life with monkey

the sickness started last wednesday. sore throat that turned into a rattling cough, then came the congestion.

this is my Get Well Team. the azithromycin joined the team last night, just in time! this should have been just a simple cold, but for me that tends to mutate into sinus infections and bronchitis. ugh. so there’s no crafting to speak of, just lots of coughing and nose-blowing and sleeping (thanks, generic nyquil!).

maybe next week i’ll have some more craftiness to report.

stay well, y’all!

i’ve been going through a lot of boxes over the past few weeks. not just those at mom’s, but some of my own. just clearing out the clutter, i guess.

in a box of some old journals, i found my ticket stubs from concerts and shows i attended in the 80s and early 90s. my first ever big concert was Echo and the Bunnymen. the opening bands were The Three O’Clock and The Fleshtones. what a show!

i thought i’d share the rest of the stubs i found in the box.

yes, i used to be a skateboarder. a crappy one to be sure, but one with friends who were sponsored skaters.

HEY, don’t laugh! i bet you have some equally hilarious ticket stubs in your own closet.

i know there are a few missing here and there. i used to love going to concerts. and anything i saw after 1992 is gone with the wind (or more likely shredded into oblivion with the rest of my old paperwork).

i’ll be on a brief hiatus, as my mother lost her battle with cancer this week.

she instilled a deep sense of independence and creativity in my sister and me, and for that (and so much more) i’m grateful. she was a hell of a kick-ass woman.

i was tagged by the always awesome Roxanne at Cheetah Velour, sos here’s my first meme for this blog!

Here are the rules: I answer 6 questions about myself. At the end of the post, I tag 6 people and post their names. I then go to their blogs and leave them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read my blog. Finally, I let the person who tagged me know when I’ve posted my answers.

What was I doing ten years ago?

Hmmmm, no surprise – I was doing a lot of the same stuff I’m doing now. Desk jockey, craft maniac, trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life. Still not sure if I’ve gotten that figured out yet.

Five things on my to-do list for today?
Work work work!
Awesome Mexican food for lunch
Got to the post office and see if they really did lose my Flickr print order
Have a date with my husband
Finish reading Tim Powers’ “Earthquake Weather” (if you’re into sci-fi/fantasy stories set in southern California, I recommend him highly)

Snacks I like?
I don’t think there’s enough storage space on my blog to list them all! For a short list, though, I especially like:
Dark chocolate (especially with a glass of port)
Onion rings
Chips (potato, tortilla, veggie, whatever!)
Cookies!
Peanut butter panda puffs cereal

Things I would do if I were a billionaire?
I’d fund art programs for schools that can’t afford it. If any of my friends had a creative dream they wanted to follow, but lacked funding to do so, I’d fund their basic living expenses so they could write that novel or finish those paintings.
Oh, and I could finally afford to buy a house!

Places I have lived?
A stone’s throw from the banks of stinky Lake Michigan
Five different locations in three cities in Orange County, CA

Six people I want to know more about?

http://lilikoiknits.blogspot.com/
http://willowcatstudio.blogspot.com/
http://thisisloveforever.com/blog
http://craftchester.wordpress.com/
http://karinajean.com/wp
http://sheis.youngandwithit.com/wordpress

i’m back from a vacation in lovely cambria, california, and i’m recharged and ready to get back to some crafting.

it’s not that i didn’t craft while i was away – in fact, my clapotis grew by a whopping 5%. but now that i’m back, the sewing machine is calling my name.

there’s a red corduroy jacket waiting to be cut out and sewn together, and a couple pair of linen trousers are waiting in the wings as well.

and yet another ballband dishcloth, too.

and a collaged birthday card.

and so on and so forth.

i should probably get started.