I have decided for my craft related stuff I am going to set up a separate blog on Wordpress. I don't have much time to write personal things these days. I am still around, but come visit me at my other blog.

Thanks,

k 

Recently I filled out a survey for Business Week online and it is finally up and ready for you to peruse. I am so excited to be included among such an amazing group of artists. I love reading what they had to say and how closely they meshed with what I said. I sent them my Sorrow photo to include in the slideshow. *Doing a happy dance*

k

So, it has been like a month or more since I posted anything here. I have been really busy doing crafty things. I just started going to the Sunday Artisan Market here in Ann Arbor. It is a nice way to spend a Sunday Afternoon. This weekend I have a space at the all Etsy Michigan craft show in Royal Oak. I am quite excited to meet all my fellow crafters and hopefully make big sales.

Here is one of the things I will be offering... these are used vhs (remember those) box notebooks.

Other than that I have been a walking fiend. I try to walk to work each morning. It is about a 2 1/2 mile trip. The other thing I am doing is a little tai chi which I am quite enjoying. Another friend and I have been going to Weber's either Friday or Saturday (sometimes both) to go dancing. They have some really fun live bands that play. I am feeling really good being this active. Let's just hope the heat doesn't derail this.

k

I can tell because I went out for a little while yesterday with my camera and have plans to do so again this afternoon. It will be easier when daylight savings hits.

I am in the beginning stages of starting a retail website with my friend Minerva . I met her on Etsy, but her family is living in Michigan. We hope to focus a lot on photography which we feel doesn't always get much attention on Etsy.

One day at a time...

k 

Okay, working retail at the holiday time is bad for my "good will towards man" attitude. I am tired of the "ME first then you" attitude people seem to have. Especially when they are so blatant about it. I know that we tend to be a selfish species, I get that. But I don't get rude.

• If you see someone juggling a package, hold the door for them.
  
• Don't stand and talk for 15 minutes in front of the door to the store, so people have to suck their gut in to get by you.
• If you see someone in a wheelchair trying to get off the bus get out of the way... you will get a seat on the bus, don't worry.
• Don't use "my daughter has cancer" to guilt me in to giving you a cheaper price.
• Don't tell me it only takes one good customer to make up for 10 bad ones... it is the other way around.
• Get off the damn phone before you want me to wait on you.
  
• Take your headphones out if you want  me to talk to you.
• If you are going to walk slow... step to the side of the sidewalk.
• If you are walking with your possee don't take up the whole sidewalk, especially when the ground is all muddy because of the insane amounts of rain we have been getting.
• Just be nice... it isn't that hard to do.
  

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted anything here on tblog. I kept meaning to, but ran out of time. I working  a lot these days and it doesn't leave much time for anything else.

Friday was my artist reception at Elements. It was a lot of fun. There was a band and everything. Lots of people showed up. Which made me very happy. It was a much better experience than the opening back in September. Now I can work on my open house for my stuff not in the gallery. I started buying snacks yesterday.  I think I should have about 20 people showing up. Which means I have to start putting stuff together.  I am adding pocket mirrors and coasters with my photos on them  to my offerings.

The mirrors required me downloading photoshop which about kicked my rear. But I think I got them right. I just have to wait to hear from the woman who is making them for me to see if I managed to get it all.

More later..

k 

My photos just went on sale on My Bonnie and Clyde last night. The look great/ There is a lot of really fun stuff on this site, it is nice to be include. (There are also more pics under paper and photography)

k

Shameless plug... I listed a photo at Jones Soda... so if you don't mind please go vote for me. It is anonomous so it doesn't matter if you say you don't like it. :)

k 

Happy Friday all! Not much going on in the land of Kate other than work. I am going to a halloween party tonight. Quite exciting, hope I can stay awake long enough to enjoy it.

Here is a small list of things I am thinking these days... or at this moment.

• The return of leggings... Why? (If I can see your celulite your pants are too tight.)
• Why the girls wearing said leggings are also wearing coats and boots suitable for the Tundra... it ain't that cold yet. And if it is you might want thicker pants.
• Wondering if I will see the sun again before May
• When people say "THey have christmas out already" where they have been the last 15 years during the month of Oct. Dude they have xmas stuff out in July.
• It is amazing how much stuff people steal.
  
• The number of people I was friends with who have wandered out of my life and that a lot of them I don't miss, if I even realized they were gone.
  

One of the perks of my new apt is that I don't have to drive to work. I have a short walk to the bus and that is it. It is free and I don't have to worry about trying to find a parking place. Plus it appeals to my environmental side.  One of the downsides of riding public transportation is the other people. For awhile there were 3 6th/7th grade girls who rode with me in the morning... one of them NEVER stopped talking. And talking loudly. Also, buses are often smelly. Just the nature of the beast. But here is one of my best bus stories ever....

I got on the #6 going back to the tranist center and saw a driver I knew sitting with the rest of the passengers. I sat down to start talking to him. These seats do not face the front of the bus, but the other side. The woman sitting across the aisle  looked up as  I sat down. She said "Excuse me miss" and started to get up toward me. She leaned in real close and cupped her hands around my ear and  whispered "You have a hole in your jeans and your poopy is showing".  Yes , I had a whole in my jeans... 2 actually... about mid-thigh. But what the hell is a poopy? And why couldn't she just tell me a whole in my jeans from where she was sitting. She made my ear all moist. *shudder* So, assuming she meant my butt was showing, she needs to learn more anatomy.  Maybe she was shocked by my blingingly white thighs.  I thanked her and went back to my conversation.  I looked up a bit later and saw she was reading a pamphlet on transgender... so maybe she was confused.

Just wanted to let you know your poopy is showing. Better take care of that.

k 

A few things that have been going on lately....

• Got my first commission check from the gallery.
• Got a part time job at a dept store... orientation tonight.
• Went to see friends in Ohio over the weekend.
  
• Have 9 rolls of film to be developed.
  
• 7 just from this weekend.
• Turn 33 tomorrow
• I am realizing I am not going to have much free time for the next 3 months.
  
• Listing lots of stuff on Etsy.
• Planning my annual open house for pimpin' my wares. 

Thanks for all your kind comments last week. I am starting to pull myself out of my funk. I have an interview Monday for another part time job. So, hopefully my financial situation will get better shortly. Saturday is my first shift at the gallery which should be fun.

On sadder news, it looks like my Grandpa doesn't have too long to live. My mom, who is taking care of him, said that hospice was out to set up plans for his care. How long he lives will have a lot to do with how strong his spirit is. It doesn't look like I am going to be able to afford to get down there to see him before he dies.

Hugs