Things are Looking UP !!!!

After all the changes and upheaval lately...Squiggee is rebooting and ready to rock....Imagine moving to a new house with studio and office in tow... all up and running in just 25 days...
I have so many new little surprises for the rest of the coming year...and we all love a surprise...
The studio has Internet today finally ..all the existing feeds had to be replaced..but we are cooking with gas now...our friends have been wonderful...letting us use their Internet and making the wait and transition to our new house possible...the studio is up and running , but with the vast amount of files, beads pictures and general stuff...it needs a little fine tweaking...lol...I will have some great photos tomorrow of the great view just outside our back door...
for now , there is another design at the top of the blog...Mr. Squiggee will fill you in on when I designed this canvas...sadly the original like so many designs ( in the hundreds)was never returned to me...I guess that distributor took the fifth ...lol....now that is funny !
so all you Squiggers out there be ready for a fun Summer and Fall ...never a dull moment here in Squiggeeland....
xoxoxoxo
love,
Squiggee

I Have No Idea What Time or What Day It Is...!!!!!!

For the first time in my life I feel all at sea...i have had bits and pieces of this feeling at different times in my life but , since I left the East coast I feel my umbilical cord has snapped sending me into hyper space...the dogs still insist on having dinner at on east coast time so everyday at four Omar and the Squig tell me it is six east coast time and they are hungry.......our internal clock is still running on East Coast time, and with all the new water , thin air and dry climate our bodies are trying to adjust, but it is hard...maybe if we were in our twenties it wouldn't take much,but we are in our sixties and it takes more effort....the studio is up and running but I needed more stuff brought in from the storage holding center...aka...where we have all our shit ....so it has gone through multiple rearranging....for an artist this is hard...my light and surroundings have changed and I feel all at 6 and 7's...don't ask me what that means because i have only heard the saying and it seemed to fit......the air is so thin...you find yourself zooming around one minute then exhausted the next...... the dryness makes you drink gallons of water all day long to get rid of your cotton mouth...then up frequently all night having to go to the ladies room...lol....and just when you think you are adjusting...you run out of gas and have to go to bed at 7:30....or is that 9:30...who knows...I haven't gone to bed that early since i was six....anyway...it has been two and a half weeks since we arrived and the tast of moving a business and household is proving more complicated than we thought....but we are seeing progress....one new and surprising thing , Ken has discovered Target and has fallen in love with the store........we have never had access to a Target before and Ken , feels he has discovered the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.....the store has everything and is spotless and just minutes from us........
so I will try to be better about blog entries...and some pictures...the dust is settling, but I also have the big TNNA show in Jan . looming....crap ...another thing to take care of....yikes i might need a nap....old..... very old the way the air makes you feel...but to be fair we have been on the constant move for weeks....
more later....

Absolutely Nothing !

For a born and breed Washingtonian, the experience of driving across Kansas was an eye opener............on the east coast there are tiny pockets of open space out in the country...but nothing to compare with hitting the plains . Miles and miles of open rolling land marked only by fences and the odd farm...with some small pockets of trees.....they land has taken on it's winter colors ......beautiful golds and rust reds..that seem to make the sky more blue....the one thing that struck me hard was the thought of how the pioneers walked beside there wagons virtually the same trek as we drove...having babies , sickness, and the threat of Indians....OK I can see walking the endless plains ..but let me tell you that when they came face to face with the rocky mountains....someone must of said .."OH SHIT !"....they are truly formidable...they are right outside my window...and i will take some snaps . I have seen all this on film and nothing prepares you for this in person. There is already snow on the top of the mountains so truly this time of year is out to cross. It just amazes me that anyone even thought of crossing the dam things in the first place. It was all I could do to not bitch about the endless drive to get here from PA.

The studio is moving along and should be up and running by the first of the week. Amazing how much stuff I have for work. The air is thin here and dry and we are at a way higher elevation than PA. so we have to pace ourselves and take breaks. You get tired easily.

There are so many things you have to take care of with a move..finding a vet, hairdresser, dog groomer, dentist ..gynocolgist....bank... car registration ...the list goes on and on. Next week we have to get new mattresses and new cell phones ............you have the feeling you will never be organized

again...................or die trying...I know drama Queen....I have actually been trying my best not to

be a bitch...lol...I hate change and moving...but that is a moot point since I am here already...so I am trying to suck it up and be brave......with an occasional whine thrown in just to make me feel better...lol...the dogs on the other hand seem to be doing great...la DE DA...hey have no job or responsibility......poop...today would be a great day to be a dog......