::::Dealing with certain types of people zaps my energy. Not out of weakness, but from exasperation with constant drama, gossip and trails of pettiness that follow them around like muddy footprints ( Read more... )

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Only two calls in response to my lost Scotchie fliers so far. One - from a company trying to get me to pay them, for services I did on my own! $300.00 to send out fliers and make phone calls for me -- and no way to prove to they've even performed the services ( Read more... )

I've only met one other person who has done what I think is the normal amount of work necessary when they lost a pet ( Read more... )

::::One of my three cats is missing. Tomorrow will be 3 days. I don't have any children, so my pets are my babies. I'm so very stoic unless you know me very, very well - or you are one of my babies who has been hurt. In either case, all bets are then off. :0 ( Read more... )

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Very long, because I wanted to write about everything for friends who've had questions about my going to the sleep lab last night. Probably the longest entry I've ever made. I also didn't check for grammatical mistakes, so sue me. :0)

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How Females Choose Their Mates. (Originally found on  ScientificAmerican.com's site, but the article is pay only there)

Listen to the sound of Falling Meteors

Chinese New Years Celebration 2004 - Panorama

Bretagne Coast with animation and sound  (Choose "open movie" & let it load 100%. Grab the photo with your mouse & move, if you haven't ( Read more... )

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::::I said I would take photos of some of my silver charms that I made - so here is one of them. :0)    I oxidized the silver, to make it look more rustic. For reference, it's larger than a dime, but smaller than a nickel. The necklace has all sorts of different stones in it - Tourmaline, Peridot, Iolite & Venetian Glass. Most of which you can't ( Read more... )

::::Another photo of the same necklace while it was still in progress. I just wanted to show you how the stones change in different light. Those hang-y Amethyst beads didn't make the cut in the end & the silver charm wasn't oxidized yet. The necklace to the right (yawn), was made long ago and am now pulling it apart to make something more ( Read more... )