New Ventures

Wassup folks?

I'm totally geeked at the fact that I plan on starting my own online store in the near future on www.etsy.com. In case you've never heard of Etsy before, it's a site where you can buy all kinds of homemade wonderfulness! They have art, jewelry, quilts, books, and anything else you can think of that can be made by your hands. Initially I wanted to sell my paintings on there, but I've come to realize that I don't produce work quick enough to really make any money off of that. I'm still working on a painting that I started a couple of months ago, so yeah... that ain't gonna work. I can hear my art teachers now fussing at me about not working fast enough. You just can't rush quality work. I digress though..

Instead.... I have taught myself to crochet and it's coming along nicely. I'm pretty sure that I will learn a lot more over time. Currently I'm making scarves in time for winter and next I will probably move on to hats. I love crocheting, because it's a quick and easy creative outlet. So yes, this is one of my first projects. Sorry about the picture looking so yellow. I had bad lighting. If you can't tell it is actually grass green and creme. It's not totally finished yet. I still need to sew in the loose strands of yarn but that is a quick fix.

I'm pretty proud of it and I made it in only two and a half days. Now the question is will it sell? Who knows... My dream is to make things and sell enough of them to where I can quit my current job, because I'm making enough money off of what I love making. Hmmm.. being my own boss sounds absolutely fabulous! Anyway.. I have a new scarf that I'm working on now and hopefully I'll be finished with it soon. Ok, that's it.

Ciao!

Violently Bored!!!

Hello Everyone,

I really hate saying that I am bored, because there really are plenty of things that I could be doing to keep myself amused, but I AM bored. Mainly I'm missing my Beloved, because he is out of town right now with no cell phone signal out in the boonies somewhere. I truly feel like my profile picture of 'Meh'.

You don't know what 'Meh' means, you say? Well it's as if someone asks you what you would like to eat for dinner and you have no clue as to what you have a taste for. So when they ask, 'Hey, how about Red Lobster?' Since you don't care, you just say 'Meh', because your not opposed or for this decision and you just go along for whatever.

So I'm sitting here writing, contemplating if I want to watch the movie Hairspray again, watching the kittens outside play fight and attack each other (hilarious!!!!), and wondering if I want to go buy a toaster, because I've been craving some toast ever since last weekend when I visited my parents. So much swirling around.

Ok, well it's time for breakfast. Ciao!

Hiding in the Bathroom

Greetings!

I hope everyone is having a great week. Here is a little blog snack that I just have to post. This is totally embarrassing, but I gotta share with someone, why not you??

Soooo, I'm at work the other day, right? And I have to go to the bathroom really reeeeeeally bad!!!!!!! BAD!! But in the women's bathroom there are only two stalls, one if which was broken.. (nothing new there, they are always breaking down) It was getting rather crowded in there.. I'm talking about a line had taken form. I just knew that I wasn't gonna make it and there was only one other option.....

The dreaded 'Warehouse bathroom from Hell!!!' :::queue spotlight on face, big bloodshot eyes and evil laugh:::

I had heard that mostly men only used this bathroom (its unisex), which is reason enough to leave it alone, but when you have to go, you must GO. So I made the trek to the warehouse and opened the bathroom door, to be greeted with water leaking which I believe was from the toilet and the most foul smell I think I've ever smelled in my life! It smelled something like rotten eggs and upchuck.. So not only am I in this heinous bathroom with this smell and questionable 'water' on the floor, the next thing I know... Some GUY is walking in the bathroom....... I saw his loafers walk by and I don't think that he knew I was in there, even though there is only ONE stall, but I just became very very very quiet and didn't move or breathe for fear that it could turn into and fiasco. So he just walks up to the urinal and proceeds to pee while I'm in there. Ew! Ew! Ewwwwwwwwwww ew! And if that wasn't bad enough I knew who it was by his shoes, and.... AND he didn't even wash his hands!!!!

I... wanted... to... pass... out! Just gross... So after he left which thankful he didn't take long, I got out of there as fast as a could, and now I live with the shame!! I feel traumatized for life now, lol.
So there you have it. Exciting bathroom times at work. Ciao!

Friendly get Together

Afternoon,

Earlier this afternoon we had a friend and her 7 children over and she made a BANGIN lasagna, salad and garlic bread! Actually they are still here and the kids are hanging out at the pool. It's nice to finally have people over to hangout. I know this picture doesnt look the best, but trust............it's de-lish-ous!!! I even love the burnt cheese. You don't even have to ask if I had seconds, because you know I did. :)

Now we just chillin out watchin Total Recall and talking about all these celebs dieing. I don't know if y'all follow football or not, but did you hear about Steve McNair and some girl being shot?? What's really going on in the world? First my favorite musician of all time, Michael Jackson dies of a heart attach of all things and now this.. I think that there is foul play a foot here. I guess everything will eventually come out in the open. Ciao!

New Editions to the Family

Happy Post Independance Day!

I hope everyone had a great one. Me and Beloved were going to go to downtown Atlanta, but we didn't feel like fighting major traffic. I'm kinda glad we didn't go because we would've taken and hour trip just to see a 20 min show! Whatever happened to the shows that were 30 min to 1 hr? Next year we are planning to go up to NYC to visit with family and to see the fireworks show that Macy's does every year. It looks amazing on tv, so it should be pretty awesome in person!

Moving on.. These little cuties are the new kittens of the stray that lives on our patio. You can't really see their faces, but they are SOOOO adorable!!! There are three of them if you can't tell, one orange and two white ones.

In a couple of weeks we are planning to adopt one and bring him/her into live with us. Of course it will need to get its shots and everything, but after that, it should be all good. This will be my first real pet, and I'm geeked! I mean.. I have fish and everything right now, but you can't cuddle and pick up fish, ya know? Well.... I guess you could, but ew.. lol. It's rather strange to think about how I used to hate cats and now I'm thinking of bringing one into my house. I guess people really do change.

*><*Update on the painting*><* I did decide to go with the deep purple and it's looking great so far. I can see now that it's gonna take quite a while to finish this, because there is a lot of detail and small spaces that I have to paint within. I will have picture updates soon though.

Alright kiddies I'm calling it a night. Ciao!

Almost done!!

Hello All,

I am totally geeked at the fact that I am almost finished with my painting, yay! Waaaaay back a few months ago I posted another thread showing the begining stages of this. Anyways, if you can't tell these are 3 separate canvas to make one picture of this woman in peaceful thought.


I've gotten 'rave reviews' so far and all I mostly have left to do is paint the hair a nice deep purple or fusha.. I havent decided yet.. I will more than likely do the deep purple though. Of course I gotta touch up the face and smooth out some places and then it will be ready to sell. You can tell me what you think if you like good or bad. Well its time to paint while I'm in the mood. Ciao!

Red is the new Black

Greetings!


Although I'm feeling dead tired, here I am still up writing like an a$$ clown! Oh, well I felt the need to write. Really my mind is trying to avoid thinking about something stressful and this is the alternative. The show must go on...


I went into Pier 1, one of my favorite stores for home decor and such on one of my lunch breaks last week and saw a few wonderful pieces that I am coveting. I can't even tell you how great it is to have an hour lunch break, but anyhoo.. I was milling around the clearance section and saw this 'jar'. My kitchen has red accents and I thought it would go in there perfectly. It wouldn't do to shabby of a job as a cookie jar either.

So I'm touching everything that I see that I like as I continue walking. (I do this simply because my mother never let me touch anything when we went into stores, in fear that I would break something) I then round the corner to find this painting.

It has a Andy Warhol feel with the repetition of the figure, but I like it. A lot... Very peaceful and I'm drawn to the red for some reason. After Monday I realized that my new color for the summer is gonna be red. I feel a good connection to it right now, and some believe that it is the color that helps to keep you grounded. Two of my co-workers even told me that I looked really good in red! Yay, for me, ^5.

Yeah.. that's it for now. Ciao!