Toxic Thoughts...

The slower times of the year my mind begins to take a journey to places and dreams of which direction to go with the Mansion, my other endeavors, not to mention my life.  Its a suspended look in the mirror to catch a glimpse of what the future may hold and where do I want my life to end up.  Thousands of ideas roll through my head, most of which never make it out of my mind and into action, some do and I run it by the inner circle and then they seem to hit a wall, become disposed, and never transpire.  Should we do this or try that, how much money could it make, will it be more trouble than its worth?  Everyone always seems to have these grand ideas for the Mansion, no one has every wanted to put the blood, sweat, and tears in to making those ideas materialize.  What are you going to plant out front, will it grow this year or burn up like last year, should you invest in a sprinkler system finally, or just water everything by hand again and waste hours of my life holding a water hose.  Where should I invest my advertising, should I raise or lower my rates.  Do I repaint the porch again this spring, or let it slide?  My brain begins to ache all the thoughts running through the head, and then I join Pinterest..........

I am now an addict and need to be on medication to control my Pinterest addictions.....

It's like creativity on steriods, a magazine with thousands of ideas that never ends.  It almost gives too many ideas and suggestions that my brain hurts worse, but it also becomes an oasis where my brain finds rest and suclusion from the day to day. I have kept thousands of magazines over the years just because they had recipes or decorating ideas in them, this week I threw them all away.  It filled up an entire two trash bins, Freedom!!  Such a weight lifted, I now do not hoard creativity through magazines, I just pin it to  my virtual board!!! Why didn't I think of this idea, I probably did but it never made it out of my mind!!!!
After a weekend with my RockStar Boyfriend, I realize that I need to just stop being restless and take this world a day at a time.  God only knows the future, and so far he has definitley blessed me beyond measure.  He provides the filter for my crazy thoughts, and my Rockstar Boyfriend stops me from acting them out into motion:D  God, RockStar, and Pinterest, they keep me grounded, give peace, and rest my toxic thoughts. 

Here is a pic of a wedding with pink lighting, the bride's shoes were even sparkle pink, Enjoy!

A Few Christmas Memories

Every Year, while tearing down the Christmas Decor, I realize I forgot to take pictures of all the Decor and Trees in the Mansion, then I proceed to run around the house in my pajamas plugging the tree lights on every tree taking photos and then turning them off again and tearing them down. (repeat times 20)  It's so sad to take down all those trees every year, the house seems to mourn their absence it takes usually until late March before the Mansion seems to come alive with the spring of life again.  What is sad is this is the time of year that I do the most showings for potential brides for weddings.  It makes it hard to help them visualize the green grass outside (when its brown) and the potential of their event in a Historic Mansion after the glitter of the Christmas Season has passed and is packed away.  Don't get me wrong I will be sweeping up glitter on the hard wood floors till May, but the flashy effect will be gone, but no problems so far the dates are booking up and spring will be here soon!  Here are a few highlights of the Decor, Enjoy;-)