packing up the truck 101

here are some "journals" from the last 10 years there are more, there just in a different place.  so right now i am into packing 101 the easier way to move a lot of stuff, i want to move all my studio stuff today.....i took the 3 white shelves from sugarman's......and i have the white craft cabinets here.....so all the furniture with be white for now.....but white is good, cuz all my baskets and boxes are different colors....and i have some vintage boxes that will show up great against the white......tomorrow i tackle my clothes......you don't even want to know.........but i am so into moving.....out of this place.......

kick back sunday night........

this is my kitty cat shema when she was a kitten .....i resued her for $20 bucks and a t shirt.  she is one crazy cat and smart as a whip......she and bear are playing tag your it.....anyway resting up for moving tomorrow.....just wanted to drop in and say hi....all is good....and what is this noise i here about facebook timeline, that's not like dateline right.....

journals......

ok so if you haven't heard by now, i have been journaling since i was 12.  i have every journal that i have ever written in. the older journals are keep in a green footlocker that has wheels.  the journals from the past 10 years are on in a bookcase in my bedroom.  i have many different types of journals, but the constant thing about them is they all reflect who i am , and what i think.......the photos here are what i would call my journal scrapbook....it is just one of those big plain white page books you can get at any bookstore. this is the book that i put "most" of papers in from where i have been and then i write notes.  i also just go through it at times and place various clippings from magazines.....and when i get to that page i might or might not journal about the page............i have another art journal that i working in right name i was inspired by an art journal and tutorial by an artist named caatje.....http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.com i am having fun with it as i can draw, play, doodle and what ever in it.......at any given time i have at least 5 different journals around....i think i have one in every room and my purse.  i have some journals that have taken me 5 years to complete from cover to cover......and it is funny how one changes.... i did morning pages ala julia cameron for 3 years straight and i can't begin to tell you want an eye opening life changing experience that was....for anyone that needs to get a handle on their life i strongly recommend morning pages....if you don't know what they are just ask.

i received as a gift from dover the notebooks of leonardo de vinci, and i swore to myself that i would leave more notebooks to then him....and i may well be on my way.....

the thing is i was getting confused by all the names people call these books, diaries, journals, notebooks, art journals, altered books, smash books....til i just started calling them "the big fucking book of everything.....it just makes it easier for me and i hate to have to be pushed in a box......and a rose by any other name......but i do have to say i like the idea of putting colorant on the books first, but then again i like to see just how the journal will evolve.....and like all my art if i can get it to stay down it stays there......and there are always loss stuff , stuffed in the pages.....all i have left to say if you don't have a journal, you should.......someone once told me they will be the greatest gift that i will leave my children......if you would like to see more of my journal pages check out my flickr site.....just go to the flickr icon on the right and hit coffee with gloria . and look for the set that says journal pages.......i love feedback so please leave some good or bad....cuz it is all good

the story of the bus.......

Don’t ever forget that I am from Brooklyn, nyc…….and when we get thrown under the bus, we pick our asses up and keep going……I am just saying….

snow day

Well I skipped out on going up the eyeon today……that would be to sugarman’s ….you know what I am still amazed out is how long it takes for me to realize that something, is toxic to me…..but sugarman’s I must say I am now declaring you toxic….i will bid what ever time I have left there and then say, SO LONG , FAREWELL, IT’S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YA…..and git…cuz that flea market is like a hole to dante’s inferno, it is sooooooooooo black and negative…..but it was a good stepping stone….and it opened my eyes up to a like of things…..i learned about me, mostly, cuz that is part of my job…..and how to react to the other , now here I was going to say assholes’ is that ok….good. ok so this is how I react to the other fucking assholes’ I just pretend they don’t exist anymore….and I have a magic wand, that I can do it with, but it only works for me……I am so sorry about that…..but I do have a collection of fairy dust…..i am going to use different names here to protect the innocent and not so innocent…it you are reading  it and think that it’s about you, well, DARLING, your so vain……so my kool across the street, neighbor, he is from Holland, and they have the cutest kid….smart like a whip and all princessed out….i would hate to be the one that has to tell her….but she only 3 so I will let her live the fantasy for a few more years and break it to her gently…..i raised/ing 2 daughters…..they are truly a blessing…..but if you have children you understand……it is tough sometimes to be a parent and be yourself….i forget how old I was when I stopped being afraid  by my parents and them of me…..i was a wild child, yes in deed…..my kids are still think I am nuts….like I was told it is kind of having a mom that is an artist, and is a different kind of mom…..but I could/can be the only mother I know how to be…..and I have beautiful children…..both in college…..2 different paths/2 different children……have to treat them differently, but the same……oh I was talking about my neighbors, anyway he cleaned a path for me as it snowed all last night and this morning here in sticks of the northeast……mountains are good…..mountains are good….anyway I went to wall mart today and I am sorry to say that spent money there but….i wanted a crockpot to cook in and they had one on clearance(the angel)…in red and I had to have it cuz it was on my list…….bought some food…there were no remarkable fashion attire today as it was snowing so people were pretty much clothed up warm….although the guy next door was outside shoveling the car , with shorts and flip flops…..you know what I say “whatever floats your boat” and makes ya happy….ok I am staying in and working on a few projects….my journal, a beading project and one that has vintage black buttons….i will show photos when done…..anyway off to listen to something and create…….one more thing it’s an allie day, from now on all snow days are allie days…….my daughter used to stay up all night hoping it would snow, so, there would be no school………..