Just a quick update

This whole hand thing is taking a lot longer than I would like... and well- it has had me in a funk. I tried taking the kids home for Easter thinking a visit with my parents would help, but that just made me miss them more. I will have pics up oneday soon of our visit((I have a funny story to tell you about the squirrels and the Vaseline!))... and I am still without Internet at the house(whats it been like 6 months now) and it's driving me insane.....

So..

Last week, I went to physical therapy, and after being told how good I was doing, I was told I wasn't ready for putty yet... and that was really sad. BUT... Today- she put putty in my hand and I got to squeeze it a few times. Totally feels strange- who know that relearning how to use your hand could be so much work. Twice a day, I massage, flex, stretch, bend, rub off dry skin... and now I get to mush putty. LOL...

However... I will say... My mind has been so bored that I cheated the other night and made some Russian stacking dolls from polymer clay with my good hand- And this morning I painted them:) So... I can finally hold a paint brush, but only if I use my two good fingers. There are things I can do... and things I can't do.... Rambling is something I can do, lol....

Anyways... Like I said... This healing thing is taking forever! And me mind is starting to suffer....

Oh what to do..

what to do..

lol

Until Next Time...

Finally getting back to the store..

I was finally able to sit down and get the stacked signs listed in the store.

I am so ready for summer and the warm weather.

I'm ready to put my toes in the sand and lay in the sun!

 If you look to the right of the first picture you will see what I started working on before I broke my fingers, lol. It's a mermouse (half mermaid-half critter)... well this one looks like Arthur from PBS... But I have a mermouse, a merbear and a merdog... But... I have misplaced them, lol. I got the idea from the Brambly Hedge book Sea Story. I'm working on the house and it's one of the toys in one of the pictures. I'll keep looking for them... I'm keeping one and selling the others....

That little blue birdhouse was one of the first birdhouse that I ever made. It is not for sale, but I hadn't realized before what a good photo prop it is.

 Thought I'd also drop off a few photographs I've altered lately..

This is something I can do, lol...

This was a statue that was laying down and broken at a flea market that we visit...

I love the shadows on her..

 

 ...And I love this little girls rusts spots...

 ....and then there's Boogs:)

He looks like a wolf here..

One day I want to paint this.

When I can hold a paint brush again.

...And Casey- We are down to 10 cats. I'd still like to rehome a set of brothers.. but they're staying until the find the right Forever Home together! Oneday I'll try and do a master post about all of them. And Otis is fine- He has control over the house again:) Although Cleo bosses him around and it's pretty funny- but she's always done that.

 

..So..

It's been a month since I've broke my fingers, and although my middle finger is still black..

I am starting to use my thumb and index finger.

 And I am finally starting to bend my ring finger.

I go in Thursday for xrays and we will see what happens then.

I am going to do a master post over on my other blog here soon with all the pictures and updates.

and

I have finally gotten diagnosed with POTS!

That only took 8 years!

And as usual I have several other Big things to go over...

I'm not sure if I heard correctly the other day...

 but they- Well I-  might of found the needle in the hay stack. :)

When I understand it.. I will blog about it:)

 

But until then... I'm off to daydream about all the things I want to make:)

Until Next Time..

 

Someone Pinch Me

OK... When you hear people say they come back... You honestly think they are just trying to comfort you.. And believe me- I appreciated every comment and every email I got... I was lost without my kitty! ...but....

Monday night.. when I got home... Guess who was sitting on the front porch! I couldn't believe it either! He's been gone a week 1/2 now... and I honestly thought some sweet ole lady had grabbed him up, and he was gone forever.... But not my kitty!

 Poor fella has lost a few pounds and was so thirsty.... But he knew he was home and slept all night in my arms. Otis! Don't you ever do that to me again!!! I was too quiet around here without you!

...and I'm sorry to do this...

well... no I'm not, lol...

You know I love a good picture.. and a good laugh...

So I took my dead finger outside and gave it a bit of a photo op, LMAO..

Yes.. It's a little sick.. but I gotta laugh about this shit, or I'm gonna lose my mind. Everyday I've gotten another curve ball... But I'm still treading the water.... Even with one hand:)

Until Next Time...

I feel like someone up there is playing a really sick joke on me.

Jd has actually been gone for over a month.. just took me a long time to come to grips with it... Then the whole hand thing..

Which BTW- Really sucks!

I have 2 broke fingers, not one... Had to see the surgeon first to find that out... And well... This only being able to use one hand sh*t is for the birds! Im over it... I don't want to do it NO more! I want it back to normal again....

Not sure where i left off with it... but its bad. I saw the surgeon last Monday-they moved my appt up because my doctor said my hand was "Jacked up".. Yes- my doctor actually said that, lol...

Anyways.. First we have to wait for the finger to reattach itself.. And pray theres no infection... Im suppose to get the stitches out Thursday, but...I dont know- My finger is still kinda looking like a really bad horror movie...But, after it heals... we will talk about surgery to remove the bones that are now floating in the end of my finger... Then it will be on to physical thearpy...

So... No hand for awhile. He does want me moving the fingers, but any weight or pressure on them hurts.. and well... the whole thing really sucks. I have to soak them twice a day which is a task in itself.. and rebandage them..

Yup. I'm over it!

And then..

Friday night..

Otis got out.

I can't even think of my life without him.

This is not right.

He needs to come home...

Doesn't he know I need him to get me out of bed every day......

please come home...

Not a Good Start to the year..

I was hoping 2013 would be the year that things would start to look up..

But..

Life keeps throwing me curve balls..

 

My JD is gone. He just didn't come home one day.

And I'm having a really hard time with it.. He was my familiar.. my soul kitty.

My Buddy!

 

One day I want to turn this picture into a painting...

 But..

Saturday night.. I got my right hand slammed in the front door... and not only broke my middle finger, but also ripped the end of it off... It was hanging on by my nail bed.. They were able to piece it back together.. but I have to meet with a hand specialist now, and they're saying that I'm going to need physical therapy to learn how to use that/those (three fingers got caught- but only one was destroyed) finger(s) again....

So... this means no custom work for awhile.. and no making minis.

This is going to drive me crazy!

I've cried..

I've gotten mad..

And I've laughed..

But all in all...

I'm just sad!

 

I will be listing items that I've already made in the store.. I love these new stacking signs.. I have 10 new beach ones to list as well... but this week is going to spent with the docs.. fun.fun.

 There's also new signs in the store..

and new ones that will get listed soon..

And before I forget... I have a new email address..

you can find me at:

katiesclaycorner@yahoo.com

 

Until Next Time...

 



Because it's about making memories

I made Christmas simple this year. I am running out of energy for Everything, so I have to pick and choose my battles.... And I wanted to enjoy Christmas. So this year was the first year we didn't put up a tree. Yes, it made me sad- but I just didn't have the energy to fight Otis off everyday... and wanted to put my efforts elsewhere this month. But after the kids went to bed Christmas Eve- I felt like a Bad Mom for Not decorating... and so I pulled out the 'important stuff. After all- this will be the last year Drew will be home for Christmas. ((He got accepted into the diesel program at UTI in PA and will be leaving me in August for at least a year.)) So...I felt lke I had to do something...

 So I decorated the curtain rod. Please excuse my living room. Thats all I have to say, lol.

There are certain things that make Christmas...

The angel on the top of the tree-

Or as we do it in our house-

The Barbie that sits on top of our tree.

So She got to sit in the center...Couldn't forget the Barbie, lol.

I broke out the scrapbook paper garland...

And hung a few Glitter Balls....

And even used my Dragonfly lights...

Well.... The kids thought it was funny:0 And that's all that mattered to me:)

 So..... how do you trick teenagers.

 I mean- by the time the reach this age- they get hard to buy for. You don't just want to give them money- cause that's no fun. Well- to them it might be. But I like to see them open gifts. And they want to shake everything and try and figure out what stuff is..... So what do I do.... I find the biggest boxes I can and hide their stuff in it. So they can shake it all the want- They aren't figuring out nothing! One year we filled a box with all of my son's old clothes and taped his playstation game to the bottom of the box. He was sooooo confused.... and we laughed so hard! I must warn you though- make sure you buy extra wrapping paper- or you will find yourself wrapping only a half a box on Christmas Eve like I did:D  But don't worry- the actual gift was wrapped too, inside the box. Gotta have double protection with teenagers!

 After we visited with everyone here, We took a trip up north to visit my parents for a few days.

OK.... I'M Sorry Mom for posting this picture (Mom doesn't like her picture taken)

- but I think it's cool- so deal with it:D

I took several pictures of everyone opening gifts... and it seems my Mom had someone there with her- do you see the orbs? Well- they're not in my other pictures- only in the pictures with her.... ?

((I know, I know... some people say dust... I'd just like to think differently:))

BTW.. She's opening a beautiful watercolor painting of Tugboats.

Mom loves Tugboats!

 But the most interesting part of the trip was watching these two.... What started as an oil change turned into "My engine needing to come out so they could get to the oil pan out because the plug/bolt in the oil pan was stripped and wouldn't come out.) And OMG.... was it funny. This is my son on the ladder trying to tell his Grandfather that it wasn't going to work.... and that's my Dad telling him it IS. What a mess!!

 This is why my son is saying it wasn't going to work.... Grandpa was going to hang my engine of this contraption... Now in his defense- that is a 30 ton strap.... However- I don't think those are 30 ton rafters, if you know what I mean..... Well.... The engine never came out... grandpa ended up with a black eye somewhere in there and 8 hours later my oldest son was driving my car out of the garage. Oh... and the heater had died on the way up there- so they had taken a look at that- seems a bunch of napkins had fallen behind the glove box and caught on fire- nice. My Dad just keep saying he didn't know how we had gotten up there. And I keep telling him it was because my car Loves me:)

 And before I go... I thought I'd show you what I found for my parents for Christmas. I bought this at AC Moores. And, Yes! I took measurements and sketched out a pattern before I wrapped it up. I want to try and make it in miniature one day. I just think it's so cute:)

I hope everyone has had a great Holiday Season!

I will 'see' you in the New Year:)

 

Until Next Time:)

 



Half way there and already deaydreaming...

I've finally found time this morning to sit down and begin loading the birdhouses in Etsy. I've got half of them done... and I'm going to try my hardest to keep going and get the the rest loaded, but I'm taking a break....

 

I've been using what was Katie's Corner as my backdrop for my store pictures lately. The pink walls seem to go with everything... and for now, I like the change. It's getting to cold for me to go outside...

So.... The Pink Bedroom has been packed away awaiting it's future home- ((I'm tired of Otis eating everything... so we're going to get one of those houses that hang on the wall that has a glass front..........oneday........))

But anyways..... for now... I get to play while I work. Shhhh.. don't tell anyone I'm having fun- they might use it against me:)

I listed the LIFE game Birdhouses... And this is the setting I set up to take pictures in. The dresser will one day make it over to the store, too.... but I can't figure out if I want to seal the drawers with Modge Podge or leave them like they are. I get hung up on the stupidest things sometimes!

....OK.... so if you look close- You will also see a blue mermaid. I just got a small order of these in, and still have to repaint and age them, but I think it will be a nice addition to the beach items I have in the store:)

 And while I'm here... I wanted to tell you what I found.... You may already know about it- But it was all new to me:) If you look on YouTube you can find Brambly Hedge movies.... And they have The Sea Story.... So I watched it the other night and took still shoots with my camera of some of the things I want to use. Like this window. I was wondering what that table looking thing was under the window in the family room. Turns out it's an inside shutter and they show you how it works...

 They also had the little details like the Shelf.... and the seahorse rocking horse, and the mermouse:) I took a lot of pictures but don't want to over due it today.... I'll share as I move forward with the build.

Think I'm gonna get some lunch and it's back to work I go:)

 

Until Next Time