Blood Spattered Comfort Food

My brain she's been eaten by this handsome dude. He's about 12" tall and is an all terrain beastie. As usual, I bemoan my lack of photo skills. I'm getting better, but I have yet to discover the trick to making them look as nice as they do in person. *sigh* one day...

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I've got a cinnamon apple/nectarine/pear/blueberry fruit crisp with oats/real butter/brownsugar/mexican vanilla topping in the oven and chicken curry with rootveggies and awesome on the stove waiting for people to show up. ^____^ and rice in the ricecooker and thick homestyle vanilla icecream in the freeeezer. yus!!

oh man, that fruit crisp topping should caramelize is carmelizing! yey! and I am a very happy jane. ^____^

Blessed Mabon to all who celebrate! :D :D :D

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reader222 and her sweetie had their 15 year vow renewal this afternoon and it was lovely and I got to see people I love and eat bbq. ^__^ yey!

suibhne_geilt drove me and the cakes for the reception down from Madison and we made it with no cake mishaps! ^_^ yay! also, apparently I have not lost my cake mojo the past couple years of not baking. :P

Then awesome folks drove me out of their way to rescue the DoomCar from the mechanic's dungeon. And followed me back to a rest stop so I could catch a nap before driving the rest of the way home. ^______^ so much ♥!

So today was spent with awesome people, insomnia and driving. IS SO SICK OF DRIVING THANKS. D:

I also realized just how stressed I was this past week with my car three hours away in another state. :/ I actually feel like catching up on my commission list and making a few new designs ^___^ yay! (and maybe I'll sleep tonight? I can hope? *sigh*)

Also, I made a very fluffy salmandar for Corin and he made batnoises which for some inexplicable reason always makes me happy. ^__^ Also, I saw Windfarms!! I *love* Windfarms! They also inexplicably fill me with :D :D :D YEY! My perfect house is built near a Windfarm. ^____^

Anywhoo, I have a fabulous armature to put a head on now ^__^ (and some movies to watch while I do so! whee!)

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Here are pics from this weekend! ^___^ I had a lot of fun at the opening. Julie Woodward, the owner was lovely to meet and set up everything and was generally awesome. ^__^ and reader222 was a godsend and fabulous travelpartner. ^__^ Whoot!

And!! The art is fabulous!! Seriously, if y'all are in the Jacksonville, IL area from now until August 7, totally go and check it out!! ^_____^



Here's the window. The dolls are by Oddolls.net I *loved* their teeths! :D and they're huge!

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This is Fox. I finished him up while Betsy drove me from Rockford. I AM IN LOVE. which means I ended up taking more pics of him than of anything else. >_>; oops.

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And this is Mer! Who I also finished along the way. He and Fox are bestest buds, man. ^___^

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Also!! There are the elusive Skellieones. :D Three of them! This guy's name is Skellieone - Black. Descriptive, I know. The other two are Skellieones - Grey and Green. (I was kinda running out of time! D: I don't know what I would have done if Betsy hadn't written out a zillion tags for me! D: D:)

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The show is up until August 7 and there'll be another Gallery Hop then that I will be attending. ^_^ (and then taking my stuff home afterward.) If anyone from around my area wants to come with me then, I'd love the company! And you get to see awesome dolls! whoot! ^___^

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In car news, I called the mechanic this afternoon and he said that the new alternator he put in was toasted and he replaced that and tested it and it's all running and stuff. :/ I hope he's right as I have now spent more money on repairs than I have at the moment. :((

I'll be arranging for a ride out there this weekend when I head back to Rockford for Warren and Betsy's vow renewal and picnic. (Which is going to be Awesome!) Hopefully DoomCar will make it back to Madison in one piece. :/

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Anywhoo, that's the news for the time being. ^_^ I've got other things in the wings, but this post is long enough and it's almost 4am. D: (and I've got stuff to do this morning! ergh.)

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I got home this evening and then went and made art with Artist!Cathy. It was lovely, but I am *so* very tired.

The opening went well, I thought. Betsy drove me and the art there and then drove me to pick up my car. (4-5 hours each way. D:) I managed to drive about 7 miles before the same thing happened again and my car died. :/

I called the cool old towtruck guy again (who greeted me with "So, we meet again!" LOL) and he towed my car back to the shop in Wenona, IL and I went to Rockford where Eric picked me up and drove me home to Madison. OMg so much driving!

THANK YOU!! to Eric and Warren and Especially Betsy for saving me.

I can hardly see straight right now and I think I'm going to sleep for a while now. Sleep is good and posting more is for tomorrow. (and yes, there is more. O____O;; )

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I'm in Rockford, IL atm. I was trying to get to Jacksonville, IL, but my car broke down on the highway at almost exactly halfway there. :/

I get to stop by and see what it's going to cost me tomorrow. Hopefully it's just the alternator and I'll be able to afford getting it fixed to the point that I can drive it home. :/ It was SUPER SCARY, though to be trucking along at 70mph with an SUV on my ass when my dials all went POSSESSED BY ALIENS!! and crazy all over the place and my accelerator refused to work. D: D: I was SO HAPPY I was past the ginormo bridge before that happened. :( :( I ended up stopped on the median in the middle of farmland nowhere (right outside Wenona, IL? That's where my car is now.) and Warren & Betsy were home and drove an hour to come rescue me. (and then drove an hour back! D: D: I owe them SO MUCH NOW.)

And then they gave me dinner and a place to stay tonight. And! Betsy is going to drive with me to deliver the art to the gallery and we're going to stay for the opening and drive back in the morning. SO MUCH ♥! That's a 4 hour each way drive that she doesn't have to do and... and... *clings*

I feel truly lucky to have such awesome people in my life.

I called Mim and Eric too and they played google-fu to get me the numbers of a tow truck and the hotel I had a reservation at so I could cancel tonight and not get charged for it and stuff.

Also, I need to send a thank you to the state trooper who sat with me for an hour and a half while I waited for everything to work out and was rather generous about my surprise suspended registration. ._____. stupid parking tickets. I fail so hard there. :/ so yeah, I'll be visiting again in a month. :/ But he didn't have to stick around either, so I feel very grateful to him for that.

And! the tow place that Eric found for me is a little ornry old guy in overalls with a cheek full of chaw and a Kentucky accent and he was AWESOME. He only charged me $60 to tow my car to a place nearby and was really nice. He said I was lucky as almost all the tow places around there were closed for the weekend and that the place he towed me to would treat me right. I really hope so.

Also (kinda cryptic like) Stacie and Cathy? I owe you so much (you have *no* idea, man) for the help before I left. OMG. You fabulously saved me with that today and I'll totally give you more details when I get back home. O_O

And? for all the fail that today has had, I have some wonderful people in my life and I'm glad. Also, Pan kept me company to whole way and I promised to fix his arm if he stuck around, so I best get on that. ;)

I called Julie from the gallery and she'll be expecting me tomorrow, so tomorrow *better* go better. just saying and all. ^^v

Right now I just want to get some sleep and hope hope I get all the stuff I need to get done on time in the morning. :/ *crosses fingers*

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I am posting in the tiny bit of space I have before my laptop randomly starts blinking and making alarming noises and then shuts down. :/ hopefully I can get this posted? *crosses fingers and types really fast*

I have to wait until Tuesday before I can order another one, but at least I've got the opportunity! ^_^ So for now I'm posting by the seat of my pants in fear of the blue screen of death at every keystroke... :P (twitter is much better for this as I don't type as much and therefore don't lose as much at a time.) This post has been in my drafts and slowly added to for 3 days now. *sigh*

In other news, Wiscon was awesome! and the art show came together so well this year. It was seriously awesome to see so much incredible art all in the same room. I am so proud of everyone! ^_____^ I really think this was the best art show I've had the honor to work on so far. ^__^ *squishes all the fabulous artists* And I got to hang out with so many awesome people I only get to see once or thrice a year, too! yay! I'm totally looking forward to next year!

I am also dealing with my annual bout of con-drop, of course. Fortunately I'm unemployed and therefore have the privilege to not talk to anyone and sit in my room with my sketch pad and kitties and not do much for a couple days. I am happy to say that it's starting to drive me batty and I am now ready to go out and face like, people who expect me to hold a conversation or something. :P :P

Also, last night me and eric went out midnight grocery shopping at Woodmans and it was the fun. :P

So, yus. I post this so people still know I'm alive and wait with bated breath for my new laptop to arrive...

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Did I mention that strangemodegirl is the most awesome person ever? 'cause she totally is. ^____^

Hihi! that is my snow song. I sing it allll day.

now I go work on my boots some more and listen to my audiobook. yay audible! ^__^

( It's mah day in snippets. )