Velcro is back up to speed - she loves the new shower and is up to her usual trouble and box-eating again. Thanks for the well-wishes for her health! She gave me quite the scare!

Today, I got no orders out. I don't feel too horrible, because instead I did very vital things, like fix an error in my shopping cart that sent me a blank order line (and still charged you!) if you didn't select a color. Woops! and of course, I did not manage to discover this on a simple order from a close friend... oh, that would be FAR too nice. No, it had to be on a large wholesale order from a new client and it happened for like 11 items. 'Cause life's awesome like that.

Anyway, all fixed now. Funny what a few little words of code can do!

I also wrapped soap, because I was clean out (hahahahaha!) of wrapped soap again, and unless I decide to order more (a slim possibility), that's the last wrapping I'll have to do. It's ALL wrapped. Most of it's sold. I still have a small stash of the smaller prototype bars left, and maybe 8 of the large left in Elder and Molerat.

Plus, I came into work early (due to leaving early yesterday), and did dishes, and tried to teach the very sulky Norway to use his new doghouse. (A big fat NO on that one...)

No anthologies waiting at the post office, yesterday or today. My fingernails are down to nothin'.

But, I did get a nice order from Cabela's... and I am wearing jeans that FIT. This is worth blogging because it is a minor miracle for Ellen. Usually, I buy a size 8 or 10, just so they'll hit somewhere close to my ankles, but according to Cabela's, I am a 6 long, which isn't way huge at the waist and baggy through the thighs, and still IS actually long enough! I ordered - with much trepidation - the 'modern cut,' which was advertised as low-cut, which I tend to avoid as I dress pretty modestly. But wow! It's SO comfortable! I don't have a waistband folding up when I'm sitting, and it's not as low-cut as I'd feared - no flashing of the underpants. I'm in awe. Who knew that jeans could feel this good? I didn't! I knew my torso was oddly short (I'm all legs and neck, like an ostrich), but it never occurred to me that that applied to jeans.

So, here I am in fresh jeans, marveling at my comfort. Back is better, stomach is full of mystery chicken from KFC and it's time to get back to drafting...

My sweet kitty, Velcro, is at the vet's right now. Possibly she just ate the wrong art supplies and it will pass through without trouble, but I'm a basketcase worrying about her! Please think happy healthy thoughts for her. :( 

 

The darkest days are right before winter when endless summer days start to fade but before we have snow to brighten even night. It is an odd, in-between season, with darkness that doesn't bite with cold. 

We picked cranberries today, in autumn drizzle. Everything is gold and red against the mossy greens. It was too wet to take pictures, but beautiful, and smells like fall with hints of winter.  Norway ran, and ran, and came back spiky-wet, and couldn't understand why we didn't want to pet him.

I love this season, and the season that it brings. 

I have missed doing art - my own art, for me. I haven't had much time for it. Working again, and barely keeping up with orders right now. The house begs to be cleaned, and dinner needs to be made. I'd like to draw a cranberry fairy - all attitude and bite; more mellow after frost, but not to be taken lightly. 

I need more online addictions like I need holes in my head, but this place looked too lovely to pass up! Many thanks to Be (and Drew!) for creating it. :)