...by Earth, Wind, and Fire.  That's what I'm listening to, right now.  I'm hoping EW&F, plus more coffee, will combine to get me focused.  I have accomplished some things this morning - put the last load of clothes in the dryer; packaged an item for shipping; done a few other chores; and tripped over Bear (both he, and I, are unscathed by the experience).


Yet, I don't feel focused, or alert, just yet.   I'm on cruise control.  Now, Let's Groove is playing, also by EW&F.  If that doesn't wake up my brain cells, I'm going put on some Etta James and go with the flow.

A few InuYasha items are next up for listing.  Coming soon to a BeadDance auction near you.

I'll blog at 'cha later.

B-

'Morning!  I saw a commercial yesterday for a 2-disc, special edition of the movie Serenity, from the television series Firefly.  I really enjoyed the television series, and I already have Serenity on DVD.  I started wondering about so many "special edition" DVDs.  For me, if I like a movie, or series, enough to want to purchase the DVDs, I will purchase the DVD as soon as they are available and I can afford them.  Nowadays, it is almost a given that a "special edition" will be released, but I don't want to wait.  I understand that some folks wait for the "special edition" that is almost sure to be released at some point for popular movies and series.  It seems to me that out of the total number of folks willing to buy DVDs, most are either like me, or wait for the "special edition".  This makes me wonder, why not only release the "special edition"?  Are there that many folks who purchase the regular, and special, edition?  Just being curious...

Yesterday was "change the kitty litter" day.  Nothing says devotion like being willing to clean up another being's processed food.  Oh, yeah.

I've been watching the reports on hurricane Dean.  I'm not in the projected path.  The last hurricane that impacted my area was Rita.  I only caught the remnants of Rita, and it was scary.  My thoughts are with all the folks dealing with hurricane Dean.

I'll blog at 'cha later.

B-

Good morning!  I just realized that it is very quiet this morning.  That downed electrical wire, incessant, very loud. buzzing of over-sexed male cicadas - the theme music of summer - is gone.  Wow.   Maybe cicada season is over.

Everything is bigger in Texas.  Including the bugs.  When I moved to Texas, the size of some of the bugs surprised me to no end.  The first time I saw a garden spider in Texas, I contacted entomology departments at various colleges, and sent them photos I took of the spider.  The spider's body alone was around an inch in length.   I thought anything that big, and garish, had to have humans on its menu, or at the very least be the result of mutation due to toxic waste. I know, too much influence by '50s science fiction movies.  I was assured that the spider was harmless to humans.  One entomologist who responded nicknamed me "The Spider Lady".  I've been called worse.  :-)

Big 'Ol Spider, a.k.a. Harmless Garden Spider, Texas-Style:



I've got some items listed.  I'll be prepping more items for listing next week.

I'll blog at 'cha later.

B-

Hello!

I'm trying to figure out a way to decorate my walker.  When I primarily used canes, I decorated my canes by beading them.  I still have one cane that I partially beaded, using seed beads.  I wanted to bead my walker, but when it's folded, many of the areas I beaded (using glass seed beads) were damaged.  I removed the beads, and I painted part of my walker with alcohol inks, and sealed the inks with many layers of sealant.  It's been a few years, and the paint is wearing off in spots.  Now, I'm thinking about decoupaging my walker.  Something to eliminate that hard, medical metal, blahness of it all.  I have to experiment to find the best adhesive for attaching paper and/or cloth to metal.

My Black Beaded Cane:


My Painted Walker:


I miss Stargate SG-1, although I think that season 10 was a mixed bag - too many filler episodes.  But, no more new episodes.  *sigh*   I am looking forward to the Stargate SG-1 movies, Ark of Truth and Continuum.  They can't be released too soon for me.

Stargate Atlantis, well, I enjoy the series, although the writing seems to be not as strong.  Love Ronan; Miss Ford.

The weather has finally changed from argh, to ugh.  It's cooler, but that's relative.  It is still health-threateningly hot.


Yeah, that pretty much says it all about the weather here, lately.

I'll blog at 'cha later.

B-

Greetings!

It has been a little while since I made a blog entry.  Life, the universe...you know, the usual stuff that keeps one from doing certain things.  I'm still here, though.  My listings?  Eh.  What listings?  I'll be getting some things up soon.  My ISP decided to take down the free web space (where I just happen to keep my item photos and graphics) for updating, or upgrading, or maintenance, or to see just how high my blood pressure could go.  I missed yesterday's freebie with gallery special.  Today, I re-created my auction template, and About Me page, parking my photos and graphics on a free online photo-hosting site.  Now, I'm ready if my ISP doesn't get the web space functioning anytime soon (the projected completion was two hours yesterday morning; a few more hours yesterday afternoon; by today late yesterday afternoon; and it still isn't working now.)

Gotta be flexible.  Truth be told, I had all the charm of a rabid bear with a toothache yesterday.  Today, I'm much more pleasant.  Really!  Sez me, heh.

I missed you all, I'm glad to be back, and I'll blog at cha later.

B-