Purple Floor

I finally get a chance to sit with my thoughts for a bit. It feels like our house is Grand Central Station with everybody that has been coming and going. The phone has rung none stop. We had one quiet night but unfortunately I had a headache. That was New Years Eve.

Hopefully things will settle into a dull rut like most January's. Some how I don't get that feeling. This year I only made two Resolutions that shouldn't be hard to keep. One, I plan to recycle more and the other I plan to try and be more social. Now I can hear Artist laughing at me as I write. I love my nest, and as Artist puts it, I am a nester. But then so is Artist. She inately understands my nest. Mind you she is probably thankful its no longer pink and florals.

But then she didn't bat an eye at my brillant purple floor. The funnier thing is, it was another friend who helped conoct the colour. Here's the story. We ripped up the carpet from our living room and had to do something with the floor. We went to unmentionable store, where our friend worked and she was the one to help us. Hubby asked if we could colour the floor paint to a certain shade of dark burgandy. Well what came out was flourescent bubblegum pink. I asked if we could add a lot of black. So then it came out purple. The entire time we were painting we chuckled at the anticipated reaction of my Mom and Dad. I managed to pull the look off eventually after a lot of trial and error. My Mother's reaction was "Oh, its purple." My Father's was "Good God." At the time my mother was being tested for liver cancer. It was a very scary time and the fates were kind. I looked at my Dad and said "There are more important things to worry about than a purple floor." It did give my mother a topic for conversation for awhile and hopefully a diversion that made her smile.

My mother did not have cancer. During the time my mother was being tested we had the purple floor. Shorty after she was cleared, we found a great deal on lamanent flooring and covered up the purple floor. I now think of the purple floor as a symbol. Funny the way life is.

I want to wish (albeit late) Artist, Scribble and Rhode Island a Happy New Year. May you be blessed with purple floors. Sending you lots of light.