Chicken Soup 4 the...

Artist! I've missed you all!!

I love making soup and I think that I can turn anything into a craft. For those of you who are also Soup Artists, you know what a mountain of ingredients it takes to make a good pot of chicken broth. I really love chicken, but really - what do you do with all that "stuff" just to get a cup of clear liquid broth.

It’s already been a much too busy flu season this year and way below normal temperatures here. So sorry that Tammi’s Holiday Florist is not yet open due to more of the sniffles. And I wasn’t able to get my cannas inside before the first snowfall. However, I’ve had a lot of time to get caught up on listening to the local news, talk shows, and audio books. I’ve organized my art supplies, CDs, art supplies, jewelry making odds and ends, and my recipes. And then I reorganized them because they just never seem to be really organized.

And oh yeah, been wearing my babushka lately to keep warm and I just keep thinking if Jackie O. and Marilyn could wear them, then why couldn't I? OK. Well, I know why. Also been wearing Vicks as lip gloss. Tee hee. Learned that trick a long time ago from a time when my friends and I were too young to wear make-up.

This is my third December Musings and I guess that makes it officially an annual event. I remember when I first heard about blogs and I just didn’t understand them. I mean, why would anyone want to put their world onto the net? What was the purpose? Well, I know that in the true spirit of blogging, Another Original by Tamara doesn’t really reach the bar with blogging. No convos here and my posts are more of an online electronic scrapbook. A first generation of blog mutations I guess. I hope they at least provide a chuckle or two along the way for a few of you.

My 2011 calendar is ready to go and I’ve once again consolidated my lists of things to do. With the extra time on my hands I have not been painting as much as one would think. What I have learned (but already knew I think) is that you can’t force that process. I have made another little holiday card that I call the “Snow Family Portrait.” The Snow family wishes you all the warmth of this holiday season.