What Color Am I?

GREEN

You are a very calm and contemplative person. Others are drawn to your peaceful, nurturing nature.

Find out your color at QuizMeme.com!

Beadwright: AN HONEST ARTIST

Here is my official interview with Nicole of Beadwright. I really had fun with this one!!

Beadwright: AN HONEST ARTIST

Researching My Heritage

I am now living in a state where the Native American is the majority and us white folk are the minority. The interesting thing is that you can be a small percentage in Oklahoma in order to get any kind of assistance or special help. In Colorado, they are pretty strict, you have to be more than a quarter of a percent in order to apply for the same kind of help.

So, interestingly, my dad's mom was Cherokee and my mom's side is Choctaw. If I can find out if their families were registered with any of those tribes here in Oklahoma, I can get the help I need. Do not take for granted what you have; it is the small things that really do matter. This has become more clear to me than ever. Food, medical, utilities, and housing; the four main living groups.

While researching my dad's mom's family I found at that my Great-Grandpa, C.C. Cheatwood, was inprisoned at the ripe ol' age of 60 by the Lynchburg, West Virginia court system, for violating the Internal Revenue Act. Hmmmm, I thought that paying taxes was optional back before 1902. This will lead me to even more research as I find this absolutely fascinating.

When I was in school I had a Civics class in which we visited interesting political and legal issues like "paying taxes". Our teacher instructed to actually read the constitution in order to "debate" whether or not we felt that paying taxes was a "requirement". We, as a class, were amazed to find out that it isn't mandatory, "they" just want us to comply.

I am still researching and hope to make an actual educated determination of: 1) Is this C.C. Cheatwood really my Great-Grandpa and 2) Is really mandatory to pay taxes. I'll let you know what I come up with.

My New Zazzle Store

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Revolution (Roller Coaster)

First, my life is somewhat of a "roller coaster" right now and I often wonder what my "words ought to be". So, when I decided to do another album cover; I was not at all surprised that it came out this way:

Colorado Springs, CO to Miami, OK Move

Just thought I would share some of the pictures I have taken so far from our recent move. The zucchinis are a sight to see as they are like the size of the small watermelons you may or may not see in the grocery store. My father-in-law uses Miracle Gro and I can't wait to make some bread out of them.

Move photos on Flickr

The Harry Potter Craze in Crafts

So the new movie is finally here and everyone in the crafting world are all in a HP craze. Handmade news wrote an article about some pretty talented crafters including fun websites like Alivan's Wand Shop!

I would like to suggest that you read the article for some really fun information and crafting items:

Harry Potter ~ Crafting Inspirational Magic