I'm not dead yet aka how I rearranged the house before cody came home part 1

I thought for sure Cody would kill me and he was a little cheesed at all the rearranging. It's grown on him though and now he enjoys it. It really did seem to open up the house more.

It started as a simple rearranging of the artwork. It progressed to moving the couch, the table, the tv, his computer, the boys' bed, the boys' toys, and some cabling. Yeah. He had a reason to be steamed.

It looks nice now though and he has his own computer room. So here's the view from the front door:


This is the area near the front door. The couch used to be here and scrapped along the wall apparently. There's also dirt marks from the cats laying on top of the couch. I'll have to repaint the wall, but haven't done it yet. The white canvas will be painted gray and then have the blood trail extended to it. I think I'll move the canvases around on the wall a little too, but it works for now.



This is where the tv used to live. I took half our books and put them in Cody's new computer room. I hung the non savages up on the wall where other art used to be. I also pulled out the alcohol bottles we have that match my color scheme. I wasn't expecting to find bottles that color, but they work. Notice Cody's gnome on the floor and the hello kitty pirate art.


This is my 25 cent fish bowl I bought at a thrift store and painted. The idea came about because of the fish I killed in Japan. I tried to flush them before the kids saw the dead fish, but apparently Zach saw me. It got to the point that Zach thought every morning you wake up and flush a fish down the potty. I was relieved when one morning came and no new fish had died. Relieved until 4 year old Zach said "What fish will you flush today mommy?'


This is the hello pirate painting I did. I heart it. Next to it are pirate patches and buttons that I plan on handing out on halloween. I'll need to get a bigger bucket though since the white one doesn't hold it all.


The alcohol bottles. The bird one is a decanter I found at the thrift store. It was pretty cheap and it's freaking heavy. Cody loved it. The whiskey bottle by the jiggelo book is a three section bottle. Once Cody drinks it all, I'll use it for something else.


The savages are now above the couch. I shortened the couch by one section (which went in cody's computer room). We can pull it out if we're having lots of people over, but the 5 section couch was just too long for this room.


My heart is dead inside mobile. It's awaiting doctor who photos and some lyrics, but I hung it up anyway


The new tv area. The teal hanging lanterns don't have a light kit yet, but I'm working on it. I hung them up so the boys can't play with them and break the paper lanterns before I even get to use them. Behind the curtain is the currently messy craft area.


The center piece on the table. The candle is brand new and covered in beads. It was found at the thrift store for 50 cents. Not a bad deal. The fish are salt and pepper shakers.

Etsy goes well

Just when I start to get a little discouraged, someone else places an order for my stuff. It's certainly not enough money to support us (yet), but it's nice to know people like my stuff enough to buy it and I'm making a profit selling things I've made.

It's given me enough of a push to actually get a booth at the WESC craft fair this year. WESC is the enlisted club on base and they do a craft fair every year to raise money for scholarships they give out. I didn't have enough stuff made last year in order for me to attend the fair, but that's different this year. I have quite a few items I can bring with me and I have several months more to shop and make more stuff.

It's exciting for me and I'm hoping it keeps going well.

More Stuff

What I've been working on

June Bug

I found a photo of my mom's dog and changed it a little to make it artsy like some stuff I've been looking at lately. I'm not sure I like it though

endometriosis and a Tumor

I went to the GYN today for a follow up to having my tubes tied. He did the check up and told me I healed well, there's no swelling, and everything looks fine.

Then he pulled out some pictures from my file and said he needed to talk to me about stuff. I apparently have endometriosis. He explained what it is and what it can mean. He said that mine appears to be minor and that it's obviously not causing me issues. I disagree to an extent. I thought it was called "the curse" for a reason and that all women have periods that painful. So it explains a bit and it's something to keep an eye on.

He also said I have a very small tumor that he only found because of the tubal ligation. Honestly I was so floored that I wasn't even sure what to ask him. I think I'll be calling Monday to ask more details. He did say it appeared to be just something to keep an eye on because it could grow and cause problems later, but at this point it is okay.

I don't know, I'm so used to hearing "tumor" and thinking instantly it's bad. I want to get more information from him on what exactly it is, what issues it could cause, and if they need to like biopsy it or something. I can't seem to think clearly when they tell me something is wrong with me though. It gets overwhelming.

I'm okay though apparently. It's just something he found while doing the tubal and he wanted me to be aware of it because we move a lot. He did stress that because of the small tumor, I need to really make sure to get my yearly check up so that they will know if it grew. Honestly? I'd like them to just open me up and cut it out no matter how small it is. I don't want anything like that remaining in my body just because tumor automatically makes me think cancer and it freaks me out even though I know not all tumors are cancerous. It's just... scary.

More creativity

I have had so much fun last night and today creating new stuff. It's been a bit of a rush to look at the things that *I* hand made. Truly awesome

Okay, so here's this vase thing I made today. It's based off of a comic book dude that I just couldn't quit laughing at. It says "Castor oil.... that reminds me of something."





Some button magnets





My pride and joy: The brain cake stand. It says "eat your brains" in french and was inspired by a song by Jonathan Coulton. If you don't know who JoCo is, you're really missing out on a fabulous artist.






And some packages of envelopes I handmade. Each package has 5 envelopes that measure 4 1/4 by 3 1/2. Notice the little g logo? That's my new logo for all my packaging. Yes, that's right. *I* have packaging and a logo now. ZOMG. It looks so much more professional this way.