Work in Progress

I promised pics didn't I?!
Some are with flash, some are without.

This dolls is a doll love Xueying

 

Knitting Projects!

So need pictures of these! Right now I am on this kick to knit dresses for Dolly. This is just one example.

     I am using Patton's Lace for these dresses (And shawls) And they are lovely. The colors are amazing. The one in the picture is Sachet  Right now I am working on one that fades from white, orange, red, dark dark red. It is called Bonfire. So beautiful!

     Dolly has a friend of the larger size visiting. I am making her a dress that is similar out of red and black TLC Amorè yarn. Very lovely! It is so soft and drapey. Will post pics when finished!

Here I Go Again.

     This is the sad saga of my life. My health is not so great due to several things. Mainly a combination of birth defects and diabetes. Well, thanks to my birth defects (Kidneys and bladder) combined with old surgeries and the diabetes I tend to have this little problem. HA! Little my ass~!!

    (BG) My bladder does this thing called reflux. Basically, my urine backs up from the bladder into the kidneys. This causes UTI's. Lots of them.  Well I can't feel UTI's because of the surgeries. (Scar tissue and nerve damage)

     Jan '09 and Jan '10 I was in the hospital due to this. All this eventually led up into a cyst growing behind my right kidneys. (Yes, plural, I have 4 total kidneys, two on each side) This meant lots of tests, at least a week in the hospital, and tubes coming out of places that made me look like a half finished cyborg. It was painful, humiliating, and hard.  The fact that it happened twice in a row, almost exactly a year later makes me more than a little paranoid.

     Well for the past few days I have been feeling twinges in my side. I must say that something that grows to the size of a baseball in your gut can be felt. It is scary.
 
        The first time I thought that I had some severe bowel problem. When I went to the ER they did tests, asked if I had be hit or kicked, it took DAYS to figure out what the problem was . (Some tests have to be spaced out due to different type of dyes they use) It was extremely painful and I was on percocet. Actually, it was easy to tell how bad my pain was by how I used the pills. The instructions say 1-2 pills ever 4-6 hours as needed. Good days I only needed one to help me sleep and one when I woke up. Bad days I was doing two pills every 4 hours. When the pain was that bad they figured that the drainage tube wasn't doing a good enough job and replaced it. After that it did drain well, and I got better.

     Next year I got sick, as in flue like symptoms. Not good when I can't even keep water down. So off to the ER. Before I went though I had some twinges off and on for a few days but was afraid and so I kept it to myself. Who wants that to happen to themselves again? This time was a little easier. They already had a history of this in my records. It was also less painful. I think on of the best parts of that round in the hospital was that I was put into a privet room. Now I don't mind sharing most of the time but a privet room is divine.  It was in the newer part of the hospital and on the transplant floor. I was put there since they had a bed available. Guess I just got lucky. The room was nicer than most hotels!

      And now, when January ran by us, I was happy to report, no new hospital visits.  I counted the days as the weather warmed up. *Sigh* I made it a year without going into the hospital. *Twinge* My side, pulling, aching, feeling thick. It is happening again. I will eventually be in the hospital and eventually have another scar. Well at least they have wifi and I can bring my laptop and still blog. 

Promises

     I have this friend who I will call Cat. Last year, around my birthday, one of the doll companies came out with a new doll that I really, really wanted her. She was perfect for one of my characters.
         (Sucky Promo Pic)

     Well Cat promised to buy her for me as a combo Birthday and Christmas gift. I knew her well enough that I shouldn't of gotten my hopes up, I shouldn't of held my breath.  It has been five months and she has bought and sold several dolls. I saw the signs. I knew before she hasn't pulled through with other promises. I just thought that since this was a big promise that she would do it. NOPE, NADA! ZILCH! ! !

      What does this so called friend do? She went into a split and bought, for herself, the head. And she did  it in the custom color I wanted (Coffee/light tan)

     Needless to say, I am quite upset. It has been five months and this is how she treats me. First making such a big promise and then taunting me with it. After all the little BS things that she has done I am done with her. No more. I am tired of her drama inducing BS. I am tired of her fickleness and her how she plays with  others.
  
     DONE DONE DONE DONE!

Company

     Well, I just hung out with KnightStar and his friends. This was us and two other couples. (Names changed to protect the innocent and the not so innocent)

     There was the awesome and fun couple Joey and Mai, and the lovely Tommy and his new fiancee Paris. We were hanging out at Tommy's place. The idea was movies and games. Most probably Yu Gi Oh and maybe Catchphrase or another group game of hilarity.

     When we got there Tommy and Paris had already eaten. No big deal. Just wish we had some forewarning so we could grab something before hand. Paris was watching some kind of dating shows that none of the guys want to watch and neither did I. (Not sure about Mai.) These shows, to me at least, were all about humiliation and debasement. The old newlywed game was far more entertaining than these. Of course Tommy did want put in a movie that he had rented from redbox (Kinda chickflick but with good deal of sex and naked shots.)
    
      She tried to tell us that we had to go downstairs (Much smaller TV) and watch our stuff there while she would use the big screen TV. Not to mention that with five of us, downstairs would be crowded and uncomfortable. Then of course she had to finish her shows before we could watch what Tommy had rented. She even tried to watch more of another show but let slip that she had already seen it.

     While watching the video of course the guys were making the usual cracks and jokes. Since they don't often see each other we have fun when we get together. (KnightStar, Joey, Mai, and Tommy use to work together) We were going to set up the Yu Gi Oh cards but Paris insisted that there were not going to be any cards. We were of course not happy with this but we acquiesced. Now Paris does live with Tommy so we did respect her wishes even though we don't like her wishes.
   
     During the movie as the guys started to do their own chatting here and there Paris decided to take offense to many of the most inconsequential things that we were all talking about. She took it out on poor Tommy here and there, then and again. We have seen this before. The belittling, the harassing, the insulting. I know KnightStar and I just can't figure out what he sees in her. She is always being bossy, dismissive, and condescending. Whenever we hang out she tries to control what we do as a group. Of course the longer this goes on the less we care what she thinks.
   
     We never really did settle on playing a game together. Big disappointment. We never really did settle on a second movie. I mean they kinda decided on one but not one that we all would enjoy. The conversations kept going in the usual way but with it getting nasty on Paris's part. I stopped participating in the conversation as I felt that I could not be nice if I did.

     I did have my precious Dolly with me (I need to blog a bit more about that) Last time we hung out together I had her then and was working on her black dress. This time i was working on a dress that had some detailed lacework. I had expected the boys to play cards while I knitted and chatted. Tommy asked me about the black dress so I showed him. I noticed Paris give me a look but I didn't acknowledge it. After a while I couldn't even concentrate on that or my DarkElves book that I brought. (ADD kinda sucks. )

      I was bored, tired and hungry. I also knew that Knightstar was not happy. Not with the movie and lack there of games, and definitely not with Paris. I wanted to tell him that I wanted to go home but we were in close quarters with the others and I couldn't sign to him so that he would understand.
   
     One thing I did not notice as he was on the other side of KnightStar, was that poor Joey was getting tipsy due to too much drink Vs. not enough food as well as being upset at Paris. KnightStar enlightened me to this when we got home.


      One thing that did get to me was one thing that Paris said. "These are your (Tommy's) guests, not mine." W.T.F! Hello! We are Tommy's guests! You know it! Then why the hell are you dictating our group fun. This group existed before you came along. ARGGG! ! !

Photography Rights

     So those that know me know I take pictures of dolls. I only have one complete doll currently (One is a floating head. :'( )

    
     In the past I have taken photos of my doll with other dolls. Not to long ago some one who use to be a good friend had asked me (quite politely) that I no longer post any pics that I had taken of her dolls (With or without my doll) This encompass many many pics. It of course has made me quite sad to here this. It also has cut down on interactions that my doll has with others.

     I can understand if some one doesn't want a picture posted. . . just don't let me take the pics in the first place. I was encouraged to take these pics. Ugg.

    Well with this sitting in my mind I have thought about another issue. I make doll clothes. If I am doing it for some one who has a doll that is not like mine, I need the doll as a model. No, measurements or ductape mummy's do not work. So while I am making these clothes I do take in progress pics as well as finished pics. The people who I make these clothes know this. I post the pics on my site so I can use them as examples, show the owners, and for general references.

     I think that in the future, I am going to just post the damn pics. I took them and they belong to me.

YouTube

     I have a bit of an addiction to YouTube.

     Mainly to watch Good Eats with Alton Brown. I do wish to have fun and elegant meals as well as parties (Tea anyone?) but other than home ec and cookbooks I am kind of limited in knowledge. I grew up in a meat and potatoes family so anything fancier is new to me. For vegetables we had either Canned green beans or Canned peas. Fruit was also canned and tended to be pears or peaches. Or even worse, fruit cocktail! Always boxed mashed potatoes. Of course there was changes to the menu but you get the idea of what kind of food I grew up with.
    
     Well, I watch Good Eats here. The person who made the playlists is a good online friend of mine. I watch hours and hours of good eats and I must say, even though my dinner selections haven't been changing much, they are better. I am more adventurous with my food and I am eating healthier!

     Another thing that I watch is performances.  I love watching Juggling! I am learning how to juggle but I am not so good at it yet. As I have stated before, I am quite the klutz! I love standard Juggling as well as Contact Juggling.
          (A wonderful video of some one juggling with balls that light up and change color)

     Of course my friend on YouTube lists these videos as well. I was going to create my own account there but she lists the best to begin with! 

And now I feel up to some practice juggling while watching some Good Eats. Though I will probably have to eat since AB always makes me hungry!

First Post

So I sit here and jump off the cliff into the unknown. Yup. I am starting to blog. I guess I could just start with my plans for the day.
     Recently I made a lovely set of dresses for one of my dolls. Knitted of course. I am going to continue to work on some dresses but for a larger doll. The prototype dress I am working in some standard acrylic yarn but will do the finished dress in a chenille like yarn. I do promise pictures as soon as possible.
     I am also going to be watching Puppy today. I do it every so often for a neighbor. He is not actually a puppy but quite old. Puppy is well behaved and quite loving. We usually just hang around outside while I sit on the net and he sits in my lap. Doesn't make it easy to float on the web with him there but I do love him.
     The rest of the day is for video games. I plan on going through an old game (Champions of Norrath PS2) since I haven't played in a long time. I prefer the wood elf since she is an all around multitasker.
    
     Lately I have been getting more and more into being a proper lady. I feel that the pajamafication of America has done us women a great disservice. It seems that comfort has taken precedence over any kind of sense of proprietary. I mean it seems that no one bothers to actually dress for anything unless they have to. Unkempt hair, baggy clothes, flipflops or slippers. What ever happened to dressing nice? I do try to dress nice myself. Clean clothes that fit. Skirts/slacks rather than jeans. I try to go the rout of looking like a lady.  (Extremes of weather and activities taken into consideration.)
      I am inspired by the Victorian era when it comes to my styles. No I don't actually dress Victorian but that is mainly because I don't have said clothes.  If you wish to label my style still further, aristocrat gothic lolita. Bhaa. I hate labels since they box you in.
    
     I am also into proper etiquette. I am tired of the rude and uncouth ways that are becoming more prevalent. Specially in the younger generations.  I am not trying to be stuffy but basic manners and etiquette is a nice thing to have around. I tend to spend hours on Etiquette Hell. Wonderful site that helps with all kinds of etiquette.

     Tea. . . Now I feel like some tea! Wish I wasn't such a klutz and broke my cute tea set. Oh well. Need a new one anyway that will serve more than me and my dolls!

     I guess I am not really sure what direction this blog will be going but I will try to keep those that read it happy. And yes, I will post pics as soon as possible!