Where did October go???

I can't believe this month is almost over, though I can't say that I'm sorry to see it go. I haven't even been in my studio for two weeks. I've been blah, feeling crappy and whiney all month. And the weather has been schizophrenic- we've had record breaking cold temps and record breaking high temps. I swear Mother Nature has been as crazy me this month. Right now it's just sticky, hot and humid. Poor Mike has come home from work soaked in sweat each day this week.

I finally finished painting the dining room, living room and hallway. I love the color we chose this time, and adore the bead board. Now we need to get out and select the trim, get it stained and put up. As soon as we get the kitchen back splash tiled, we'll be ready to lay the flooring, and I can finally do the fun stuff- decorate! It'll be so nice to at least have the front area of the house finished. My goal is to have those rooms done by the 1st of Dec. Of course we still have the bedrooms, baths and computer room to do, but I'll think about that after the first of the year. I'm just going to enjoy having the front area done in time for the holidays.


I had the most awesome surprise a couple of weeks ago- the one bright spot in this month. Anybody involved in doll making or collectors of fine doll art know of Jodi and Richard Creager. They are amazing artists, and I consider them the God and Goddess of dollmaking. Though I read Jodi's blog, I've never left a comment - are you ever too intimidated to approach someone you greatly admire? Anyway, enough about my neuroses, on with the story... I was sitting here at my desk reading blogs via Bloglines and let out an ungodly squeal when I saw my name mentioned on Jodi's blog. She actually gave me a freaking blogging award! Sweet jezzuz, I thought I died and gone to heaven. Thank you so much, Jodi!

As a recipient of the award, I'm supposed to name seven things about myself that no one knows and nominate seven others for this award. So here goes- my dark secrets revealed...
1) I can wiggle my ears.

2) I make inappropriate jokes about things that upset me like horrific crimes, sad and catastrophic events. Not because I'm heartless, but because I just can't deal with all the cruel things that happen in the world. It's all just too overwhelming.

3) Unexpected acts of kindness brings me to tears.

4) I have night blindness and can't see my hand in front of my face in the dark.

5) After exploring numerous religions over the years, I now consider myself an atheist, and firmly believe in evolution.

6) I would rather die than have to poop in a public bathroom.

7) One of my worse character defects is that I hold grudges.
Now I pass on this award to:

Gerry

Shashi

Sandy

Helen

Judi

Tami

William

If you love Halloween, be sure and visit William's (I found William's blog via Jodi's), Gerry's and Jodi's blogs. They have gone all out for Halloween!


And now I will sign off with some pictures of Bella-

Here she is waiting patiently to go for a ride Sunday evening...

We opened the sunroof and Bella had some serious hair blowing going on-

And here the girls are waiting for Mike to come out from picking up supper on our way home-

Still Alive...

I didn't realize it's been so long since I posted. But Serena left a comment asking if I was okay, so thought I'd let you all know I'm still alive. I haven't felt good the past couple of weeks, been dealing with stuff in real life, and busy painting. I've painted the dining room and living room a warm buttery yellow and am working on the hallway now. Hoping to be ready to lay the floors by Thanksgiving. I just haven't had anything fun or interesting to post lately.

It's that time again...

... time to clean my studio. Believe it or not, I'm very neat in the rest of the house. No clutter, everything in it's place, and all my tables, counters, and end tables are clear. But my studio is absolute chaos most of the time. I have so many UFOs going which adds to the clutter, and I have a terrible habit of not putting supplies away after I use them.




But as you can see, I have ran out of work space.

All my work surfaces are covered with stuff- paint stuff, beading stuff, sculpting stuff, drawing stuff and various other stuff. So it's time to bite the bullet and clean up all this frigging stuff! I really should take my entire studio apart and reorganize it, but I'm much too lazy to do that-LOL

Mike and I have had the sniffles and coughs all week, so we are staying in this weekend. I don't know if we have colds or just allergies, we just feel blah. We don't feel bad enough to be in bed, but just crappy enough that we don't want to go out and do anything. All I did today was take photos of things to list in my Etsy shop, vacuumed, bathed Bella, and did a couple loads of laundry. And now I'm bored-LOL Which is why you are seeing something as uninteresting as my cluttered studio. I figure if I'm bored, I might as well bore all of you, too.

I hope you all are having a much more interesting weekend than I am-

Monday Photo of the Week

I haven't been taking many pictures in the past week. Just haven't been inspired or interested in much lately. Which is probably why the dogs look forward to Mike coming home every day-

Every day at 3 p.m. they take to their post, watching out the window for Mike's truck to come down the street. The minute Isabella spots it, she begins barking for joy and runs for the door. When Mike walks in she dances in circles on her hind legs and Emmy pees her pants (that's why Emmy wears panties- she tends to tinkle when she gets excited). I don't dance or pee my pants (but I do wear panties) when Mike comes home, but I'm glad to see him-LOL


I didn't take any videos at Cortez Kitchen this past weekend but did take some photos of popular foot wear for locals. I'm sure people wondered why I was taking so many photos of feet- probably assumed I had a foot fetish.

I just have to share a headline in today's local news. Listen up, kids! This is why you shouldn't take drugs- you have no idea where they've been before you bought them:

Tampa police say man took kids to drug deal, hid cocaine in his buttocks-

"TAMPA — Police say a 30-year-old man took his children with him to a cocaine deal Friday night and then tried to hide the drugs in his buttocks."