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Jan. 1st, 2006 06:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bronwynrhHappy New Year!
We stayed up last night watching Alexander, not because we liked it, but because I think we were waiting for it, hoping for it, to get better. It didn't.
At any rate, we stayed up to "Hmm it's 2006" in the New Year, and watched a few fireworks from our patio door. Our last day in 2005 was a good one, actually. I went in to work for about 20 minutes, Jeff and dad finished up a bit more of the tile work, and then we hit the road for the Amana colonies. We hit a great antiques/quilt shop first, where mom and dad held back from an impulse buy - a beautiful, rich red quilt for their bed. They're pondering it. I strolled through rooms filled with bolts of fabric and thought, "I could do this. And I'm just sick enough that I'd do it all by hand." I held back, though, thinking (wisely) that I should finish the afghan first, and maybe put in some more needle time on my Matisse cross-stitch, before I leap into quilting. We then hit our favorite antiques mall - the one that sucked Jeff and me in for 2 and a half hours on our first visit. This time we got there right before close, but were allowed to stay a half hour. Nice lady! I inquired about some Bunnykins figurines I'd seen last time. One I have, two I don't. I bought one ("Poorly Peter") with $60 of my Christmas money, and left the others to ponder. The one I really want ("Appley Dapply") is $250! I'm going to call and see if I can bargain a little with the seller.
Then we came home and mom and I hopped on the intarweb to see how valuable my bunnykins collection could possibly be! Holy moly, my dear Gramma Louise knew what she was doing! She gave me all the figurines I have, and most of them are highly valued. I had no idea. Thank you, Gramma!
We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant we've been meaning to visit since we moved here a year ago. Now we're kicking ourselves for waiting so long :) After that, we took our food comas home, relaxed, and I baked more cookies. Of course, I crochet'd a few more squares, too.
Seriously, I'm totally itching to quit this whole science gig to become a sewing gal. I figure, if I can get my folks up to Kentucky to start a business, they can hang out outside doing all the plant stuff while I hang out inside running the gift shop (selling Chris' pictures and Lori's soaps and bath salts and anything the rest of you creative wonders could wish to sell) and crafting myself silly.
I'm sure some of you are looking at me funny now, but I'm really serious about this. I'm ready to be domestic.
So long as "domestic" doesn't mean doing floors and windows. Or ironing. I hate ironing.
Of course, I say this, and yet one of my first resolutions for the year is to prepare to take the Patent Bar Exam. I need money first, but I really want to do it. I'm not sure how my domesticity urge fits in with my urge to enter into patent law, but I never claimed to make much sense.
As with every year, I enter 2006 with thoughts that this year simply must be better than the last. I sure hope so. I have a big pile of hopes for this year.
We stayed up last night watching Alexander, not because we liked it, but because I think we were waiting for it, hoping for it, to get better. It didn't.
At any rate, we stayed up to "Hmm it's 2006" in the New Year, and watched a few fireworks from our patio door. Our last day in 2005 was a good one, actually. I went in to work for about 20 minutes, Jeff and dad finished up a bit more of the tile work, and then we hit the road for the Amana colonies. We hit a great antiques/quilt shop first, where mom and dad held back from an impulse buy - a beautiful, rich red quilt for their bed. They're pondering it. I strolled through rooms filled with bolts of fabric and thought, "I could do this. And I'm just sick enough that I'd do it all by hand." I held back, though, thinking (wisely) that I should finish the afghan first, and maybe put in some more needle time on my Matisse cross-stitch, before I leap into quilting. We then hit our favorite antiques mall - the one that sucked Jeff and me in for 2 and a half hours on our first visit. This time we got there right before close, but were allowed to stay a half hour. Nice lady! I inquired about some Bunnykins figurines I'd seen last time. One I have, two I don't. I bought one ("Poorly Peter") with $60 of my Christmas money, and left the others to ponder. The one I really want ("Appley Dapply") is $250! I'm going to call and see if I can bargain a little with the seller.
Then we came home and mom and I hopped on the intarweb to see how valuable my bunnykins collection could possibly be! Holy moly, my dear Gramma Louise knew what she was doing! She gave me all the figurines I have, and most of them are highly valued. I had no idea. Thank you, Gramma!
We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant we've been meaning to visit since we moved here a year ago. Now we're kicking ourselves for waiting so long :) After that, we took our food comas home, relaxed, and I baked more cookies. Of course, I crochet'd a few more squares, too.
Seriously, I'm totally itching to quit this whole science gig to become a sewing gal. I figure, if I can get my folks up to Kentucky to start a business, they can hang out outside doing all the plant stuff while I hang out inside running the gift shop (selling Chris' pictures and Lori's soaps and bath salts and anything the rest of you creative wonders could wish to sell) and crafting myself silly.
I'm sure some of you are looking at me funny now, but I'm really serious about this. I'm ready to be domestic.
So long as "domestic" doesn't mean doing floors and windows. Or ironing. I hate ironing.
Of course, I say this, and yet one of my first resolutions for the year is to prepare to take the Patent Bar Exam. I need money first, but I really want to do it. I'm not sure how my domesticity urge fits in with my urge to enter into patent law, but I never claimed to make much sense.
As with every year, I enter 2006 with thoughts that this year simply must be better than the last. I sure hope so. I have a big pile of hopes for this year.
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 12:45 am (UTC)So... the "parent bar exam" eh... do you have to study for nine months for that one?
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:15 am (UTC)The PaTent bar exam, on the other hand, should only take a couple of months of good hard work before I'm ready. Now, gaining admission to take the test, not to mention paying for the privilege, are a whole other story!
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:41 am (UTC)So... good luck with the patent bar exam. :)
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 01:24 am (UTC)Well, heck, I could whip up some more FSMs for ya to stick in that lil' gift shop. (;
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:16 am (UTC)You could whip up all sorts of little goodies like that. We could make them into fridge magnets, pins. . . It would be a nice source of extra income for you.
Wait. No income is "extra" in our worlds.
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:22 am (UTC)Happy new year!
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:53 am (UTC)Ever thought about publishing your Furboa comics in hard copy?
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 03:15 am (UTC)Aw thanks! I haven't really looked into the publishing thing much. i looked a while back and it was so expensive for full-color books and I didnt' want the books to be expensive. I migth try to see what they are like in black and white. I'm actually making a few little photocopied and hand colored books for a convention I'm going to. i'll let you know when they are done! They won't be too fancy but it will have the whole tadpolites story!
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 04:36 am (UTC)I know someone who set up a small - very small - publishing company. I can look into it, if you'd like. It was actually a company set up to publish Wil Wheaton's books: Monolith Press. Just a thought. Yes, the internet is a small, small world.
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 05:43 am (UTC)Oh, I'd love it if you could look into the Monolith Press even if they could just give me advise I'd be really appreciative!
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 05:52 am (UTC)I'll make photocopies to practice on, first :)
And I'll write to Russ and cc Wil to see if they'd be interested - send 'em a link to your page, make a little introduction. We'll see what they say. I'll give them your contact info so they can reach you directly after that. . . just send your preferred addy thinger to my gmail acct. (nywnorb at)
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: January 2nd, 2006 02:54 am (UTC)Happy New Year.
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Date: January 2nd, 2006 04:05 pm (UTC)Awww.
Could be hormones or maybe those maternal urges kicking in.
I hope that 2006 is great for you and that all of your hopes come true.