Dainty Kitty

A Poem I Wrote in 1996

"Your life is dashing and chaotic,"
the fortune read.
"That's not a fortune," you said,
"that's a statement."
Anyhow, I left it on the table
because I don't want my life
to be like that anymore.

Yeah, I used to write poetry - or at least I used to like to think I did.  It's been a very long time since I've even tried - life is just too much to put into lines anymore, I guess.   

Too Tired to Post

Instead you get two rather poor photos of my dining room that I took a few weeks ago.  First, my martini glass collection and favorite wall in my apartment.  Second, a little arrangement I put together years ago.  I pulled the crate out of my neighbor's trash - it's one my very favorite trash treasures. 

Miscellany Crochet & a Bit O' Gush

I really have been crafting.  Besides finishing one baby bootie, I've also crocheted two of Bittersweet's little Birds of a Feather.  I made mine red birds because I thought they were perfect for adding to a gift of cookies or other baked goodies this Christmas.  I'm also working on a little grey mouse from the Elisabeth Doherty book - I'm going to add a little Santa hat to its cute little head.  But first, the bootie.  Gotta finish it before Friday.

And can I say that I am just really happy right now?  I didn't think it was possible to be where I am so soon but my life is just going right.  It feels good be out making friends and connecting with people more.  I can't put it into exact words. Everyone - my friends here in real life and my webby friends as well - everyone has just been great. 

Endnote: Not a bad photo for nine-thirty at night...if I do say so myself.  ;-)

Frida's Studio

I'm enthralled, absolutely enchanted and a little bit obssessed with this dollhouse made by Elsa Mora for her daughter.  I've wandered back the post several time to stare at it a little bit more (this morning I found it again, happily, through whip up).  I've been thinking about my unfinished dollhouse ever since I first found her masterpiece on craftzine.  Actually, this makes me want to start all over.  I like the idea of a dollhouse that isn't exactly a house - there are no specific rooms for kitchens and bedrooms and livingrooms.  My dollhouse idea was sort of like this - I created a character in my mind and had ideas about where this character would like but I got too tied up in the preliminaries like painting (I never even got the thing put together).  I think, if I do start over (not that I need another project right before Christmas), the new house will go together quickly without much fuss because it's what goes inside that thrills me.

Seriously, do yourself a favor and click over to her site - the details on this are amazing.  She even made Frida!

Seven Random Facts*

I'd be embarrassed to admit how old I was when I finally got over my fear of calling to order pizza.   

"Candy Everybody Wants" was my first solo karaoke song.

At the Circleville Pumpkin Festival several years ago I ate a gyro, a slice of pumpkin pie, a caramel apple and a bag of kettle corn all by myself.  That list seems a bit short, though.  Anyway, my friend's boyfriend was really impressed.  I shouldn't be proud of that fact - but I am.

I love banana waffles from Trader Joe's.  I may have to have one as a bedtime snack now just because I mentioned them.

I very recently found out I'm suddenly mildly allergic to celery.

I'm also allergic to avocados (and dandelions). 

I have had the same box of freezer pops in my fridge for seven or eight years.  That box has actually traveled to a new apartment with me - twice.  Now I can't bring myself to throw them out even though they take up precious space.

*By the third random fact I realized there was a food theme and ran with it. 

Paragraphs of Seriously Random Things

I worked on my 101 in 1001 list today. My, this list is taking forever. So far I only have thirty-four items listed. It’s ridiculous how hard this is for me. I’m trying to be fairly specific, though, no challenges that I need to undertake that are completely vague like, “Make a relationship work” or “Don’t loose your self in a relationship” (I think the current theme is obvious). I did add “Take myself on weekly coffee shop dates” and, considering that I was working on the list at a coffee shop, I can at least say that I’m working on my list even though it isn’t complete.  

I can see my craft room floor but the tabletops are still hidden – it’s a start anyway. I finished one baby bootie today and half of a Christmas ornament. I need to take a break before I finish the second bootie – I’m such a tight knitter that my little metal needles are killing the tip of my left pointy finger as I push off the loop. Ridiculous. I think I’ll try to finish the ornament during The Amazing Race tonight.

I'm listening to one of my favorite CD's right now - The Bridge School Concerts Vol.1 - I'm particularly fond of Chrissy Hynde's sassy lyric from "Sense of Purpose" -

Bully boys don’t bother me
I purse my lips and they run away
Guys like you who are gentle and true
Don’t come around here everyday
I’m potent, baby, I’m potent
Just one swig of me would get most guys smashed
But a drop of yours makes me stagger and swerve
I guess I’m outclassed 

When I told someone about Fido, they jokingly (at least I think so) replied, “…it is time to let the Halloween stuff be for a while.” Um, when it comes to zombies? No, never.  Anyway, I loved Fido, a brightly colored little black comedy zombie flick. I just wish Billy Connolly did a bit more than grunt throughout but I guess that would be a lot to ask of a zombie.

I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the clock on my computer was wrong this morning...some time after noon I realized that we'd fallen back.  Duh.   It's amazing how one hour can make such a difference - I feel like this day should have ended, um, a day ago. 

And, in closing, the cutest finger puppets ever via Beetlegrass.

 

Basking in the Extraordinary

I really had great intentions for today.  I switched my summer clothes for winter last weekend so my craft room is full of tubs of clothing and it's really just a mess in general.  So my main goal was to get it back in shape since the rest of the house looks pretty good.  I also wanted to knit a lot and maybe bake some cookies.  Oh and write a post that meant something.

Instead, I knit just a little, watched a lot of Veronica Mars Season 3 and ate raw cookie dough (if I had baked cookies they would have been from scratch - luckily I have a few break and bake cookies from Trader Joe's to tide me over until the I really get the urge to turn on my oven).  Maybe I'll carry over my plans to tomorrow but right now I'm basking in the fact that I don't have to do anything.  I napped twice today and am completely guilt free.  I didn't shower until seven-thirty and when I did, I didn't put on a spot of makeup or fix my hair.  I put on my favorite sweater, my hair up in a bandanna and walked over to the video store where I rented three one night videos...because I don't have to be anywhere or do anything.  And I relished in my choices - movies I want to see - Reign Over Me with Adam Sandler, the cartoon Meet the Robinsons and Fido, a zombie movie I've been waiting to see.  So I'm going to put my pajamas back on, make a toasted tuna sandwich and watch movies for the rest of the night - or at least until I fall asleep on the couch.   

But I did accomplish one thing I set out to do - inadvertently but accomplished never the less.  I wrote an entry that means something. To me anyway.

And aren't the gerberas pretty?  They're my favorite. 

What's Up With November?

As a crafter with a few Christmas projects in mind, I am boggled by the things that people want to start and finish in the month of November.  Novels! Sweaters! Plays! Thirty blog posts!  Now I know I'm not going to write a novel or a play or knit a sweater in one month but I thought about it and I'll bet I can write a blog post every day so I signed up for National Blog Posting Month - NaBloPoMo. 

I'm going to try to think more about my posts this month* and use this as some sort of exercise.  A Me Exercise maybe.  We'll see.

I had a terrible allergy day yesterday and am still in a bit of a fog (and I ache from sneezing - how sad is that?)  Sigh, I wish I felt that allergies were a legitimate reason to stay home.  I have one more episode of Veronica Mars Season 3 disc 2 and all of disc 3 waiting for me...a blanket and a couch sound really good right now. 

*Obviously, this post must not count :-)

Zombie Pub Crawl

I went to a zombie pub crawl downtown last night.  This is my friend Lisa who was a vegetarian zombie - she has a carrot in her hand.  Hee hee!  I have some other, better photos but this is the only one I had with me this morning because I sent it in an email last night. 

Let me tell you, fake skin is really hard to get off - especially when you're tired and perhaps a bit tipsy! I still had some stuck in my hair this morning.  Ridiculous.

Sigh, I'm kinda tired. 

Happy Halloween!

Another Fulton Farm photo.  I certainly wouldn't want to find this beauty in my bed...or anywhere in my house for that matter....