WISH CASTING WEDNESDAY

When Jamie at Jamie Ridler's Studio asked this week

"What do you wish for your health?"

I immediately thought of this commercial for the Kia Soul car featuring golfer Michelle Wie. I can't help watching whenever it comes on...the Soul is so ugly it's cute, but the music is catchy...and while the hubby (whom I repeat thinks primary with his lower mind) finds Michelle Wie hot and sexy, I am drawn to her power and strength. Although I have never played golf, I can't help but wish I had the strength to hit  a ball with this force...maybe in my next life!

WISH CASTING WEDNESDAY

I haven't participated in Wish Casting Wednesday for awhile as I am usually busy with other things and  her questions sometimes require a lot of thought and self reflection that I seldom have time to sit down and put thoughts to paper or should I say cyberspace.  But the instant I read Jamie Ridler's question today "Where do you wish to grow your confidence?" the answer practically sprang out of me.

I would like to gain confidence in my speaking ability and have just a little bit of the "gift of gab," not a lot...there's nothing more annoying than people who talk incessantly for the sake of talking...  but just enough to see me through social situations without stumbling over my words. The more nervous I am, the more I reverse my words, mispronounce words and just generally bumble thing up. So at a social gatherings, I will be the quiet one, not because I am self-absorbed or stuck up, but because I am being cautious that I don't say something to embarrass myself. Although a few drinks of wine may loosen my lips, it does nothing improve my skills at intelligent conversation,  and if I am going to make an ass of myself, I would rather to be the first to know.

"Eat your oatmeal, don't wear it."

Jamie at Jamie Ridler Studios ask today, What do you wish to accomplish?

I wish to manage to have at least one good belly laugh a day even if it means laughing at my own stupidity, and this morning I outdid myself. Awake a good half hour before my normal 6:00 alarm, I decided to take advantage of the extra time to try out a new natural home beauty treatment. I'm always willing to try natural home cleaners and beauty products, so when I heard Dr. Oz the other night endorsing using oatmeal and banana to condition old and tired damaged hair I knew I had to try it. All you have to do process some oatmeal with banana, rub it into your hair, leave it on for 15 minutes and then shampoo hair...right...

Opting to use my blender instead of the food processor as I planned to use the blender anyway to make a breakfast smoothie...why dirty two appliances...I set about making my natural conditioner.

Lesson 1. Should have used the processor as the blender did not do a good job breaking up the oatmeal.

Lesson 2. Never put oatmeal and banana in your hair.

It took two shampoos, combing my hair with a wide tooth comb, then a fine tooth comb, followed by a third shampoo and cream rinse to get the porridge of of my hair. During the whole process I kept hearing my mother's voice reminding me of all the poor children around the world who would be thankful to have the food I just wasted. So here I sit, with very clean but still dry and damaged hair. But I did accomplished something. I got my belly laugh!

Time is the coin of your life.
It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.
Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg

You may have noticed that it has been quite awhile since my last post...what can I say...time...or time to do what I enjoy seems to be elusive...there seems to be so many other things cropping up requiring my attention that "me" time often becomes secondary.

When Jamie ask for Wish Casting Wednesday, What do you wish for 2010 my answer would have to be to take more time for myself, get back on track with a healthier life style (after all the Christmas junk food is gone of course) and ,if time is going to be wasted, I want to be the one doing the wasting and not let others waste it for me.

May everyone have a Happy New Year and all the best for 2010!

THE URGE TO SERGE...FOR WISHCASTING WEDNESDAY

I used to do a lot of sewing when my girls were little, making them cute little matching dresses and overalls, until they got to the stage that they didn't think it so cute. While not a great seamstress by a long stretch, I was proficient enough to turn out a passable garment...if you didn't look too closely at the seams.

I gave my 25 year old "Brother" machine to my eldest daughter when she left home and purchased a new 'Singer" model for myself. While I could thread the old one with my eyes shut, it took a very long time for me to get accustomed to operating its replacement and I still miss my old one. It was just a basic machine with straight stitch and zig zag, but it was metal and heavy enough that you almost needed to be a weight lifter to carry it, unlike the light plastic models of today.

Over the years, my sewing has really petered off due to lack of time and interest, but lately I've been digging it out more and more to sew or make over Frenchy finds into Belly dance costumes, skirts and veils, and I find my mind drifting to the possibility buying a serger. How much easier it would be to finish the edges of flimsy silk or chiffon fabrics required for belly dance or shears for curtains? I have never used one but it can't be too hard to learn...right.

So, to answer Jamie's question for Wishcasting Wednesday:
What treat do you wish for!

I am going to put a serger on my wish list. With Christmas coming soon, perhaps it will come true.

For more wish casting, pop over to Jamie Ridlers Studios.