20 Tuesday Jan 2015
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This was taken partially for Farmer Farthing. In this pic, taken right before dinner this evening, I can be seen sporting the beautiful dragonfly necklace she sent me for Christmas as well as a pair of lovely dichroic glass earrings Mom got me, also for Christmas, and one of the blouses that Josh got me for Christmas. It all came together beautifully. And truthfully, I don’t hate the way I look in this photo. So yay, small victory.
27 Saturday Dec 2014
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No, silly, not this one…
I’m talking about the countdown to when Mom gets home! She should be here in less than 12 hours and I’ve got lots to do, but I wanted to share with you a little of what I did yesterday.
I got up ridiculously early because I felt like shit. I was actually sick off and on all day yesterday, but in the afternoon I felt enough better than Josh talked me into showering and doing a little shopping. (he bribed me with shiny things)
We went to my favorite bead store and got some supplies and then it was off to Red Robin for lunch. Unfortunately I started getting sick there at the end of our meal. But Michael’s is in the same parking lot so I made a really quick run in to the bead/jewelry area and grabbed what I wanted (they were having a really good sale and I had a coupon for 30% off everything that wasn’t on sale). And then we sped home and I prayed for a swift death.
After the ick passed I managed to get some pictures printed for the collage frame Josh’s sister got us for Christmas and I started making jewelry.
this (not that great) shot shows everything from last night, including 2 pair of earrings I made for friends at work
wire wrapped (sort of) necklace for the kid
flower earrings for me
wire wrapped copper infused turquoise pendant – I really should have gotten something more square for my first “real” piece
This morning I’ve already been tidying up and getting as much done and ready as I can. We still need to go to the grocery store and get some laundry done, preferably before Josh picks the kid up at 11.
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday, or is still having a lovely holiday, and that you’re all happy, healthy, and safe. I’ll be back again soon kids. ❤
25 Thursday Dec 2014
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25 Thursday Dec 2014
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24 Wednesday Dec 2014
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You thought I’d forgot, didn’t you? Here’s my very tiny entry for the Christmas Cartoon Craziness Challenge. Bless us, every one!
24 Wednesday Dec 2014
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christmas, diy jewelry, family, getting creative, kids, life, my sister is psychotic, projects, random shit that falls out of my brain, stress, the world is full of fucking idiots
Life has been odd, obviously, but I think I’m doing well. I can’t remember now if told you lovely folks but I’ve been getting in touch with my creative side again. And I love it.
So I showed you the menu board thing I made (LOVE IT!) but I haven’t shown you the jewelry I made.
This is a very simple pair of earrings made with crystal briolettes. I think they turned out great.
The really odd looking bit at the top is a wire necklace pendant. I’ve changed it since I took that pic. I decided to two smaller beads didn’t belong on there and took them off to make a very simple pair of earrings. The larger bits at the bottom are wire/bead earrings. I haven’t worn the earrings yet, but the necklace/earring combo I wore on Monday with a purple cardigan and it looked fab.
That was Sunday night’s dinner, Skillet Lasagna. It was a new recipe from a magazine I got on Saturday and it wasn’t too bad. Only 5 ingredients and it took about 30 minutes and was actually worth eating. Yay.
Last night I was going through my Pinterest boards trying to decide which projects I want to try to make over my holiday break and came across a pin for origami butterflies. I have a stash of origami paper so I thought, why not? I think they turned out pretty nifty. I plan to use them for a little mobile for in my office.
I have a pretty extensive to-do list for today. I need to do some housework, make the snacks to take to Josh’s dad’s house tonight, we’ll need to stop at my sister’s house and set out the girls’ Santa presents and take pictures to text them tomorrow morning (they’re very concerned that Santa won’t bring anything since they aren’t actually there), and finish backing up my laptop. I tried running an official backup and it bombed after several solid days of doing nothing else so I’m doing this shit my way now.
As an update on the whole “my sister is an idiot who gave away her children’s dog” saga…
They believe Dora has already been adopted by another family. The girls have been told that she died at the kennel. (utterly cruel if you ask me) When they get back my sister has promised the kids that she’ll buy them a Pug. Can’t. Fucking. Wait.
18 Thursday Dec 2014
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No, not really, but it sounds interesting, right?
Mama is BACK!!! Last night I ran laundry, changed the sheets, dusted, screwed around on the computer, took every last thing off our fridge downstairs and reorganized it, and slept like a log. I got up early this morning and finished the laundry and had time to putter around before leaving. I’ve been working on the organizing/purging plan for next year and generally screwing around this morning in between answering emails from profs who really should know better.
Anyway, it’s been interesting. I got some Christmas pressies from my pals at work this morning.
a little stuffed squirrel with a scarf, a squirrel candy dish, and a little sugar skull notebook!
They know me pretty fucking well, I’d say. At any rate, the closer we get to the shut down on the 24th, the fewer people there are here. My boss was here this morning just long enough to delivery gifts and then she skedaddled. I’ll be leaving early this afternoon to go help Mom with the girls. They have a baton twirling performance thing tonight that I’m going to and they need their hair done. My mom is an amazing woman and does lots of things, but she has never been one for doing much with hair. Fortunately, I know how to do very lovely French braids. (I will see if I can get a pic of them tonight in their splendor)
I walked in this morning with K and we both sort of asked each other why in the hell we didn’t take vacation for the 2 days we’re supposed to be here next week. Neither of us had a good answer, but we both agreed that there won’t be much work going on at all. My plan is to continue to clean up around here and get ready for the next semester. I’ve already done quite a bit but there are still a few things to take care of. And on Tuesday I’ll take down my Christmas decorations.
I’m also working on a plan, of sorts, of things I really want to do over the break. What are your big plans?
10 Wednesday Dec 2014
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An Evil Squirrel original, all of my very own!
26 Wednesday Nov 2014
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I’ll be decorating the office for Christmas today so I decided to relent and lift the ban on Christmas music. That bit above is an incredibly funny story, not really a video. But totally worth the 23 minutes to listen to all of it.
If you’d rather go with something a little edgier, give this one a try. (the video for this is ridiculously funny)
I may try to post some pics of the office later, we’ll see how it goes.
22 Saturday Nov 2014
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Another craft project, yay! This one has been in the works for awhile now, at least a week. I found the idea on Pinterest and then all of us got in on the action. They’re going to be our primary (only?) outside winter decorations, aside from a wreath on the front door I think.
Today has been wall to wall busy. Mom and I went out for breakfast, ran to 3 different grocery stores – taking time to get supplies for a food drive going on for one of the homeless shelters at the one store – then Target to get supplies for the girls’ birthdays (there was a local motorcycle club there at the time buying the place out of frozen turkeys to donate to some charity, we weren’t sure which one), cleaned out and organized the deep freeze and both fridges/freezers and the kitchen pantry, plus we got out the Christmas decorations we’ve decided to put up this year and got the tree put together so that when the girls come over next Friday they can decorate it.
Whew.
Josh just left to pick up what is, in my humble little opinion, some of the very best pizza in this area. It should go nicely with the SEVEN containers of ice cream we currently have. And no, they aren’t mostly empty – I think most of them have been purchased within the last week.
When we were getting the Christmas stuff out I found my stash of cards. This is no shit – it fills a plastic shoe box. So honestly kids, doesn’t anyone want a card from me?
