Disclaimer - for entertainment purposes only

Your IQ Is 115

Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Too bad they don't test for non-essential knowledge, because I'm just jam-packed with that!

My Take on the 4x4 Coaster Calendar

So, in case you haven't noticed, I march to the beat of a different drummer and he's keeping a very slow tempo. I know January is almost over, but I finally finished this project:

The first one I made at Stamp Club had chipboard coasters as the covers (so it could be a desktop time-keeping device). I wanted to be able to hang this on a refrigerator, so all the pages are card stock, some with designer paper, stickers, seasonal stamps, and computer printed clip art images.

I got to use my beloved Cropodile to punch the holes. I used a hefty piece of silver stretchy elastic cord (recycled off of a Christmas gift) then fed the ends through a barrel bead and super glued the puppy.

Oh, the mini-calendar pages were generated using the program that can be found here http://www.red-castle.com/software/fw/printcal.htm

Yes, ANOTHER quiz!!

Your Birthdate: February 10

Independent and dominant, you tend to be the alpha dog in most situations. You're very confident, and hardly anything ever shakes you. Mundane tasks tend to drain you - you prefer to be making great plans. You are quite original. When people don't "get" you, it bothers you a lot. Your strength: Your ability to gain respect Your weakness: Caring too much what others think Your power color: Orange-red Your power symbol: Letter X Your power month: October

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

So I'm reading through this list, thinking to myself "hogwash, not me at all!" and "well, that one seems true". "October is my power month? What's THAT about?" Then I realized is that I met my husband in October. Kinda cool, hunh?

I got to thinking...

One of my bosses said something yesterday about this not being a "perfect world" - that simple statement got my mind chewing on what MY perfect world would look like. Hmmmm....

• Crafting - there would be loads of crafting supplies readily available - Like having an AC Moore or Michael's in your garage.
• Housework - we don't need no stinking housework! The "little elves" I wistfully dream of would actually walk the face of the earth and exist to constantly dust, vacuum & wash dishes.
• Food - I've got a confession, I'm not a fabulous cook. I have a few things that I can make really well, but I've been know to mess up instant mashed potatoes (wow! that's a load off - I feel much better now!) Sorry, wandered off topic for a second....anyway, did you ever watch Star Trek? Remember the food replicators? Those would be awesome!!! Whatever recipe you programmed in, you just say the word and shazam - there it is!
• Books - I LOOOVE to read. I also have this overwhelming love of built-in shelves. It would be so cool to have a library room in my house with floor to ceiling built-ins encircling the room, a big overstuffed comfy chair and a snugly blanket, so I could curl up with great book - - oh wait, there would have to be a fireplace too!

That's just a few of the things which would exist in my "perfect world". I'm sure everyone has their own ideas of their perfect world - I'd love to hear about them.

My Latest Projects

I took a loom knitting class last weekend (a shout out to Miss Alison for being a wonderful instructor!) We made a baby hat - which I did not photograph for various reasons, mostly because I was so excited that I was able to finish it in two hours and I was just couldn't wait to see if was going to fit on Gracie's head - turns out it was a perfect fit for one of her sister's dolls - oh well, back to the loom!
Pictured are my second and third attempts (number three is still in process - in case you couldn't tell because the loom is still attached).

The pink and lavender one is earmarked for my daughter-in-law. When I started the third one, my son asked "Who is that one for?" I hesitated for a second and realized I don't have an intended recipient - they are just so much fun to make and they go so quickly I just got to digging into my yarn stash to see what kind of cool color combinations I could come up with.

Now, if I could just figure out how to loom AND drive at the same time, .... I could turn out a hat a day!

Samples from Stamp Club

I was hoping that tonight's club meeting would serve as a creative kick-start for me...I've been feeling a little out of it since Christmas and haven't really sat down and finished any projects - I've gotten close on a few, but this ain't horseshoes, so it don't count.

So, at club tonight we learned a couple of techniques - Fading (to create the illusion of movement) with faux tile - we also got to use the new star punches, which I really should have ordered because the more I look at them the more design ideas I have - oh well, there's always next month.
Then there was the diamond dust technique along with a two-step image. This is a valentine's card for my knight in shining armor husband (he never checks my blog because he gets to see most of my stuff in real life).

Finally, we made a mega-sized matchbook with a chocolate heart inside...and yes the candy is still inside (for now at least). See I have a picture to prove it!

Luckily, my very clever, former Boy Scout husband stocked up on AA batteries during the holidays - because when I tried to fire up my trusty digital camera, the batteries were kaput. I use rechargeable batteries and keep a spare set of them on hand (for just such emergencies), but since I experienced a near fatal case of brain-drain from the holidays, I'd forgotten to recharge the spares. So, even though my hubby is working out of town, he saved the day! That is why he is my KISA (knight in shining armor).

It's Negative Too Freakin' Cold!!!

Okay, so I realize that I live in the Northeast and it is January - but holy cow!!!

It is soooo unbelievably cold!!!

This picture is from a year ago when we had a ferocious ice storm. I need to take some photos of the ginormous snowbanks the snowplows have helped to create around here!

I just keep focusing my mind on the forecast for the upcoming week - they are calling for temperatures to soar into the 50's - - WOOO HOOO !!! We are going to need to break out the shorts and tank tops!