My first surgery..

gotta love the pain medicine, i.v. drip, and drugs when you are just informed that you will loose your arm if emergency surgery isn't performed within 45 minutes.... Needless to say, I was feeling well after all the I.V.'s were in place, lol.... (lord...)


http://youtu.be/pk6rJdgV44M http://youtu.be/vRoMRZonBQ4

poetry!

An endless spiral-spinning...
forming wind of act and thought...
chaos is composed...
as surroundings fade-i'm lost.

Tumbling are ideas,
drifting-the storms it seems to lead...
Ground to touch and tamper with,
As a tornado seeks.

hey ya'll

Long time, no post, I know.... I've been busy working, going to school, finalizing my divorce  :'(  etc. But I must say my spirits have improved and I'm beginning to move on and realizing that I need to receive closure within this chapter of my life.  Marriage is work--you have to be willing to invest time, work, and maintain the love you originally had for the other in order to make things work.  It's definitely not easy.  But, it's impossible when only one person is willing to invest their time into making it work.  It was a lesson learned..

Videos from my phone... rated R (language)

So, I had to share these video's.. hilarious... I deleted em' from my phone prior to this post, but thank goodness for youTube!!! I can now share... wanted to post so I can look back and laugh randomly.. haha


Video from a night out at "Cantina" in P-town... Tim, of-course, was the entertainment this evening... Riley and him decided to "battle" it out... it's the worst rap/flow/battle I've ever witnessed in my entire life... haha... but it makes it even more entertaining....



Once again, another fun night at "cantina"... a homeless man was walking past... we bought him a couple drinks in return for the entertainment... he was awesome...



Lane with a tazer is never good news... especially when you pair that with his crazy buddies, lol... I ended up being more scared then they were.. and they actually zapped one another... thank goodness I didn't physically experience the effects of such an intense toy, ha.



My friend Jenny and I were bored one night... we pretended a stray dog was a baby "dingo"... lol, don't ask... but it was hilarious...




A random evening at the DeRoller's... miss them so much... typical Potter being a goofball... after swallowing about 10 budlights in no time... haha.. and ofcourse, Lane's encouraging him... ha




Jenny's Bday!!!!




Awe, Bubby!!!!!!




More Bubb's....

Oh Christmas tree....

So I had a wonderful trip home to KY to visit my family... It was just what I needed. I LOVE my lil' nephew.. he is incredibly smart--i'm such a proud Aunt ;) He knows every word to every Jason Aldean song in existence... he's a lil' cowboy... anyway, I had to share this video! :)

Amber Jean.

This is the song my daddy saw Neil Young perform on a talkshow---Neil young just had a little girl named "amber jean" and this song was about her... my mom's middle name is jean, and I guess my dad herd this and it just "fit".. hehe.  I thought it was an interesting story...

color code

Trying to decide on the best color scheme for accent pieces, etc. for my new bedroom.  I have a dark grey comforter, ivory sheets, an awesome teal (shabby chic) mirror I found at the thrift store, and a cream dressor (shabby chic as well) that has just barely a dark pink/fuchsia undertone.. looks almost like a crackle finish.. but it's primarily a cream color...

Anyway, this is the color scheme i've decided i think i like the most!:

I'd like this a little better (above) if the yellow were more soft in color. 

i got the blues...

So, since I'm not in the greatest mood today.. issues with co-workers, roommates, a divorce, etc. I decided to bring my spirits up by listing the things that always make me happy, or that can brighten my mood!

1. My family: Living in VA and having ALL of my family almost 700 miles away from me pretty much, well..... SUCKS.  Especially when going through hard times.  Even a 5 minute phone call or random conversation with my mom, dad, or sis, or granny's always puts a smile on my face!

2. Sunshine!  Now the time's changed and it becomes dark outside around 5pm.  I hate it... A sunny day always perks me up!

3. Starbucks: A skinny french vanilla cappuccino... warms by tummy and my heart. :)

4. Being in L<3VE... although heartbreak stinks, when I'm on cloud 9, there's no place I'd rather be in the entire world!

5. Art:  Drawing and sketching always takes my mind into a different place... I feel free. Same with photography!  It's my passion!!!!

6. Junk Food: Although I feel like crap AFTER I indulge, I LOVE me some junk food... especially Chips and salsa, reece cups, ben and jerry's, fried pickles, cheese sticks, pizza, nacho's, and I'm a sucker for french fries...I could continue on with this list but it'd never end!! 

7. Laziness: A good movie, my pj's, and being warm and snuggled up in my bed... always tops the cake! 

cute!

i LOVE this cool magnet board---here's a link on how to DIY too! 

Getting Stamped.. again!

So, I have a few tattoo's: One of a feather on my back that has a heart intertwined into the design, one that reads "La vita e bella" (life is beautiful in Italian), one on my wrist that reads "deo adiuvante" (life is beautiful in latin--I'm catholic), and one other tattoo on the back of my neck that turned out to be a huge mistake, but oh well.. it was supposed to be an abstract peacock feather (gone wrong)... it scabbed a lot and showering removed it and the ink never settled in my skin.  I just tell everyone that's my battle wound, haha.. or a bug, either one works, lmao.  Anyway, I have a few ideas for what I want next.  I'm going home for Xmas and my dad and I are getting tattoo's together.  He says I should get a "dad" tattoo, lol.. which I am "daddy's lil' girl" so I would actually do that.... but there's also another one I've been wanting for a while... a dandelion tattoo and I've also wanted a tatt of the abstract dove that was on the pamphlet for my papa's funeral... a memorial for him to say the least.  Anyway, here are a few things I've researched and like the most... just gotta find a way to make it my own...

Ideas: Put some sort of lyric from the song he named me after, there for you my amber Jean by neil young.... (lyrics below)

Amber Jean lyrics
Every morning got sun to shine
Every day got plenty of time
Every night
there's a moon so fine
There for you, my Amber Jean.

Still some lines
that should get crossed
Still some coins
that might be tossed
Still some love

That hasn't been lost

There for you, my Amber Jean.

Amber Jean, oh, Amber Jean,
Prettiest eyes I've ever seen.

Every morning got sun to shine
Every day got plenty of time
Every night
there's a moon so fine
There for you, my Amber Jean.