A Goofy Christmas

Forgot to post these! Each year the paper publishes the most embellished holiday homes and I am a sucker for lights! I just love them! I forget the details of this home now, but there were lots of lights, lots of vintage Christmas items and many many many handmade wooden characters! This exposure was about 20 minutes and it was COLD! Yes, it does get cold in Phoenix. I kept running back to my car to get warm and then running to protect my camera when someone else drove up. This house was in North Phoenix… around Shea and 30th Street I believe…. somewhere up there…. maybe it was off Greenway… When I was a kid, Goofy was my personal favorite!

This week has not been very exciting. I’ve been at home sleeping off bronchitis and an ear infection… not as much fun as it sounds. Ear infections are for little kids. Seriously. Even the paperwork the doctor gave me said if the child is under 1 to breastfeed and if the child is over 1 to make sure they drink lots of water, kool-aid and eat Popsicles.

I have been drinking lots of water, but only because I have a goal of one gallon per day.

I have watched a few movies this week:
*Blades of Glory was pretty funny, not something I would normally choose myself, but I laughed out loud quite a few times…and laughing out loud lead to coughing fits. Ha.
*Connie and Carla was excellent! In fact I LOVED IT! I have this year long documentary I’m dying to start but won’t be able to do as long as I have a job. So the costumes in the show made me happy while I was leaving a indent in the couch.
*Sideways. That was a great movie. Great story, great scenery, almost made me want to love wine.
*I Robot was interesting. I wonder if that could really happen… and will we all have robots like that in the future? Will robots be serving us beer in bars and cooking for us?
*Pirates of the Carribbean Part Two. So so good! I am dying to see part three now. Does anyone who own it want to let me borrow it? I couldn’t believe two ended like it did. I can’t remember one, but I remember liking it… in fact it was the last movie I watched in the house I grew up in. That’s a strange thought to remember.

In August Gary and I will be headed to gorgeous Santa Barbara to watch the awesomeness that is Radiohead! All week long I checked their website, I followed the pre-sale ticket sales…. I knew I was going to get two tickets to see Radiohead, seriously one of the most incredible bands ever. I was ready, even called ahead to know what buttons to press to get in as soon as I could…. and the website was up on my laptop… ready for the buy button to be pressed. I WAS READY! and still wasn’t able to secure my tickets in the 30 seconds it took for it sell out. So I did what any fan would do, I spent $400 on two tickets from one of those sites. Santa Barbara bowl is pretty small so any seat would be a good seat. I’m happy with the section I bought. We’re right in the middle and not in the last section. Most of the tickets I was finding were on the sides and in the back…. I’ve heard that it overlooks the ocean…. so watching Radiohead and smelling the salty ocean air will be heavenly. Gary has never seen them so this is going to be a super treat for him!

I made the steps to start my new business. I had a lot of time to think this past week, you know, while sitting on the couch and all and a dream of mine has finally been put into action! I absolutely adore sending mail… or as I call it, sending love through the mail. I also really want my pinholes to be affordable without limiting my chances to pinhole fame and stardom… so behold my brilliant idea about 8 years in the making! I’ve started selling my pinholes in the form of colorful postcards! I made a bunch last week and sent them out… doing the preliminary research right now to see how they hold up in the mail. I have found sites that sell the few materials I need, am still looking for wholesale options.

But this idea isn’t complete without the non-profit that goes along with it. I want to get a group of people together that love sending postcards as much as I do and each month announce a new person in need of some love through the mail. I’m still figuring out the logistics but how much happier would that person be when they start receiving 100′s of postcards full of love and happiness in the mail! All that positive energy is sure to make them better faster!

I am going to price my postcards at $5 each. They are handmade and they are real pinhole photographs so I believe that is great price. I’m an avid card buyer and have been known to spend even more $$$ on cards, so I believe for this piece of postcard mail art the price is ideal.

I’m already picturing them in boutiques across the country! I’m already picturing numerous sales from my etsy store daily. It’s going to be amazing and perfect and a dream come true. I will be sure to let you know more when the details are in place. Today I am working on finishing the website and ordering the photos for my first batch of postcards!

Intentions:
Today I intend to make a lot of headway on my website.
Today I intend to order the prints for the postcards.
Today I intend to get rest so that I can go back to work tomorrow healthy and happy.