The simple things....they make me happy! Driving home today as I pass Westminster...there is little farm. It has to be part of FFA or the 4H where the kids raise there own animals and grow crops. My favorite part is when I can see the pig in there pens. I just love it...it makes me so happy and ever so often one will be up on the top of the fence....and I can catch a good look! It just makes me smile! Does anything so simple make you smile?

Well what a weekend...I feel like I finally got things done in the apartment....thanks to my husband and brother Brucito! It was very inspiring...in fact I have been inspired a lot lately.
~ My 2 cousins Robin and her daughter Jill came for a visit 2 weekends ago from Missouri. Jill (20) had never been to California so her mother surprised her with a trip out here for her 20th birthday.
Now my cousin Robin...I have know her all my life, and though I have know Jill all her life...I didn't really know her. But I got to know her much better the weekend she came to visit. Jill is beautiful in every sense of the word, not just on the outside, but on the inside. Her bodaciousness just pours out of her and affects the people that are around her for the better. She will never know or understand what she has done for me. There is so much of me when I was younger in her and she helped me see those beautiful things again. She taught me how to appreciate again and breath in life. I think that I have been "hardened" by all the demon that are in my life that I forgot to take in the beauty of what was and is good. I have always know who I am and what I want, but I had forgotten to enjoy "thing". Jill reminded me to look at life and all the awesome things that are in it. I don't have time to sweat the small stuff or be upset about things that can be worked through. I am a survivor that is now enjoying the life that I have fought so hard to live. This 20 year old girl came to California see Hollywood, Beverly Hills and the Beach and instead changed my life for the better. I have felt like I was on the verge of this "rebirth" for a while, I just couldn't grab it and bring it to head...and know I have...it is beautiful. for the 1st time in a very long time.....I am Happy! Marla Nicole Thurman is happy. I think I need to be this way to be strong for those people in my life right now that are not.
So the next time you see a sunset or have a chance to breath deeply at the beach.....take it all in and you WILL feel the difference.......

Barbs.....

Well I told by sister Barbs I was going to Blog about something tonight and now I can't remember. But I think I will just say how much I love my girl Barbara Jean. I know that right now she is going through a really hard time and that I know in the end she will be OK. I just wish I could do more for her and was closer to her so I could just stop by and give her a hug. Barbs...just know that you might be alone tonight, but we......your family and friends love you...very much.....Moshi Moshi out B!

Bows.....

Bows....it's just odd that something so simple can just make a package. If I could I would have the wrapping on a package be the present because sometime I make bows that are just that rad. I know this is the lamest topic, but I love making them. They make everything look better......
The materials to make them out of are endless....ribbon w/wire, ribbon w/o wire, both together, raffia, lace, streamer paper. You can also add stuff like a hair clip or flower, a cookie on a stick...one of those small balloons....it is just crazy....I want to just be a present wrapper......hit me up at Christmas!!!!