Valkyrie's Pen

Woot!!

2009-10-24T18:33:13Z

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?

GRRRRRRRR

2009-10-16T14:31:55Z

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

even!

1st... (of course) is HOW DARE YOU - YOU SORRY *blank blank blank and MY but I have a store of invective blankety blankety... OH yeah....

2nd is - good for YOU for alerting the news services!

3rd is back to how DARE you! - and what's next huh? - I voted and voted and signed and signed to try to stop the whole 'gay marriage' chaos - I mean - gimme a break - why WOULDN'T you let two consenting adults marry? - what POSSBILE harm does it do you? - back off you idiots!

4th - well - let's think 'logically' huh? - he did this because...

1) "inter-racial marriages don't last" - YOU........

Yeah? neither do 'teen' marriages - we need to raise the marriageable age to....? what? 25? 30? Oh - but WAIT! - a female's most 'child productive' years come young! - mebbe a teenage WOMAN is ok, but only if she's marrying an older man? - how old? How much should the gap be? - let's get the law-makers on it and pick an average age gap! - male must be at least 40, but not over 55 - females must be at least 18, but not over 25 - YES! - let's legislate the perfect marriage into place!

Wait - 'she's pregnant, we have to get married' - THOSE don't last either! If you're pregnant, you shouldn't be ALLOWED to get married! Wait! wait wait, Pregnancy, child birth, babies, and small children are ALL causes of severe stress to a marriage! - NO children allowed! - All children must be born out of wed-lock and given to the state to raise....... (well, they OBVIOUSLY know best!)

Wait.... you can't get married across class lines either! Blue collar to white collar? - not allowed, sorry! Marry within your own income level! - and make sure you legislate what the income gap can BE!

Oh - but wait - there needs to be a TEST! - yes, that'll fix it! - you both have to take a test that will be evaluated by a qualified psychiatrist and he has to give his official, learned and indisputable opinion that you're a 'good match' and will REMAIN a 'good match' throughout your lives... (heh, good luck with THAT one! - people grow and change - they can grow closer, they can grow apart and there's NO WAY TO BLOODY TELL which it's gonna be!)

2) "for their potential future children"......

OH - so.... single parents are BAD! - cannot possibly raise a child on their own! - the father or mother of said deprived children MUST re-marry immediately! We'll legislate that too shall we? - If you have a child, you must have a man or woman sitting in the wings ready to marry you before you are oh so graciously granted a divorce... - that'll work! Oh - he beats you? nobody else wants you? you have a child? - you have to STAY with abusive fuck until you can replace him with somebody else (or you're killed, of course...) - OH - she cheated on you? - sorry, you have a kid, you have to stay married.... What do you MEAN she abuses the child? - she's your wife, beat her into submission! You've 'grown apart'? - tough - there's a kid. You made the wrong choice? - you have to live with it... Oh WAIT - one of you died? - you have a child? - WELL then, you have 60 (or 30, or ten) days to remarry or you'll be found in contempt.....

See - I KNEW this was gonna happen - it's the whole 'give them an inch' thing. Let them legislate the sex of your partner and they'll say "COOL!! Done deal! Next step!!" annnnnnd the 'next step' had just reared it's ugly head.

Uh uh - keep your laws off my bod - it's not your decision I'm afraid!

Kitsala

2009-09-12T10:50:45Z

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...

Plans...

2009-06-24T14:14:00Z

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*

A GREAT Idea!

2009-06-09T09:45:49Z

rolanni came up with a BRILLIANT idea...

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

I'll certainly be celebrating!

Pass it along!

Sweet Sixteen!

2009-06-02T12:05:02Z

EEP! - my bitsy baby girl...

Is SIXTEEN Today!!

Happy Birthday Girlchild!!

Proud wif type critter

2009-05-31T21:45:04Z

*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!

Empty Nest

2009-05-27T09:20:45Z

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*

WOOT!!

2009-05-07T21:40:43Z

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

A lovely weekend

2009-03-30T20:57:05Z

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!)

Kid pics!

2009-03-14T08:05:27Z

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

Seriously broke the cute bank here! LOL

Progress pics...

2009-03-11T03:45:40Z

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!)

Boots!

2009-02-27T12:57:09Z

*grin*

Woot!

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

Gwyn Progress!

2009-02-21T23:22:20Z

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%)

Spider love!

2009-02-16T14:53:09Z

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!)

Gauntlet the 2nd....

2009-02-14T00:36:08Z

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*

Gauntlet the 1st!

2009-02-03T17:51:59Z

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%)

Incoming!

2009-01-16T23:59:49Z

*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

A Brighter Note

2009-01-07T01:02:12Z

We met the most amazing man today...

"Our" lawyer - he's going to be handling the probate...

He's JUST a doll. He's at LEAST an octogenarian, and just... amazing.

A little fuzzy and distractable mebbe

Wearing an actual hand-tied bow-tie perhaps

But just... how do I put this? - heh - the BEST person I've met since I moved to KS. Seriously - I think I'm in love here. With a lawyer! *grin*

Lily's doing ok, a little wobbly if she thinks about it, but - hey - she's 15, and just - 'doesn't'.

Grant's...... extremely delicate. He's Very Big on hiding - if he could FIND a cave, he'd be in it. I'm trying to walk a line between letting him heal as he wishes and trying to keep him from encysting the pain - is... tricky.

I lost my dad much too early to KNOW how he feels - but hubby has no anchor now, and is NOT used to 'free sailing'.

heh - I's gonna go think about our amazing find in attorney's some more! *grin* (hey, he not only knew our name was dutch but could SPELL it!! - HAH)

Complete Chaos

2008-12-24T18:25:22Z

My father-in-law pased away suddenly last Friday evening - His memorial service is this coming Friday.

Koup Funeral Home, 11am.

I'm not gonna be around for awhile....

WOOT!!

2008-12-10T10:43:43Z

Wanna see what I've been up to??

(well, still up to, I'm still trying to get the prizes shipped! *grin*)

My tutorial group had a contest!!

and an amazingly cool contest it WAS too! - Absolutely amazing entries! I'm SOOOO so proud of them!

Hee!

Doll the second!

2008-11-19T14:14:50Z

*grin*

Here on my web-site

Or
here on evil-bay!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150310837337

Tee HEE - off to make a very special queen......

Woot!

2008-11-10T23:19:12Z

Doll the first.... *grin*

On my Web-site

Or

Up on ebay! (brave me! LOL)

grin

2008-10-28T19:11:54Z

The deal is... I'm holding a (members only) doll contest on my group - the Theme is "Fantasy, Light and Dark" - and, since I OBVIOUSLY can't enter the sucker... I decided I HAD to make a hostess!

Well.... two? *grin*

They'll be DONE done finished all done Fridayish if they cooperate (heh)

It is SO so nice to be really working again!

Scary

2008-10-26T16:53:45Z

Really - REALLY - scary....

WHERE did I put that shotgun?

**sigh**

Keeerist - I still have a hard time believing she has anything at all to do with ME! LOL