Happy Retirement?

I don’t know whether to think of today, July 1, 2011, as a blessing or a curse. It is the first official day of my retirement. But I had to turn in my laptop since it was provided to me by my place of employment. (Well, now, former place of employment.) I got so use to sitting in bed, writing, I mean, typing things down when they popped into my head. I created many great pieces of art when I couldn’t sleep by grabbing my laptop and seeing whatever kind of digital collage emerged from my talented fingers. (That’s quite interesting. My first day of retirement, and I’m calling myself talented. All these years of self-doubt and I’m instantly cured. Hmm.)

Now, however, I am sitting at my desk typing on, yes, a desktop computer at 12:27 am, because I couldn’t/can’t sleep. I’m going to feel more wide-awake then ever having to actually sit up instead of lying there. (Which also makes me realize that what I wrote above would have been yesterday now, because it has become July 2.)

To make matters worse, I just looked at Grannie Annie’s blog, and have become quite upset. She did a wonderful collage consisting of Alice in Wonderland elements. Below it, she typed the following words:

One pill makes you larger

And one pill makes you small

And the ones that mother gives you

Don't do anything at all

Go ask Alice

When she's ten feet tall

~

Jefferson Airplane

I had to think of some witty response to leave, and this is what came out of my tired but still awake brain:

“Fabulous indeed! But I must confess, or is it contest, that those Jefferson Airplane folks have left me quite confused and nonplussed! If I didn't have my pills, I'd be quite a mess, quite thoroughly depressed, and generally, according to my wife, a pest. Not to mention, since you put me in this mood, I don't even know what TOFF stands for! Tick Off First Friday? Think of Fat Friday? Egads!”

I should explain that Grannie Annie created her collage, because it was the current challenge at TOFF, whoever or whatever that stands for. Taste Of French Fries? Who knows?!

Well, enough of this already! I’m going to bed. But first I am posting this on my blog so you can understand my current dilemma. I may never be able to post another stupendous digital collage, because I can’t lie down in bed while creating it. No one warned me of this disadvantage of being retired. It’s enough to drive a person to drink! Except I’m not suppose to do that while taking all of my prescriptions. Oh well. I guess I can try counting sheep.

A Present From Brazil!

Wow. When I retired, I never expected to receive presents from all around the world! (I forgot to mention that June mentioned in a post below lives in England.) Today I received a picture created by Christine in Brazil. Her blog is http://asasdechris.blogspot.com/ in case you would like to visit it. Somehow she found out I always wanted to be a beach bum. Now that I'm retired, it would be a good time to become one!

I wonder if this beach is in Rio de Janeiro? I bet that would be a fun place to live. Thank you so much, Christine!

Two Pictures from Blog Friends

Two of my best blog friends created pictures for me in honor of my retirement. I have to share them with you!

The first is from Junibears. Her blog is: http://junibearsjottings.blogspot.com/

I hope you'll visit her blog and see all of her beautiful digital creations.

My second friend is Grannie Annie. Her blog is: http://thewhimseyasylum.blogspot.com/

Who could ask for kinder friends than these two wonderful ladies?! Thanks so much, my friends.

Mad Retirement Tea Party Today!

 

If you don't feel like listening to music during this mad tea party, please pause the song playing. Otherwise, you may go completely mad! Of course, that is the whole idea of a mad tea party, isn't it?


Please click on any picture if you would like to see a larger size.

I bet you were expecting to walk into a room. Surprise! I hope you're not afraid of the dark!

Ah. This looks more like a mad party!

Hey! There's Bill!

 Find yourself a cup and hunt around for your favorite kind of tea.

Don't be afraid of the zetti creatures ahead. They love parties!

Monica, try having a cup of tea. You'll feel much better!

Woops! You passed up the cup table. You really must choose a cup before you can drink any tea.

 

Bill's retiring, you know. Did you bring him a gift? He sure hopes so!

Look out below! The Japanese ladies are collecting the makings for their famous Bird Droppy Doop tea.

 

Anyone for some fresh Bird Droppy Doop tea?

"Man, I've gone to all this work, and I haven't seen one retirement present yet!"

Say, while we're walking around trying to find the other tea, maybe you'd like to see some of my zetti art.

Are there any ladies here today looking for a rich, older gentleman? I've spotted a couple of interesting characters straight ahead. I wonder what they're saying?

 

"Excuse us, please," said Grannie and June. "This is all well and fun, but we're still waiting for tea!" "Oh look, Grannie," June said as she pointed. "There it is!"

Don't worry, Eeyore. I'm sure the Queen of Tarts brought some lemon cookies with her. They must be on that table over there.

In case any of you actually prefer a more formal tea, here is the spot for you. We may be mad here, but we aren't uncivilized!

Oh look! How nice. Some people from the High School where I use to have my office are here. They've even come in zetti attire!

Oh oh. The person in the purple hat up there can't spell "wear." That's alright. It's a mad party anyway!

There was another retirement party for me last week, and I'll sneak in a few pictures here in case you want to see them. I just hate, though, how the camera adds 30 pounds to only some people!

Wasn't it worth looking at all those pictures just to get to this cake?

If you're having a boring time, I might recommend you trying some of Carlos' tea. All the girls at work think he's really cute.

I hope Carlos' tea took your boredom away. If you still need more excitement, there is a little clip below you can watch.


(If you didn't turn off the music above before, please do so now before watching the clip.)

 Well that was fun. Hey! I see a few more folks from work. We better go over there and hear what they're talking about. I guess they didn't get the message they were suppose to dress in zetti costumes.

Because she was the boss, Ryan. Not because she's blond and good looking!

Say! I see some of my fellow computer techs standing over there. I bet they're talking about me, too. (I'm really not conceited, but this is a retirement party for me.)

 As usual, you can see how they always display their best sides. I didn't notice any presents from them, either. Did you? I hear they spend all their money on booze anyway. But it is a stressful life being a computer tech! Oh, wait. There's one more person I worked with.

Hey! I got one present. I knew I could count on Deb! Well, time is flying. I'm old. I'm retiring. I see you've drunk up all the tea and eaten all the cookies. I say it's time for everyone to go home and take a nap. I hope you had a good time. If you didn't, here's a few more zetti pictures to view on your way out. I always like my guests to leave with a smile!

May zetti madness always brighten your day!

All of the artwork in this post was created by me with a few added elements from some digital scrapbook kits. (By CrowaboutStudio B, Tangie Baxter, Holliewood, and Marta Van Eck) I didn't put my initials on the new work I created just for this party, because I thought you might get tired of seeing them. WJC. WJC.  (Hopefully nobody steals anything.) I'd like to give a special thanks to five wonderful people who created their own zetti characters to come to this mad tea party - June, Marguerite, Judy, Grannie Annie and Chris. I also thank Teesha and Tracy Moore for the wonderful zetti rubber stamps they created and I used in much of my art.


There are many more Mad Tea Parties being held today throughout blogland. You can find where they are by visiting http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/ Vanessa, the hostess with the mostess, has a beautiful blog at all times of the year!