Sound, Sound, and Sound.

We have arrived in Seattle! It was a very long trip with lots of scary sections (mountain passes, rough roads, blinding fog, people from Idaho) but we finally arrived home safe and sound around 2:30 or so on sunday. The U-Haul is finally unpacked and all the boxes are scattered throughout the house. Stacey's training has already begun and I'm still trying to get us unpacked. My portabe hard drive will all my music is somewhere packed away so I'm left with whatever we have on the computer, mostly odd stuff like The Faint and then other crap like Ke$ha. ugh. I'm sure real soon Courtney and I will have a music swap, so my suffering won't be prolonged for too long I hope. We're not completely in the city but we are still in more of an urban area than I'm used to living in. just a few blocks down is the highway and you can see pugent sound from there. I start training on saturday for the janitor/ occasional coffee shop position. Both of which I will love. It sounds like Tony and Courtney will be moving in early, maybe as soon as early april! Very excited to spend more time with those two.
I remember growing up and telling my parents I wanted to have dreadlocks, tattoo's, piercings. They always responded with something along the lines of, "how are you going to get a good/real job with those?"
Welcome to Seattle.

Point of No Return (not just another good Kansas song)

As many of you know, we are leaving this morning for Seattle. It's going to be 3-4 long days in the car and truck, with the not-so-happy cats. But what I'd like to talk to you about today is limits. anyone who has ever told you that there are no limits, or that the sky is the limit, has lied to you. Or has clearly not seen Apollo 13, excellent movie, Ron Howard, good stuff. But back to our discussion, limits are important to know. Our limit is 2000 lbs. that is how much weight our hitch can tow. now the trailer we have is around 850 lbs. I'll do the math for you. The amount we can tow < The weight of all our possessions. So we've packed it as full as we can and left a few things behind. (scooter, cat tree, booze, gardening equipment, huge body pillows, etc.) Now I've stood back and looked at the marvelous packing job I've done, and thought, that looks like 1150 lbs of stuff... right? This is where the point of no return comes into play. I have to assume that my possessions are less than 1150 lbs. otherwise I'm risking the hitch falling off. HOWEVER. If I AM over 1150 lbs., are these big pillows really going to make that much of a difference? You get to the point where its all or nothing. if I leave anything here its of no use to me. and If I bring it with and it gets destroyed, its still of no use to me, but atleast then it's insured.

I'll blog again from Seattle to let you all know we made it safe. Or if I don't, you'll all recieve little white cards in the mail with solemn print inviting you to a slightly different occasion. in any case. so long till then. :-)

The Renaissance Man

Since being released early for bad behaviour, I've had more time on my hands. I've used this time wisely and fully, I've reached level 28 on Nazi Zombies and have watched full seasons of trashy TV programing. "With Vampire Bill missing and her Boss/Ex-Boyfriend shapeshifter Sam once again vying for her attention, what will Sookie Stackhouse decide and will she ever be safe in her humble town in the bayou?" *clicks add full series to instant queued*

But I've also spent alot of time reading and doing crafts! Something I really enjoy but never seem to have enough time for. I've even considering an etsy shop! but we'll see what the future has instore when it gets here. So far I've started crocheting again, I've also painted my dirty black chuck taylors bright kelly green for St. Patrick's. I've started making chainmaille which is so much fun and super easy but a real pain in the ass even still. I've been taking vintage ties from the thrift store and making them into trendy belts. I've also been toying with the idea of making shirts again. But in any case here are some of the success stories, and we just won't mention the number of chainmaille tragedies it took to get to this point.

Double Coda Marriage Weave

The Chain Maille Neck Tie

For looking your best, even in battle.

The Viking Beard Hat.

Because scarves are for little girls.

I would like to thank the Department of Unemployment of the great state of Wisconsin for all its support. Without you, none of this could have ever happened.