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A pirates life for me...

My pirate ship T from Bond Girl came today! Yay! Check out her shop because everything is super awesome and you get the thrill of the online experience. Seriously, I love coming home from work and finding a nice package waiting for me. It makes me feel like I have people who care.... lol. Just people that take my money! I also love the Chandelier T and the Keys too. I have an awesome vintage Chandelier that I inherited from my sisters house. It's Brass and Iridescent blue crystals..... mmmmm. I can't wait to actually be a home owner and install it myself. (With the supervision of an electrician.) The picture of the shirt is courtesy of the Bond Girl Etsy site, just so you know it does look better on the model than on me. Which is why I posted it instead of the selfportrait that I did earlier today. Oh, speaking of self portraits I did one last year. A friend took me to an Andy Warhol painting class and it was so much fun. I will have to find it and post it so everyone can ooh and ahh at my talent.

Whatsa matter you?

  I spent this past weekend visiting my sweethearts in the land of Far Far Away. I packed up my sewing machine and a whole bunch of work to get done and drove through blizzards and eskimos and dogsled teams and braved frostbite and icecicles to get there. Canada is sad. But my Neice is a doll and so much fun to play with. Every time she said "Auntie Julie" I wanted to stop and sigh, or give a good "Awwwwwww". Usually small children and babies.. (oh the babies!) frighten me to death, and I have been known to run away, and state that I will buy children fully grown instead of having them myself. But, then I spend time with my neice and reconsider. I think I could actually be a mom, but my cat would be so jealose. Is there a support group for cats?

We spent Friday making Tu-Tu's for my Neice to wear... they are actually very easy to make. I would have never thought that it would be so easy, you just cut Tulle in strips and loop them onto an elastic waistband. ??? Of course I am not now nor have I ever been a ballerina so I wouldn't have known what a tu-tu looks like up close. I am actually the child of "No-Enrichment" never being enrolled in any classes of any sort. I spent most of my early years in my imagination, or watching the Chipmunk Adventure movie.   Now, on closer examination of a real live Tu-Tu.... it slowly becomes a must have. I actually plan to make one for myself, and then float around downtown granting wishes to good little boys and girls.

Of course the Williams and Sonoma store is one of my favorite places to visit as well. I have a wish list a mile long, I could actually spend a small fortune... Um.. lets just say that I want one of everything. Except maybe the indoor meat smoker. I have no plans to smoke my own meat. I actually prefer to not eat meat given the choice. Anyhow, this time I restrained myself and only bought one cake pan. The much loved Sandcastle Bundt Pan has been on the list for awhile... how fun is that? It was a hard decision between the beehive cake pan and the sandcastle... but I figure that Beach parties are more fun than Bee parties. Some people are allergic, and I don't want to be liable for stings.

By the way... anyone seen "The Office"? Funniest thing I have ever seen.

Bowlarama

Weekends.... Not nearly long enough. I really wish that I could work only 3 days a week. Then, maybe I can accomplish everything I dream up for those 56 hours in a row that I am not "working" working.

On Friday at 5:00 pm, I found myself at a whole new level of cheese. I went to the video store intent on renting 4 new "Bad" movies to watch for my project. I stood there with my list in my hand, and thought... "Hmm... should I? Shouldn't I? I just can't decide". Of course, an overwhelming waft of cheese flew into my nostrils and I did rent "Friday the 13th." On, Friday the 13th. I am lame, I know it. But I just couldn't help it..... I will write a review for The Movie Project to let you know my opinions....

Saturday found me at "Vendor School".... learning winning selling techniques, how to put up an enormous tent all my my lonesome, how to display product to it's maximum advantage..... I wish they could teach me how to fit the enormous tent, 2 six foot long tables, bins and bins of vinyl goods, a chair and the miscellaneous other things I will need into a TEENY TINY TOYOTA ECHO. I know they call it an Echo, to make it sound bigger.... but it's not.

I am the bowling champion..... I got three strikes on the same day.... Now I can cross one more thing off my list of "Things to do before I die". I just don't understand how people can make that ball go where it's supposed to. My hands are tiny, my arms are short, and my man shoulders from warehousing are slowly fading away. How do they expect people to really excel at this sport? I only got 82 points.... but I am proud.

I also checked out the Alberta Craft Council building downtown. I really liked the one in St. Johns, NFLD... I bought many things to amuse myself for reasonable prices. Even though I suspect that the prices were high because of the tourists that sail in to the harbor. Anyhow... I was impressed with the quality of crafts on display. The glass work was amazing! I am a sucker for things made of glass.... I always stock up on "Things the likes of ye have nev'r seen" when I am on vacation. But... the only thing was that I actually could not afford anything in this place. I am known for my ability to drop $300 for shoes.... but oh my goodness. I believe in good craftsmanship and that artists should be paid well for their work.... but.... It really makes me uncomfortable to say this, but way too expensive. There was a beautiful black and white glass bowl that wanted to come home with me but it was $650. Yes.... the price of almost 3 pairs of Fluevogs put together. The price of an original Jeff Lyons painting, oh, make that two. My whole phone bill for the year. So I continued to browse. Even though there was a super awesome necklace that I wanted really really badly. It was too expensive. I walked away sadly... but then became triumphant in the knowledge that I can too- one day learn silversmithing and glassblowing and charge un-reasonable prices to people that don't know any better. However, I do.

An Apple A Day...

It came..... it finally came! My new favorite necklace from Lunasa Designs. The first time I spied it, I knew I must have it.... it was still for sale every time I checked.... and then the unthinkable happened! I dreamt that the next time I checked on it, it was sold! No joke, I really did dream that. And I was so disappointed that I missed out, I contacted the seller and offered a trade. So I am now the proud owner of  a super cute Silver and Carnelian apple necklace. I think that you should check out her shop, because she has lots of unique jewelry and she is also a fantastic person. There are some very nice rings in her shop too....  And I really actually eat an Apple a day. Forever. I have always wanted to use the line... "An apple a day to keep the devil away", but no one has ever used that corny one liner with me. I guess I have been eating near the wrong people. I should try someone from my Dad's generation. But I usually don't date men 20 years older than me. Wow, I am so rambly today.

In other news..... I am trying to get my tax stuff together and wow it's not fun. It doesn't help that I am super disorganized, and as Scarlett O'Hara-Hamilton-Kennedy-Butler would say "Oh, I won't bother with that now, I'll think about it tomorrow". So, thus.... I put things off until the VERY last moment and pull it all together marvelously. I always pull it off... I just get no sleep doing so. But, the point of my story is that I tried to be organized once, and I had a folder with all my receipts and paid bills done up nicely. The only thing is that when I pulled it out today to fish out my receipts I found $205.25 in an envelope in the folder. What? I had money lying around and I forgot about it? How could that have happened? It's so unlike me, to lose money. And... I also found a cheque from 2 months ago that I didn't cash yet. But I thought I did. So, I guess I am looking pretty good right about now! Even if my taxes aren't done yet. sigh.

MixtGoods

The nice people at MixtGoods are selling some of my handmade Ipod cases.... among other cool things. The site is based out of Portland, Oregon and have a conglomeration of Portland artists and other great sellers. Lampwork Beads and Perfume bottles.... Tents for Pets... Felted Soap... Frog Bottle Stopper.... One thing I really like about MixtGoods is that they are all about promoting the artists, and not about gouging people for money. Everything is very reasonably priced!!!

My project...

So.... I have decided to create a separate weblog for my movie project. I started this one for news on vinyl goods, sewing and crafty pursuits, the occasional random musing and as well as the awesome things I find on line to buy. But, I think that it would be good to keep the project a little more organized. I am slowly moving everything over to the new site, and I will publish it when it's done and include a very handy link for those who actually want to know what I think about these movies. I am not expecting much here.... a comment or two.... come on guys.

Brush and chug.

Our pop machine at work is sold out of diet pepsi. I am really dissapointed today. I have been warned that diet pop makes you fat, that it contains formeldahyde and other harmfull chemicals, and diet pop is in fact a very un-godly choice of drink. But I love it, I just can't help myself. Real pop just isn't as satisfying as chugging down some aspertame. Real pop tastes bitter and makes your teeth fuzzy. As much as I want my thirst to be quenced I don't want to have to carry a toothbrush around with me. BUT WAIT! What about those annoying commercials on t.v? You know, the ones for the famous Oral B Brush ups, the ones you can use anywhere? It seems like the toothpaste company's got together with the sugar industry to try to figure out a way to make even more money. But it works, and you know what, I have never had a cavity. Or gotten formeldahyde poisoning.