D-9 My new logo

The one with my name is the logo

of course. I am busy making angels and Santas. Will come back later to write more. The monkey is just to get you asking questions. Will explain more

later. Have a super duper day now.

D-8 Today was the start of week 2

I read a book today called The Silva mind Control Method.Written by Jose Silva. He teaches about self hypnosis. This was probably 50 yrs ago. Now it is what we are all or at least many of us are into. Awakening to our true potential. I went on line to check out the book and they are still teaching this approach today. I wish I had a small group of like minded people to study this book with me. A spiritual journey. I believe whole heartedly that we are capable of doing far more than we ever dreamed. Many celebrities are on the path. I believe that the world is on the brink of evolving. We are learning how to be the creator of our own universe. I am following the path. Studying books, mostly the leaders of the older bunch. I am watching some of the new leaders too. I am being swept away with the emotions that arise from doing dream boards. I've done a dream board and a dream journal. Both creating magnificent results. My life is like a humongous dream and it keeps getting better and better every single day. I am looking forward to the challenges as they arrive. This is by far the most marvelous adventure yet. I can not wait to watch every moment unfold into a new day. I love sitting here writing about each fresh discovery. I feel like a two year old watching a butterfly or dragonfly for the very first time. Filled with wonder and awe at the sheer beauty of their flight. I must always remember to stop and smell the roses along the way. To let the little things go ( and in the end it is all so tiny stuff). Concentrate on being the best person I can be. The person that makes me happy. The person I want to be when I grow up. Now I am grown and so much more to explore. Here's to the journey. May it last for a very long time.

Day 7 This is suppose to be the day of rest!

I started off the day with a 5 yr. old and an 8 yr. old. Today they chose to argue and fight. Hard to say for sure what determines the good days (no fighting) and the bad days(discontent every second). I know that one of my daughters and her 3 kids are coming over today. That has my nerves jangling a little. I know I will not get much done today in the form of work. I feel like I absolutely have to work every day. Fear gnawing at my heels making me put extreme pressure on the have to part of things. The 5 yr. old is in the living room creating one mess behind the other. Hollering at my youngest. My youngest hollering right back. My nerves are tingling, then screaming and finally I call his mother and beg for relief. Being the wonderful, sweet, I love my Mama, child she is, rushes right over to save me. So after they have departed for church and informed me they will be back after church, I begin cleaning up my house getting ready for the next onslaught of messes sure to come in a few short hours.

I eat a little something and load up to haul the gang back here. Upon arrival I am asked if oldest son can join my now already over full mini van. Rhyley in the front seat, 3 babies in the middle seat and sitting in the far back are three grown children. We return home and low and behold there is my oldest daughter and her 2 kids. Now my whole gang minus 2 are sitting in various places in my house. Mind you I do not run the air conditioner because I can not deal with giving so much money to our local utility company.(can not wait until I can get to the point that I can get solar power, wind power or any other off the grid power I can find set up.) So now I have how many people in this furnace I call a home?

I work on 8 little pumpkins I have started. I realize that this is not a good idea and leave them on my desk for later. My beautiful Ana finds a moment to sneak of to Oma's room to investigate all the wonderful stuff she has, lo and behold what have we here? Ink... all over my floor, my pumpkins and of course Ana. Who promptly in her sweetest 2 yr. old voice says Nicky. Meaning her brother did it. I take a deep breath and calmly ask for the jar of now almost empty ink and tell a parental unit to clean her up. Guess what my bathroom looked like when her daddy was through ?Somewhere in the course of all the craziness Rhyley said he wasn't feeling well. Complaining of a headache and he is coughing. It is now 2am he is running a fever and I am awake finishing this post. I started it earlier but did not get a chance to finish. I love all of my kids and all of my grand kids. I really need to figure out a way to get a studio. I need to be able to lock the door and keep them away from all of my art supplies. Ana's mama's response to the ink was I did not know she was in your room. Hummmmmm.... I did not know you had your stuff out everywhere. Hummmmmmm....... I take those 10 slow breathes. Breathe in breathe out and try to stay calm. No yelling, no crying. Clean up the mess,assess the damage and move on.

I got lucky only really could not rescue one pumpkin. I put Ana's name on it and the date. Rhyley liked them so much he wanted one. So 8 pumpkins are now 6 but those 6 are pretty cute. I did manage to get more work done on my angel and finished up a peace sign necklace. This is an excellent example of why I need to be a work at home mom. I never know what direction my day is going to take. Today was lovingly spent with my family. I am grateful that I was here to be able to spend time with them all.

Day 6 Problems and fear with the phone

I wake up play on the computer, you know social siting and emailing. Then I go to call my Mama at 8:00 this morning to find out my phone is no longer working. It is one of those new things you can buy and plug into your computer. It worked great for a while and very well for what it is. I started having static and echo problems a few months back. Making it not really the best set up for using as a business phone. However it does have a fantastic answering service, so should be able to get messages and call back later. Have decided to get a cell phone just as soon as I can swing the price. That way I do not have to worry about kids answering the phone and I won't miss any messages or calls. Having been through 4 kids before this batch I know all about missed calls. I can not afford, as a single mother, to miss any opportunity to make money or to make a trade that may be the best one ever.

Now back to the phone not working. Oh, crap that is bad. Bad start to day 6. Now I have wasted a week getting that number out, my fliers are worthless and I need a new phone with $20.00 to my name. Not good, not good at all.

My friend Jon is always the first person I call with a delicate problem like this. I have known him for twenty years and we have been through some rough times. He is one of the best with his hands I don't know to many things he can't fix. At any rate he was indeed the man for the job. If he couldn't fix it I would be dead in the water and hard pressed not to go get another traditional job.

Oh God please, please don't make me have to go back to work for someone else. I prayed and prayed. I pray so hard that he would fix that little piece of chip board and plastic. I try to tell myself not to panic made myself work on the elephant some. My , my I am so happy with the way he is turning out. I have decided to add rhinestones to him. He needs some bling and glitter.

My daughter shows up to pick up my grandson. I take advantage of the fact that I have no children home at the moment. This is the opportunity to haul off the stuff I have been bagging up all week in my fall clean up. It is also the time to see if this Mjack can be fixed. Yes, I am still praying, but I am doing a nice job of keeping the fear at bay. I arrive at Jon's house, he takes it apart and accesses the damage. Please, please ,please is the chant in my head. Now we have to look for the iron and the flux. Torture... He pulls out this thing and that explaining all along the way what he is doing and why. Now we have the wrong size of flux. Did you know there was more than one size? Well there is so what am I to do? Go to that R store and buy flux. Wait he says... maybe.... maybe I have some in here, dig, dig, dig a little more... Look! what does this say. blah blah blah later . Yes, no trip to R needed. Whew, wipe my brow. Is this ready to rock and roll yet? Not quite yet still more preparation needed. Next I need to lend a hand holding the thing still. Okay first bead rolled off, second bead rolled off. Please, please, please is the chant. Finally after proper priming a bead sticks, yes, yes possible success. Let it cool tack the other side. this is the tricky part he says. It has to be a perfect bead, it can't touch any of the other tiny parts. Bead one he starts to make , perspiration collecting on his brow, I hold my breath to wait. I close my eyes and pray. God please let this work. I repeat the prayer until he says, perfect. You would think I know what I am doing. Chuckle, chuckle , because we both know he knows what he is doing. He finishes up. We inspect the job both certain it will work.

I get home and fuss getting it hooked back up to the computer, running over old ground finding out it will only go one place. I turn on the phone and ...... It Works! It works! yes, thank you, thank you so very much! So day 6 turned out exceptionally well. Hooray for having great friends and surviving one more day out in the world all alone.

Day 5 Fun Fun Fun

I went to retrieve my last check today. Knowing It is not enough I went and bought some liquid acrylic paints to do the holiday windows . I bought 5 colors, Black, White, Orange, Red and Green. I also bought a pack of multi purpose brushes. Now I am covered for those types of jobs. Handed out fliers to everyone that would take one.

I figured I would go thrift store shopping to see if I could find any bell bottom pants. Did not find pants but did find some cool things I need and found out that several places are having big sells tomorrow. More fliers need to be made tonight so I can be at these prime spots tomorrow talking to everyone and giving out more fliers.

I found 2 lettering triangles for a quarter. Help to keep all lettering nice and straight, and at a really bargain basement price, oh yeah! Next store I found a pack of 20 manila scrap book pages with holes already punched in them to paint samples of windows on, fifty four cents. Last stop I found a white magnetic sheet to be able to paint my own personal sign to hang on my van doors, three dollars. Great treasure hunting day!

In the course of driving around to all my favorite shops I decided I am going to paint samples of holiday windows on my van windows. One window will be Halloween, one will be Thanksgiving and the last will be Christmas. My signs will cover all major ways of getting hold of me. Now add a few prayers and let's see what we shake up for work this next week.

The three pictures at the top of this page were done with drawing programs on my computer. I am still practicing using a mouse to draw. Hope you like them. I hope everyone has a marvelous evening. Until tomorrow. Cabeth

Day 4 of my new life

Good morning, Day 4 of my new life

I have no idea what to talk about today. I forgot to find my inspirational thought for the day. Will have to get that for you guys.

I am doing fall house cleaning. I have to do it twice a year. Throw away or give away clothes that don't fit any more. The older the boys get the less clothes there are to give away. Well Rhyley at any rate. He lives for dirt. Connar is my computer man. He likes exercise but school and learning new things is much more his speed. Rhyley is all boy. BMXing, skateboarding, football. He is eight and still in what I call the crybaby stage. I am so ready for him to get over it. I started teaching him the awakening stuff this morning. Positive thoughts and speaking only nice things. I wonder how many thousands of times I will have to repeat my teachings before they soak in. I also started working on self hypnosis relaxation techniques with him. I can pray that they work well and fast.

Okay todays inspirational thought is going to be about developing an attitude of gratitude. There is never a single moment in anyones life that there isn't at least one thing to be thankful for. I am grateful I have 2 followers already to my blog. Thank you guys so very much. I am grateful for the fact that my paper mache elephant and angel are getting closer to being finished. I can not wait to see the finished product and to show it to you guys.

Oprah Winfrey recommends starting a gratitude journal. This was several years ago now, but I started keeping one then and still find myself doing it now. It does help to keep you focused on the positive things in your life and to keep you from dwelling on the negative. Negative thoughts just create negative energy in your life. Think positive thoughts and project happy feelings and positive happy experiences come your way. A new one I learned recently is to say to yourself

I___________ (insert name) am sooooooo loved!, several times a day. This has really brought about some interesting results. Well I guess that is it for now. I may be back after while.

My to do list for today:

continue working on paper mache projects.

throw away all things not needed

sort through clothes and get rid of things not needed

know that this list will take more than one day

Well here are a few of my more recent drawings. All done while hosting. How bored was I? Can't complain ended up with some exceptional drawings. Then I started experimenting with drawing left handed. Have always drawn and written some left handed, however I felt the switch trip and now I feel just as good left handed as right. That was a very cool moment. The picture to your left was done left handed. I will post more drawings later.

www.mynameiscabeth.blogspot.com

email: CabethC47@gmail.com

Day 3: Off to a rocky start

Working on fixing my printer. I can not find the cord. Now, I seriously need to spend some time getting organized. Must remember to put it at the top of my, I need to fix within myself list.

Oh, bother!, as Eyeore would say. Now my irritation level is going up and I need to:

Relax. Take ten deep breaths. Breathe in slowly, deeply. Feel the breath, be the breath for just a moment. Hold for a second and release. Breathe out slowly. Feel peaceful, happy, calm energy flowing into the universe. And relax. Do not think about anything but breathing. Repeat.

Oh, yes I am better now.

Peace is a word that is on my mind a lot these days. I would love, love, love to see people sharing love, peace and happiness with one another. A simple genuine smile. Lending a helping hand when needed. Speak only kind, thoughtful words. Help build someones self esteem. Uplift someones mood, turning a bad day better. Work to make someone smile everyday. Connect with a person, really make eye contact and truly be engaged in the conversation. It only takes a few moments. Remember to stop and take slow deep breaths through out the day and to send out peaceful, happy, calm thoughts.

Well guess what. I won with the printer. One of my little people must have been there. I found not one but two pencils, one pen and one old fashioned clothes pin in the dang thing. Daaaa... go figure why it would not work. Have to love those little hands and curious minds. Now I just need to get new ink and all is well. Yeah me! Scanner worked great as you can see I have my flyer at the top of the page. Any input is greatly appreciated.

I was informed that the post a comment was not working. I think I put in that you have to subscribe to post. I will fix that in a moment. I want any one that wants to post to be able to do so. Would love interacting with everyone.

I also found my print program. Now I can make up a new flyer on my computer. Love that program. Unfortunately I loose the old fashion look of doing them by hand. At least 20 flyers will have this look . You guessed it, they are already printed. Ha!Ha!

Todays to do list:

Fix printer/ done

finish pumpkins started yesterday

paint bell bottom pants for tomorrows trip to the square

start some Christmas ornaments

finish spider and make a few more

find acrylic paints in closet

clean closet

My Name Is Cabeth

Hello,

Yes my name is Cabeth. Ca from Catherine and Beth from Elizabeth. Pronounced cab like hailing a taxi and beth. Say it fast and you've got it.

Now on to why I am blogging and a little bit about me. I am 48 years old. I was working as a waitress until this past Sunday when I quit. 25 year old manager with no communication skills and even fewer scheduling skills pushed me to leave a job I actually loved.So here I am an older mother of two with no job. Am I scared you might ask? Yes, Oh Yes I am definitely scared. I have always been passionate about art. I decided now is the time to pursue the interest. I want to go to arts and craft shows. I live near The Villages in Florida(Great place and truly great people) they have special things going on in the squares every night of the week. I want to be a street artist in the squares. I feel God pushing me to follow my heart.

I am starting a new life adventure as of yesterday. I am going to be the craziest professional artist I can possibly be. I was dubbed a hippy at the restaurant. So Hippy is the persona I am going to use. Big bell bottom pants, painted with flowers, smiley faces, butterflies and dragonflies. 70's style shirts also painted. I do not own a VW van (wish I did) but do own a mini van. It will be painted in 60's and 70's fashion also. I want to be loud and noticed. Peace, Love and Happiness are my moto. I want to make people smile and to start a peace revolution. I hate war and I hate the mess this world is in. I am one of those people who are into the awakening movement. Yes I truly believe we create our own universe.

My Mama and I are very close. I talk to her every day. She said I should blog about my new adventures. So really this blog is hers too. She will be helping me with ideas about what to write. I am not sure how these get out to people, but I hope this post becomes madly popular.

I am going to be suppling a helping hand to folks in my area. Probably can't survive on ART alone.So I needed a web site. Well still haven't quite figured out the web site thing so this was the www. I chose.

I do want to go back to school to take web design and I am waiting on pins and needles to find out if I can. Found a school here in Florida about an hour and a half away that has an online program.I am afraid to get to excited.

I am going to post the stuff I am willing to do to earn a living on here. As I find out that I am not willing to do them any more I will unpost them. Lol! I am willing to do most anything that is not illegal or immoral. Even washing windows and changing light bulbs. I will work for money of course but am also willing to barter and trade. In our tight economy I am willing to try old methods to achieve new heights.Food is always a favorite trade. I am willing to trade for most anything of value. If I can use it, give it to someone else who can use it or sell it, then it is of value. Barter for things I need in exchange for things you need.So basically that is a little about me.

Oh yeah I have 6 kids,4 grown, 2 boys still at home one 8 one 13. I have 7 grandkids. I am honest and hard working. I love people and socializing. I am an internet junky. I am bound and determined to be a WAHM (work at home mom).

Here is my flyer minus drawings:

My Name Is Cabeth...

Artist, Helping Hand

Painted Windows: Halloween; Thanksgiving; Christmas

Christmas decorating

Murals; Custom jobs

Clean outs: Garage; attic; sheds; yard sale disposal

Windows washed

Car cleaning

Pressure Washing

Can't find someone for the job just call me

352-566-7953 Barter, Trade, Coin of course

CabethC47@gmail.com

May your day be full of sunshine and smiles!

This is my schedule for today, Day 2 of Cabeth's big adventure:

Find out about blogging

Do first blog

set up Google chrome

Paper mache spiders and skulls for Halloween

Start window painting book to show customers

Read some enlightenment passages

Do a couple of paper mache peace signs