Son of Tonight (aka Tonight Part 2)

We are going to see this and ...



this. I can't wait. I need a funny movie after a scary movie or I just can't sleep at night.

I bought our tickets online yesterday. The Happening opens tonight and I was worried about lines. Although during Siff, the big box office movies don't seem all that popular.

Have a great Friday night. Hugs. xox=vv.

Blurg..

This is a test. You know, I set this website up soooo long ago that I can not remember how I made it, which is particularly un-useful when it seems to be having problems. Hugs. xox=vv,

A Bit Of Time Away.

Like so many others I find myself entranced and exhausted by the summer sun. Things are going swimmingly, but I am afraid I am having a hard time keeping up with all of you lovely people. So, I will be away a bit.

You can still find me at Simple Acts Of Green. As a matter of fact, we just posted a "quick chat" there a few days ago. Check it out.

Lastly, if you need me for anything please comment or email and I will respond a.s.a.p. Hugs. xox=vv.

This Is Not A PhotoBlog. Really.

Really. It is supposed to be a craft blog. I do stuff. I make stuff. I have projects that I totally get involved in. I don't know why I have such a hard time sharing it with you. I think there are just so many talented people out there that I get overwhelmed. My little projects just can't compare.

I am going to keep trying. I am nearly finished with my Amy Butler Vintage Backpack Tote. There should be a lot of little matching projects in the future. My Moms gets here on Saturday for a week long visit and I can't wait! We are going to sew, sew, sew!

Thinking of you! Hugs. xox=vv.

Our First Interview.

Update: Oops. I left out a very important paragraph about the surprising results of her website development (it's good). So check it out!

Our first interview over at Simple Acts of Green was just posted. Yay!

Simple Acts Of Green.

Oh hello lovelies! I am very excited to tell you about a wonderful new project that I am so terribly pleased to be a part of. Miss Dawbis (that delightful girl) has started a new blog called Simple Acts of Green.

To quote her very well (per usual) written introduction "[Simple Acts of Green is] a blog dedicated to sharing the stories and lives of people who are making a difference to preserve our planet, one small step at a time."

We (Dawn, Laura, Jeska, Diane and I) would love it if you would stop by, say hello, and share a story with us. These girls are incredible and I would certainly recommend dropping in, if only to read their bios.

I hope you will stick around for more though and check in often for new articles and interviews. See you there! Hugs. xox=vv.

15 Out Of 135.

That is how many posts I still have to repair. Not too bad. Some of the pictures are still earmarked private on Flickr. I will change that next. I think you should still be able to see them though.

Oh this picture is not so great. I took it so so long ago now. I just like the colors and thought I would post it anyway.

We were supposed to do all sorts of things this weekend and yet we accomplished absolutely none of them. Why am I so exhausted then? Hmmm. Strange. I hope you are all having a wonderful and restful weekend! Hugs. xox=vv.

Continuing To Test And Grow.

Hello Lovelies. I am working a bit behind the scenes here as I am working to rebuild the oldest pages of this blog. Unfortunately, I know that those delightful people using bloglines may be seeing these tests and I apologize.

This is a quick test of Flock. It seems like a great browser. It integrates Flickr, Blogger and Bloglines. There are a few things I am trying to figure out. I will have to let you know more later. Hugs. xox=vv.

Closing Day.

Hiya Lovelies. I am sorry I have been really absent this week. I have a pretty bad cold (read: No packing what-so-ever has been accomplished). Hopefully this is closing day and tomorrow is moving day (we have a rental truck reserved and appointments with the cable guy and washer/dryer delivery men). I hope we will be settled soon.

I know I am always saying that. That I will catch up soon. I whole heartedly think that the moment you begin thinking about a feasible new direction in your life that you become unsettled. That is what has happened to me. I have become unsettled and I hope to be on the other side of that soon.

When I am, I have a lot of projects in mind and I have a lot of changes I want to make. I am seriously considering the abolishment of monthly reviews. Why? Well, I always want to hoard every photo for the months end and I always want to save every story for the review. When the time comes though it is a lot of work to get all those photos together and I feel pressure to say something interesting with each one. Which I have been failing at greatly.

Instead, I would like to post more often. I still dream of balance. I want to comment on all of your sites and tell you how wonderful and creative you are. I look forward to that. Until then, please know that you are ridiculously talented and terribly inspiring! Hugs. xox-vv.

Sold Out.

Hello lovelies! I want to quickly thank everyone who purchased a Shy Monsters Coloring Set from Mahar Drygoods. They are all sold out again, which is fabulous! Thank you Amy and Robert!! There should be more on their way soon, but the amount will be limited. Hugs. xox=vv.

News & Reviews.

Oh hello again lovelies! Oh boy, am I ever behind with my January review. Oh my goodness, I apologize! You only have to wait a moment more (I know these reviews are just sooo exciting) because I want to share some nice news with you.

First of all, February 4th marked the first anniversary of the vegasandvenice blog.

Secondly, we put an offer on this one bedroom one-and-a-half bath condo this morning and a few hours later we had mutual acceptance! I am very superstitious (dunno why) so IF we close it will be in a little more than three weeks. Yay! I feel positive that there will be more about that later. Now, lets start the January review.

Sadly, we will be leaving this lovely view behind. What could be better than the city and the mountains and the ocean? Talk about a million dollar view. This is the Space Needle from my pillow. Conveniently, I did not even have to lift my head to watch the fireworks on New Years Eve, which was nice because I was already asleep.

I am starting to see a theme with this whole "review" thing. Trees. Apparently, I take a lot of tree pictures because they always show up in the monthly review. I did not even know I liked trees so much.

Do these pictures even need explanation? Probably not. Cute sleeping Charlie Pup and his grumpy one-eyed side kick (who is really not so much grumpy but instead quite cuddly).

These are from the Press condos in Seattle. We had a great tour and a nice visit but decided it was not the right place for us. Lovely, but not the right place.

Sadly, we felt the same way about the Decatur. It was a bit too far from our desired location, but I loved the view.

You know what else I love? You. Thank you for all of your support. I am sorry that I could not finish this post last night (I wasn't feeling so great). We watched Marie Antoinette and cuddled which was very, very nice. I send you all some of our extra cuddles. xox=vv.

Mending.

Oh gosh and golly Lovelies! I am sorry that this update has taken so very long to post. I am running a bit behind. Our bed has been my constant companion as I recover from a back injury. This post is evidence that I am on the mend. I hope to post a January-in-review shortly.

Until then, here is a little postcard I made, oh goodness knows how long ago. It was promptly sent off to the charming and delightful Mrs. Dawbis as part of an on-going (I don't know how I got so lucky) postcard trade. I am soo terribly pleased that we have become friends.

Please know that you are all in my hearts and in my thoughts. I appreciate every kind word that you have shared with me. I have not forgotten them and I look forward to responding to them all. Hugs. xox=vv.

November & December In Review.

Hello again Lovelies. I found some pictures from both November and December. I hope you like them.

This beautiful snow came shortly after we put the house on the market. Six inches of lovely white snow! The whole world seemed strange and exotic. Walking Charlie by the nature reserve at the end of our street we could hear the trees crack and groan as they were overtaken by the ice.

November was a particularly nerve wracking month. Our house went into escrow and my stomach went into knots. I thought that buying a home was a tumultuos experience but I now firmly believe that it is not half as bad as selling one. I took these photos while I stood waiting in the cold for a very thorough house inspector to complete his work.

On the 22nd of December our escrow closed and we left our first home for the big city. It was somewhat bitter sweet. I know the house is in very good hands though, and that makes me feel better.

In November we also lost our beloved family car. It belonged to my great uncle, my grandparents, my step-mom, my aunt and finally my dad before he sold it to us. This is a picture of it moments before the donation company towed it away. We brought a new car into the family which has turned out to be the perfect city car. We named it Link. Charlie likes Link.

Everyday things became less mundane from the front seat of our new car. Isn't it interesting how that happens? How your perception is altered by the smallest changes in your environment.

In the last few weeks though, our entire environment has drastically changed. We love it and we are adjusting well. It has the strangest mixture of feeling completely like home while at the same time feeling completely foreign.

We celebrated New Years in the most mundane way though. We had a tennis championship on our Nintendo Wii. My mom (who was visiting) won by a land slide even though it was all completely new to her. She decided to leave her job to become a tennis pro and is now sponsored by Nike. True story.

This last group of photos are somewhat random. A quick project in our new space, a glimpse of our new kitchen and lastly the most beloved contents of our security deposit box. Hugs. xox=vv.

Life Seems To Move Forward.

Oh lovely people, how I adore you! I have missed you so. Life has been awfully hectic here as I am sure it has also been there. I am afraid I do not have a photographic December in review. I am not even sure we took any pictures in December. If I find some I will post them shortly.

In the meantime, may I share another scan with you? I found these letterpress calendar cards at Anthropologie. They were half price and at little over a dollar a piece I thought that it would be a great way to assemble some framed art for our new place.

We are currently living in an apartment on Capitol Hill, while we look for a condo. We really love the area and want to be as close as possible to our current location.

I am delighted to be back online. I have so much that I want to share with you. Hugs! xox=vv.

Thirteen Days.

Hello Lovelies. I know that there are more important things going on in our lives right now, but I thought I would share this with you anyway. Last Sunday, we excepted an offer on our home. The buyers have asked for a rush close, so in 13 days we may be moving to the city.

We are of course in the middle of escrow and hopefully everything will go smoothly. Currently, we have nowhere to go and home full of things we need to sell or otherwise get rid of.

If we get to the advanced stage of buying a new condo we are hoping for a 500 square feet studio downtown, which should be quite a change from our 2100 sqft home with a 500 sqft garage studio and 7400 sqft lot (most of which is backyard).

Hence, our moving cards (above) created by William Heath Robinson for his 1936 book How To Live In A Flat. "Washing Day" "The Garage" and "An Artistic Way of Hiding an Unsightly View" are my three favorites. Aren't they cute?

So, we will continue to be in a state of flux for a while. I am thinking of you all and miss you. I apologize for the delay in communications and please know that I am always extremely appreciative for all of your kind words, your sweet support and your overwhelming inspiration. Thank you a million times! Hugs! xox=vv.

Let It Snow.

Oooh hi there lovely and wonderful people! Did you know that we had six plus inches of snow this weekend and that it has stuck around for a few days now. We are expecting a bit more. It's crazy and early and delightful.

Of course, when you run out of milk before the snow comes, it is hard to wait for it to all melt before the siren song of Raisin Bran is to much to bear. So today we finally left the house for milk and I took this polaroid to share with you. I hope you like it.

Also, "Shy Monsters Coloring Sets" are re-stocked at Mahar Drygoods just in time for Christmas! We also resolved our scanner issues and the paintings in the previous post are now up-to-date.

I am still working to catch up with you and I am thinking of you all! Hugs! xox=vv.

Getting Somewhere.

Hi Lovelies. How was your Thanksgiving? How are you all doing? Today I am looking forward to catching up with you all. I have finally had a chance to sit down at the computer and add these to the new Etsy. I am still working on a new banner and logo, so please excuse my dust.

My scanner has stopped working (one of those months I guess), so these are photos of my little paintings. The photos really do not do them any justice they are a bit more vivid than they look. The panels are a lovely white. Of course the bigger issue is if anyone will like them. I am not sure how they will do, so I am trying to be as brave as I can. xox=vv.

Update: The middle painting has sold to the lovely, talented and sweet Ashley & Drew! Thank you both a million times! I am so terribly pleased!

Darn. Soon I Hope.

Hi Lovelies! This is a quick note to say that Etsy is still being perfected and I will wait until it is ready before showing you my few little goodies.In the meantime, I will have to do a little painting so that I have something to show you a little later (hopefully tonight). I am getting a new order ready for Mahar Drygoods and I am also working on several packages for lovely people who I desperately need to send things to!

Our car may not be repairable, so I am afraid you may hear a bit more about the outcome of that. I am feeling very disconnected, but still thinking of you all! Hugs! xox=vv.

Our Car Done Broke.

Oh hello Lovelies! Have I mentioned lately that you are ALL on my mind? Well, you are! It is nice to have you on my mind because otherwise I would have to think about our transmission pump problem that is affecting the carburetor, the rear bumper and umm ... the glove compartment!! (?) Those are all car words right? Yes, well I am sure that they are all some how affected by whatever done broke on our car! Now Charlie is constantly barking his big scary dog bark that gets on my nerves, because He is off getting a rental car and left the dogger at home with me! Fun!!

This absolutely beautiful card is from the beautiful Miss Dawbis. It arrived today and absolutely made my heart sing! Isn't it incredibly perfect in every way? I agree, it is!! Thank you miss. You made a downhill day pick up and fly off into the clouds, where I now sit upon #9. There is a small similarity to a card that I am working on for her which I will show you later, however this card is a million times better! A million times better!!

In other news Etsy is still down, so I will share a tiny amount of goodies with you tomorrow and put them up for sale. It has been a loooong time since I have had anything available at Etsy. Also, a few more Shy Monster Sets will be on their way to Mahar DryGoods very soon! Yay!

Did I mention that I am thinking of you? Oh I did? Good! Hugs! xox=vv.

New Phone Day.

Oh aren't you sweet to stop by! I am sorry that this post does not contain any juicy craft photos. Of course I am not really sure that I have any juicy craft photos. I think I will have to work on that! Note to self: Try to make craft photos not only well lit, but also juicy! There!

Yesterday was new phone day. We have to upgrade our cell phones once a year. Our phones do not ever make it through a whole year. This time my phone lasted oh .... four months. After that, it developed this delightful habit of shutting itself off whenever I answered a call. His Razr worked fine, mine was horrible. After a few unsuccesful encounters with Motorola, we decided to go a different route, Samsung. These may be returned within the week as we are not 100% sold on them. The salesman would NOT give us a minute to discuss our options by ourselves. He was nice, but constantly trying to close. Oh and the photos came from Letstalk.

On another note, Blogger has added a new feature called Labels. I may be doing a lot of reposting while I try to get things up-to-date. Please forgive this inconvenience Blogliners, I apologize. I believe that you can chose not to see updates if you look at the subscription options for my site. I would be very happy to help if you have any questions!

Etsy goes live again tomorrow and I am very excited! I love newness! You are pretty darn fabulous too! Hugs! xox=vv.

Newnessiosity.

Oooh hello again lovelies!! Are you having a nice evening? I know that I posted mere moments ago, but then I switched over to the newer version of Blogger and I felt that I should test it out.

Etsy will also be upgrading this weekend and should have a new format on Monday. I think it will even address the issue of "combined shipping." Yay! I am hoping to have a few little goodies ready around the time of the new Etsy.

I am thinking of you all! Please keep your fingers crossed that all of these changes go smoothly! Thanks and Hugs! xox=vv.

Attempting To Build A Blog 7.

I am here. Shhh ... wanna see something fun? I am working hard behind the scenes to make the vegasandvenice experience more enjoyable. I am hoping it will not be too much longer

In the meantime hope you like the new gift tags which may be available in the shop very soon! Trust me, five out of five kittens agree that these tags are fun! (Okay we only have three kittens, but we are inferring that two other kittens would also appreciate them) and this is just the prototype including my very first button! Ooh and I am trying some new things here. The goal is to make this site efficient so that I can inrease my post rate. so please continue to pardon my dust. We are much much closer now though! Miss you wonderfuls. xox=vv.

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Attempting To Build A Blog 4.

Hello again wonderfuls! Is this where I get on the bandwagon? I searched for this little bit of fun a couple weeks ago with Miss Solomon's help and it arrived a couple days later along with some extra ink and a few accessories. Yipee! I can not wait to actually make a gocco print. I don't know what to make though.

I do need to get a few things finished up first, so I guess that I have some time to think about it. I am still working on the site. Obviously, it is still not perfectly perfect over here, but it is fast now! Yay. I can post in approximately four seconds and now I have the ability to upload only modified files (which was not possible with iweb). The house is a mess. An absolute mess. I've been working behind the scenes on quite a few things here and the house is certainly suffering. I look forward to returning your sweet e-mails and catching up with all of you. That will be my reward for finishing a few more of my chores. Communicating with you all is a wonderful reward. In the meantime, I am thinking of you and wishing you all well. Have a wonderful day dear ones. xox=vv.

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Attempting To Build A Blog 3.

Hiya lovely girls (and boys? hmmm .. I don't think so), I am sorry if I implied that I knew anything about css or xml yesterday. I did not mean to make it sound like I have any real clue about anything and I apologize. I simply meant that I had to figure it out sans the book. I did rely heavily on website tutorials and tips. Ms. Solomon is very correct, there are many people out there at all different learning levels and I hope I was not insensitive. I was frustrated and a little shocked that the tutorials for complex software programs were teaching you about text formatting 3/4 of the way through the book. Today I deleted and rebuilt the site three times. At the end I decided that I was happier with it this morning so I simply downloaded yesterday's version and scrapped all the changes. Ah well. The most important thing to me at this moment is being able to let you know that I am here behind a curtain of confusion and I hope it will clear away soon so that it is easier to share with you. Good night sweet ones. xox=vv.

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Attempting To Build A Blog 2.

All right, I am pretty sure this is a battle, but still completely unsure of who is winning. Am I getting closer? Gosh and golly, I hope so. We may need to make a book exchange tomorrow. The ones I have are a bit too "tutorial." As in, "Now open the site that we have created and click on some of the type. Go up to the toolbar and hit the "center" button and change the format of the text to center it on the page." I mean, I know that is not so bad, but first of all come on ... page 225? You have got to be kidding me! Is there still anyone out there who does not know how to center text on a page? Also, I don't want to open your training site. I want to work on my site. I do not need a tutorial on everything. Just please tell me how to edit the css and the xml (both of which I figured out the majority of on the first day sans books). I want all the details but I don't need to open three other programs to learn how to center the font.

Oh yeah, and here is a postcard I made. not to be a tease, but I am sure there will be more on that later. I am exhausted. well, all my love to all you lovelies! xox=vv.

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Attempting To Build A Blog 1.

Hello. This is not as fun or easy as previously expected. As a matter of fact, it is quite an unpleasant experience all-in-all. Today I figured out a lot of behind the scenes information. Tomorrow I will have to figure out how to make this look a lot lot prettier. I am very happy that you visited in the meantime. I miss you all. I am going to attempt comments. I would love to know if it works. thank you. xox=vv.

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The Paper Source Of All My Joy.

Oh, the Paper Source ... hmmm ... happiness! I have some more goodies but these were on hand during the photo shoot. Anyway, I will tell you more about the purpose of these items at a later date.

There is more pressing news right now. Did you notice the new main page? What do you think? There may be quite a few changes to come which stem from my overwhelming need to post in less than 4 hours. In the meantime I thought I would try out a bit of the new design on the front page while I work on the whole site on a bigger scale. That way, if you hate it or you hurt yourself pointing and laughing, I have time to change it before to many people get hurt! I am curious to know what you think.

p.s. We keep getting orders and we are very close to printing now!
So, please email me at vegasandvenice@comcast.net if you are interested in purchasing a Shy Monsters coloring book or stickers in the next run. I will keep the run very limited again and only order the amount requested. Thank you very much! Have a wonderful day!!

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Work + Work + More Work = In Progress.

I finished Matilda! After four attempts and quite a few days, she is finally finished and now my sewing machine makes this sheepish noise “Baklunk, klunk, baklunk ... ahem, baklunk.” So the sewing has halted. I bought new needles and sewing machine oil and sewing machine lubricant in hopes that one of those things will help it to feel better. I am only showing a piece of her to you right now because I wanted to give you time to prepare. Especially, those of you who hurt themselves laughing and pointing after seeing my last post *ahem ... cough... ahem... Miss Solomon*! Tomorrow, I will post more.

In the meantime, I have hand drawn 1200 stickers in the last two weeks. Not to mention all the mailing envelopes, little cards and sticker package labels. My hands hurt. Now I am drawing stickers for fun! You know what they say “No pain ... uh... no 1 inch round dots to adhere to stuff randomly.” I am spending a lot of time drawing and I am working on a birthday present for this girl I know.

I need to put together a post called 150 things to show you, because literally I have like 150 things to show you. The days have been a bit to dark for photography or I have not been feeling good or I have been busy or well any number of things. The biggest thing of all though is that it is taking me like 5 hours to post! I do not know if it is my Yahoo upload or Iweb or what, but seriously it is ridiculous! I want to re-design a bit, but it just takes so long that I am not sure if I should try building with another type of software. Anywhoo...

Thank you a million times for bearing with me. It really means the world. You are all so supportive and encouraging. It has always been my dream to be an artist, but I don’t even think that I can draw. It is a strange predicament to be in. For the first time in my life, with a lot more practice and all of the kind words that you have shared with me, I feel like it may be a dream come true!

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They Are Here.

Yippee Ka Doo! The coloring books came back from the printers today. I am very excited! I am still pretty nervous about the whole thing, as I have the frightening feeling that they will be here gathering dust for years to come.

I realized today, that if I was really trying to market the book, then I would have made the cover bright and fun and attractive. However, I was really hoping that people would color the cover in the colors that they love. Even if it is not all that exciting from a sales point of view. Ah well. I simply can not wait to get them up in the shop. I would like to maybe have a couple other things there too over the next few days!

I have a ton and a half of packages to get out. It’s on it’s way tomorrow, I promise! So I will address that first and then get together a miniature group of things for the official shop opening *eek*! I think that I will have a miniature “Grand Opening” party and send out tiny little flyers and virtual glasses of champagne! What do you think?

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In The Mood.

I am in the mood for a complete overhaul. The website, I mean. On the other hand, what couldn’t use an overhaul around here? This is my new business card, although, not the best version of it (hmmm... looks blurry). It goes along with the new shop.

I wanted to post yesterday to tell you that I had the coloring book in hand. Alas, it was not meant to be. We went to the printers to see the proof and there was a few necessary changes to be made. They called this afternoon though (hopefully everything is fixed) and they are finally all ready! We get to pick them up tomorrow! Yipeee!

In the mean time, I really want to mix the site up a bit to reflect the feeling that I have going on in the business card here. Oh well, one thing at a time ... one thing at a time!

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Quick Update.

I should stop promising to do things “tomorrow” and instead say “upon my next post” because every time I do that something always comes up. I will be reformatting my computer in preperation for the loveliness that will arrive tomorrow from the apple store. More information about that upon my next post (which I really do hope will be tomorrow). I am trying to catch up with e-mails and I would like to read and leave comments and all your lovely posts. Please bear with me! I am thinking of you ALL!

In the meantime I leave you with an update to yesterday’s post. There is a better photo of Lisa’s painting, which could not even pretend to begin to capture her loveliness!

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Super Duper Scary.

This is the most frightening thing that I have ever done. That is saying a lot because not only have I para-sailed, but on that same trip I spent four days in a very very small cabin (which included only one window that would not open) with both my mother and my husband on a cruise ship and I am claustrophobic.

I am very reserved about putting anything I create on this website. I am very afraid that you will all laugh and laugh and laugh at me (not to mention all the pointing and staring). I am trying to be a bit braver, but there are so many incredibly talented people out there and that is overwhelming. A few days ago I decided that I was going to finally create the coloring story book that I had thought about so many times. It is 12 pages of hand drawn illustrations. I still need to add the text, but I am stepping back for a couple days. This book will be a child/parent participation book. There will be spaces to share your own thoughts with the monsters and a couple big words.

These may be up in the shop (not yet online) individually or in a pack that may include some or all of the following: a cloth monster bag, the coloring book, an activity book, crayons, a small pencil, stickers, labels and a monster membership card.

I am very frightened about revealing this to you, mostly because of the laughing and pointing, and really I would love to know what you think. Am I making a fool of myself?

Thanks for letting me share! Hope to catch up with blogs and comments and emails soon!

Update: This book is definitely for adults. I was simply afraid that you would wonder about a couple of the big words being appropriate for children too (like salutations). I am continuing work on these this week and I hope they will be out very soon! Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments!

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Look Who’s Commenting Now Baby.

Just trying to get these comments working. Prairie Dog with me (read as: “Bear with me” then insert some real wit here!)

Ooh! I think we might be getting there!

All right we are getting things fixed up a bit! Comments should be up and running. Try not to all post at once! Thank you for even reading this. I am in your deepest debt!

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The Post In Which I Tell You That We’ve Got Five More Years To Look Forward To.

We've got five more years to look forward to.
Mere moments ago, I made a long term decision that will greatly affect us all. Well okay, there is really nothing required on you part. I, however, had to hand over the big bucks. In an effort to save money though, I renewed vegasandvenice.com for five more years instead of one. Now I am having commitment issues. I think I will have to start looking for a younger website and perhaps I’ll buy a sports-car!

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We’ve Lost Contact.

Well, we had an extremely quick winner for the silly “comment about the tree” competition (who has been notified) and a little prize will be sent out shortly. Yippee! More information on this in the coming weeks I hope. I am hoping for a more official unveiling of my latest addiction (read: craft obsession) soon!

In other news, I guess that my contacts liked living in my eye even less than I liked having them there, because they both attempted suicide today. The right lens, however, succeeded in it’s morbid quest, after it jumped out of my eye and landed goodness knows where. I remained completely unaware until I tried to remove it several times tonight without success. The only thing that made me even begin to suspect this tragedy, was that my right eye felt far more comfortable than my left throughout the evening. Later, my left eye became extremely uncomfortable however, in what I can only assume was heartbreak due to the loss of it’s mate.

P.S. I know that the title of this post is another bad attempt at wit. The subject of this post is completely apparent to you smart little cookies. I apologize. It is obvious that I need to take baby steps (probably at least twelve of them). Besides, I had better remember to tread lightly, one of my contacts might be on the ground.

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