SPRING IN MINNESOTA

Only in Minnesota could there be a Spring like today! It's white every where~ It usually takes me an hour to get home. Today it took me about an 1 1/2 hours today. There is a lot of thick, slushy snow on the ground. I guess it gives us all something to talk about!! Nothing too exciting in my life.. Just the snow flakes~

Smile to all of you~
Kimbella

LIFE IS ART

Art has a different meaning to each person. Two people can look at the exact same picture and visually see something different. No wonder we have difficulties understanding communication between one another~ This is the beautiful thing about life and creation! "It's in the eye of the beholder"

I have been so busy lately! Thursday evening we went to a wine tasting event to help raise money $$ for the humane society... We had a blast, succulent wine and tantalizing appetizers. I did win a door prize it was a jar full of M&Ms!! We have two sweet dogs that we rescued from the shelter and I would please have anyone check out their local humane society before they adopt from a breeder!

On Friday I and two other alumni were invited to represent the Department of Rehabilitation at the University from where I received my masters degree from. IT was a great day. It was an opportunity for me to have lunch with my good friend Kris at the Olive Garden. We also did a little shopping! Then we met our Professors for a few cocktails after the class.

Today I have been very busy! Let me just say I am going to get my "paint-brush wet"!!! Keep checking back on my blog site "symbolsofthesoul". I am not sure when I will have it ready but time will tell, thank you~


Each Day A Life
BY
Robert Service


I count each day a little life,
With birth and death complete;
I cloister it from care and strife
And keep it sane and sweet.

With eager eyes I greet the morn,
Exultant as a boy,
Knowing that I am newly born
To wonder and to joy.

And when the sunset splendours wane
And ripe for rest am I,
Knowing that I will live again,
Exultantly I die.

O that all Life were but a Day
Sunny and sweet and sane!
And that at Even I might say:
"I sleep to wake again."

~WHAT A DAY~

Today was one of them days. It began at 5am and I am still awake... A lot of things went a rye today!!! It really hurts when you trust in people and they take advantage of you. It even hurts more when they invade your privacy and especially When they steal from your child!!!! I could go on and on and I could tell the story but it would take so long to explain. Let's just say my privacy feels very invaded! I hope all of you had a much better day then I... Enjoy tomorrow and may the sun shine upon all of you~

Butterfly kisses to my son and I hope I chase his insecurities about mean people away!

~Smiles Kimbella~

SWEET THOUGHTS

Today has come and gone, traces of candy wrappers in the garbage can! Isn't it interesting to know what kind of day it's going to be by how early we start eating chocolate in the day. My favorite candy is PEANUT M&Ms. Often they are my breakfast and my lunch! Sounds healthy/NOT... Slap my hands....

Just a little humor as to how my day began. I got to work unlocked my office and I thought I would go and log onto my computer. Hmmm, how silly of me as I left my laptop at home. My lap top serves as my hard drive when I am at work. I dock it and use a different screen and keyboard. Yes, so I had to work out of two offices today. Didn't accomplish much as it was a little chaotic. Hope you all have sweet dreams and Happy Hump Day tomorrow.

Smiles~Kimbella~

Everyone Needs Someone

People need people and friends need friends
And we all need love, for a full life depends
Not on vast riches or great acclaim
Not on success or worldly fame
But just in knowing that someone cares
And holds us close in their thoughts and prayers
For only the knowledge that we're understood
Makes everyday living, feel wonderfully good
And we rob ourselves of life's greatest need
When we "lock up our hearts" and fail to heed
The outstretched hand reaching to find
A kindred spirit whose heart and mind
Are lonely and longing to somehow share
Our joys and our sorrows and to make us aware
That life's completeness and richness depends
On the things we share with our loved ones and friends

- Helen Steiner Rice -

~SWEET DREAMS~

I wanted to wish all of you ~SWEET DREAMS~ this evening when you lay your sleepy head down to rest. Tomorrow it's back to work. I had a successful day in the "SHOPPING WORLD"! I had lunch with my friend Lisa she also had the day off today. Happy Tuesday to everyone tomorrow and sweet dreams..

Smiles~Kimbella~

A Dream within a dream

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand--
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep--while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?



- Edgar Allan Poe

~VACATION DAY~

Here is a picture of my other babies~ Flicka the greyhound, and LiLLy the big black great dane! They are both so sweet. We rescued them from the humane society. They were both in foster homes. We have had Flicka for 2 1/2 years and Lilly for 8 months. They are so smart and behave very well. Both well mannered sweeties!

That's right friends I took a VACATION DAY off of work today! It's great not to have to push the pedal to the floor today. I drive an hour to work. I don't mind the distance it actually gives me time to gear up or unwind. I sometimes read, listen to music, talk on the phone. READ, yes read.. I drive mostly back roads with limited traffic. I don't read very often just once in a while. I woke up made coffee and sent my hubby off to class. He is finishing a 4 year degree in business management/international marketing. He also works full time and makes way more money then I do. I ask the question how that can be when I have the masters degree? That's Life~ I am thankful at least he has a job and is a very hard worker.

I also made French toast for the boys. My nephew, Jordan is staying over for a few days. I even gave the pooches a few bites. We don't give them scraps very often and we have to be careful as they have weak tummies. I hope to enjoy my day. I am going to do some case noting for work but I do plan on having some fun!

Smiles~Kimbella~

More Easter Pictures~

More Pictures~

My Sister gave me these really good smelling candles hmmm, how yummy! I also took a picture of my mom eating cake! The picture on the left is of Tonya, my sister!

Happy Easter & Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my MOM & Happy Easter to all~ Today we spent Easter with most of my family. It was a white, winter here in Minnesota~ No outside Easter Egg Hunt for the kiddies. We had a nice day even though it was a white one. It was also my mother's birthday Happy 62nd Birthday Mom~ I brought goodies to my parent's house. So you know what I was doing last night and early this morning. Last night our evening began with coloring Easter eggs. I then made deviled eggs, cherry/pineapple salad, cheese tray, fresh pineapple, shredded beef, and cheesy potatoes. My mother made my favorite scotch~do~bars! She also made me one of my favorite salads. It was all very good! I have posted some pictures of my husband Sameer (Sam), and my son Cody! I will post another blog with some more Easter pictures~ I hope all of you enjoyed Easter Day~

Smiles~ Kimbella~

We All Have A Story~Human Trafficking~

I'm not sure if any of you watched 20/20 tonight? It was about prostitution, and why these women have chosen this lifestyle. It was very sad, and heart wrenching! These women have no self-worth, and they feel that this is the only way they can survive. Can you imagine how numb they are to resort to a life of destruction . Imagine if they redirected their thoughts and wants. I am a firm believer that when a person is ready they will take the next step. For them to endure this life day after day, you just want to shake them. Some of the women especially the ones that were homeless or living on the street were mostly doing tricks to support their drug habit. This was all very sad and to think I am going to bed in a warm house tonight when I lay my head down. Some of these people are living in broken down abandon houses. Theses houses have no heat, and no running water. I pray for all of them and may we cast no stones.

Happy Easter and pray for those that are less fortunate then us~

Bullies

I hope that this information gets relayed to the two artists that have so rudely voiced their opinions against my sister. If someone wants to be fair and wants everyones' point to be objectified then I think it's only fair to post all comments and to not be selective.

When I came upon this information in my sister's blog I was very sadden and disheartened! My sister works very hard at what she does and especially in her originality. She has been an artist for as long as I can remember. I think it's interesting because as I was looking through both of their blogs, and looking at the items they both have created. It's interesting the similarities in the designs of some of their dolls. They have vague similarities. For example your St. Patrick dolls. The strange thing is Tonya's doll was posted first???? So do I assume then that one of them have copied her doll??? You know what I think is interesting Haven't you heard the olde saying "when you point the finger at someone else it points back at yourself"!

I understand that you are all artists and you want to be acknowledged and authenticated for your originality but to bully someone and to publicly make statements and comments to try and make the kind of statement that they have it really speaks loudly about the kind of artists that both of them are! Do you really think that for as many years and with the "ELITE ARTIST" that Tonya is that she would need to stoop to the level of having to copy someone else's creation??? It simply doesn't make sense...

I believe people should speak their minds, but simply the point that they are conveying about copy write is the exact same thing that Joyce did with replicating her friends doll and Tonya's clown pattern???? Even better she created such drama over this that Joyce created some attention in hopes of making a profit! I guess you could assimilate her as a poparotzi.. This simply reminds me of petty, high school/child like behavior!

Can't we all just get along! When your in the public eye I guess you will always be scrutinized!

~LIFE IS A GIFT~

What a gift to be able to sooth people with words, kindness, and the ability to listen. I think sometimes people just want someone to genuinely listen to them and to have their feelings be authenticated ~ So many people that I serve every day are in crisis situations. Life in general is a every day struggle for them. How blessed I truly am to have a sense of contentment with my own life~ I can't imagine how it must feel to be so;lonely, sad, and depressed day after day. I have known people that have taken their own life and it never makes sense. We can never understand what's in another persons' mind~

Often people will just tell you what they think you want to hear. It's often easier for them to just smile and say good, then to truthfully express how they are feeling. Mask the feeling today and still feel awful tomorrow.

Tonight I had to make a decision to take someone to the crisis center. I am glad I made that decision because I wanted the person to be safe. I would have felt horrible if something would've happened. I have learned with people in the past never second guess life. Act before you have to react! Please listen when people are telling you they are having a bad day, or life isn't going good. For tomorrow they may not be there to listen too. Life is a gift with it's simple pleasures~

Smiles~

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I can't believe the weekend is already over once again! It always comes and goes so fast!

Smile :)

SLEEPY

I thought I would say hello to all of you kind folk out there~ I am sleepy and I would like to do a little research online before I get some ZZZZZZZZZ. I really don't have much to say. My mind is at ease, I'm sleepy, content, and darn happy that the sun has finally started to appear in Minnesota! Today the weather was great! It was 50 degrees (HEAT WAVE) for the long winter weather we have had to endure. I hope to write something meaningful later on in the week~ Happy Hump Day tomorrow~

Smiles :)

Awakening "Eyes Wide Open"

~I thought I would include "Eyes Wide Open" as I am wide awake.... Unusual for me as I get so sleepy around this time. I have to admit I sometimes fall asleep at my computer and nestle in my office chair! My friend Serena gave me a coupon for a free flavored coffee drink at MC Donald's. I had previously tried the vanilla flavored drink and I personally didn't care for it. So this time I tried the hazelnut and it it was a 7/10. Let's just say I think the caffeine is flowing!

I feel very honored as last week I was sent an invite to apply for The National Scholars Honor Society/MAGNA CUM LAUDE. I just finished filling out the application. It is free so I applied and I will hear back in 2-4 weeks. I worked ---- hard to get both of my degrees. It was never easy and especially when I had to work FT. I still once again need to say thank you to all of my family, friends, co-workers and strangers who in many ways contributed towards my success! And just think this is just the beginning, not the end~

I hope all of you enjoyed the sunshine today! It feels so good to feel the sun on my skin.. It is such a blessing to know that Spring is in sight. We have had such a long, cold winter. Happy Hump Day tomorrow~It's Wednesday~

Smiles~:)

Good Evening!

Good Evening to all of you~ I thought I would down load a picture so all of you could see who I am! I am sorry about the cluttered background. This is in my office at home and well a pictures speaks a thousands words. I had a nice weekend but as always it goes by way too fast.. It seems as if I cooked all day. I made a home-made cheesecake~ and I made a really good home~made Mexican meal. Not to brag but I have been told I am a really good cook! I wish I had time to write more but I need to go pick up my son as he is skiing with my brother and my nephews. I hope to write more soon. Hope all of you enjoyed your weekend and just think tomorrow is "Happy Monday":)

Smiles~:)