The last couple of days have been busy! Isn't he so cute?
As a child, we were cat people not dog people, but then I married into a dog-cat-ferret-rabbit-EVERYTHING family [they all just love animals], and gained a puppy by marriage. Am realizing now that I have this one at the apartment how much I missed the other doggy.
On a different note---who knew dogs liked to walk so much?!? He always wants to go for walks...LONG walks, despite being a SMALL dog. Not sure how that's going to gel on the nights I have lil' N.---maybe lil' N. will want to walk too. Either that, or I'll be the one pushing the stroller and walking a dog evenings in downtown Kalispell.
Had Chinese for lunch out with friends---received this in the fortune cookie:
"A distant friendship could begin to look more promising"
...and the obligatory "in bed!" was chorused at the end of it by the rest of the table.
We alternate between "in bed!" and "naked!" 'cause it makes the fortunes more interesting.
I dunno how accurate these fortunes are, I usually take 'em back to the office, date 'em, and tape 'em to my monitor...just had one 2/13/08 that expired on 5/13/08---"Remember three months from this date. Good things are in store for you." Clinton came to town to campaign for Hillary that day. =P But not really anything on a personal front..maybe it happens in the future from occurrences on that date of 5/13, who knows.
On another note, perhaps having one's husband be the computer tech person for one's office isn't quite the best idea. Not that he's not qualified, it's just it's somewhat awkward in introductions and sometimes re-introducing him to people who have already met him but don't remember him. So, for people who hadn't met him, he was "Dan Nelson, the computer tech guy" and for the ones who had previously met him, I simply jogged their memory and introduced him as my husband, which was bittersweet, because I don't know, really..
[mental shrug] I guess things progress. Not sure in which direction. But perhaps it would be less hard on me if it weren't like the time my last relationship ended---and having that person still come in to do computer tech stuff for the office I work for.
On a COMPLETELY different front [different sex even], sometimes it's best to let friendships grow apart. If you can see someone heading down the same path they always head down in their partnership relationships, and yet they expect things to be different, and whine and piss and bitch and moan when things aren't, and they never seem to be happy---well, the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results. Empirically, that doesn't work, as is proven in laboratory experiments and real life every day.
Have been reading up on the old mother's adage, "You are who you hang out with" or words to that effect. Am realizing that one person in particular that I hang out with, despite the fact I do care for her, isn't someone I want to be around, at least not right now, when I'm going through enough drama trauma maumbajama in my own life.
Also, I was reading the same thing about overweight people---that if an overweight person suddenly starts hanging out with skinny people, they lose weight. So maybe looking for the highest and best and most fun people to interact with---minus the drama---is a good goal. =D
Updating my website is rather tedious...always is fun when it's done...but somewhat tedious. And sometimes I forget which bears I've done and hafta hunt for 'em. [mental shrug]
So, I get this face [along with mussed hair] going on:
[lookit my eyebrows ..see previous posts re: eyebrow waxing/plucking]
..and hope no one claps me on the back while I'm making the crazy face---I do need to get some updated photos of myself, preferably not looking silly [or with base molding in the background...check out my concrete floor, that's radiant floor heat!]---however, it's rather hard when most of my photos of me are with lil' N. and they're on my mobile phone---must remember to buy a computer uploader cord thingamugummy.
Typing with a friend of mine that I haven't seen in years, I turned on my webcam for her to show her my son---she expressed surprise that my hair had gotten so dark. Funny that one doesn't realize the changes that occur...but it's somewhat nice to realize that changes ARE occuring. Hopefully I look more mature---although obviously not whilst making the above face. =P
..the teddy is really adorably cute in focus. Dichronic glass necklace.
So! Project within the next two weeks...get photos of self holding a bear [obviously the ones uploaded here are crap, as the teddy is not in focus and one can still sorta see last week's huge pimple I am still recovering from, etc.], for magazines and marketing purposes and the like. Maybe will talk my librarian into helping with it. I take terribly unphotogenic photos..
Gimp is obviously no help at sharpening focus when things are way blurry.
See? It's the totally teddy look...sure to be the rage at the next fashion season!!! I like fun action photos..and there's nothing more like action than precariously perching a ted atop one's head..
I also have photos of my 'studio'..which consists mainly of big organizer bins that are NOT organized. w00t! Will hopefully get those up later this week, and maybe share 'em on another artist friend's blog..
I just read an article on the BHG site about making skirting to hide the clutter of desks. That might be a valid option. Glue guns and Velco...almost as good a combination as duct tape and... well, duct tape. I am a subscriber to the Red Green email list, after all. =D
So. Yeah. Nine months! Wow. Longest time before was 7 months. Apparently people can have stretches of celibacy that last for years. Ack! Not sure how that works. Perhaps I have an overbalance of hormones or something...and have for the last uhm...6 years? Yep, 6 years.
My mother's sent me links to sites warning about the dangers of too much estrogen given to animals to make 'em produce...but my therapist says that the high libido is more likely a result of too much testosterone. Have examined myself for increased hairness, but I appear to be just my same slightly furry self---Greek gypsy blood can be somewhat of a downer.
On the other side of the coin, I did Google hairy arms & found out there's a fetish site out there for hairy arms..human beings are definitely a wee bit different..
I wonder if gorillas are into toe sucking? Or armpit sex. Neither of which I've tried. Yet. Stayed tuned though---heaven knows what I'll be driven to in the coming months!!!
*rambles* Family on my husband's side of the family is in town. I just don't understand what is expected of me...how does one not feel hurt when it seems [my own perception, mind you] as though one is rather unimportant/obsolete/uninvited/not even missed for family gatherings and the like? [swallows big lump in throat] I don't know/How to be fine when I'm not/And I don't know/How to make a feeling stop
This is one of my favorite teddies I've made yet, 2nd in the Teddies & Dollies series.
I especially like the above photo, that's my cat Ozzy's tail---Ozzy is a brown tabby with gorgeous green eyes, and she's completely psychotic. She also adores me =P ---I've never had a cat completely adore me, and it makes me feel quite special. Ozzy was just sauntering through the photo shoot, the way cats do. The hand modeling the teddy is Dan's---his hands gave the impression that the bears were smaller than if I held 'em, 'cause my hands are REALLY small. That's the 3 inch size teddy---which if I hold it, kind of overfills my hand.
The upholstery fabric is some of my favorite---I bought it ages ago from the Vivianne Galli of The Galli Bear Collection, who was hand-dying it at the time...the fur was simply gorgeous in muted pastel shades, and had a vibrancy to it. The shorter pile also gives a more delicate, less-chubby appearance to teddies.
Cara [teddy] & Mia [dolly].
---and I like the patterned fabric used, it's kawaii! This teddy went to live with one of my favorite collectors and friends, Helen in California who has a collection of over four hundred faeries...!!! [she's highly envied] Meeting Helen this past fall was wonderful, I really enjoyed talking with a collector firsthand...not to mention collectors are as nutty as me in regards to talking faeries! =)
I've always been enamoured with tiny artist teddies---I was a collector long before I ever thought it was even remotely possible for me to make these enchanting little bruins. My dear patient husband, hoping to stem the tide of increased spending in regards to my growing artist bear collection, suggested I learn to sew mini bears, followed up by including a DVD how-to guide as a birthday present in August of 2005. With the birth of our son, & decorating the nursery with little teddies, I decided to give it a go---been enthralled ever since!
The last couple of days have been busy! Isn't he so cute?
