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EDIT: Feeling a little better this morning- enough to try to get some work done. Can always go to the doctor's later this evening. I am hoping it just goes away. But that seems to be wishful thinking. *sigh*

I thought I would start out with something very cute!
Isn't this little one a-dor-able? Yowie!

Anyhoo- My energy is zapped lately. I am still battling this terrible sinus infection which seems to want to hang out with me. It is not fun. If it is not better by the weekend- I will just have to go back and see what the next round of pills will be. I am hoping that it clears out sooner than later...

Spent time working on these dogs again yesterday.

Remember these?
Well- I have been working on them- and making these:

Simple little silver wires with heads

And being all around busy...

I am trying to keep this looking
-Dirty-Grimy-Steamy-Punk-ish...
With a Turn of the Century flair!
(The one above is a dud- and I decided to keep it for myself- I seem to always love my proto-types and all of their imperfection's!)





Tonight I will return to the studio to start dressing these up- adding little odd things inside of them and then sealing them shut. I am trying to make these pieces of jewelry have a scientific sort of feel to them- preserving things under glass if you will- Harking back to the days of quite exploration in dusty labs or museums- where you would see trays of insects with pins holding them in place and their names- written so perfectly underneath... Ahhh collectors of living things now- which have passed on- with only simple skeletons left behind to tell tales...

Oh my... Where was I? Ahhh yes... So back to the laboratory tonight- Work work work... AND tomorrow- as it seems I have off instead of Friday... So I will be studio bound for sure!

The weekend awaits- and I will be vending my pants off at ArtScape on Sunday!
(Pant-less? Do not fear- I am wearing a dress! See! Pant-less and yet- publicly acceptable!)
XoxoxoX

Ahhh Thursday.
Happy to see this week end.
Having had this sinus infection last week, I feel as if I am still fighting off the tail end of it. I took all my medicine and yet- it is like a dull ache in the back of my soul. It will just take some time.

Tomorrow I will make a cup of coffee and go out to my studio and work on those bezels. I am looking forward to putting in a full day- although if I had a chance- I would escape and go play, have lunch, drink coffee and just write and sketch in my moleskin... but not tomorrow.

Tonight- it is me and Poppy Pekoe in the kitchen! Oh July 4th she turned 7yrs old.

And a nice hot cup of vanilla tea- which I got at Safeway tonight... it is by far the best tea I have had in years...

Ms. TC! You asked about my opinion of the Wii Fit!
Well let me say- that I really enjoyed it. I know I got my pulse up.
I had a good time and I did feel it. I can not say how it is in comparison to fitness videos- truly.

I think I might have only done one of those- and as you can tell it was not memorable.
What I do like about this- strangely is that I am competitive against a machine or rather- a computer version of people- and not actually having to watch and listen to taped people. Less pressure I guess...

I found myself playing with the hula-hoop program for a good 20 minutes! I could have gone longer but I wanted to try jogging and other things.

I think I am going to log out and try the hula-hooping again! Before bed- as I am really stupid-tired tonight.

Anyway- I hope this helps. I endorse this project whole-heartedly. I think it is a clever way for people to loose weight without knowing you are doing it...

I do hope all of you- can find it! (Oh- one more thing- the more you workout- the more secret treats are unlocked! Yes- more advanced programs... like last night- I got an extra yoga pose and an extra harder hula-hoop exercise!)

Okay- Off I trot!
XoxoxoX
(Thank you for always reading by the way- posting at night sort of sucks- but you know- that crazy government of ours... No Xanga at work...)

So tonight- I finally began my Wii-Fit workout.
I hate having to find the motivation to workout. I used to go to the gym at work, but since my office moved, the gym is an extra 20 minutes away- and therefore I can not manage to have that much time out of the office at lunch to go... sigh... I was going all the time and even to Yoga- but have not been since April. All of my weight-loss have happened due to what I eat- or rather what I have not been eating. Actually Atkins has been the key to my loosing the weight.

I have had my Wii for about a month now. I kept making excuses for why I have not started. Well, I just thought- tonight. It is Monday and there is not better time than now. I had actually had begin with the fitness stats and weight in- but I had not ventured into the actually program.

Well- I loved it. I hula-hooped, jogged, did some step-exercises and and finally some yoga.

Now I just have to figure out a way to manage to TELL MYSELF to do this each day. Making time for this and  finding motivation for me- it my downfall...

I really hope I can manage to stick to this.

If you have a Wii- Do share your thoughts!
More tomorrow...
XxooxX

Just seeing if you are paying attention!
Yes- just trying out some new words I guess... trying to jump-start myself to get busy. Seems I have slowed down this weekend- waking up from a nap- having had a bad dream that some misguided gentleman was searching for something in my spare bedroom which is what I should be cleaning but instead I choose to be a coward and nap...thus having a dream about this man!!!! UUUGH! It was enough to wake me up and set me off on coughing fit. Coughing fits mean anxiety attacks I have learned. Stress coughs! Uuugh! Thomas, being the very attentive husband-bunny recognized this and helped set the ball in motion by taking the Telly-cabinet downstairs to the living room and then take the big spare telly to the new spare bedroom- thus clearing away a lot of cluttered space and helping to get this project underway. Ah! The power of a simple cough and about 12 years of figuring it out.

I found my yellow bra behind the chair in the living room...

Now it is time for some coffee with the Eaton's up at the Bel Air road StarBucks... And another one of my bathroom photos- which I think will hit 1 million views tonight... oh deary me!
MORE in a little bit...
XxxoxxX

EDIT:
Lovely evening out for coffee:

Indeed- a nice summer sinus infection... Yay!
Nothing that a few days of antibiotics will not clear... Uuugh.
Today I went back to work (I was home on Tuesday)
Tonight- Thomas decided on Hotdogs at a local little Hotdog place~

I am still working hard on my Atkins
but today was a wee bit of a challenge.
I did manage to eat around the bun! haa!
It is a hidden talent really...
Anyhoo... More later
XoxoS

Sick that is...

I went to work today- just to be sure to spread my germs!?! Haa no- I am not cruel like that- I just thought this thing was a fluke... something which happens as randomly as jury duty...

Either way- it sucks. It is an inconvenience and I am angry about it! (Like I have time to be sick? No! I also don't agree to being sick in the summer- too much heat!)

So with all that being said- I am not going to do what I normally would do and just wait this out. No No! I am smarter than this... I am going to the doctor in the morning and getting some real meds. I am not stupid! I know this to be more than just Jane sitting in a corner eating worms and feeling sorry for herself... this is 100% real bug!
(I know this because I lost my voice tonight... no no jokes please...)

I will keep you posted on things as I get my results back.
Want to take bets as to what I have?
Bronchitis
Strep
Laryngitis
Malaria

Come on- you knowyou want to play!
Pick a sick!

Haaa... Okay-okay... I better get crackin- I need to get to sleep.
My brain is all fuzzy and I am running on empty...

More later.
Nighty night.
zzzzzzzz

How could I get sick... in the summer?
I mean I know I work on hospital grounds... see lots of people. Shook the hand of a French researcher. Go out and about touching doors and tables, etc...

But I always thought that I was a completely healthy person. I guess you can't combat all germs. At some point- you are bound to get something which kicks you arse!

So I am going to consider this as a great day to keep my schedule lite. Take one day for just myself and not push too hard to accomplish much. I mean- I do have things to do... but I think I am going to just relax, read some books, drink my theraflu, and stay in today.

I guess I have too- as I do not have time to be sick.

Well- time for me to finish this hot cup of lemon-love! (The Theraflu actually is not so bad!)

And back upstairs to bed. (Uuugh I hate slowing down...)

More later today!
XoxoX