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no more saving lives

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Yup, that’s what I said. The end of a saving lives Kitty and the beginning of a totally independent business woman. Ya, scary, but much thought went into it of course. I just thought I’d tell ya.

What are the words I’m thinking of? umm… “sad but sweet?” no…  is it? Maybe. Oh I don’t know, but you know what I mean, right?

I don’t feel like going to bed. I actually was going to mess around with FMG and do a little tidying up and dust off a few things, but then I wound up looking around in there and visiting some dead links – it’s amazing to me how many domains are no more. What happened to those people/sites who were around for so long, or at least it seemed like awhile at the time, and then they’re gone – just like that. Poof.

Oh well. Who the heck knows the reasons behind it all.
Guess I’ll take it to bed.
c’yall next time. OH, has anyone upgraded WP without backing everything up first? I really should upgrade this puppy but don’t feel like backing it up (although it may be very easy, I don’t know), then I think, oh what the hell’s the dif. We’ll see. Probably won’t happen for awhile anyway.

Living Room, Mark Ryden n’ stuff

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Latest installment – living room is essentially done other than the fun stuff. Well, it used to be fun to buy decor for the house, but that was before I had to do it on a grand scale. “Grand” as in coordinating colors and style and an overall change. I never thought I’d have a problem deciding on these things… hey, I’m an artist, aren’t I? Shouldn’t I be able to visualize everything and know exactly what I want? That is so far from how it really is! dang.

But anyway. That’s the way it is – I’ll get it together eventually.

I just got a notice from Porterhouse Art – the Mark Ryden publishers etc., that he has a little storybook coming out next week that he wrote with Marion Peck. What’s funny though, is the little film that they did. I must show you. What I like about it is the “song” part of it. Makes me smile.

I’m going to see if I can stick the video in here, k? OH, wanna see the LR pics?

*ok, forget the video, but you really should check it out… if you want to of course.  :)

part 2 – ceiling done

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First of all, I just have to say how much I abhor those Snap tool tip things that seem to be proliferating all over the place (still!). Ugh. Just stop already.

Besides that obnoxiousness, our ceiling/living room is finished – yay. Check it out. Now we just have to put stuff back. After the carpeting next week. blahblah… I don’t really feel like talking about it any longer. dang, just realized how incredibly tired I am. *poof*

old dog, new tricks…

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I am so thrilled to discover something that I just had to share it with someone. I discovered the magic of working with and adjusting levels in Photoshop. Yes, levels. I know, I know… well duh to me. Seriously, I had 2 pieces of scanned artwork that I had to merge together, and the colors didn’t match up. Well I just whipped out that level adjustment, messed around for a bit, and Voila! I got them to match! I am so excited.  :)

Want to know about something else? A couple of weeks ago I bought a brand new, in the box, Krup’s Mini Espresso/Cappuccino maker I found on Craig’s list – for $10 – and it is soooo yummy. Easy to make and froth up my milk… mm-mm-good.

A-n-ddd, last but certainly not least, my LR is almost done! In fact, it would have been done had our contractor not calculated incorrectly and had one more piece of oak for the ceiling beams… so now he’ll have to finish it on Monday. poo. It looks really cool. Can’t wait to show you.

So, that’s my happy news for the week. HappyHappyHappy!

**OH, know what’s not so happy? The party is over at iStock photo. Yup, the big boys have wrecked a good thing, it was only a matter of time before Getty hiked up the prices. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

Here we go again!

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As if last years kitchen & BR teardowns weren’t enough, we’re starting on the LR beginning tomorrow. yikes. A big difference though is that it’s not going to be months and months of dust, drywall and inconvenience like last time. I totally emptied the room today – know I’ll be sore tomorrow ‘cos I was carrying objects much larger than me up & down stairs.

Ever carry a big mirror by yourself? It’s one of those full body, “easel” type mirrors which was more awkward than heavy. But what was weird was seeing myself while I was taking it up the stairs. Especially the look on my face when I got stuck on the railing while I was trying to make the sharp turn around the corner!

So ya. Getting rid of the ugly, ugly paneling that I’ve disliked for the last 20 yrs and the ceiling stuff too. And just like the other redos, it’s a pain, but so worth it after it’s done.

Of course I’ll keep y’all updated.
;)