It Figures!!...UGH! Just When I Had My Bag Ready For 'Date Night'!

         Please don't mind my "Ugh!" today. I'm still whining from yesterday...because of the rain!...Today I'm whining because of a bad 'Date Night' choice...that we didn't know was gonna be a bad choice...until the whole place went into darkness!! ^_^ UGH!!
       We...{and I say 'We' because I didn't pick the destination alone this week!!}... We 'would' pick a place to go for Friday 'Date Night' at the same time that they're having a huge power outage, and more than 6 million people are in the dark!!! LOL...Hey! I'm 'The Wug'! And I'm married to 'Mr. Wug'! That's how we roll!...in darkness!!! ^_^
    I'll tell you whether we find our way there through the darkness tomorrow! LOL But below is a little hint as to where we're headed.
      Right now though, I wanna stop whining for a minute and show you the cute...and I mean 'cute' gift I won from Briana, of the blog art life!...I know you can't tell what it is from the header photo. And with my photography...you won't get much more of a clue!! LOL

       You can tell that it's a bag though...right?!...O_0 ...ANYWAY!!!! LOL What I'll do is show you some of her photos...which are fabulous, by the way...along with mine. Trust me....you'll need some help!! ^_^

          After I pulled it out of the brown packaging, this is what it looked like...Oooo! I love opening gifts! Especially FREE gifts!! :-]

         And I love when the cards sent along with them are almost as nice as the gifts....so I can add some more framed art to my house! :-) 

       I loved the one with the jar so much!!! It's based on a print of an original painting. It reminded me of my home state of Georgia. I used to watch my granny do canning in jars sorta like this. :-] ...You can't really see it that well from my picture of it though. 
      Thankfully the print of the original painting, Sylvias Ball Jar,  is on sale in one of Briana's Etsy shops...brianataylor. So I can show you 'her' photos of it!! :-)

         Ahhhhh! So pretty...And, even though the jar is empty, it's so full of memories for me. :-] ...Okay, I had to show you that before I showed you the gift..."because art is necessary"...(that's the theme line to her shop. :-) ........moving on!!

        After I got through reading all of my cards, and setting aside my 'art work', I went back to opening my gift!!

      I know! You can't really see it!!....Thankfully she takes great photos though! :-) Here are 'her' photos of it!...

     What you can't do from photos is examine how well made it is! You'll have to trust me on that one. :-) ... Or you can go to her other Etsy shop, btaylorquilts, and buy one of her bags yourself! :-)
      Personally, now that I already have one of her bags...{which I had my eye on before she gave it away! ^_^}...now I've got my eye on her quilted coasters!...The plum berry ones particularly....

       They look like Fall....and like my favorite color green...and like some flowers! :-) ... All of which would be great to incorporate into my Friday 'Date Night' trip!
      Speaking of which...

     ...Big city, we're headed your way! Go ahead!...Be dark if you want to!!! LOL You have cities, and attractions, that we can't wait to see...when the lights come back on! :-)        

     You're gonna have to be pretty good to make to make us forget our last 'Date Night'!! We're still thinking of Australia! :-]

      Anyway...I hope we won't have to wait too long to find out if your lights are gonna come back on. Not that it's gonna deter us! But you do want to be a good host and show us your place with the lights on...don't you?!!! O_O We'll be waiting...impatiently.
       Okay Bloggers, don't forget to enter the necklace GIVEAWAY (right hand side bar)! And have a good weekend! :-) Hopefully, not dodging fires or floods, large alligators and numerous hurricanes!!...UGH!

Waiting

I'm not very good at waiting.
I've had to do too much of it.
Too many hours in the car.
Too many minutes just to sit.

I want to do it now!
What's all this waiting all about?
Too much time spent in the middle
turns my surety to doubt.

I guess it could be worth the waiting,
all this check-list, errand, chore.
Then again, that all depends
on what it is I'm waiting for.