Sunday, October 26, 2008

"It All Started..."

...as all good things do..with a song in my heart,

...and with a bag full of art goodies,
mostly still packed from our day trip to Yarnell...

(ABOVE PHOTO CREDIT: Desert Botanical Garden Website)
...And
the promise of a delightful gathering of blog friends
Saturday
for the Phoenix version of the 20th Worldwide Sketch Crawl!
The plan was to meet at the Desert Botanical Gardens
around 9:30 AM at the outdoor cafe.:)

All would be well! Such a fun day we would have!
Um...that is until...

...Friday night, when
an unexpected encounter with a "Check Engine" light stopped me cold...
and then
a fairly hefty Saturday morning caution from the dealership to
"Not Drive The Car"!
DRATS!
I was GROUNDED...without a plan "B"!
Wings clipped...I sat...bottom lip stickin' out...all pouty and all...
A big ole raincloud a hangin' over my head...
disappointed and GROUNDED...blah, blah, blah!
Geesch!
do I ever take a lot for granted!


"If you have time to whine and complain about something
then
you have the time to do something about it.'
~Anthony J. D'Angelo

6 comments:

Anita Davies said...

Oh Margaret, how totally gutting!
LOL @ your bottom lip!

soulbrush said...

'many a slip twixt cup and lip'....or 'the best laid plans of men...' what a bugger!

Teri said...

Oh NO! You could have sketched your car engine and put all kind of cuss marks in it :)

Funny how fast things can change in life but better than the worse happening...oh, that was the worst? :)

Anonymous said...

Yikes!!! What a crushing disappointment!!!!

I do like the photos you posted, though. That sunset is totally breathtaking!!! And isn't that a travel patch from Germany on your backpack??? Where were you in Germany??? That's where I grew up!!!

Thanks for all the wonderful comments you left for me on my Blog!!!

Lisa at Greenbow said...

What a bummer. I don't blame you for pouting. Boo hisss. Aren't cars just the most horrible things we must have??

Margaret Ann said...

Funny how we can all empathize with mechanical breakdowns...:)

Thanks for stopping by...you helped brighten the day!