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merimask ([personal profile] merimask) wrote2009-01-12 06:40 am

Deep Freeze

Oh no, it is going to get COLD here this week!  It's about 15 degrees outside right now and guess what?  That's what will pass for a high temperature this week.  On Thursday the high temp is supposed to be 2. 

See...it's so lovely in the summertime; the sun sets at 9:30 PM and it's warm and 80-ish for most of the summer and the lake moderates the temperatures and blunts the force of storms (so we never get tornadoes or scary stuff like that) and it's just plain glorious.  The flipside?  Well, I'm living on the flipside of all that right now.  *sigh*  Three more months...just three more months.  By April I'll be on the bike trails again.

In the meantime I'm keeping myself super busy!

Another "Harlequin Romance" mask.   You know...I actually really like doing them!

I also worked on a bunch of little dragon half-masks 'cause I had a lot of Etsy requests for those.






Oh, and hey I figured out a sure way to get swamped with orders; just announce "I'm bored!  Got any suggestions for fun new ideas?" in my LJ.  Apparently it's a lot like washing your car (and then it rains).  But I'm still working on a gothic cathedral mask & a "Great Wave" mask.  'Cause yeah, the artist has to love what she does or it's about as much fun as being an accountant.

Meanwhile, my middle is finally beginning to feel better after my bout of ab-workout-stupidity.  I totally crippled myself!  Well, it was a good weekend to stay in and get some work done anyway, I suppose.

By the way; I saw a movie called "Little Children" on HBO.  Kate Winslett was in it...it was an incredible movie but absolutely disturbing.  What "Desperate Housewives" wants to be (if it was a serious study about truly desperate, selfish housewives and not just a silly romp).   Anyway it was one of those movies that stays with you & makes you think...a lot like "American Beauty" in many ways.   I love movies like that.

More work to do!  I still have a few Etsy requests to finish today.

 

[identity profile] zannachan.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! It's supposed to get bitterly cold here this week as well, though it sounds like you're supposed to get even colder. Brrr!

Glad to hear that you're busy again on Etsy. Busy is good.

And I'm glad that you're recovering from all those crunches you did.

[identity profile] merimask.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man SO COLD. Tomorrow the windchill is supposed to be between -20 and -30. That's...unbelievably cold. And of course I have things to do that involve going outside... :-(

Been keeping the ball rolling in Etsy. It's hard work, seriously. I'm jumping through hoops but that's ok...good to be actually making money in these terrible times.

[identity profile] zannachan.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
If you have to be outside, bundle up, cover everything you can, and don't stay out too long--at least the weather forecast here warns about dangerously cold temperatures and you don't want to get frost bite or hypothermia.

I can't wait to see your wave masks.