Well, thanks to a few days of cooler temperature we've been getting off and on, I am slowly managing to get ahead of the mess that is the backyard. Once I get done, I'll post some before and after shots to show you guys just what a difference it is! XD

Meanwhile, planning for Yule has begun! Tomorrow, I think I'll start putting decorations up.

And I need to go to spotlight to find some lovely cotton in fruit prints. Why? To with the new decorations I have for my nails! They just came in the mail from ebay and I'm really looking forward to giving them a try. They look SO cute and yummy!( Pic Under Cut )

Ugh. My hands hurt. My whole body hurts. I'm watching Pirates 3 on tv and all I want to do is stretch out on the bed and rest.

All because I decided today would be a good day to start weeding my garden. Only, it's so bad that's it's not really weeding, it reclaiming. The back yard has resembled a jungle for some time now and working on it has not been a priority, but I want to be able to enjoy it this summer, so something has to be done.

Unfortunately, I should have worn gloves. Cause my hands are just wrecked now. Good thing I'm not currently trying to keep my nails long, because they would be a lost cause now. And I really worked my butt off today and ALL my muscles are reminding me of that fact. Tomorrow is going to suck.

( Oh yah, here's pics! )

Ow.

If someone had told me 8 years ago that I would be living in Sydney but wishing I could go back to Canada, I would have told them they were nuts. At the time, I really couldn't get away from home fast enough and was very excited by the thought of moving here. I still love living here, very much, but I miss home, familiar places and people and hate being so very far away. Could I possibly have picked a place further away to live? Thank goodness for living in the age of technology. Keeps people in touch better but sure can't prevent one from getting home sick.

Ah well, c'est la vie. Guess we'll see what the future brings.

Yah, I think the title says it all. I should just leave this like that! But no, I'm actually going do an entry cause I suck at entries.

So, what's been happening? Been busy at home a lot, trying to sort stuff here, get projects done work on work stuff and folio stuff and so on. Sad to say but I really haven't left the house much this past month and I really should.

Went to Auckland, NZ, though, for Armageddon. Really enjoyed that, met some awesome people and finally got to put faces to names on at least two! *waves at anariazar_rel and pinkdiamond* Visit wasn't nearly long enough, we didn't get to see much outside of Central Auckland and I didn't get to jump off the Sky Tower as planned but we hope to go back soon. We've been invited to visit WETA so that just give us even more reason to get back as quick as we can.

Been playing a lot of Halo 3:ODST lately, trying to get all my achievements and what not. Geeky, I know. But it's a lot of fun and I enjoy the game play aspect of it almost more that the original Halo 3. It's more compact in storyline and you have to do a lot more thinking as you play, less random killing/reacting. I've always been a big fan of the Halo games, the first one was the only reason we bought the boat anchor (aka original XBox) and now that I seem to be getting my sewing and costuming mojo back, I'm inspired to work on my Halo cosplay ideas. Part of what has REALLY inspired me was meeting the voice of the Master Chief in Auckland. Such and awesome guy and just reminded me how much I do love the games.

So now we're back home and dealing with daily grind crap again. I'm trying to sort through the sewing room, which is nicely clean and organized these days, and get rid of excess costumes I don't need anymore and plan future projects. I have the urge to make a lot more clothes atm. Especially now that I just got some really awesome shoes in the mail! Need things to wear with them!

Going to also get on top of weeding the garden so that varietys_liar, faerie_mistress and sewaddicted can come over during the summer months and sit out there for tea and stitch n' bitches. May also enlist the help of said inmates friends! We'll see...there's just so much crap out in the yard right now that first I have to motivate myself to tackle it!

Anywho, going to run off and do stuff now. I'm currently ripping a dress I made apart cause I'm realizing I'm really only happy with it as a skirt now. Need to get as much as I can done today while I have the house to myself. (Marco's playing in the bush with a friend right now)

Oh yah, didn't get up to much for Halloween cause everyone was busy doing something else and we'd just gotten back from Auckland. Got three Trick or Treaters though! Next year, we will do something. *plots*

Now...where to start? Oh yah!

I recently found a site that lets me direct stream eps of shows that I have never watched so that's what I'm doing...assuaging some curiosity. Like this Smallville everyone goes one about? I mean, DC! Who'd watch that? Now, Marvel I could understand....*debates ducking for cover* Can't entirely complain though. There's a certain insane, bald actor on the show that I share a birthday with so that's amusing for me.

Oh, and One Tree Hill. Not normally anywhere in the realm of my usual choice of shows but I figured, what the hell? Besides, I do like basketball...and cheerleading. Can't be all bad, right? So far, I'm not hating it. I hear CMM is a total douche bag in real life, though.

Meanwhile, I needed something to do with my hands while fast pacing through eps of said shows so I pulled out my fabric paints. I have these really awesome jeans that are getting kinda full of holes but I still love the jeans so I just patch them up. Now, I have started painting on them. See pics. XD
( Pics Under Cut For Sanity! )

*runs off to be a dork some more*

Just a quick post to show what I got up to this weekend...a continuation of my last post, if you will.

( Pics under cut to save you from the horror! )

Now, I just have to make a few adjustments and do a whole horror themed photoshoot. :)

Better watch out cause Harry's going hunting! :)

Okay, after admitting that I flake out on my LJ stuff and that I currently have too much time on my hands, I have knuckled down and decided to stop being a twit.  Woo Hoo!  So, no more scared of LJ but will still be trying to blog post and stuff...cause I can.

This brings me to do second post in two days!  Course, today I plan to cheat a tiny bit because I also realized I had a bunch of pics on my camera that I hadn't put anywhere, so I'm gonna nail them up here as well as on FB.  Two birds, one stone.

( Here kitty, kitty, kitty...oops! I mean, images under here for sanity. XD )

So, there yah go.  Wasn't that fun?!  I'm going to go feel miserable for myself a while longer while I kick the last of this bloody cold.

Psst...like my avatar? *pets the pretty*

Okay, logged in today to try and catch up on the LJ stuff I haven't read.  So much stuff!!!  I'm really sorry if I haven't been on here much.

I swear, I LOVE everyone on my LJ to bits but it really kinda terrifies me sometimes to log in because there is always so much to read and catch up and sometimes I don't know what to write or if I should comment and...ergh!!  So, I often procrastinate and avoid LJ in my rounds of site checking-in.

It's been even harder lately because of the distressing lack of internet but that has now been fixed and I no longer need to rely on the local McDonald's for net access.

Thankfully, I have a new cell phone, finally, and I love it to bits...and it has internet capability on it!  Of course, like all small net devices, some sites work better than others on it.  LJ is a bit intensive for it at times.  However, I recently have signed up for a Blogger account and it seems to work very easily.  And I HAVE actually been posting there a bit.  Why did I get a blogger?  A combo of easier to use, not LJ scary and why not?  I mean, I already have so many other net sites I barely use, what's one more? :D  But anyone who wants to can pop over to read the ramblings there and you don't even have to sign up to be able to comment.  Another bonus, though I don't think anyone will read it.  Ooh, added bonus!  Because there's, like, NO ONE reading it...I can be a snarky, sarcastic bitch to myself if I feel like it. *lmao* Man, do I wish someone would some of with a 'sarcasm' button.  Or font or emoticon ro SOMETHING!  A version of italics maybe?  I feel handicapped without it. XD

I also really wish there was some major program I could download that would network ALL of my net pages together in one easy to access spot.  I demand somebody invents one!!!

Okay, that was fun...

Got two things in the mail today, which was awesome cause I'm sick again and need as many distractions as possible.  One was my thigh high converse style boot/shoes.  They really are thigh high, solid black converse (though I have both red and white laces if I feel like a change)  Thankfully, they have zippers on the inside of the leg so once you have them laced the way you like, you use that to put them on and take them off.  Can't wait to wear them out!

The other thing I got was my pack of ordered MOO mini cards.  They came out pretty well and are small and simple.  I used an assortment of costume/cosplay images on them so they're also pretty distinctive.  Should come in handy for when I have to to go to Aukland Armageddon.

Hoping to kick this cold asap.  Friday I have an appointment to get my new ice skates sharpened and then might be going rollerblading in Parramatta Park with varietys_liar.  Then it's back to Parra Park on Sunday for a Regency Tea with faerie_mistress and sewaddicted and I have to make sure my outfit is ready before then.

Okay, enough rambling for now.  I really should try and sleep some more. *sigh*  Sonuvabitch I hate being sick!

Btw, I would just like to say a nice little thank you to K Rudd for my skates, converse and new phone. XD  Now I just need to get my new bookshelf and I'll be all set. (Spent last friday/saturday without net, so what did I do? Rearranged, cleaned and moved furniture.  Now I need a new bookcase for all the stuff I DIDN'T throw out!)

Okay, bye now. *flees*