Exercising the Jewelry demons

Had to get this one out. It is a freefrom bezel with sterling silver wire glass beads on a faceted citrine. It is so un-me. I am more calculated wire wrap tight and organized. This opens up a whole new world for me.

For now my insomnia is gone .. it's 11:00 and I am sleepy - time to go to bed. They are replacing some servers on the network at work tomorrow so I have to go into the office. That takes away three hours of my day away from me. I'm starting my etme chant early.

Reruns and my procrastination

I'm watching Craig Fergusson again dealing with my insomnia. It's a rerun. Last night it was a rerun of a show that was on the last day I blogged. Ben Kingsley - very funny. I mentioned at the end of that entry to tell you about the haunted lamp. Ok here goes. One of my many hobbies is paranormal investigation. I've seen some crazy stuff. My house is haunted. We thought we had a paranormal thing going on until I debunked it. We have a lamp in my office that would go on by itself. It's not just a on/off thing it has four settings. When it went on it was never just on, it was two or three settings into the pattern. It entertained us for weeks. Then one day I was having a bad day at work and I plugged in my laptop and the light went on. I was hoping that it was the ghost cheering me up. It wasn't. It's the electronic brain on the lamp. When ever the slightest change of electricity happens in the house it goes on... or off. We hooked up a tester to the house and the change in current didn't register. We don't have 100% of the explaination but pretty much if something gets plugged in in the house the lamp changes. We were bummed. It doesn't change the fact that the house is haunted. We had the former owner over a few weeks ago helping us troubleshoot a septic system problem and I mentioned the lamp and we started exchanging wierd experiences from the house. He told stories of seeing someone peeking out the upstairs windows way back when. He knew the people who owned the house since the 30's. It has a history of activity.
I'll spin tommorrow. This used to be my Sunday but my shift changed and tomorrow is my Friday. Friday, which is my new Sunday, I have an appointment with my web designer. Are you taking notes? We hope to bang out the details for my website for Promotional Products domination. Have you looked at how your advertising dollars are working for you? I could probably save you some money!

So I've been busy with the beads

I'm sitting here with my spinning wheel 5 feet away and a pound of some luscious creamy merino 4 feet away posting pictures of my late night frolic with beads and wire. Something must be wrong. It's ok... I'll run out of pictures before my insomnia runs out, Plenty of time to spin. Congress is pulling an all-nighter. With my sleep patterns I might be too. I am told it's a woman over 40 thing. So are mood swings, night sweats, and hot flashes. However most women go nutso about chocolate. I have done the opposite. I turned against sweets, I dislike chocolate and would rather have a salad with that miso vinegrette dressing than cake, pie, or pudding. I probably wouldn't turn down Tiramisu but would get part way through and wish I had a salad. The diet thing is going OK -thanks for asking. I am bouncing between minus 40 and 50 pounds lost. I have a short term goal. If I lose 70 more pounds I'm going to Disneyland!!! I miss going there. I haven't been able to fit on a ride in some time. It's also the "only 100 more pounds to lose" mark. It's past than 50% milestone. And damn it! I wanna ride the Indiana Jones ride over and over and over again. With the new Indy movie in production they might spiff it up a little. I have fond memories of that ride. I think we were there for opening day. It was back in the day when I did Archaeology. My better half still does. We went with a bunch of other Archaeologist, it was a hoot! One season we worked up in Orange County on a freeway project and we went to Disneyland a lot. Did I say a lot. I mean a lot. It was a fun summer. I might even splurge on a Monte Cristo sandwich from the Blue Bayou. Good times!

Well I posted three more of my crafty art projects. I think I can spin now... or go to bed. Naw..

Equal Opportunity Crafting

Ok so I did the knit blog entry. Now for the other crafts I do. It started with disgust for the price of the cute jewelry in the trendy catalogs. I know you've drooled on them too. So I decided to make my own. Not exactly like theirs, but just as cute. I study bead and jewelery magazines and read books, I am working on my skills. Here are some examples of my work. I am not in the designer phase yet. So they aren't exactly original. I need more tools and skills. So if things look likes something you have seen somewhere it probably is. It was probably a really cool piece. I like working with silver best, copper second and gold third. Gold and diamonds aren't my thing. I've never been a fan of pearls, but they have recently started growing on me. Does that mean I'm an oyster? My doctor called my age spots "barnacles of aging".