Stacie Rife Bailey's Bliss

On our way

On our way
Originally uploaded by baileysbliss.

We are on the ferry on our way to port townsend!

AF

Celine and I leave for ArtFest tomorrow. I can't believe it's already here!! WOW

Where has the time gone? It almost seems as if it was yesterday (last year) that I was deciding on which classes to attend!

So we're off... I don't know if I will have time to post tomorrow so if not...

C'est La Vie!

I will post via my cell phone if I can within the next couple of days! It will be a nice art break and time with friends!

The day in the Emerald City

Celine and I spent the better part of the day in Seattle.

Just browsing around and getting in everything we could with the little time we had.

Here it is already 10pm and we are both beat... especially Celine as she is still dealing with Jet lag but coping VERY well because she is just a young thing--and can handle it!

We started out with hitting the Seattle Center.. not too much to see there but we managed to be there for all of 10 minutes and I was able to give Celine a laugh.. that she will remember forever .....

I was messing around with my camera and all of a sudden felt a freaking warm feeling ON MY FACE... (I don't even know why I am posting this.. but for everyone reading.. you should get a good laugh as well)....the warm feeling was not a NICE warm feeling as it was a present from a seagull..and not a nice present..

(the bastard)

BUT.. low and behold.. I managed fine,, and am still alive to tell about it.. (although the seagull may not be) Better me than Celine! Apparently they prefer Americans to shit on rather than the French. Celine is still laughing!

We walked through EMP.. and got a good view of the Needle.. and then proceeded to Pioneer Square where we shopped at antique stores and found some great treasures!

After Pioneer Square we went to Pike Place Market where we hit a coffee shop , a deli and .....

met a one eyed Golden Retriever named Stanley!

It's been a busy day and only 1 more "get-up" until ArtFest!

Not quite ready to go to bed,, even though we're tired! Who needs sleep when there is so much still to do?

Celine Made it!

Dear Celine Made it to Seattle!

I left in plenty of time to make sure I was there at the airport when she arrived!

YEAH!

So good to see her!

We stopped in Seattle for dinner and a little shopping.

Now we are back at my house..

(I got to sneak a peak at what she will have for sale at Vendor's night at ArtFest--lucky ME.. I already put my dibs on one of her collages!!! )

Packing SUCKS

I am so freaking out about packing for ArtFest..

I have been feeling so crappy lately and haven't even started packing my clothes NOR my art supplies..

I have thought about it a lot.. but that's as far as I've gotten! I have the hardest time packing .. ESPECIALLY art supplies.. .. you mean I actually have to pick and choose what I want to bring with me from my studio??? OH MAN!! And fit it in a tote???? Where do I even start???

Lucky for me.. going to AF is just a car ride. I can't imagine traveling on a plane and being limited! So I guess.. I can look at it as if whatever I can fit in the car!????

I mention to my husband... "gosh.. I need to get going on packing".. and his reply is.. "Why? you leave on Wednesday!"... and I think yeah.. but you have no idea how hard it is for me to pack it all!!

I  am very excited because I have a house guest coming all the way from France to go to AF with me!I am picking up my friend Celine Navarro at the airport on Monday, and I sure don't want to be still packing when she gets here!! We'll need to hit Seattle and do some shopping and such!! So the packing (or at least the majority of it) NEEDS to be done by Monday!

My house is a wreck and I need to prepare her bedroom and make her nice and comfortable for when she gets here! She has had a very hard year and I need to make sure her stay is a pleasant one!!!

from JoAnnA

Today in the mail I received a beautiful piece of art from my friend JoAnnA Pierotti

It warmed my heart so much!!! It is such a gorgeous piece of original art made from her heart!!!!! She too has fur babies that are her "kids"... and one of hers is also a Bailey!

JoAnnA,, I hope someday I can repay you!!!

Thank you SOOOO much!!! I absolutely adore it and will treasure it forever!!!!

Caution read if you have a strong stomach

I was off sick the past few days.. which ended up to be a good thing because then I could keep an eye on Scout.

I go to work for a few hours yesterday and come home to check on Scout and he had PULLED HIS DRAINING TUBES OUT!!!!! I freaked out called our vet (he graciously gave me his personal cell phone#).. I wait a few minutes.. no call.. so I rush him to the vet office.

As soon as I get there our vet calls me back and says.. good thing you brought him in... "it's not that big of deal but they need to clean it and take care of him"..

So they end up leaving the tubes out.. staple him up a bit ... but they leave the holes from the drain tubes so he can still drain.. (gross but needed)..

Ok.. so that tragedy is over.. but I come home to see the real "crime scene"..

Let me tell ya.. I am surprised I didn't puke..

I saw the remnants of the tubes.. and the bloody mess.. and the worst part was.. what he had pulled out with the tubes... FAT TISSUE!!! Yes.. (like I said.. read only if you have a strong stomach)... I had to pick up pieces of FAT!!!!

I tell ya.. if I can handle this.. then a poopy diaper would be a cinch!

Poor little guy.. I can't even imagine how bad that hurt when he pulled them out!

I though for sure.. he had left everything alone for 3 days.. a few hours would be okay.. but no.. it was like "ok.. mom's gone now.. I will get these foreign objects out asap!"..

Needless to say.. he has a rough day yesterday but he is doing better today.. and we are NOT leaving him out of our site!

I will be so glad when he is back to feeling better.. this is killin me seein' him like this!

A few things Scout has taught me

Cherish the moments with family while you have them

Help out with the chores

Spend time with friends

Stop to smell the flowers

When life is gettin' you down put on your best duds

Disneyland can be in your own back yard

Play hard

Sleep hard

Self Portrait Tuesday

Self Portrait Tuesday a little late.

Theme=TIME...

"time heals all wounds"

Prayers came through

All the prayers came through yesterday. Scout's surgery went well and so did my Aunts!

And most importantly my biggest fear did not materialize.. Thank God! .. or should I say thank Dog! Scout came HOME!

He is one hurtin' unit, but nothing a lot of love and caring cannot cure. The vet removed 3 tumors. 2 known to be benign and the other one is being sent in for a biopsy. I just hope we get back good news.

I am still sick, and battling this cold/flu so I stayed home from work today.. which was just as well to care for him.

He has 2 drain tubes in.. that are to come out next week. He is getting all the rest he can right now but his brain tells him he is fine  and his body tells him differently. Bless his little heart, he doesn't even know what is going on.

He takes comfort with his alligator at his side.

Thanks for all the prayers for all of us!