WOOT! - Lily's going to her first prom! (Yes, she's a Jr. but - ya know, it's a Jr. Sr. prom?) They held the first assembly on it yesterday during their study hall, and she was asked to go before she left school? LOLOL - SOMEbody was worried about having a march stolen on them! *grin*

She's also on the decorating committee so guess what *I* have spent the day doing? LOL Would you believe learning how to make paper flowers and snowflakes?

We'll be going dress shopping in a couple weeks... she has... *ah hem*... rather firm ideas about what she wants... now all we have to do is manage to pay for it ya?

I think I'm more excited than she is!

I'm not so good about updating yeah? LOL

Still working on La Reine (I was supposed to have her done for Hanukkah - um.... ooops?) I AM making progress though!

We got the world's coolest x-mas present this year from Grant's mom:

Puppy blanket! - WOOT!


She LOVES it! - she drags it around to wherever she's gonna be... it's excessively cute, it really is! *grin*

We had us a white x-mas, there's still mounds of snow on the ground where it drifted... I LOVE snow!

I've actually got my dolls nagging at me to get some work done, so there should be 'real' progress soon?

Several and many months later..... I finished the first of my dolls? LOL (ok, ok, quit laughing....)



WOOT!!

The "plan" such as it was, has also changed..... next up is Robin (a 70cm BJD) and then La Reine, and then a Xena/Gab set... mebbe..... LOL

**sigh** - I's pathetic huh?

WELL! - I don't read the news much - and when I do - I either get disgusted with all of the extreme idiocy or depressed over all the pain that I can't fix...

But this one....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33332436/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/?gt1=43001
PISSED me off - so I's gonna rant

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Awwww! - Looky what *I* got!



That would be my brand new 8 week old black lab puppy! (yes, she really is that big, she's gonna be HUGE!)

We named her Kitsala, and she's just adorable (well, of course, puppy's ARE.....) and just scary well behaved! - She doesn't sneak, she's potty trained, she only chews on her toys.... she's just... an amazing little critter!

She's also got a nose on her like you wouldn't believe! Luckily she really DOES 'retrieve' and is willing to bring any found treasures to me!

Thought I'd share...

I has them. Doll plans at least!

I figured out an actual 'schedule' - or - at least, something vaguely resembling one. Maybe. If most things work or don't argue TOO much and, ya know, depending on how stubborn I am.. (well, that's a gimme... *grin*)

The plan IS:
July: Erin Bride
Aug: Bodyguard Assassin
Sept/Oct: Eowyn in 1:6
Nov: La Reine
Dec: and probably into March of 2010 a Xena/Gab set based on Fan fic.

We shall see.....

(wish me luck?)

On the bright side... I HAVE figured out the (amazingly argumentative) pattern for the bride's gown, and I expect to have at least the top 1/2 of the embroidery done today... hopefully ALL of the embroidery, but we shall see... *grin*

rolanni came up with a BRILLIANT idea...

http://rolanni.livejournal.com/439604.html

I'll certainly be celebrating!

Pass it along!

EEP! - my bitsy baby girl...



Is SIXTEEN Today!!



Happy Birthday Girlchild!!

*grin* - hubby made a new blade (well, two actually, but I haven't finished with the other sheath yet)

SOMEBODY here is gonna recognize the bits on this sheath - I just KNOW she is! *grin*

It'll be mailed out to the author you'd expect on Tuesday - but you can see the full thing here:



HEE! - I's so proud!

WELL -
Company's gone,
Munchkin's in Michigan,
Looks like I'm done with my reactionary bout of the dizzy's (I hope I hope)
Grant's still on vacation for the next five days and doing serious work in the yard...
I actually *found* the doll I'd put aside for the wedding doll (4? 5? years ago)
Looks like it's time to play with patterns!
*grin*

A finished doll no less!



I is soooo proud of this one!!

Her web-page isn't finished, had way too much wind to take any more pics today - but... WOOT!

In other news... would you believe my child is a letterman? (letterperson? *grin*) - she lettered in Scholars Bowl, so I can even be proud of her letter! HEE

and THAT my dears, was sarcasm and lots of it!

We had us an ice storm. We were *supposed* to get about 5" of snow, instead we got about 2-3" of freezing rain.

Did verra cool things to the dragon:


Not so lovely things to the trees:


Well, pretty in detail mebbe, if you like broken promises...


Clearing some of the broken branches I managed to pull a couple misc broken, well, ok, logs, that were trapped in the tangle onto my poor and foolish head... the headache wasn't bad, no where *near* migraine level, but the nausea really sucked and, ya know, the bruises are still sore...

We lost power Friday afternoon - we got it back about an hour ago - at least it wasn't *that* cold? LOL - right around freezing for most of the weekend, so a propane heater kept us comfy, (today, of course, is 60ish heh) we had a propane camp stove so we could 'cook' (for some definition of cook at any rate) - and my house is always covered in candles ANYway so that was no big deal - being without the computer was on the painful side though! LOL (as I sit here with over 100 unanswered emails.... **whimper**)

All the ice is melted now, and we're starting to get the broken branches gathered and chopped and burned.... **sigh** - one of the trees isn't going to recover, I just know it's not - the other's will all have to be pruned to balance them back out - is not gonna be a very shady summer!

Ok - next update will be a completed amazon! - WOOT! (she'd be done *now*, but I need working lights to paint!)

*grin* - my neice 'Manda, and my nephews Legion and Jericho!

Seriously broke the cute bank here! LOL

Been awhile since I've posted pics - but it's been a case of 'except for's'...

This is done EXCEPT FOR the whatever... type deal...

Anyway... bodice, belt and skirt except for... (*grin*) the metal work!



The cups aren't attached to the bodice yet either and the scarf IS done, I just didn't feel like futzing with it for the pic... I's a bad person!

*grin*

Oh yeah, and just 'cause you wouldn't think so... the loopy strands hanging from her belt? - probably the hardest thing to figure out and construct I've ever done... (seriously!)

*grin*



Woot!

skirt and scarf thingy today, mebbe the belt...

and lots of it! *grin*

Gauntlet the 3rd:


Gauntlet the 4th:


Hand guards:


What all the pieces look like:


and what they look all look like when worn!


WOOT! - fun bits over... just your 'basic' stuff left! - tee HEE

Gwyn Progress:

50 / 100 (50.0%)

NOT for those with Arachnophobia...

But this is the coolest thing I've seen in a LONG long time:

http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider/

Now... I DO realize that whoever created this has way way WAY too much time on their hands... but... verra cool none-the-less!

The spider stalks the mouse. You can click on either the spider bod or a particular leg and drag him. If you hit the space bar it will add insects wherever your mouse is, and the spider will ignore the mouse in favor of food... - it's just... VERY very well done! LOL

(once upon a time I was gifted with a tarantula as a house warming gift - he and my cat didn't actually get along too well, so I couldn't keep him - but... I DO love spiders!)

Heh - after an excessive hiatus - but.....



Missing it's copper embellishment, but I'll do that when I do the metal work for the bodice.

Hand guards are 3/4 done too... *grin*

WooT!



'Course, the girl actually wears FOUR - DIFFERENT armbands - plus 'handwarmers' - soooo progress, yes, lots of progress? LOLOL - nope!

sooooo - about like this

7 / 100 (6.6%)

*grin* - *I*... is making a new doll! (I was silly and accepted a commission back in Oct, I thought I'd have everything else cleared off my plate by then, isn't life fun? LOL)

ANYway...... Gwyn-Tier - soon to be in doll form!



You KNOW 'soon' is an amazingly fluid concept around here doncha? LOLOL