Discovery, Rememberance, Revelation, and wishing for some woodworking skills.............

Some Musings.............

Maybe that weigh-loss hypnosis seminar did work...? I found myself mindlessly snacking on some Ritz crackers and started choking. It almost took a gallon of water to clear my throat out. I put the rest of them away after that experience. But I have noticed that the older I get, I can not eat any starchy foods without liquids following them. I have fell of my exercise routine this week as I job hunt and try to finish remodeling my dining room before Labor Day. I am going to get back in gear later this morning. My daughter's sixteenth birthday is next week, I agreed to host Labor Day, and family is coming to town, so the pressure is on. One of my younger brothers popped in town yesterday. The kids knew, but he wanted to be a surprise. Although I was very glad to see him, I realize that I do not like surprises. My daughter had to remind me that procrastination will do that to me when I do not stay on track.

The dining room was still in disarray, and I was trying to finish putting up this molding from Creative Crown. Although it is foam molding, it is not as easy as they indicated to put up. On the website they indicate that you can use LIQUID NAILS Wood & Foam Molding adhesive to attach to the wall, but as I have discovered, if there is a lot of humidity in the air as it is in my house, it ain't gonna work right away. I ended up using small brad nails to help secure them to the wall and the glue finally took after 24 hours. I am glad that in the kit, they do provide angle corner cuts. But cutting the matching angles with a miter box made me want to scream also. For a moment, I wished that I had this miter saw to finish the job.

Cutting the right angles were not that hard, but the left angles were the issues for me. But with some shortcuts, I finally got the rest of the top molding up last night. I just have to caulk the joints and paint over them. Then I need to finish putting up the chair rail molding. Part of me wishes that I had the money so that I could find a carpenter that could measure and cut the corner angles for me so I could quickly finish installing them. I could go up to Home Depot in my area and see if I could find a bulletin ad posting or inquire of some of the guys coming out of there. But I am going to pray on it, and hope that God send some clarity and inspiration my way to help me figure out this dilema.

I just recently discovered Corinne Bailey Rae via AOL Sessions. I have fell in love with her song "Trouble Sleeping." I definitely want the CD. There something about her is that is so unique, soulful, and fresh. I hope that she has a long career, and does not let anyone alter her, or "Pimp" her out to something that so distorted that she loses her beautiful essence. After watching all videos of her performances, I could not help but be reminded of Minnie Riperton. Their singing styles definitely differ, but there is such a sweetness and vitality about Corinne and Minnie that makes their music enjoyable for me.


I have not seen one of Minnie's TV performances in years, but was able to find some on You Tube today. I give much thanks and appreciation to those that posted those videos there. I loved seeing all of them! Minne was so cool, calm, collected and so amazing even while she was performing partially disabled from the cancer. Looking at the picture where she has the baby breath flowers in her hair, I now understand the inspiration for the maid of honor's hairstyle at my older stepsister's 1976 wedding. If I ever get married again, I am going to have dried Baby's Breath in my hair too. Also in 1976 on the Tonight Show hosted by Flip Wilson, Minnie revealed that she had malignant breast cancer and in 1978, she became chairman of the American Cancer Society. Minnie died from cancer on July 12, 1979. With her husband composer Richard Rudolph, she had two children, Marc and Maya Rudolph (Maya is currently a cast member on Saturday Night Live).

I can relate to this because I have to be checked every six months since I have a cyst in my left breast. Initially I found the news scary, but I dealt with the information and resolved to try to live my life to the fullest. I hope and pray that God will allow me to see my children grow up as emotional/spiritual healthy adults, have their own children and be able to enjoy my grandchildren as a doting grandmother also.