Desperately Seeking Gina

Watched the Will Smith movie tonight…and it was as good as everyone has said and it got me thinking about my own pursuit. Or lack of pursuit. One line from the movie really resonated within me. He was talking about how smart he was when he was younger…and how he had all these ideas about what he could be…wanted to be…things he could do as an adult. And he did none of them. I feel the same way. And it saddens me. The idea that some people actually enjoy their work is foreign to me. Getting to do something that they love is foreign. Not that I don’t have the ability to do the same…but exactly how did they arrive at that point? How did they find exactly what they were meant to be doing. I’m not even sure any of us is “meant” to be doing anything. Were we put here for a specific purpose…or have we just evolved? *sigh* I can’t even choose a path. I’m good at a few things…but not remarkable at anything. Can I make a living from being mediocre? I guess I won’t know until I try.

Anyway…spent time with my bestest friend Melly and her husband Greg and their adorable son Matthew. They’re actually what got me thinking about finding something that I love doing. Greg just opened a new store….a little garden center/shop, in the most adorable little red barn in Ravenna. I wish I had the talent and ambition to do something like that. I know, I know…I have to create the opportunity, I have to make it happen, blah blah blah…I can’t even decide what paper to choose for my latest scrappin‘ page. *sigh again*.

So that’s where I’m at this week. I have a couple sewing projects that I’m working on and I’m still trying to scrap those pictures from me and Ty’s frog hunting expedition. Looking forward to a long weekend (hopefully, fingers crossed I won’t have to work).

Hope you all are well 🙂
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Meet John Cena
Originally uploaded by GinaBabe74.

I guess I’ve forgotten what it’s like to be a six year old boy. Oh…wait…I was never a six year old boy! When I was six I was always inside reading. I remember my brothers always playing outdoors though. Well Scott did at least. Tyler is exactly like his Uncle Scott…not afraid of touching anything slimey. And…he’s totally cute. I’m off to go food hunting for Fred. (I convinced Ty to let John Cena go and he went and caught a new Froggy Friend).

Have a Froggy Weekend!
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Spring Blooms
Originally uploaded by GinaBabe74.

Why is it I can go all winter long feeling just fine and dandy and as soon as nice weather (finally) arrives I feel not-so-hot? I thought I was having allergy problems but methinks it was more of a head cold. Combine that with the fact that I’ve had to work big-girl-hours this week, meaning Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday 1-10…and out on the floor no less. No roll-y chair for me this week…and no office time either. I guess I must have looked pretty bad on Wednesday night cuz two customers commented on how awful I looked. Gee, thanks.

Today I only worked half a day, came home and crashed for a couple of hours, and now I’m ready to head back to bed. Hopefully I can stay up to catch Grey’s tonight. I skipped Card Night since I’m still not feeling the greatest…and who likes green, slimey, nose stuff (can you tell I’m trying to avoid saying snot? doh!) all over the cards? Really, I’m doing the fam a service by staying away.

This pretty little bloom is from Mom & Dad’s backyard…it has one of those pretty little pink flowered trees that blooms every spring. Love it.

Hope you all have a great Friday!
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I can’t remember exactly when it was that we met. Sometime in the 4th grade, I think. I’ve known Heather forever, it seems. She got me into cheerleading in school, we were in a lot of the same clubs, groups and so on. I spent a lot of time at her house and her family became my “Non-family.” Last summer we went to Europe together and had so much fun.

I hope you have a great Birthday!!

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