Whoohoo!!! Got worked on today
So…. I made a deal with Michael that we can go into the shop every fourth Monday and work on me. See, I have no munchkins at home to look after during the day anymore. Except I had stupidly decided that freaking Labour Day was my first Monday, in which all of my munchkins were home. Then he worked the next Sunday and I don’t like making asking him to go in on the day after he worked. I just don’t think it’s fair to ask him to work on his only day off. So this is the first Monday since Labour Day that he didn’t work the day before. Except he did work yesterday (he wasn’t supposed to) but he took off next Sunday because we’ll be out of town. That’s a mouthful lol
He did basically my entire lower arm (the actual alley part of the piece), a bit on the inside mid-arm and the pins up on the outside under my elbow. Photos will come later after I unbandage and wash up. It took… two hours? I dunno. I wasn’t paying attention. We had to clean up a little before 11, so less than 2 hours really. Maybe 1.5 lol He is headed to Miami to take his yearly cross-contam class and will hopefully be home before I have to take Dor to the ortho.
I am sooooo happy. You have no idea.
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Family issues suck.
My ear is still irritated. I got some tea tree to put on it last night. I need to keep it up. Wish I could wear contacts – I think it’s an easy fix if I could.
Windshield replaced. We need to test the SunPass. Maybe this weekend.
Huge(ish) bank deposit – must put it on the card. Payday is Friday. Yay! Just need to eek out the gas till then.
Spent some money @ Michael’s today on a calligraphy pen & ink, some crafty love for the kids (we missed craft day today) and I think that’s it. I need to bust out the pen. I have some plans. Made dolphin bowling with Eshiva today, and made a treasure chest with Dorian this evening. Malachai did not want to make his tonight. I have some hats to make too, maybe over the weekend.
Read MoreToday… Oh today.
It was pouring this morning, thunder & lightning, the whole nine yards. We cuddled in bed (all of us) and watched Titan A.E. and then Michael got up and made breakfast.
Around 11 we made it out the door and to Best Buy. Michael got his phone this morning (he bought the 8gig that dropped down to 100$ – more on that later) and is in heaven. He’ll be fiddling with it all night I’m sure :-) He opted to get the “old” one instead of the new one as I told him if he did, he could spend the rest of what he saved on a tattoo book he wants to update. The author has a deal that he’ll send a check back if you return the old version to him, kind of a rebate for having purchased the original version. Yep, I bribed my man.
Then we dropped him off at work and went to therapy. Then on the way out the kids were horsing around and Dorian slammed Malachai’s arm (around the elbow) in the sliding door of the van. Poor kid. I spent five minutes trying to pop an instant cold pack which wouldn’t pack, so I spent ten minutes driving home with a wailing child. Called ahead and had an ice pack waiting on us. He seems OK now – gave him some ibuprofen for the swelling and he flipped through the new bento book that came. He’s on the computer now. Guess he’s all right :-) Dorian felt awful.
I have to go make dinner. I have garlic-ginger lo mein on the menu (it was a hit last week) but I didn’t defrost the chicken and I have two pot roasts that need to be made in the fridge. I think I waited too long though (which I did yesterday too) as they should have gone in the crock this morning. I forgot I wouldn’t be home at 1 to put it in. Tomorrow maybe… that leaves something for tonight though.
Tattooed a little yesterday. I like shading with the rotary better than the coil machine. Eshiva has the skully I did on her arm – silly girl. I love that the stencils make her so happy.
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We’re having people over. I’m making BBQ sauce and jalapeno potato salad. We picked up dogs, legs & thighs to toss on the grill. I got two boxes of apple juice for the kids (it’s like the wine in a box) and some other stuff too.
I cleaned the kids room today, it’s like 80% done. Maybe more. I need to clean under Eshivas bed, between her bed and the desk, and the foot of her bed and the door. Otherwise it’s done. Then I need to put their clean clothes away (keeping out stuff that doesn’t fit anymore) and wash the four loads I found all over their floor.
I need a comprehensive list of “ToDo” for them as well. What do your kids do? Bear in mind my kids are 4, almost 7 and almost 9. I need things as basic as “brush your teeth” and “take a bath” to things more complicated like “clear the table” and “feed the dogs.” Thinking out loud – put your backpack up, do your homework, dirty clothes in the hamper, hamper downstairs when full, shoes on the shoe rack
I have a machine I got on the cheap specifically to disassemble and reassemble. I need to get on that. Monday I think, so Michael can do it with me the first time (I’d rather do it right once than do it wrong and have to re-learn). I think I want another rotary machine too, I prefer it. I’ve been working on a piece based on my baby blanket for my leg. It’s linework & solid fill, so I’m confidant to do that. I just need to dig through the inks upstairs and make sure we have the colours I want or can make them out of what we have. Of course, that could be months from now. I’m not going to go to work tattooing. I’m not even going to be working on people other than Michael. This entire thing was an effort to learn how, and learn how well (not just the mechanics). Since I am not working towards an income, I have all the time in the world. That said, I was looking through flickr today and I stand by my rant from the other day. Some people should have their machines taken away until they learn how to draw.
My ear is a little better. My lobe is leaking lymph (my lobes always tell me how my body is doing before the rest of my body does) and my conch is still a bit swollen and crusty, but there is no blood so it didn’t tear. I just *really* pissed it off. I wish I could see better without my glasses, it would heal faster. I can see well enough, but I invade people’s space less when I have them on ;)
My cousin had her baby. My grandparents are headed north to go see the family and their newest great-grandchild. I forget, sometimes, that I had my kids relatively young, and I forget that all of my cousins are “growing up” (so to speak). It makes me happy.
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- cleaned out the game closet
- practiced whip shading (um, I need more practice ;) )
- went food shpping (Sams & Publix, spent almost double what I planned but got lots of goodness)
- had sammies for dinner (turkey, roast beest, ham, swiss, provolone, muenster, yum!)
- picked up an ipod/iphone dock for the dining room – we’ve been listening to lots of music there and my tiny travel speakers were dying
- got a new bin for the compostables in the kitchen. it will live in the second sink, as we never use it (the garbage disposal isn’t hooked up to that sink, and no one ever remembers so it’s just off limits)
- swept the dining room
- cleaned the table off
- did some work
And now Michael is playing D&D with Dor, Mal & Michael and I am watching Harry Potter (#1) with Eshiva. We went to see Night at the Museum last night, and it rocked. It’s definitely on the “to get” list. I think we’ll do some sand art tomorrow before Michael goes to work. I can’t believe it’s almost Tuesday already. Time flies.
I have some actual drawing to do for work – I want to get down to Pearls and replace my pencil though… I wonder if MIchael’s has one. It’s much closer. I wont spend as much too – Pearl’s is like an artists porn store lol Thank god we don’t have a brick & mortar Blicks near by!
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What the hell tune is that too?
So far today we have cleaned the front room and 3/4 of the kitchen (I did not really mop because we’re having a new dishwasher delivered and installed today and I plan to mop *after* – um, and I suck at mopping anyway).
Michael has had a massage, which cost me an arm and a leg but hopefully made him feel a good bit better. I may have to budget them in more often than once every five years.
Eshiva had dance class and Michael came down from the salon to watch her this week (usually I take her) so I could get home and finish cleaning. Yes, I am one of those people who can’t have people just “drop in” because my home is lived in. Not dirty, don’t get me wrong, but we have stuff. A lot of stuff.
I made a personal sized pot of coffee in my french press. I used a kona blend and lots of cream and it’s delicious. I feel decadent.
I panicked over the state of our money. I invited my aunt & uncle out to dinner tomorrow night at a not so cheap place, and offered to pay for it. I had the money before a trip to Target and a few smaller things that ate it up. I am returning an item to Target and I had some money in savings to cover my ass (I was all excited to be a grown up and pay for a *nice* dinner for us for once) but I am really hoping I get some paychecks in the mail today. I am not really banking on it (ha ha) but it sure would be nice. I did the responsible thing and paid off a credit card last week and shredded it so we wouldn’t use it. Had I not done one of those things, I wouldn’t be in this crunch. Being responsible sucks big fat monkey balls sometimes.
I had put off buying those raffle tickets for Michael and Sara. I reminded myself last night talking to Leila, so I totally bought their tickets on Friday the 13th. I hope they win. Had I not bought the tickets I’d have the money too lol
I told Michael to bring the tattoo equipment back in the house – he needs to bring tubes home from work. I have had three people in the past two weeks buy “guns” and start right out working on people. I did the apprentice thing and worked on fruit (not the human kind) and said fuck it because I got bored and irritated and stagnant. The green monster pushed me out of my rut and while I am not down with attacking my own legs (I am a snob. I have one godawful piece not done by an apprentice, I do not need godawful pieces done by people who don’t know what the fuck they are doing, and that includes me. I am a hypocrite and I don’t know what I am going to work on that isn’t fruit, but I’ll figure something out.) I do have a couple of simple pieces I had planned to be my first pieces on myself. While truly I believe I can do anything, this makes me nervous and Michael didn’t stroke my ego enough to make me think I was ready for people. Maybe I’m not. We’ll see I guess.
I used my not-so-fancy and not-so-new lights from my uncle to take some photos the other night. I was super happy with some, not thrilled with others, but I was in a hurry and was distracted by children, so all in all it was a great learning experience.
I am putting together a box of stuff for the craft swap. It’ll be fun!
I want this but I cannot justify 40$ for an electric paper punch, plus the extra for supplies to make cute little books. Too many people already sell them on etsy to try and fool myself into selling them and recouping my money. I love little books though and I will be making some with my manual paper punch, paper, ribbon and the kids later today.
Hows that for stream of consciousness?
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