Playing with Pebbles - Story of My Life!

Spent my Tuesday evening with rocks, pebbles, and stones!

Had some beach rocks from my last trip to Cannon Beach along with some smaller black filler pebbles and crafting stones.  Placed them just so on a 5x7 canvas board then glued them down. Let me tell you those smaller pebbles were slippery suckers! Ended up with rubbery E600 glue on my fingers and, although I tried to wash it off, it has now dried all over my fingers making them feel akin to a week old sunburn with strips of dead skin peeling off in sheets. 

Practiced my lettering before giving it a go on the canvas. Bad news it came out crooked; good news is next time I will place eraseable pencil lines as a guide. Oh the lessons one learns during a craft fest!

This will be gifted to friend Marie as she loves her Goldendoodle Lily.  Already have lots of ideas in mind for my next pebble project!

Easy Solution For A Messy Task

Cleaned and organized my makeup in the bathroom today.  Boy was it a mess!!! 

While cleaning I noticed there were lots of little bits of makeup pencil sharpenings scattered throughout the counter. Ugh. So I came up with a solution!

Grabbed a Ball canning jar that I'd received during Christmas that had been decorated.  Cut into the canning lid to make enough room to fit my pencil sharpener.  Shoved the sharpener in it, slapped some E6000 glue on it and voila! A jar to sharpen my pencils and contain the scraps! Once full, just have to unscrew and toss the bits in one full swoop. No more sharpening bits floating around on the counter!!

My work here is done!! 😉

This Speaks to Me!!

Nail, Gym, Movies Kind of Life

Have to say this past weekend was pretty ho hum.

The highlight was probably when I painted both my fingernails and my toenails, if that says anything.

Have been keeping up on the gym workouts. Been going 3-4 times a week on my lunch break at work with one of my coworkers. Gets me in and gets it done within an hour. Plus the crippling soreness has subsided - enough to tell I'm working out but not so much it turns me into an achy blob unable to pick up anything over two ounces.

Discovered YouTube as a source of vintage movies for free.  Lots of 30's to 50's films that play with no static or foreign subtitles. Next on my watch list is The Greatest Show on Earth with Jimmy Stewart, one of my Mom's favorites.

That's it in a very small nutshell!

From Laundry to Lagerfeld

This waking up at 4am does have its advantages, especially when there are a ton of tasks on my to-do list.

Saturday I washed, dried, folded and put away all of my laundry. So nice to have a washer and dryer that work! Thanks to Sam for swapping his old ones with my faulty ones.  Also cleaned and mopped the laundry room as well as kitchen.

My large ottoman  in the living room needed a new throw so swung over to Joanns to see what kind of clearance fabric they had to offer. Picked up an already quilted piece of beachy fabric for 60% off along with grey fleece at 70% off then sewed up a quicky runner. Love the colors!

Dinked around town then returned home to make Korean bbq wings. Wings were thawed out so fried them up and tossed them with a homemade sauce. Yummy but very messy. Some would say finger lacking good but not me. Can't stand for my hands to feel dirty so gobbled up three wings before running to the sink to give my hands a soapy wash. Yes, a bit on the neurotic side but what can I say?? I also eat pizza with a fork! Don't be a hater now!

Saturday evening Sam stopped by and we ran over to my work to pick up a bookshelf I had snagged for free. Yesterday was spent cleaning out all of my shoes, moving a bunch to the spare bedroom, then placing my frequently worn shoes in the shelf which was placed in my closet. No more shoes pouring out of the closet, eliminating Diva's own obstacle course in my pursuit to reach the bed.

Today there was a surprise from sis Julie in the mail - my very own Mug Rug she had sewn! Awesome job plus it included Diva on it!! Thanks Jube!!

On a fashion note, news was out today that Chanel and Fendi designer Karl Lagerfeld had passed away at 85.  C'est la vie! Great designer but he always came across a bit like an arrogant, mean, judgmental asshole. May he rest in peace and that Coco Chanel puts him in his place!

Another Year Older for My Youngest!

Happy 24th Birthday Sam!!

Quote for Thought

For every emotion there is an opposite. Without hate you wouldn't be able to realize love. Without sadness you wouldn't be able to appreciate happiness.