I’m probably going to add a little sub-section with desktops/wallpapers. They are mostly my Lord of the Rings based ones. I figured that since I get so many visitors looking for them, I should probably post them up. I have my current one which I also worked into an Aston Shell Theme I created. I actually took the image off of the packaging from Brittany’s house cup prize and slowly created the image. I also have two (maybe three) Gollum desktops. One I’m not too fond of because I think I could have done a better job, but the others are cool. My mother can’t stand to look at them, she thinks Gollum is UGLY. I think he’s kind of cute in a sick and psycho kind of way. I may find my old Serta Counting Sheep ones and put those up as well. I have #1 sitting on Skittles’ bench and on camera. The others are packed away. I think I still need to get #13. They aren’t offering #29 anymore.

Well, it is almost time to go. It’s just chilly enough to wear a set of my little scarves! The kids are coming over and then we are off to the library. I figure it’s the perfect place since we can’t talk loud anyway! Shalyn is currently in trouble for 1) Using a pair of scissors without supervision and 2) Using said scissors to cut off the head of a Pokemon-like character that Brittany took hours to draw. So Shalyn will get to go to the library, but she can’t read her books until she makes some sort of apology to Brittany. We don’t believe that Brittany will accept it, but at least she tried. Brittany is REALLY upset right now.

How beautiful! A Humidor CL Server. I’m personally a little leery of stripping down a wireless router, but I think something could be managed with it still fully clothed. I like that it is functional, can sit in your living room and seem entirely appropriate being there. The R2D2PC is also really cute. With as many computer as we have in our home, making them look less like computers or smaller suits me well.

Sometimes people just rock. On Tuesday I won an ebay auction and paid for it immediately. It was shipped from California and arrived yesterday! Two days people, two days. I’ve yet to have a bad experience with auctions. Maybe I’m just cautious to begin with, but it makes me happy.

It’s pretty sad when Canada is calling the Conan O’Brien show racist! If the damn politicians (and others) in Quebec would get their heads out of their ass, they’d realize that it’s late night humor. Children won’t be watching this and if they are, their parents need a reprimand! The rest of Canada has to be sensitive to Quebec because they are @#&$! Sorry, most Quebecers of the last 10 years don’t really have a good reputation with me. The rest of Canada and older Quebecers are ok in my book. Celine will never be ok in my book though.

Now back to a box of tissues and a cup of tea.

Good to know, MeFi should be back soon (tonight or tomorrow). I have been waiting because there is a link that was posted very recently, that I wanted to visit.

Still sick. My throat is really hurting and I’ve blown my nose so much that my ears need to pop.

More after I eat breakfast… at lunchtime.

File this under where in the heck did that come from.

I’m bleeping sick. Yesterday my throat was hurting and I felt tired. By noon we acquired a new dresser (we’re going to have to just deal with a new one since all the old ones sucked) and I proceeded to put it into place. All of the sudden I couldn’t breathe and I felt like I was having a hot flash or something. Nope, fever and sniffles. I was up all last night with a fever and an aggravating cat.

I think my nephew gave it to me. He’s been battling the sniffles for a while. He got it from his sisters. It’s a really awful circle. It’s not as bad as before. That cold just never seemed to go away. All I know is I’ve been feeling loopy all day and it’s supposed to get up to 83° today. What in the hell is happening to me??

At least I managed to do some final painting to the garage door a couple of days ago. I painted the decorative window covers. It really makes the house look good.

I added a few groups to my LJ… lotrcostumes, PunkKnitters, and design. Those are a few that I have watched and finally decided to join. Of course I’ll probably just lurk, like I do on MeFi (which is still down) and pipe up when I really have something to say.

I also purchased two new pairs of pants for myself. One fits beautifully and the other is too small. It’s ok though. The pair that is too small ended up being $2.47 and they are probably only a size to small. At the rate I have been losing weight, it shouldn’t be too long before I they fit fine. The pair that fit good make me laugh because Shalyn has a very similar pair in olive green that I bought her for her birthday last year.

Obviously with me feeling bad, the library never happened and won’t happen until next week at the earliest. That sucks because the kids are really excited about going and they don’t need to be discouraged about the library. Brittany‘s goal is to complete her project today and turn it in tomorrow. It is due Monday but she can turn it in early.

Well, considering it has taken me almost three hours to compose this post, I should post it before something happens to it!

I put up a sort of finished Valentine’s Day theme. It’s just on the front page. I couldn’t see putting it up everywhere. I just thought it was cute. The image is from the wonderful web-goddess.org and I cut out the train and made it tiny, as well as one heart. I was originally going to just use a rose image that I had (or take a picture of one of the many blooming in the backyard), but decided this year I would use this image.

I got bored watching The Mummy Returns, so I made a few more finger knit projects. Right now I have three of the ones from the previous entry and one really thick purple one to wear with a medium thick white one. Maybe I’ll get the kids to model them tomorrow.

Speaking of the kids. I taught the girls how to finger knit and they were really having fun. Shalyn made a bracelet and Brittany made a neck choker.

No luck finding a dresser we thought worked. More looking tomorrow and then to the library after school.

Ok, I made this in about 20 minutes. I will probably make two more and link them together. It’s cute how it is now. I think I will definitely teach it to Brittany after she has finished her project! Kind of a second goal.

Dresser shopping today unless something else comes up.

My head is killing me. I think it was from the frustration of working on getting my usb devices to work. A few weeks ago I installed a printer we got and it did all this crap to my computer and my clie stopped working. I am seriously thinking of reloading my computer, but I’d prefer not to. As it stands I’m down one usb port, which are very valuable on my computer. Hence, I’m down a device, my tablet.

I’ve found a project to keep me busy when I’m hanging with the kids or on a car trip. Finger weaving/knitting. I haven’t done it in years. I found two places for instructions. You have to scroll down some on the second link. Maybe I should teach it to Brittany and Shalyn. Hmmm

This is a little worrying.

We ran out of fresh garlic. I made stir-fry without it and wish I hadn’t. Oh well. Maybe a little ginger would help.

I’ve been battling migraines all day. I’m officially pissed because I missed an auction I’ve been watching. Grrr. It went for well under what I was willing to pay. I can’t even surf around. I seem to be good for five minute increments. I may try to sleep early tonight. Try being the key word there.

Dude, it’s wrong. It was 85° today! It was actually a record setting temperature. Tonight it will get down to about 60 and tomorrow’s high should be in the mid 60s. Then it is supposed to stay a little more constant.

Well, things are going on in the family life right now. Some good, some worrying. We’ll know more next week and maybe I’ll feel like posting about it. Just trying to think positive and hope for the best.

I was working at one of my parents’ shops the other day and I had a customer ask me if I had a walking meter. I guess I must have looked at him wrong or not answered fast enough because he got all pissy and condescending and proceeded to ask me if I knew what a walking meter was. I looked at him and informed him that NO, we don’t have a pedometer and he might want to go somewhere like Wal-Mart and ask for a pedometer in the sporting goods department. I would have been nice to him if he hadn’t taken a condescending tone with me. People piss me off.

Note to self. If you are leaving the house in a hurry, make sure you turn the A/C on when it is going to be a warm day. I came home to melted chocolates on my desk. Eeeew. Definitely not as bad as the time I was working at mur and Amanda left a chocolate on my desk. Which I put in my pocket to eat after I thanked her. Then we got into a discussion and I forgot about said chocolate until I reached into my pocket to pull out a chocolate covered hand. It was pretty gross looking.

Dresser was not acquired today and no library trip was made. We didn’t get to go. Monday maybe we’ll go, but I am not holding out any hope. Brittany is a little more interested in working on her essay’s creative part. She has to make “artifacts” relating to her essay. I think she wants to work on making the maps on Monday. We’ll see.

If you never see the cat on the cam anymore or never see a diary entry, it’s probably because we drove 45 minutes and put her on the next rocket to space. Ugh that cat is evil for some reason. In the past 48 hours, I’ve slept a whopping six hours! SIX… yes, 6 hours. She’s got to go see the vet. I can’t deal with this. I’m about ready to lock her in the bathroom at night. Why can’t she ever keep Josh up? Why does it always have to be me?

Today I am going to the library with the munchkins after a half day of shopping with my mom, for a dresser for the spare bedroom. We will be checking the thrift stores for anything really cool. I found one a few weeks ago that was really neat, but wouldn’t work in that room. I haven’t seen anything in any of the stores that would look right in the room. I really think it needs an older dresser in there.

I’ve discovered Hershey’s sugar free chocolate. They really aren’t that bad. I was expecting them to taste wretched, but they weren’t. I think I might try to get a nap before we head out. I miss sleep.