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my poor ear
I lost a plug out of my conch at some point (Michael thinks it was the other night, but really, you would think I’d have noticed before today if it was more than a day ago) and waited till 5 to swing by the shop and get a new piece of jewelry.
I normally have back ups, I lose jewelry left, right and center. I lose o-rings too. I have hundreds of o-rings in different sizes, usually in my bag with me. I lose those fuckers that much.
You see, I had the back ups in. Actually, I had Michael’s back ups in, because I had lost mine. (It’s really a problem – I even lose jewelry that screws together, at least the o-ring stuff is cheaper.)
So I pick up a pair of 10G single flange eyelets. I get home, ready to put those fuckers in, and they are the wrong size. I didn’t even make it out of the bag. I looked at them and saw. *sigh*
I called Michael, told him not to call me a dumb ass (not that he would anyway) and told him I got the wrong size, and I’d bring 20$ in to buy a new pair (b/c once you buy jewelry it’s non-exchangeable, and I understand this).
I head down around 9 and tell John what I did and can I get a pair of 8G please. He got those for me and was just going to send me home with a taper (b/c he knows I’ll do it myself), but I said I could just do it there, no problem.
Fucking jewelry had been out long enough I couldn’t have fit a 14G in there without a fight. This is odd only because all of my cartilage piercings were punches, and the skin should not close down around them that fast. Crazy. My helix once went from a 2G to 10G (over time, of course, but again, a punch, no cartilage there to shrink).
So I get the taper in, and it takes me three tries to get the eyelet to follow it in. Three fucking tries.
My ear is swollen and red and I can’t wear my glasses right now.
Not exactly one of my better thought out piercings, although when they are healthy and not irritated my glasses don’t bother me at all.
That was my excitement for the day. I popped a couple of advil, as my entire head aches now.
Read MoreBought some patterns
I picked up a “retro apron pattern” from Leila and Ben on etsy. The pattern I got is no longer there, but this one is cute too! The “apron” pattern can be lengthened or shortened and will make a great short or dress for Eshiva (well, dress with the proper pants on under it – I guess more of a pinafore?
I also bought this twirl skirt pattern from crazy couture boutique. It’s a pretty easy drop skirt that will make Eshiva giddy with it’s twirliness. It’s a word.
Since we put out the sewing machine, I have some ideas. I need to dig through my fabric. Sadly, most of it was purchased to make slings and isn’t really suitable to clothes. I’ll have to see what I really have in those bins though. Might be time to freecycle most of it and hit the sale bins at the fabric store.
I am making a Whole Addiction fan page on FaceBook, and I made a Twitter page the other day. Please check out http://wholeaddictiontattoo.com and check them out (the links are there), especially if you are local, or pass them on if you know locals (local being the world, because we’re so global!)
Hm, I bet this is more, but I mainly wanted to put the two patterns I bought out there and mention the Whole Addiction site.
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I’ve edited the crap out of my friends list over at FaceBook today. I am trying to figure out how to delete my MySpace all together. I signed up for Twitter, but only to find something else that I never did manage to find (I thought maybe it was friends only?).
Whoot, I found out how to delete my MySpace. The deed is done.
Michael gave me an idea for a new tattoo earlier today. I need to think on it. I am in literary lust with Heinlein and his characters. I have a couple of small pieces planned, a TANSTAAFL and a GROK on the insides of my wrists. He mentioned today I could stand to do them more justice and do a big thigh piece revolving around my favourite Heinlein stories/characters. I agree, but I am still getting the smaller ones inside of my wrists. They just belong there. the TANSTAAFL is going to be an a stylized kind of Russian writing and the GROK is the GROK off of Stranger in a Strange Land. The piece would have to include Stranger in a Strange Land, Time Enough for Love, Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Moon is a Hard Mistress, Job: A Comedy of Justice, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Methuselah’s Children… Oh, this list goes on. I may have to go with a main “cast” of characters. I’ve been thinking on it all afternoon though. Not a bad idea you had there, Fish, not a bad idea at all.
Malachai has his IEP meeting at the end of the month. He has been recommended for second grade. We’ll see what kind of services he’ll get next year.
My half birthday was yesterday. My dreads are about five months old. If December first rolls around and I want to cut them off… off they go! I’ll give them a year :-) I have one in the back, twice as long as the others. The roots are dreaded, and the tip is dreaded, but I could brush everything in between. The rest are all in good shape. I need to get in to see Chrissy to be dyed again, and I need to go see Strawberry for some maintenance. I don’t really want to do either, mainly because I am dandruffy and the dreads just trap it. I’m not so much embarrassed as… ew.
Mothers Day is coming up. I think we should thank the people that mean the most to us everyday (actually, I think we should be happy and pleasant and say please and thank you to everyone every day, and I try to) so I’m not so much looking for breakfast in bed or lavish gifts or anything. I have a picnic in the park planned for the afternoon with (I hope) some other families we like, and then I am going to see if Sara and/or Michael will keep the kids so we can go into the shop for a little bit.
We set up the sewing machine. It may have a permanent home. Maybe we’ll use it more. What a novel idea.
I have a rotting melon in the fridge. Michael brought home/in the tattoo equipment. I just suck. That melon has been in the fridge a month at least. I wonder if I am avoiding it because I feel like I suck, or if I just don’t care as much as I thought I did. Interesting question to ask myself, no? I wanted it so bad… I’d hate to find out I suck. Not that every beginner sucks kind of suck, but really and truly suck at something I love so much. Something that is so important to my life and my well being and the well being of my family. Think I am being overly dramatic? I don’t. Tattoos feed and clothe us. I’d hate to find out that I stink at giving them. There is a total connection in my head.
We bought a new composter at BJs yesterday. As soon as the fence is up we’re going to dump the old compost into the new bin. I think we’ll just use the old compost bin as a trashcan. Speaking of the fence! The permits were denied because we need to add onto the paperwork that if the fence is black we don’t have to landscape (I want to anyway, but at least we wont be on a deadline) and we need to fax the approval from the HOA because we’re fencing in the easement. We’ll take care of that tomorrow.
Read MoreI am so tired
My mother in law and her sister (aunt in law?) are in town. I think they are leaving tonight, but I’m not positive. They got in on Saturday, but we didn’t see Pam till 10PM b/c they crashed at the hotel (they drove down, we weren’t expecting them till past 10 anyway). We cleaned from 8AM – 3PM Saturday – big clean, not superficial it’s good enough for us clean.
Sunday we got up early as fuck, Michael got bagels, we ate with the boys before they went to Hebrew school, ate with Pam & Susie, picked up the boys from school, ate lunch, came home, decided not to go to the beach (it was very hot out), hit Target (whoohoo Target! totally warranted, my menfolk needed shoes), ordered pizza and came home to eat. We all hung out outback in between lunch & Target.
Today we went to the post, Michaels, then Festival. Picked up the boys, Michael is at the shop with the two of them so they can get some tattoos and I need to make dinner. Then we need to go *back* to Target so Pam can return something and so she can get something for the boys. We didn’t find anything for her to get them this morning. I say the don’t need more crap, but she gets them stuff and sees them so rarely… at least it’s stuff I don’t have to buy them lol Dor wants those Wolverine claws and Malachai wants a movie. Eshiva got jelly shoes last night (they’re still jellies, right?)
I just want to go to sleep. It takes a lot out of me to be in “company” mode, especially day after day. I crashed in the carpool lane at school and I’d like to go back to sleep.
Ok, my sexy beast of a man decided to get, well, beastly last night, so that didn’t help me in the sleep department (but it was much appreciated) but I still say company mode just drains me.
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We’re hitting the beach. We haven’t been yet this year, cold fronts, rain, etc… The kids are excited. Me, not so much. It’s just more sand. Sand to get in your creases. What, you don’t have creases? Meh, even BK (you know, before kids), when I didn’t have creases, I got sand in my creases. Now that I have lots of creases, it just means more sand in them.
I am pretty excited about dipping my hair in the ocean though. I haven’t been spraying it down with saltwater, so it’ll be nice to have my dreads tighten up a bit more.
I think we’re heading berry picking tomorrow morning. I joined a new meetup group, mainly because Punky Moms has no local group. What’s funny is, meetup.com has Punkymoms as a freaking interest and nothing we have done has made them remove it. The name is a registered trademark. It’s irritating to say the least. Tangent aside, it looks like a cool group. I wish we didn’t live in suburbanite hell. No one lives around here. They’re all south of here. I’m not bitching. Much.
I think we might try and get into the shop tonight. But we’re going to a water park in a couple of weeks, so I’m undecided right now. Two weeks is long enough to scab over and peel…. tough choices.
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