Work and Dishes.

Feels like that's just about all I can manage lately...
Have you ever been so busy that when people ask what you've been up to you just blank out? Totally doing that these days... I've just been saying intelligent things like
"I've been busy, but I can't think of anything in particular that I've been busy DOING!"
yeah.
Smart stuff.
Like that.
Work and Dishes. It's about all I can keep up with!
In the next three days, I'll be putting in 7-8 hour days at work, finishing up costumes for Halloween, going trick or treating, cleaning the house and getting ready for my mom to come for Halloween... and more. I'm not sure I'll be able to do it all... because on top of all the EXTRA stuff I have to do, I also have my regular everyday things to keep up with.
At any rate, my floundering has a lot to do with why I have not posted for over a WEEK now... hoping that after this weekend, I'll be back to a more normal pace, because I need it. I need to be back in my routine. I don't like not having time for what matters to ME.
In the mean time... one of my favorite shots of the photos I'm editing a little bit at a time... one of the things that's been keeping me busy!!

So how's work for you? Dishes piling up?
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Life Shots

Still puttering a long here...
Got my package from my vintage swap partner the other day, and all I can say is WOW!! I love it ALL. I can tell she took time to see what I would like. I couldn't have picked out better things if I had been with her.

Can't WAIT to put those vintage linens into a new doll!!
Macs and Otis.

Macs LOVES that cat. Otis is sweet enough to put up with him...
The MEN painting up on the roof yesterday...

I love how SERIOUS Macs takes his painting duties.
Even Kilo got in on the roof action!! lol

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Notorious Auction Peek

I've finished my shrine piece that I'll be sharing on Nov. 1st, but I wanted to give a little sneak peek... It's also going to be submitted for Alicia's next Ezine theme... NOTORIOUS.

ALSO
Posted an Art Journal Prompt on the Year in the Life of an Art Journal blog!!

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All the things that add up to BUSY

Just a quick post with some photos...
A few shots of the THINGS that are keeping me busy these days!!
Failed photos of Homecoming...
(this is the only one I got)

Mornings after spending the night at Gramma's...

Little boys asking for photos of their coolest McDonald's toys...

Photo sessions with precious new people...

Chickens...

Driving down the Oregon Coast in the wee hours of the morning...

To meet AWESOME girls like THESE!!

I have more photos on my other camera... I'll be sharing more when it's not 1:00 in the morning. :P
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California

I'm in CALFORNIA this weekend!!
I've been soooooo busy doing little piddly things... I kinda feel like it's time to start keeping the what I DID do lists again... lol
No photos today, because I'm posting this really fast before I leave with friends to a Scrapbook Expo here!! I'll be back home tomorrow... :)
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What's Up, Chickens!?

All sorts of AWESOME news around here...
MY art journal blog was named in Somerset Studio's Art Journaling!! My friend Glenda was featured, and she used a bunch of pages from her journal that were based on the prompts from the blog!! THAT was awesome.
ALSO.
I got an email from Art Doll Quarterly with some news about my Cirque De Phénomène... dolls!! I may be FEATURED in the magazine!! WOW.
I've got all SORTS of things going on right now.
Ian GOT HIS PERMIT.
I have a BUNCH of creative things to be up to...
Ian GOT HIS PERMIT.
I'm going to California next weekend.
Ian GOT HIS PERMIT.
I'm going to be in a couple publications...
Ian GOT HIS PERMIT.
And in case you're wondering...
The chickens are doing AWESOME.


Getting Alice in Grey Scale, which I think I will call "Earl Grey Alice" (because of the mad hatter on her apron.. and tea... you know.) ready to send into a magazine to see if they are interested in publishing her... packages to ship to friends and swap partners... it's going to be a mail day tomorrow!!
PLUS taking Ian to see his girlfriend and taking pics of he and his girlfriend for homecoming. :)
What's up with YOU chickens?
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Vintage Swaps

Taking part in a vintage swap, and getting my package ready to send out!!

I had so much fun going through my personal stash and finding treasures for my swap partner!! Jessica, I hope you like!!
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Cartastic!!

Wanna know what I've been up to?!
We have an idea that when Travis' transfer back home with his dept. happens, it might be fast. If that's the case, he'll be comuting, and we'll need something that doesn't suck gas like it's a slurpee.
So we went looking.
And we found THIS:

A 2000 Hyundai Elantra. It had a few things to fix on it, but for the price, we had to get it. It will be the car that T will need, and when he's done, it's going to be IAN'S.
So we bought it, and we went to work cleaning it.
It had been a smoker's car.
PeeYew.
So we shampooed the WHOLE thing, and scrubbed the BeeGeeziz out of it. We used appliance paint on the hood, and viola!!

The inside is in pretty good shape...

and it seems to run GREAT!! Plus, the price was beyond right. I won't even say how good. It was that good.

And I had a BLAST working with T to get it all road ready!! Until Ian gets his license, and T needs it for work, I'm totally taking over this puppy.
Bwhahahahahahahahaaaaaa....
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