Still Icky

Today is Walter's birthday.  Let's see... I think that he is 21 this year... Maybe. Happy Birthday Walter!!!

I have decided to hang the new dragon over my desk in the  bedroom.  He will probably hold a towel for me to wipe my hands on.  Toilet paper just doesn't do anything for his image!

I would like to be in here working on something small... but... Nope.

Not today. 

 I don't even feel well enough to go up and play with my snake and frogs... No fun at all.

I started watching Supernatural from the start, a couple of weeks ago.  At least that is keeping me occupied.

I am in over a hundred episodes so far.  One was just on that had Spike (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) in it.  I almost didn't recognize him.  He had dark hair and a bit of gray. poor vampire is getting old...

Last but not least.  Every year, April and Seth give us a new calendar with photos of Amare's proceeding year.  This year Amare was a superhero in January!

OK. I did my duty.  I wrote a blog entry.  Now can I go back and lay down some more?

Yes! I can!  See you tomorrow.  Sure do wish this stupid cold would leave!

See you tomorrow.

Lazy Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

I was lazy all day.  Tomorrow I will have to do double time, because the witches are coming here.

Today, I just watched Korean Dramas and beaded.

Seth wanted one of the rings that I have been making in blue.  I hope this will make him happy!

Amare then said he wanted one with red or blue.  I gave him a whole rainbow.  His finger is a little less than two inches around.  This was an easy one... Notice the gold at the end of the rainbow!

I played around with some mother of pearl chips down the center of this one... Mine!  No.  Tessie can't have it for a hat!

I forgot to tell you.  I finally found something at Goodwill to spend some of my gift certificate on.

Yup.  Another dragon.  What can I say?  I like dragons! 

He will probably end up in the back yard somewhere.  I love the color.  He still had the original price tag on the bottom... I got him for a quarter of the original price!

And I still have a lot of my gift certificate left!

I am going back to Korean Dramas now.  And back to beading. 

See you tomorrow.

Casey's Jewelry Cleaning and Repair...

I am going to have to get another branch!  This one is pretty much full and so is the rest of my jewelry storage...

I am just showing you the stuff that is out... I didn't think that you would appreciate photos of my clean under sink cupboards or the rest of my cleaned bathroom...

I worked in there most of the morning and am about finished.  I quit before I did the tub or the floor. 

I did get everything else done. The cupboards under the sinks haven't been cleaned since way before I got sick... Now that I am well, I am trying to make up for lost time.  So, when I get in the mood, I clean... I realize it's not much fun for you guys, but for me it is great.  I get clean rooms and I find all kinds of things that I forgot that I had.

This "tree" is a candlestick that I bought at the old version of Walmart.  They used to carry stuff like this in the craft department.  I remember that I paid $2.00 for it at the time.  I have the feeling that they thought that nobody would be foolish enough to pay any more than that for it.

This mess is an antique silver plate stand with three hand painted dessert plates on it and LOTS of jewelry.  Mostly handmade.

My friend Joan's sister was here a couple of months ago and told Joan, after visiting here, that she could have just stayed in the bathroom and looked at all of the handmade jewelry for an hour or so...

I told Joan that Carol is welcome to spend as much time in my bathroom as she wants.  The next time she comes, she can just go in there with Tessie and play.  Tessie does that all the time.

Sometimes a bit of jewelry and other stuff lands on Herman the dragon...

The soapholder dragon gets scissors, soap and sometimes a stickpin or two under his wings. There's a little hole under both wings that is just right to stick them in...

That dragon doesn't have a name.  He was a cell phone holder when I got him... He never fulfilled his rightful purpose...Always a soap holder.  He has a hole in the bottom of the compartment where the soap goes.  The water and moisture drain just fine.

Last,  I have earrings on, of all things, an earring holder!  I have another one around here somewhere... I am going to have to dig it out.  I am completely out of space on this one.

Now all I have to do is remember where I put the second one... This could take a while... Now, isn't this better than photos of clean cupboards?

Back to work.

See you tomorrow...

A Christmas Tree, a Dragon and a Hippopotamus

 I decorated our new tree this morning.  It turned out pretty good.

Now all we have to do is wait for Santa to come down the chimney... Or in our case through the front door or an open window...

While I am waiting, I am working on a dragon to perch on one end of the conservatory.  I am not sure what is going on the other end. 

He doesn't have any arms or wings or even ears yet... Oh and no tail!

 I am having to sculpt him over one of my glue syringes.  It is about the same shape and size of the end post that he is going to have to cover.

At least that lets me sit in a comfortable position and sculpt. 

I got this part done yesterday.  The hind feet need a lot more work. 

Actually, he needs a lot of work all over.  It will take some time.  After sculpting is done, he will need painting. I am liking him so far.

The last thing for today is the Hallmark ornament that Walter got me for an early Christmas present. 

I have been seeing the post office add on TV that is using my favorite Christmas song this year.

I looked it up on line and if you go to You Tube and put in "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas." you can hear and see it.  It first came out in 1953 and I guess it was quite a hit that year.  The girl that sang it made it to the Ed Sullivan show.

I drove my parents mad with it when I was little.

Now I am driving Walter mad with it.  I keep pushing the button on his tummy and singing along. Best ornament that I have had for Christmas in a long time!

Back to sculpting.

See you tomorrow.