ah do i have anything to say?

well maybe a few words for those that haven't quite fest up to reading. found out today that Ken from verizon has been keeping up.. oh so.. busted.. more on that in a minuit! well it seems i have some anomious readers out there. oh how funny.. oh not the only one though now i'm sure! as Barbara suggested i not lower myself to such language, i shall do my best to refrain from here forward.. now how do u think that's gonna work.. ? :)

as for Ken, who i met a year ago, i wanted to address some issues i had with my phone but didnt want to run into him at the moment because i hate my hair!! hahahahaha. oh god. so.. i went to a different store, i also only wanted to deal with a corprate store, as it was a real hassel when i bought mom a phone from the dealer store, last year, and when i had to return it, i was in L.A. and having gotton her home, was time restricted, and went one early morn to return it, to my dismay, was there along time, and mom was having trouble with dialing her phone, and couldnt reach me and i was at verizon for 2 hours. trying to figure out how on earth i was going to return this phone i'd bought for mom , while she was in the nursing home, without a phone of her own, and for those that don't know, what a hassel it was to reach her, i can't xpres how alful that was. so in any event that is how i met Ken.. and about the same time last year, no less.. fortunately he will be away in north carolina, while i fix my hair! Hellogorgious.com here i come! thank god i finally have a mailing address! it's been weeks..

after complaining about not being able to save numerous texts, on my phone he slipped a new phone charger in our bag, solving my other issue, not being able to keep my phone charged, in case of any important texts, well worth keeping me up at night! oh to much, now seriously..

we went on to the Mall where madeline exclaimed even the word Mall excites her! i had to laugh, we tried on 9000 things and came home with 2 each, then went onto the children's store were we bought some shorts for andres. followed by tgi fridays some onion soup and tostito nochoes, buffaloo wings and some of those green bean things, an of course we couldn't eat it all so we have left overs 4 tomorrow, oh thank god i will not have to cook tomorrow.

reading the little prince, started it last year, but , well the timing wasn't very good, it is so interesting about the boa babs, and so enjoying madeline reading it. as i started, but it is so nice to be read to.. i shouldn't be the reader, but the listener, so glad she loves to read. we're on chapter 6 or so..

and we r planning andres birthday party, for the first time we might have children and friends around, he was born in N.Y. nearly 7 yrs ago, i planned my prenatal round my schedual, on the road, because we had to go.. and ten days later after my second c section i was standing at the booth, saying hi have u seen these earrings before, while slipping away to nurse him in the motor home, steps away. while poor alfredo stood guard at the booth reluctantly, making every effort not to speak to customers, as this was not his thing..nor was having a second baby. oh well..

a treasure hunt is in store, and a game of "what is it.." should be fun.. long with cake.. plenty of kids, and adults, we should all be in store for an enjoyable time..

with all that is on the agenda, 2 weeks will fly by.. everybody's invited to attend via skype, that should be fun, so make a reservation as to when u would like to chime in!! and wish my dear boy a happy birthday..

havent addressed the spelling.. will do..

Andrea and Crew

Just a few words of incouragement is all it takes ie:

Linda LeBo Ritchie Been enjoying your blog (can't resist roadtrips). I too love and believe in fairies!! If
you will be near N.H. on your trip, I know a fairie artist that I'm sure you would enjoy!
Deb Lapointe, Griffinhill miniatures, you can access it through my fb page.

I just wanted to discribe thursday night..

after setting up the booth in New Milford ct.

First off i didn't want to work here because on this weekend last year i had along discussion with one of moms drs and it concuded with it isn't promising.. that eve, on sat. i met a nurse, who's name escapes me right now, in any event...she couldn't decide on getting earrings or not and came back to the booth 3 times.. and finally did get a pair.. when we started to talk i told her about mom, and she told me her mom had died of pancreatic cancer also... It was an eye opener, as she discribe running around a hospital screaming "give her the medicine"! oh dear god , i thought in the moment... what was i to do.. how would i be able to go to l.a ? so this weekend i'm afraid would be a ruff one for me.. but alas, i had no choice, i need to work and this was my best op. so i am here, last night she came back to the booth, and if there was anyone i wanted to see, it was her. if that was my only reason to be here at all. she had lost one of the earrings, and as we spoke of last year, she was amazed at my vivid memory of our brief encounter, i wrapped up discretely the pair of earrings she had pointed out. and as what seemed to a closing conversation, i handed her the earrings, and said thank u to her.

the next thing u know she introduced me to her daughter, and her friend, and her friend liked a necklace i'd made, beautiful if i may say so myself, with briollet cut aqua, yellow saphire, and white pearls. it matched some aqua studs she was wearing, it looked lovely on her, but wasn't thinking she'd end up wearing it home, i was asking $495. when her husband came over to look he asked how much, i told him.. he said will i give u.. oh great her it comes, the I'll give u line, like they dictate my income or something, with out attitude i listened, as he offered $450. i looked at him.. reached down took out a gift box, and said, it's yous!!!and so the aqua necklace has at last found a happy home where it will be seen at dinner parties, lunchens and.. and the like!

well that certainly helped my bottom line!

ok back to thursday, we came back to the coach, and andres wanted to play with my friend, ed's dog, so we picked up some doggie treats at the store and went to visit.. andres had a good time throwing and fighting over a ball with sigma, the dog, an enormous german shepard, and as the sunset, and ed and i could no longer see the ball, then the dog, and then andres in the darkness past dusk, we continued to sit on a boulder, that was warm from the long day sun, warm under my ass as the air became cool, we looked over the all american baseball field used by the community, as the sunset and the stars magically appeared , above the tall oak at the edge of the field.. one of those nights where they were truly so bright u might reach up , for me on my tippy toes, and take one to light up the path back to my coach, a few yards away. I talked about mom.. big fucking surprise!!

we listened to music on his I phone, and some very approperiate song about lighting a bowl came up, knew mom was there!! too fucking funny.. just random, pandora song..

it's been like this since she departed..

oh btw, the nurse, she got a new job... guess what doing? she now is a hospice nurse, assisting families with their dieing loved ones. can u believe that one... You know, i had a few things happen this week, that were not so.. great.. but then this shit happens and i again know why i get up in the morning.. because whatever less pleasant event is just a speck in the big picture, and when one door closes another one opens, even when it seems so unfair in the moment.. and truly it has always opened to something so much better.. if we can keep our perspective.. which is hard to do while grieving.. of a loss, wiether large or small..

with that i do conclude.. i am not fixing the spelling ... i am late for work as i had to write first.. inspiration..

i have a story about the spelling.. and will tell in my next blog.. as i was advise to do so from cassie.. and so now i will leave a segway..to that story.. about when i was little girl..

love u all and thanks for reading.. as though if u didn't that stop me!

with all i am

andrea and crew

a top a hill

I am sitting at sarah's house, outside at her little square glass top patio table with the umbrella, shading me from the sun peeking through a camouflage of oak tree leaves. only earlier, barely a speck of sun light could stream through, with small glints, beaming through, leaving spots on the moss covered ground, and large stones on the hill side.
early before she would go down to her shop, she knocked on my coach door, sitting atop of her steep drive, to join her over a cup of coffee, as she baked some bread, for the spaghetti i'm cooking today, at a real stove! and then some giant cookies with pecans, and swapped stories, we r all over the place in conversation, no where near on task, then pick up again, and some how in and hours plus time tell ten stories, in broken up pieces to, to conclude all.

like in any country farm house we all have chores and mine today is clean the kitchen, and cook up the meal, she and michael so look forward to, as she bakes but doesn't cook as much. i look forward to using the ample counter space, and a large sink. as i look around the dark room and fire place right out of a century ago, like being in a living museum, and living in the moment. somewhere back in time, and i am so there, the crew content, legos new to discover, and peace for my reader to read. and lap up the sounds of buzzing insects in the trees high above.

hand made wooden bird houses hang on the back side of the house where i sit and write, and one sits on a rock near the moss waiting for the fairies to move in, and if u do believe in fairies, as i do, believe in fairies, they must undoubtedly live here.

i am in heaven, peaceful, no stupid shit running around in my head, but confident all is fine, for the moment, even through our discussion, we all realize that money is tight and yet we r provided for, like a miracle each day, week and month, just praying we can hang on to what we have, wanting more maybe, but realizing that hanging in there needs to be enough. and at that a struggle, is anyone not struggling. leaves little time to soak in the beauty of the day, the sound of our loved ones voice on the phone, the sun on our shoulders, and a breeze up our skirt!!

well todays as good as any to remind ourselves, life is what we make of it, today citi bank can step up there calls and i will ignore them once again. i'm cooking.. with joy.. and making plans in my head for tomorrow.. god willing we are blessed with another day to rejoice.

smiling as i look up to this stone staircase aside the house that seems to go no where, if not to heaven itself.

i love u all thanks for reading, and hope u see what i see.. love

andrea and crew

oh by the way the night ends here at the show with fireworks out side my camper window.. i love fireworks..

and the crew does too.

as we watch freak our swing in the the night sky, holy mackril the most truly terrifying ride ever!!i madeline and i can barely watch it from a distance!!

i bid adoue,

again,

andrea and crew