your story....join it here.

your morning view

your comfort and community

your story....

...know all those kartwheels i keep talking about. well i have done
so many - celebrating this little nugget - that i am dizzy. how do
i feel aboutbeing a mentor at this june's "Your Story" retreat,
you ask?

excited . happy . blessed .

now for the big stuff....

your story

june 15-19

gearhart, oregon

registration begins - wednesday january, 19th.

for all the low down on the location, info and mentors. hop on over
to the be present page and check it all out. oh how i would love
seeing you there.

*peace

monday smiles

12.30.10 - me and bryce.

a little about the boy...

he runs marathons, works ridiculously long hours, asks for

very little in return, loves athletics, has legs of steel, loves

to dance to vanilla ice, asks me everyday how my day was,

has the tiniest butt, looks good in blue, rides a fierce roadbike,

looks up at me in the gym with a smile, is a papa to my three

kids and you would think they were his. rode ragbrai this summer,

is qualified for boston, does a wicked job of keeping us out

of debt, cooks and cleans - but sucks up the handyman stuff,

hates to go to movies - but loves summer concerts. rarely is

in a bad mood, yet deals with my mood everyday. lucky me.

we met when i was 32 and he was 22...he lied about his

age. somehow 13 years later we are still laughing at each

other while getting on each others nerves.

i kinda dig him.

good stuff

kellybarton.com coming your way soon.

another bit of goodness going on over here. hopefully
in the next couple of weeks, i - meaning the mad web
programmer behind the curtain - will have the up and
ready. i am doing kartwheels over all the fun things going
on. retreats, new girls, baubles and now my website.

thinking that january is gonna be a good month...a bit
busy, but good none the less. time for me to put the
boots on and get started.

thank you to each of you who have stopped by and
said hello, sent me notes of cheer and held my hand.

my cup continues to spill. kinda dig that.

peace.

about the girl

instagram 1.6.11

about the girl....how about a few things you may not know. cmon,
you know you wanna know.

.. my husband is 10 years younger than me. thats right, move over
demi moore. i was a cougar before cougar was cool.

.. i walk around in a blanket almost daily. i am cold everyday, yet
i live in middle indiana - where the sun seems to never shine through
the winter. many mornings you will find me out getting the mail, blankie
wrapped tightly and a bad case of bed head.

.. i have several major goals in my personal life, relocate to a warmer
land, buy a vintage camper and ford falcon and camp on the weekends.
bryce is not going along with this one. gee i will miss him.

.. i am an accomplished snacker. i can snack with the best up them. ready
for a throwdown? line me up some swedish fish and a beer, start the chant

.. i love fiercely, but if you hurt me - then i am hurt and tend to carry
that around for too long. but i am really working on this one, don't
worry the voodoo doll pins aren't for you.

..i use the word dang along with religious icons such as
the big guy, jesus or moses. and apparently i type just like i talk.
DANG you poor poor peeps are expected to follow all of it.

.. i have sat before the dalai lama, three times and i am blessed because
of this. he likes a good belly laugh like me. nothing like a silly man with smarts

.. i am sometimes referred to as a "pez" girl. i tend to throw my head back with
my mouth wide open when i laugh. i tend hit my head on walls. doors and chairs
doing so. holy moses...there is nothing like a good belly laugh. ***i have a partner
in crime, in all of this. i swear she laughs louder than me. you will find us many
days at little mexico causing a ruckus.

.. i love color - more the better. my dining room is pantone 021. my mom says
my house doesn't "flow"....sorry karen - it flows the kelly way.

.. i would be quite content traveling around our nation, setting up stakes
every couple of months, working in diners and just chatting with the locals.
if i ended up on a beach somewhere warm - i would buy a beach cottage
and live out the rest of my life.

.. if it is attached to a bobby pin, i will wear it in my hair. you know like
frida. yes, i love frida. i love the girls story as sad and dark as it is and i also
love that people crinkle their nose when i tell them that.

....i have recently discovered that my crazy blooms and faceless
girls are my style and i am just fine with that. i mean how many times does
someone have to tell you that it is true before you yell HELL YEAH and run with it.

yep....just a little about the girl.