full circle...

Well, it's been an odd couple of weeks.
The 10 year anniversary of my accident came and went and I made sure I was so busy I wouldn't have to feel it.
Dharia hosted a Stitch N Bitch Weds night, which was fun. I always feel a little funny as they are all scientists from Brandeis and I am the stay-at-home-mommie, but it is fun all the same. On the drive home I listened to Third Eye Blind (actually I listened to ALL my CD's cuz I was stuck in a 2 hour construction traffic jam) and came to "I want you" which will forever remind me of driving around with Juice in the Diamante ( I feel so old when I realize that was about 8 or 9 years ago...)
Anyway, Heather (http://www.brightlights-littlecity.com/) came over on Friday, supposedly to work on some labels for her, but we took a detour to Da-lat and the HK Kitty store, my new little side obsession. I think everyone needs a Choco-cat thermus (I have one...) and a Hello Kitty camo clutch purse. Really.
Heather bought a TON of their little oragami kits to make little stars and cranes. Too cute.
We had a long dinner at Da-lat (as usual - the worst service of anywhere...but it's part of the charm) and decided to do a tour of Worcester afterwards. Crown Hill, Indian Lake, Starbucks, Main Street...all the important places. We decided to go have one drink somewhere and because it was one of the first balmy kinda humid evenings, I thought it would be nice to sit outside. So either Vincent's or Ralph's. So we picked Ralph's (oh yeah - we also spent an hour in Savers...2nd-hand store). We went in, ordered drinks and walked outside where all the tables under the tent were full. Let me interrupt to say I NEVER go out anymore. I was a 3-4 night a week go-outer in Worcester back in my day and now that I have a house, husband and offspring, I rarely leave the house past 8pm...this was a treat.
So I look around for some dry seats and who is sitting a table with a girl...Juice. Well blow me down. I lead Heather off to the back corner and we dry off some chairs. I intentionally sit with my back to him and a wall kinda between us and tell Heather the story. It really was years ago, but for some reason I can't get out of my head how much he really brought me down. How at the time he ruined my life and I had no options. I'm sure he would say the same, that I was a total life-ruiner and it was all my fault. So before I even finished the story they got up to leave. Fine with me. I wondered if he had noticed me at all, but how could he NOT seen me. Ugh. SO that was fun. The only thing I had wished he seen was my new Element. Oh well.

So Heather and I had fun. One drink as we promised. Of course I could have sat there all night but we left.
We came back here and started painting on silk. We definately didn;t plan it...so by the time we finished, talked about shows and the sticker she wasts to make, it was about 3:30am.
I couldn't sleep and by 4:15 I decided to just stay awake.
Ethan was up by 6:30 so we all got dressed and went yard-sale-ing. Kinda boring. I bought some plants for the garden which is shaping up nicely and we came home.
I slept from noon - 3pm.
Here it is 10pm and I'm going on lots of awake time and very little sleep time. Mania again.
I painted another scarf that I really love howit came out. Poppies and a robins egg blue background. picture to come soon.
Whew. Red

FeltSpiralBeads

FeltSpiralBeads
Originally uploaded by 3CatNite.

New experiment - felted spiral beads - about 1/3" thick by 3/4" diameter.
Let's see what these become...

DM Jones Beach 5-13-06

DSC02431A
Originally uploaded by 3CatNite.

Did I tell you I saw Depeche Mode at Jones Beach Long Island last week?? If you know me, I probably did.
Don't balme me for the lousy pics - the hubby did it...

1/2 done necklace

1/2 done necklace
Originally uploaded by 3CatNite.

Pendant from LillyPilly designs - etched shell.
I'm using a bunch of oranges and natural shades - I'm actually suprised by how many orange beads I have.