Do Goats Sleep Standing?

There is hope yet that I will come back to this little secret place of mine to tap out some memories, and get journaling back to some regular frequency.  Goat Hill Fair completed the 5th show - our fall event.

cows sleep standing or sitting...

Tell me, do goats sleep standing up? Being a "goat-ess"... it sure seems right now that I could!!
This work that I do - the assisting, selling, marketing, designing, decorating, photographing, greeting for Goat Hill Fair - is such fun, yes time consuming, and after awhile, us goats need a rest. I'm at this moment sitting in a cafe at the beach for a couple of days - resting my weary self!! hhhaaa 

It is Thanksgiving week. From the beach, travel up the Interstate to rest, eat and visit with family is on our itinerary.

me & goat at previous show...

Is This A Job?

What seems many moons ago - near the beginning of this Abundant Picnic - I wrote about decisions and opportunities {here}. Much contemplation over the offer to take part in the first Goat Hill Fair. Here I am over a year and a half later, and very much ingrained in all that is Goat Hill!

I love what I do! The help I provide and hours that I work doing Goat Hill projects is pleasurable and much more than a job. The place, the people, the connections have become my community. Who would have thought that I'd be making such good friends at this age and in an entirely different world than the one I had sat comfortably in previous?

me at the first Goat Hill Fair - my selling space

The third show has just passed. We had our year Anniversary. We have improved, we have changed, we have worked hard. Some additions are popular, others not as much. Goat Hill Fair is being talked about. There has been print work written on us. Blogs have made mention and photos taken. I'm helping to get the word out. Laughingly we say that I am part of the "social media" crew {there's only me}. hhhaaa I am completely NOT a tech geek. With diligence and good luck and hope & want too - I continue to do my best to have Goat Hill seen and heard.

Want to see a couple of pictures of the fair???...       here goes ~

my boss Cyndi & I

one of the changes/improvements... I was able to get Cathe Holden to say yes to speaking for us

Oh... SO TRUE!!

Working for Goat Hill still goes on....


CHEERS to that!! 

When those unsure thoughts and jobs I feel unqualified to accomplish arise...

I should take note of this sign from Goat Hill ~

I'm sure giving it my best shot!

Where Alice is Likened to a Poker Hand

No topic for this post... 

No energy to think one up ...

Maybe I'm able to connect the dots from Hubby's card night to me with no hand to play..

Nope... I've got nothin'...


Cards.. boys??

At our house in the crazy Alice-like world I've been living in.. {everything all wonky}.. well, it makes sense that poker would be played in our front yard. Oh yeah! So very ghetto, and yet, funny!
CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER!!

Hey.. now I do have a topic!!

A correlation to poker and life ... I've been feeling like the chips were down. Not every day and not in a way that has me feeling down. In fact the chips being down also made me feel like I'd been dealt a new hand. Empowered.

There have been men on my roof. Hacksaws and ladders in my trees. I've been Motrin popping at night in order to move my fingers. Sprayers and cleaners and all sorts of deterrents placed in the yard and garage. I've found strength I didn't know I had. Trees have been dug up and overgrown brush reduced. Cannot wait any longer. The aging house got this way from neglect. Someone had to do something. Again, oh so very Alice... "I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think, was I the same when I got up this morning?"

 

Just like Alice - I too love a tea party and friends.. but, eventually sense needs to be made of our life ..
In Alice Through The Looking Glass there is a potion sitting upon the table, with a tag that reads:
Drink Me. When she consumed the drink she was able to change herself to do what the task was at hand. Oh, if it were only so easy!

Hubby's poker scotch tasting

There ya have it. Found a topic. Me & Alice. Just girls. Makin' things happen. Change feels good.

A toast to you & me, Alice!!   Drink me, INDEED!!  :-)

HI-HO-HI-HO....

Off to work the Redhead went today! Last night as I organized myself for my big day I decided to play beauty parlor. Took a nice warm shower, dyed my hair from a box...(don't tell Kim!), trimmed nails and got my clothes set and lunch packed. It's been a long time since I've done this. Was kind of like the first day of school. My morning went well with all of that organization (resolutions?)... we'll just see how long this lasts!

Me with red hair!

The bed was made...

Some food was prepared and flowers picked...

The bird was fed and loved, and sent to his home for the hours I'd be gone....

Ready to go with time to spare... so I went for a short walk. The day went quickly with much to learn. Alot of activity in this little shop. I'm like a kid in a candy store! Can hardly wait to see what treasures come through the door when next I work! Here's a brief glimpse of a few of the sights...



flowers from my garden that I brought to work



What a lovely day it was!