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I've been reading the "Twilight" books over the past year or so. To be perfectly honest the first one didn't do a heck of a lot for me. I know, I know, they are teen books, they're supposed to be a light read. Whatever... it was a bad book. I'm now on the third one of the series. Why? I suppose I'm just waiting to see when the two of them are going to finally give it up and do the deed already. Christ almighty, all that flipping whining and no one has had any sex yet! Jebus save me. It would be lovely if someone would just cut out all the good bits for me to read so that I don't have to read all the other crap. Ug.
In other vampire news... I've read the first four in the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris in the past two weeks. Phew! After seeing the series True Blood last year, which the books are based on, I thought that the first book was a tad 'thin'. The reactions of characters and the lack of description of certain elements sort of put me off. The subsequent books have been a total treat to read though. Loads of vampiric fun. Hands down a gazillion times better than Twilight.
Eric would totally kick Edwards ass and Sookie would beat Bella to a pulp.
Paul has been laid off. It's shitty but the world has not come to an abrupt halt. We're moving on.
Dante is fine. He's better than fine really because he's loving having his dad walk him to school and not having to go to the sitter. He's so great. I remember when we went camping a few years ago, on our first night there was a huge storm and our tent filled with inches and inches of water. It was so bad that at midnight, in complete darkness, we quickly threw all of our belongings in the car and drove home. We were shoeless, soaked to the core, and hadn't any idea if we'd left anything behind. Dante sat cheerfully in the back seat and said "Well, it was fun while it lasted. At least we had a nice day." We could all learn a thing or two about dealing with stressful situations from a cheerful kiddo.
I've finished reading The Thorn Birds. What a fantastic book. I had my reservations about reading it but every time it came up in conversation women would literally swoon "Oh! The Thorn Birds!" I'm totally glad I opened it up because it was great. The best description I can give is the one taken from a review on the back cover "A book in which absolutely everything happens." It's so true! Currently I'm reading Dead Until Dark, the Sookie Stackhouse series which the show True Blood is based on.
Lastly, I now have two etsy shops on the go.
labonadea.etsy.com for my witchery and Knickertwists.etsy.com for my arsty stuff
Here is my latest arty work... each measures only 1.5" x 2"!
We get up, dressed, pack our bags and the kiddo and I are out the door by 8:45am. We arrive just before the school bell rings at 8:50. I'm at the bus stop by 9:00 and usually make it downtown around 9:30. I stop into Job A and check my email, do small jobs and make quick changes. Some days I spend 20 minutes there, others a few hours... it depends on the day. Then I'm off to grab another bus and go to job B where I usually work until 6, unless I have to pick D up from the sitter in which case I leave at 4 to get two busses to the sitters house for 5pm (why it takes 30 to get to work and 1 hour to get home I will never understand). Get home between 5:30 - 6:30, cook dinner and eat. Paul or I take D to the park for 20 - 30 minutes. 7pm D gets a bath. 8pm time to fiddle around the house, laundry, hang out. 9pm I watch a show with D, 9:30 story time, then sleep. After D falls asleep (if I haven't fallen asleep myself) I'm up and at the computer doing work for Job A, or if I'm caught up, I'm crafting/painting. Sometime between 1 and 3am I drag myself to bed.
... by Wednesday this is the mess I've made.
Sure I can take D to work with me if I have to, I do not have 'start time', I leave when I want, and I get to work from home. However, I don't exactly get paid the big bucks so there's got to be some sort of payback. I'm just sayin' I work my ass off for the flexibility that I have. So, if you happen to see me going to work at 11 in the morning or leaving work at 4 in the afternoon... please don't say "Must be nice."
In other news...
Paul is taking guitar lessons! He really does make me proud the way he takes charge and does the things he wants to do. While other people say "I wish I had learned to play the guitar." Paul actually does something about it.
D is back at swimming lessons. Now that he's 6 he's taking proper levels rather than the kiddy ones named after cute aquatic animals (ie sunfish, sea turtle... you get the idea). That kid LOVES the pool and his head is hardly above water when he's there.
Me? I'm working on three crafty swap packages. I finished a series of little paper houses made from a Ouija board. I'm reading The Thorn Birds, which I'm enjoying. Planning on doing some painting, and screen printing very soon. Hurrah for crafting!
Ouija Street... 13 houses made from a single Ouija board. See more here.
Last but not least...if you are looking for a way to buy my affection (or avoid my wrath) take a trip over to Skulls Unlimited International and buy me something pretty.
So, I've been awful and haven't updated in like 2 months. It's terrible. I've missed telling stories about birthdays, road trips and the little things that make life funny. I've missed to much to catch up to date so I'll just start anew. Let's pretend that little gap never happened.
Here's D from last weekend on visit to the sugar bush. Notice the messy hair? Yeah, he's growing it because he wants to look like a wrestler or a rock star. We keep telling him to gel it or something because he's looking rather bed-headish... a little product goes a long way. Trouble is that he cares enough to want to grow it, but not enough into styling the beast on top of his head. Ug.
That familiar obsessive feeling is coming over me again but the thing is... I've nothing to focus it on this time around. Ack!
 I was almost sucked in to the "Twilight" frenzy but I just can't do it. I read the first book and thought it was fairly awful. I'm guessing because at the time I was reading it I was watching True Blood, which is about 1 zillion-trillion-billion times better, it sort of put a damper on my Twilight experience. I've seen the movie and I don't think it's a complete waste of film, but that might just be because the leading man, Robert Pattinson, is just about as dreamy as you can get. *swoon* But it's not enough to push me over the edge into making weird little Twilight things. It was barely enough to get me reading book two New Moon, which was, I'll admit, better than the first book. Did I mention that Robert Pattinson is dreamy? He is.
I will mention that I've made a lovely dent in my list of 50 things to do and have accomplished quite a bit since January. I've been working my ass off between my two jobs, housework (which always gets the short end of the stick), the kiddo and making stuff. It drives me sort of crazy that I can't really show you my latest project until my partners get them in the mail. That's one of the very few things I dislike about swapping... you'll just have to wait.
One last thing... fair warning to anyone stealing my bandwidth by directly linking to photos on my site... please post images on your own damned site. Geeze, how flipping lazy can you get?
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