Shirt Design

When I grow up, I want to be a designer of graphic shirts. You know, the shirts with printed designs on them. A very popular designer is Ed Hardy. Several of his designs inspired me to create different shirts. I want my creations to give a positive and inspiring message.



I hope you like these and if you want to purchase a design, I'm sure we can make an arrangement.


Until next time.

Fabulous Forty

Forty is nice. At least that’s the sense I’m getting after 2 days. The first day, the day I actually rolled the number over from 39 to 40, I didn’t feel good. I have an ongoing medical condition which resulted in extreme fatigue. Not the medical condition itself caused this but the treatment of the condition. At some point I have to wonder which is worse, the disease or the side effects of the medicine.

The second day I was 40 was great. It was Friday; Friday the 13th to be exact. I had invited some close family and friends to join me dining at a great restaurant, Pappadeaux’s. In the course of my life, I have a history of terrible parties. If you want your party to be a dud, let me plan it and invite the guests. This, fortunately, was not one of those times. I invited 20 people and 20 people showed up. That was the first time in my life that’s happened. OK, I think I actually invited 24 people but still, 20 showed up. I was so impressed and felt so loved.

The bad party streak has ended. Woooo Hoooo! I once had a Pampered Chef party at my mom’s house. I invited about 30 people and precisely 4 showed up, including my mother. I tried to throw a “surprise” 30th birthday party for my ex husband….it was a disaster. If it weren’t for my family showing up there would not have been anyone there.

For the 2 days I’ve been forty I really haven’t felt much different. The waiter could not believe I was 40; but then again I am sure he was expecting a heavy tip. I hear 40 is the new 20. I don’t want to be 20 again but I think I’m going to like 40.
Again, thanks to everyone who showed up. I wish it could have been a more intimate setting where we could visit with each other but we can do that another time.

Until next time. <3

The Young & The Beautiful

My friend, Teri, generously allowed me to take part in her kids lives. After all, Teri and I had shared so many other things. Being friends since we were 7, we experienced each others birthdays, first dates, proms, graduation, marriage, death, you get the idea. We are family, so I became Aunt Lisa to her four children.

Being Aunt Lisa was great when they were babies and small children. I could cuddle and play with them, then give them back to her. Now they are all teenagers and nobody wants them! Ha ha, I'm kidding. They are all great kids. Not having children of my own, I find it intriguing that they all have such different personalities.

I won't discuss the differences of the kids. I will say I wish I could have been there more often than I was. It amazes me how the years have gone by. I would give
so much to see more baseball games, attend more birthday parties and (my favorite) take them to the movies.

A few years before Teri's kids were born I took her sister's kids to the movies. Teri's niece Samantha was telling me that she remembered seeing a particular movie when she was five and now her daughter saw it for the first time and she's five. I think it was Snow White...Cinderella? It's been too long ago.

Rachel, the youngest of Teri's kids is now 14. She and her cousin Ashley were getting ready to go to a school dance when I was visiting them a few weeks ago.
Ashley is Angela's daughter and although we haven't been as close as Teri and I, Angela is just like family too. It doesn't seem very long ago that Teri and I were getting all dressed up to go out. I'm probably nostalgic because my birthday is around the corner.

Until next time.