucalyptus plants have to go :(
Hmmm, maybe grandma was on the right track with the plastic covered couches, lol.

Tonight is the art opening and if you live in this area you have noticed the sky getting darker by the minute. They are calling for rain and super cold temps to roll in right before the show starts...did I mention most of this is outdoors :(
So hopefully it all will hold off for me to get some pics and have somewhat of a good time this evening.
Thanks again for all the congrats and comments sent my way.
You are all so sweet

Life Changes Fast

In a blink of an eye, life can change.
Over the past few years my health has been up and down.
Lots of doctors visits and always diagnosed with nada...but yet I feel icky everyday.
This all started about 3 years ago, so I just assumed it was stress and tired that comes with being a mom.
That is until I ended up in the hospital last Christmas. From that point on everyday of my life was a guessing game of what caused an allergic reaction with me in the E.R.
Cut to a year later and test after test still being done. All with results of nothing is wrong with you...you just have too much stress.
I wasn't excepting this as an answer. I kept fighting and finally yesterday, answers were given.
I sat thru 61 allergy tests and found that I was allergic to 55 out of those 61 tested.
Highest on the list is my Kitties...This makes me most depressed and sad. I have owned cats since I was 5 years old. I NEVER had any problems, so I thought. Apparently, I have always been slightly allergic with the allergy growing year by year until my kitty bit me last xmas eve.
Sending me 4 hours later to the E.R.Not only my kitties are the cause...I was tested for every grass,tree and weed grown in my neck of the woods and I am highly allergic to all. Hmmm, see this means I was never meant to live here.
and the second worst is Dust Mites, not want a vintage loving girl wants to hear at all! This list goes on and on, with every animal hair, dog, and so on.
So apparently the only way to live is by getting a shot every week for 5 years to build up my immunity to these things. I am so scared of ending up in that hospital again from a kitty love bite...How can I turn my babies away. I have had them for 11 years, I am their mama.
I just want to know how this happens, how can you cuddle and love them one day and the next you're highly allergic to a thing you have loved all of your life.
I would love to hear from those who have to deal with severe allergies and how you live around the things you love but are allergic to. Please give me some hope that things will be okay.

Accepted

I am so thrilled I can finally post this.
I have been accepted into the November Book Festival Art Show!!!
As an artist that works with vintage books and paper, I was contacted to enter a juried show for this event.
They choose these pieces
This exhibit will open Friday for First Friday in Las Vegas.
I really can't wait to see the other artists chosen and how they display this form of art.
Should be a very exciting showing.

Halloween Fun

My Favorite time of year has come and gone...now back to the rush of the holidays.
I only hope that it slows down some for me to enjoy it with my friends and family this year.

Happy Halloween

Everyone is getting ready!
Busy baking cookies this morning and hubby is making homemade chilli for this evenings festivities. YUM!
Should be a great Halloween, even if we aren't back home.
Miss you guys, it won't be the same without the annual pumpkin carving contest and night fireside chats.