A Short Update

Found in an image search; cannot tell you where but kudos to who ever did this!

We did not quite get to the point of the photo above, although there were several moments I thought it might happen...I mean, six straight hours of tinkering.......well, it DID cross my mind.

Aw crap! She found me!

I was sure this little guy was appalled that his nice computer home was suddenly *de-buggified* and he was packing it down the road.
Hey, uninvited guests need to learn the ground rules.
So I am now further behind than I was....working on the paper tutorial. Realistically it could be the end of the week when I get it up. I have more photos to shoot and samples to make and Thursday I will be gone all day.
Ta-ta Mon. Bug.
Don't come back.
I don't have another day to lose to computer issues.......
Dealing with the current quirks of Blogger is enough for me.
And now, off to the art tables.

Computer Issues......

"Muh-hahahaha! She won't be on HERE for a while!!!"

Hey Kiddies.....I am pretty sure the little vermin above is in my computer somewhere, and I am looking for him with every tool I have at my disposal.
Should I sudden go quiet for a bit, or you don't get an e-mail response, you'll know the de-bugging has gotten down and dirty.
I actually have ART that I was going to post but with the current situation, I am not sure what is going to work and what isn't. Or if I could reply, etc. 
And I always have something to say.
I'll be around to your blogs eventually.....even if it is the end of the week.
I hate trying to debug.
Especially when I don't know what the heck I'm doing!

Things Seem To Be Working Better.....

(I just like the pics.....nothing to do with the post!)

.......and I am hoping by Monday I will be back up and blogging for real. A tremendous amount of work done here yesterday that gives me hope I might catch up. Not get ahead, but caught up is good! Today is a rest day, or play in the wet studio day.

Health-wise I am pretty much back on my feet, DH is still somewhat under the weather but we have survived the flu-bug-from-Hades. May it return there promptly.......and stay.

So bear with me dear readers! I'll have some interesting things when I start posting again!

And as an aside---I have had a couple of the readers that used info from the tutorial on collage backgrounds to do their own thing, and they have sent me photos. I will be anxious to post those, plus what I have been thinking about for finishing my own.

Now off for a day of rest, other than getting dinner lined up and getting *naturally blond* again...... ;-)

Couch and sock knitting (fern pattern, toe up), here I come!

Pax.

No Blog For YOU!

Okay, it's a bad pun on the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld, but here's the thing; the computer is working only half, I spent ALL yesterday troubleshooting and trying to delete junk programs, I am way behind due to life and have not been able to get anything creative done.
I am taking a break until I can get this blasted heathen machine back working right.
I really, REALLY hate computers and the problems they cause.
I hate sending them in for repair and finding an assortment of programs I did not ask for when they come home.
I wish I had saved my money and bought a Sony Vaio like DH's, because that is the fastest, most trouble free machine I have ever seen.
But I didn't. And don't have the money for one now. If I did, this one would be sold. Love my new flat screen, dislike grossly the CPU. It doesn't even play CD's like my old one......was sort of lead to believe it did.
At any rate, until I can get somethings caught up, done, fixed, well and be a bit more human.......
I'm outta here.

Be back before the leaves fall........

Pax.

This should be my motto.....

Needless to say I snagged this from somewhere; it was in a link from a friend so I have no idea who the credit goes to......but it is an excellent statement of life here at the moment.
I am supposed to get the computer back this morning, however, I have to get cleaned up to go to the Dr. this afternoon, and that is NOT a short process. So how I'm going to manage all this, I don't know. I should have told them I would call when I got back in and life would have been much easier.
No. Oh no. That's too easy. Make it hard on yourself Anne....drink more coffee and really do more stupid things.......FAST.
Last evening DH taught so I took advantage of the time (besides playing on Facebook) to start purging some of the old junk in my studio. I had probably ONE DOZEN bottles of dried up glue. They went. Other thing I don't know what they were or where they came from----OUT. In fact, I emptied one full set of drawers, six or eight, and also the *junque* on top of the drawers. I kept asking myself how artists can be such pack rats and produce anything. Or find anything.
I have put this off for a long time, but the purchase of two new sets of slim drawers for the wet studio forced me to come to terms with a bunch of crappola that had been ignored far too long. If I move THIS over HERE, then I can put THAT over THERE. And geez, that gets old.
I have a feeling you all know the routine far too well........sigh......
The only perk out of all this is there will be several empty sets of nice drawers I can give away when it is all done, which is sort of a motivation for me to keep plugging along. And the second part is usually when I am doing this, the next thing that happens is ART. It is this bizarre ritual of purging (though you could not tell it) then creating. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Now off to transform into the Sex Goddess (SNARF!!!!!!!)......or at least a clean and coiffed version of me.
Drink more coffee Anne; you'll believe anything!
Have a great day folks and I hope your drawers aren't filled with dried up glue.

Hmmmmmmmm........that sounded a bit odd........

Okay you know what I mean! May your studios be filled with plenty and may your creativity be abundant! Is that better????
Pax.

Hmmmmmm.....this looks familiar.....

I'm off air till the computer gets back from it's Summer deworming.......I am not a happy camper at all, but so what else is new. Having to post from DH's computer, where I have no files what so ever.
I have art in the studio that needs photographing and that may be the extent of my day. I know somehow I can upload from the camera to this computer, but prefer to just wait as I want the pix on my little piece of electronic hell........ ;-)
And I just thought---how many of us recognize the image above? And how does that date us??? YIKES!!!!!
Anyway, when I get the metal heathen back and reconnected, I shall return with my usual pithy observations of, ummmmm, everything. So have a good one and I hope that you aren't seeing this test screen too!
Pax.

It's one of THOSE days.....

I'm running late; no art pics as the camera batteries died last night and I chose to finish up some work in the wet studio rather than root for batteries. I have a project glaring at me in the sewing studio that just went wrong. Really. And I slowly am feeling an idea emerge for a fixation of said problem, but right now it is still ugly and annoying.
Things still need cleaning, and that's my fault. Dang it, I can't blame it on a meteor hitting the house or being invaded by dirt gremlins......I have to take full responsibility for this one. And that's driving me nuts. Plus I have a business letter I have to write today that I don't want to, but with the hip in it's current state, I am going to have to gracefully decline a day of teaching. Phooey.
And, the capper to all this is, I'm going to have to call the computer techs and have someone come out and work on my *new* computer because I am pretty sure something evil has wormed it's way in, and is causing all sorts of problems. Now that one, I can blame on gremlins! (which means my computer time will be limited and also my money will be going out the door on gilded wings)
Bear with me gentle readers; this authoress apologizes for lack of art content, even though there truly is art abounding in El Milagro.......I just have to get these other details taken care of first. And sadly, and with empathy from me, I am sure you have all been there too!
On the up side---I already have an idea for another give-away down the road a bit, and even DH thought doing these was a good idea because it is the intent of putting something strictly GOOD out into a rather topsy-turvy world/climate right now. If you can make someone happy with a piece of your art, DO IT!
So hopefully tomorrow I will be going full bore again,rather than feeling like the cat; I just want to hide in a bag and peek out occasionally!!! And of course come out for num-nums........ ;-)
Have a creative day; don't hide it---let it out!
Pax.

P.S. Talked with my tech---I may be computerless for a day or two. I am thinking sedatives are in order......AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!