I left the house at 7:30 thinking I would have plenty of time to get to work. Only I couldn't get the car up the hump at the end of the driveway so i drove out into the yard to try to turn it around and got stuck with my "performance" (translation- crap on ice) tires. I shoulda just tried to scrape the end of the drive, but nooooooo.

Then after scraping and kitty littering the driveway I attempt to back C's giant diesel truck outta the driveway. It took me like 4 tries because the middle of the long drive is slicker than whale blubber and I kept losing my momentum while I was trying to look and see if any cars were coming. What a nightmare.

Then some d-bag on 435 gets RIGHT on my bumper and I gotta tell you by this point my nerves were a bit frayed. I gave him the death stare in the rearview, yelled at him and blared my horn. To which he responded by mocking me bobbing his head around and then I flipped him off. My mom would be appalled. Why do people tailgate? I was on a 3 lane road, in the far right, "slow" lane, going the speed limit. SERIOUSLY!

But I'm gonna pause, breathe and try to reclaim this day. Oooooomm. :) Of course somehow I have to get in and outta the driveway tonight to get the dog and take him to the kennel. That should be interesting!

Sleigh bells ringggg are you listenin?

Hi all -

Hope you are enjoying the Christmas (and other Holidays) Season! I know I have been... The Christmas tree is up, I've made snowflakes (beautiful ones if I don't say so myself!), and packages are all wrapped! In order to pass along some cheer I've made some 'Coon gift tags that I'd like to share. Click the image below to download and enjoy!

Not for resale, for personal use only!

Magpie @-/---

News

Family
Originally uploaded by Magpie Skinny.

Hi all! Here's a funny pic of me and two little munchkins who keep me cracking up, my niece and one of my nephews.

Well, I have finished my cousin's website: http://www.world-yoga.com/. Check it out!

I've also gotten some more done on my own website, but it needs a lot of love: http://www.magpieskinnies.com/.

Frog Sculpture

Frog Sculpture Side
Originally uploaded by Magpie Skinny.

I made this little sweetie out of polymer clay. Inspired by Christi Friesen.

His little soulful eyes are the sweetest. :) You can find him in my shop!  He would make a fantastic Christmas present for someone you love or for yourself!   

Magpie @-/----------

Friday - Hooray!

I've been the worst about posting pics.... Probably because I haven't taken any to post. :) I was busy though, for a while. That was before I was overcome with crankiness. Now I sit down by my craft stuff, I sigh, I flip through a book, toss it aside, flip through a magazine, toss it aside. And I sigh. I've got the crafting cranks. My motivation is shot. Hopefully this weekend I'll get inspired.



I've just created a little piece for you all. My homage to fall (i love his brushes!):






















Last weekend we had a bonfire. C and I put luminaries all the way back to the fire. It was beautiful, but unfortunately I didn't take a picture. :(

Good times were had, C’s “Mr. Bucket” was passed around. A gave away the quasi secret recipe. Overheard:

L: What is in this?
A: In the bucket? (all matter of fact)
Okay, there’s alcohol, sprite and limes.
A’s husband: I can’t believe you just said that.

Overheard later:

L: Okay, so what’s in the bucket?

D pointed out this comet . You can see it with the naked eye, but we also looked at it through D’s telescope. So cool. I couldn’t believe how big it looked.

On to other notes...

I love this groovy dancing chick's style! And her big mushroom-like hat.

And I have (mostly) finished my cousin's website! I'm so cheesed. I'll link to it when it's all said and done!

Have a good weekend!

Magpie @-/-----