THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS

am leaving in a few minutes to take Chloe to the vet, in a carrier, on the bus. joy. husband will be back from his trip tomorrow, but i don't want to wait on this. At least it's not raining! will post more later if i'm not too bummed out.

I'm slatternly, slovenly, I'm "wallowing in my own crapulence"! Well, okay, that last is a bit extreme... . usually when the Husband goes away for a few days the first thing i do is clean the house from one end to the other, to my own liking, and it stays that way for a while. Not. this. time. and i don't care. With a hey nonny nonny and a ha cha cha! the dishes have been marinating in the sink all day - i occasionally let out some cold water, and let in more hot - hey, no pressure! i blame the last quarter moon. i was going to eat well while here on my own, lots of veggies, fruit, fish, chicken, no need to boil up a bunch of carbs (pasta, rice). Today, for "lunch", i had a big piece of tiramisu! YUM!

After two days of driving, Husband reached the area around Quartzite last night, without incident. most of the first day he was driving through snow at around 30 m.p.h.. No problem reaching him with the cell phone. So far, so good. Thanks to a heads-up from cluegirl
i knew about Mercury going retrograde the day before he left, and was able to give him Wise Counsel about sticking to routes he knows and to curb the inpulse to go exploring alternative unknown routes, at which he got a sneery look on his face, but knowing him, and the fact that his trip is incident free so far, it sank in anyway. It helped that i used the example of the time last year when we missed an exit and ended up in Las Vegas, and had to drive around for two hours before we found the correct freeway entrance to get us where we wanted to go. And that was two hours of driving in circles, asking for and receiving directions that were just wrong or so ambiguous they did us no good, from cops even, whom one would expect to know these things! Now that was a classic Mercury retrograde type experience! his plan was to spend today at the show in Quartzite, and then on to Tucson tomorrow. It's early days yet, and there are still so many things that could go pear shaped. I think the real challenge will be around money spending decisions.

I want to spend the next few days catching up on journaling,(must have more icons, and do a list of interests, friend more people) leaving feedback for people, uploading pics to photobucket and spamming you all with kitty pics. This means not so much working on the computer. It's hard, sometimes, when you're self employed and work at home, to remember that you actually live there, too. I'm catching up on just living. I did nothing today but stay home wearing a comfortable old hippy skirt, fixing good food for myself, a bit of housework and laundry, and watching Order of the Phoenix on DVD.

I did go out and walk around the yard and checked out the daffodils i planted last fall, which are poking up about an inch. YAY! Hopefully the squirrels and nutria will leave them alone.

It's a bit odd, the things that will make me immediately stop reading a story, i sometimes think. I just take some things too seriously, perhaps, but if you get thrown out of a story, you're thrown, and then it's effort to "willingly suspend disbelief". What did it this morning was a scene where Ginny's just given birth, and the midwife hands Harry the baby, and says that Harry can give baby his first feeding, and I'm all "Noooo!!111 baby needs colostrum from mama's breast!!!11 Does nobody know these things anymore? it's rather sad.:(

Okay, after visiting a wonderful yarn shop yesterday i have rethought my idea to crochet scarves for D. and A.. It also helped that the Husband did think to tell me that his dad doesn't like anything going around his neck. thank you, dear!
Any way, i have decided that, after not crocheting anything for so many years, perhaps i shouldn't just jump into it again with gifts on a deadline, especially since the yarn i would so much like to work with would cost @ $35.00 per scarf! (Irish tweed wool, and baby alpaca, incredibly soft!) So it's going to be a book, plus a nice crystal or mineral specimen per person. I all ready got everyone a "stocking stuffer" type present of these incredible work gloves that are only $6.00 because i got a pair for myself this summer and i love them so much. They are called the Atlas glove and they have a nitrile coating over breathable knit stretchy nylon, and the great thing about them is they are so comfortable, with no impairment of mobility whatsoever, that i actually left them on and worked in them. Everyone should have a pair! and a plus is that the nitrile is so "grippy", that even if you didn't ever do yardwork they are worth having around the house for things that are stuck, like jar lids or faucets. Okay then. so, looking forward to a nice afternoon perusing books, and then maybe seeing the Golden Compass. :)

I did make a necklace and earrings for my stepmother-in-law and will post pics hopefully soon. I need to figure out what to do about an image host that's free. i guess that would be Photobucket? anyone got a better recommendation?

OMYGOD! is it dec.15 already!? okay, i've got to stop fooling around here and do christmas cards for my siblings and get them sent today. I just added a bunch of names to my f-list. If you are reading my journal for the first time ~ hello! ~ I have read something of yours at some point and enjoyed it. No need to feel you have to add me, because writing is something i'm not really doing, though i would, at least a bit for fun, if i had the time and if other creative arenas weren't demanding my energy. But i am a reader, and i need to read something everyday to get me through the day, and if your journal is locked would you add me, please? :)

And here is the link to our ebay store if any one is curious about what I do do:


http://stores.ebay.com/Stone-Temple-Lapidary_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm

I had excellent sex with the Husband this morning, and made two necklaces this afternnoon for Christmas presents, and yet, have been feeling increasingly melancholy, and wondering why, and i just suddenly remembered that two years ago today was the last day my cat Morganna was alive. She was 19 years and about 3 months old. my Baby. I think I'll go to bed early and snuggle with my "new" kitties.

Well, we have 235 items listed on ebay - i think it's time to slack off for a while. Wheee! This means i will have time and the inclination to spam you all like i just can't get around to doing when i have to be on the computer so much doing the business. Actually, i have to start making Christmas presents, partly because i like to make people things, and partly because i already put about $400.00 worth of dental work on my credit card this month. i'm still going to have to spend some money, and it's not like my card is maxed out... but, i'm going to try to keep it under $100.00...yeah, right! There's wool to buy for a couple of scarves i want to make for my father-in-law and step-brother-in-law. If i could make jewelry for everyone i'd be all set because i already have lots of beads for that, but that's tricky with guys. So for my step-mother-in-law i am making a necklace and earrings with amber and coral to go with the beautiful red and gold caftan she was wearing at Thanksgiving. For my friend Kim a "horse medicine" necklace because she's a horsey girl and i have a pretty little red coral horse pendant that's been waiting for something special, and for her 9 year old daughter, a simple turquoise necklace, because she really wants one, and it'll be nice to give her a real piece of "grown-up" jewelry. I will have to post pictures when i get them done. For Kim's 11 year old son i want to get the Audubon society field guide to insects because he's really into checking out bugs. And then there's my husband - i will probably end up getting him a nice flannel shirt - which i could make but - it would be hard to hide it as i would have to work on the kitchen table and it's one more thing to make! and some silk boxers. because no man can have enough silk boxers. IMHO :) and there's less than two weeks! Yikes!

Today i got the splint that i'm supposed to wear in my mouth at night because i have TMJ issues and this is supposed to help. we'll see. It will be amazing to be able to sleep better than i have been for a long time. I really hope it works, especially because it cost so damn much!

I am katholicgrrl on LJ, cat_lick_girl here, and on GJ and JF, and it's all too much to do trying to friend and be friended by and join communities when everyone is all hither and yon on different journals now, and as you can see, i don't even have any icons yet! so bear with me, and friend me if you want to, and i will slowly catch up. I guess i will still have to check in with LJ once in a while, because there are communities i like there that i can't see moving, like latin, and vintage sex, and dark victoria. :(.