purplebr hollywood studios

purplebr hollywood studios
Originally uploaded by VeniVidiVknitty

here is the base for my hollywood studios style bedroom.


when I was deciding what color for the bedroom, I wanted gold, then no dark pink, then a trendy, chic grey/tan, and then I finally just thought, 'what color do you want to wake up to and have to look at first thing every morning for a couple of years at least?"

I grabbed a handfull of purple paint chips and wandered over to the houseware area in Walmart and started holding them up to dark red pillows and yellow curtins and then different pieces of art and decided on this one.

The Kilz One Coat guarantee was a crock, though. Still gonna need 2 coats, for some reason. I even stopped painting and drove to Home Depot to get different paint rollers, but it was not a case of equipment problems. From smooth to medium/rough finish rollers, the paint was streaky as can be. Good thing I'm only doing one room!

I really love it!

Why I don't have time to go to SNB groups

It would be cool, ya know? One of my all time fav things to do was 'hang out with friends' back when I was much MUCH younger. But then my list of responsibilities was like this:

Clean room, homework, um yea.

Then I had my first child at 18, and it grew to:

Care for baby, clean room, do laundry, argue with my Mom.

Then... well the kids came and I had a house and 4 children and eventually went to nursing school and any time 'hanging out with friends' dwindled down to literally twice a year.

Now the kids are grown. I bought this 2 family and fixed up the apartment upstairs to be habitable again. It looks very nice. My doctor even gave me a high five when I told him that I put in a working sink that doesn't even leak! Yessss! So, after all that, it turns out that my son and his girl are going to move in up their. See, they're having a baby. I will finally be a grandma.

So it looks like I have a shorter list again:

Play with grandchild, clean my room, work, argue with my Mom. But despite being shorter, I don't see any time in there for sitting at a coffee shop with strangers and knitting.

Sunrise @ Mont Blanc

Sunrise @ Mont Blanc
Originally uploaded by teo de pap

Where does one have to be to get a shot like this?

Khayal : Stressed out

Khayal : Stressed out
Originally uploaded by KhayaL

There isn't 'too much' going on right now. I traded my rent for my mortgage payment. I dabble in remodel when I have time, but there hasn't been hard deadlines. No new relationship stuff to speak of.

So why did I lose my temper at work? The day was like any other day. Same place, same people, same problems. But for some reason I snapped on September 28 2009.

One more stone for the bucket of life. Actually, this is the second in a matter of a few months. Regarding that other incident I didn't snap, but I did indeed do something I would love to take back.

The song lyric 'we're only human after all' keeps running through my head today. But that's not enough to make me have peace with it. I guess I just wish I knew why.

last day at rocky neck '09

last day at rocky neck '09
Originally uploaded by VeniVidiVknitty

i got there @ 10:45 and it the sun was very hot. sweaty, hot, a bit surprised, i sprayed on the coppertone.

I tried to crochet but the string kept rolling across my sticky sunscreeny legs. Then I got in the water for a few, and the seagulls pulled my plastic bag of crochet out of the beachtote. The wip got all sandy. I put it back, and walked a bit more in the shallow warm surf.

And then I got bored and tired of the biting blackflies and headed home. I managed to stay for an hour.

play mat

play mat
Originally uploaded by Saídos da Concha

This is made by a lady who says she tries to 'live a simple life in Lisbon Portugal." I want to trade lifes for a while.

rip b&d

rip b&d
Originally uploaded by VeniVidiVknitty

i needed to recharge it.

i plugged it into the same charger i use for my laptop.

i set it on top of a pile of papers that are on top of my printer.

i heard it pop and sizzle and saw smoke after 20 minutes on the charger.

i carried it out to the yard praying it wouldn't burst into flames in my hands.

i cried.

and now i'm shopping for a new one.