we are in love

ratty mcratterson

i adopted a rat from a friend, and he is very anti-social.
(the rat, not the friend)

oh and he likes to bite!

i'm unemployed. i need a facial! they're only like a $100 right?

tomorrow will be the start of what will really be my 1st week with NOTHING planned to do!
Whooppiieee!!!!
I am kinda excited.
it's all i can do really- other than continue to be so depressed over losing my job. :-(

what i have really good intentions of doing this week:

1. I'd like to try and make a lot of  Xmass gifts this year instead of buying them- so i can get started on that. (they say it's the thought that counts- right?)
2. my house is a mess, i can clean that. 
3. my art room is TRASHED - i can organize that.
4. it's too cold to clean the garage.
5. mail my xmass cards out
6. i have a MILLION art projects started that i can work on/ finish.
7. i can possibly turn the office downstairs back into a dining room (?)

if i can tackle this list i will feel good by friday.  I have WAY more to do other than this list- but i think this sounds manageable for just this week.

then Saturday morning  i have a quilting class i just signed up for!  It's some lady who will help me with my hand applique. I just started this project- and i really suck at it.... hopefully she can set me straight.

new blog!

i started a new blog about my quilty-crafty-ness...
http://fussycutquilts.blogspot.com

its brand new- so much more to come!

ummm..... my birthday is coming up!

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Bjork Feat. Antony Hegarty - Dull Flame Of Desire (Modeselektor's Remix...

GM

"Hello, You have reached the Afterlife Message Center. The God you are trying to reach is not available to take your call..."

sew sew

i rearranged my new improved sewing room today. It's really hot up here i need a ceiling fan.

My computer is by the window. I have the perfect view of just my neighbor's house. I can watch his every move! I wish it was more exciting- he doesn't do very much.

I have a table just for cutting and a table just for sewing that has the machine built in. So the sewing machine is flush with the table. Having a table just for cutting is just too good to be true!

The room is pink. Hopefully when i can crap up the walls with stuff it won't look like a baby's room. It's making my ovaries hurt it so damn pink and white in here.

I have a pretty mirror- and tons of shelves and containers- so there is a place for everything.

There is an antique changing table with a cat bed on top- so the cats have a bed right next to my desk.

The rugs don't match anything- because they were for my old office and for James' office- but i can't afford to replace them at this point- so i'll have to deal.

Pictures will come as soon as i get everything in place.

A Day of Firsts...

Finally a good day amongst many many days of mostly bad.

1. Today I finally own my own laptop for the 1st time on my life! (used hand me down- but that's Ok)
2. Today I THINK my mom said something kinda nice to me
3. Today I got some good news from work

After having this good day I went shopping at Old Navy and had my favorite dinner of crabs and beer!

Maybe we're too young

Like glass shattering
In a clean break
This is the arc
Of a mistake

We were like kids
With a shotgun
Blowing up words 'til
There were none

Maybe I'm too young
Maybe I'm too young
Maybe we're too young
To be playing with this gun

I thought that I
Could destroy it
It shot & fired
Missed the target

You keep coming back
Hand me fractured words
Through the lens of time
Some things can't be burned
Even when they yearn
To die

Maybe I'm too young
Maybe I'm too young
Maybe we're too young
Just playing with this gun

Like glass

bizarre symptoms with my tingling hands

I've had a helluava week, month what-ever.. Spring finally came and now summer is fast approaching. Which means YARD WORK out the ass for me. This will be our 3rd summer now in the new house. The back yard is a MESS. Over grown - basically just plain trashed. The deck needs to be painted.

On top of all this work, everything seems to be breaking down around here. My house is in it's own Mercury Retrograde. The house is only 11 years old- but 2010 seems to be the day it wants to fall apart on me.

Central Air Conditioner - broke
Pool Filter - broke
Front door - broke
Spigot on the front of the house- pipe completely busted - water gushing inside and outside of the house... - broke.

What does this leave us all? broke!
Also this has been leaving us quite stressed and I have been just feeling overwhelmed.

This might help explain my bizarre symptoms with my tingling hands. For the past 6 days my last 2 fingers on each hand have had REALLY BAD Pins-and-Needles. I tried to look it up.. and survey says stress, nerve damage or diabetes. GREAT!

edit- I'd like to add to all this- we took our cat to the vet tonight and he has kidney stones and bladder stones. He needs an ultrasound and possibly surgery. **sad face**

dreams

In April i'm off to Chicago for the 2010 International Quilt Festival!
I am so excited i can't stand it.

They are offering a ton of classes and i am signed up for 2 - Machine quilting and piping, and a "Scrapbook Quilt" class with Pam Holland. It's an all day class, and I just can't wait. it was super cheap- only like $60 to sign up.


I originally signed up for a class with the super famous KaffeFassett - But the class was all lecture and no sewing... I really wish I could have taken both- but they are both at the same time so i had to choose. If you are not familiar with his work- you should check him out. He is a textile guru.

Lady Carlyle

I would really like to use my wedding china soon. I have a full set. I think 10 or 12 place settings. This beautiful china is all still new in the box and sitting in my garage.

This June we will be married for 10 years. 10 years I have carted this boat load of dinner ware around and have never opened a box... I think for my anniversary I would i like finally eat off of it. The sad thing is, I don't have a dinning room table any more. It won't be the same, but I would like to at least get some of it out of the box.

do not like.

Sarah Palin makes me physically ill.

nail art is funnnnn

new nails:

like omg shoes

I went shoe shopping today.

MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!

picture pages

if you read this.. I also have a Tumblr page that you might like.. it's just like random photos and stuffs...

highlight of my DAY

i came down to my desk this morning and was SO surprised to see this little guy in my bird feeder!
Nerd-bird-watcher had to look him up and found out he was a Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Awesome.

what i do with all my money

i've been pretty sick now for a week with a wonderful head cold, so today i decided to treat myself with a shopping spree on amazon.

Things i bought:
1. new case for my Nike Ipod Running thing-a-majigger
(http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/)

2. A fancy new expensive tea infusion ball for my fancy Teavana teas3. One Konad basic starter nail decorating kit! (i bought some extra plates and polish too)You can do all sorts of fancy nail crap with this thing - like THIS:

(photo from http://nevertoomuchglitter.wordpress.com/)

Back on the Ambian Bus

i am up and awake.
I have insomnia problems creeping up on me again. I thought i kicked that habit.. but no. :-(
i have not blogged in awhile because i have had nothing really to say. things have been plain and boring. i'm sure being awake all night now will cure that.

I could not sleep last night because I got SO worked up over the news that it made me physically ill. I watched Cnn for just a bit and had to stop. then shortly after i was standing over the toilet ready to barf. it made the that upset. I went back into the bedroom hoping james would be able to talk me down out of my anxiety trip but the poor thing was already sound asleep. I kinda woke him up any way. I told him i was upset over Haiti and that my tummy hurt. he said "take some medicine" and rolled over.
So i did. I love Alkaseltzer. that shit knocks everything out. I sat down with a tall cold glass and calmed myself down.
Side note: Someone on my facebook actually posted that he does not care about the people in Haiti. he said it does not affect him and he does not know them personally so why should he care. I read this and it has stuck with me now for the past 2 days and i can't stop dweling over his comment. I need to stop thinking about it but i can't. stupid facebook! it's making my misery over the situation even worse! It's not that i really care about this person- but it is making my mind spin on how can anyone THINK like that??

The company I work for is matching dollar for dollar what ever you donate to the red cross. This makes me feel great that what ever I can give will be doubled and sent right to the red cross. My company manufactures water purifiers, so they are sending over some as well to help bring clean water to the country.
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The 2 most new things in my life right now are me working from home.. (still going great!) and me joining the new gym down the street. Working from home has changed my life in so many ways it's still amazing to me. The best part is that i have some energy by the end of the day and at 5pm i can be dressed and out the door to the gym to work out.

I did it to get in shape and lose weight but now i realize how important it was just for me to get out of the house! I would go days on end just still in the same pajamas and not leave the house, only to get the mail! Now i'm getting dressed at the end of the day and getting in the car and actually seeing other humans!

So far it started out great! but now my trainer, Ian, is pushing me so hard i am coming home with injuries. This i do not like. I tell him "this hurts" and he says "you just think it hurts, keep going!" so i do! so sumthin's got to change.

I have been working out at the gym for over a month now and have not lost a single pound yet.. this being fat thang is very discouraging. it makes me sad and then even sadder when i come home from the gym hurt. i'm not giving up- but i might quit with this gung-ho attitude i had when i started.. boo.