Author: illeananexry

We’ve been under several heat alerts lately and it’s definitely taking a toll!

It’s not like we’ve been outside doing stuff for long periods of time, but the mere act of going from A/C to THAT level of heat is ridiculous.

Don’t even get me started on the changing pressure and pollen!!!

Everyone take a deep breath and keep up the good work!

I’ll see you next week!

For Christmas my sister got me a small pestle and mortar.

It’s adorable!

I completely forgot about it because I left it wrapped and in it’s box to keep it safe, but while cleaning off my table recently I found it again.

I don’t currently have use for it because I’m not doing any crafts that would lend themselves to figuring out the best method.

However.

That didn’t stop me from trying to grind small pieces of glow-in-the-dark plastic.

A little back story: I got some dollar store glow-in-the-dark dinosaur kits and didn’t feel like throwing away perfectly good glow-in-the-dark material. Ever since then I’ve been randomly cutting the bigger pieces down.

I thought to myself, why not make it a powder so I can use it for crafty things?

I couldn’t find anything online about using a mortar and pestle for crafty things. I also couldn’t find anything concrete about trying to make powder out of plastic.

So I tried it.

Thankfully, my brother came in not long after and asked me what I was doing.

I told him and during the conversation he reminded me that plastic, for the most part, is toxic…

Trying to grind down plastic when I don’t know the properties is a bad idea.

I know this, because I’d started smelling something as I’d been grinding. I ignored it and kept going.

The slight headache I was getting could have been due to countless reasons so I don’t want to assume anything.

So, yeah.

Doing crafty things is fun but can also be dangerous!

Until next week, stay safe when crafting people!

I’m officially done with dog sitting (this time) and am back home with my crafty things!

I did get all but the Atlantis stuff compiled into the journals and the only reason I didn’t get that done is because I had to buy another journal for it.

I didn’t really like the first one I chose, and was going to settle, but then I was shelving backstock at work and found a Papier journal that was made is USA, was blue and the right size!

It also gave me an excuse to buy a lavender Le Pen (Papier brand pen)!

It is the funniest thing that we have Le Pen’s. I get a kick out of it every time I remember.

It’s kind of like YA, but saying it ya instead in conversation. Years later and I’m still amused!

Could be because I’m tired and need a good nights sleep where I’m not waking up at 3:30am to feed puppers…

Until next week!

I am once again dog sitting which means I won’t be able to work on my table crafty things.

Also means I won’t be able to update on my table crafty things.

However!

I do have a couple things I’m almost done with and once I’m done sitting I’ll post before and after pics and such.

I’m pretty excited!

I am getting some of my other work done though, which is equally exciting!

I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that I have a ton of notes for stories that I’ve collected over the years. Everything from napkins to torn out pieces of paper.

You know, the usual.

I finally got them organized and my journals set up so all I had to do was compile the notes into the journals.

A monumental task.

I brought one with this time to work on before work work…

I finished it the first day.

Which is great! Don’t get me wrong, but that also meant I didn’t have anything else to do until I switched it out.

I did get a novella and a paranormal romance finished in the interim though so my backlog of books is now just 3.

I did switch the journals out and took the one with the most amount of notes needing to be compiled. Hopefully I’ll get it done too!

It’d be great if I got them all done this sitting job. I had put them in a box while I moved things around in my room and then the old ‘out of sight, out of mind’ kicked in and I completely forgot until I had to clean off my table again.

At which point I unearthed them!

Slowly but surely I am getting things done!

Until next time, y’all stay positive and if dealing with impatience ask God for patience and peace.

Like I have been lately.

Toodles!

Technically I didn’t forget the episode, I just forgot it was so soon!

My mama and I got to the episode, ‘Heroes’, where Janet dies.

I’m in tears almost the entire episode (technically a two parter) once I remember. My mama has NO idea of course.

We all know what happens so I’m not going to rehash it (and if you’ve forgotten then I guess it’s time for you to do your own rewatch!).

Anyways, after her death Daniel is in his office and you can see on one of his computer screens pictures of the Alteran Time Machine device (from the episode where Teal’c and O’Neill learned how to juggle!).

Never noticed it before.

Daniel was so devastated by her death that he was trying to find a way to bring her back.

One of the worst and best episodes ever!!

Thank you to those who gave all.

Here’s the thing-

I have books to read, but I don’t want to read them.

I think what’s happened is that I planned on getting through my backlist of TBR books this year with the intention of finishing them early.

After that I was going to buy a Billy bookcase from IKEA (with the extension and extra shelves of course) and start at the end of the alphabet author-wise and reread ALL of my favorite authors!!

Shifting as I went along to make space for everything and leaving room for growth depending on the series and author.

…I think I got too excited about my favorite authors and so now these other ones are paling.

Not all is lost!

My mother reads about a dozen books at the same time, just one chapter each, and so I figured I’d give it a try (again).

I used to read multiple books at the same time too, but haven’t in years to the same extent.

Now, if one of the books ends up being really good I’ll just finish it and then go back to one chapter at a time until I’m done.

Wish me luck and good reading everyone!!

See ya!

Technically I’m almost done with vacation which was really a not-go-anywhere vacation and just chill.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself which is why there was no post last Monday…

Sorry!

Surprisingly, I haven’t read too much or watched Stargate this vacation. I just did a ton of cleaning around the house and got some crafty things done.

Not to say we haven’t watched Stargate! And I am about halfway through the latest Nalini Singh book, Archangel’s Lineage.

I’ve just gone with the flow and not stressed about what I had to get done before work again.

It’s been fabulous!

I’ll try and post the crafty things I got done next week, but I am still working in them and go back to work Tuesday.

Until then!

We finally got to the episode where McKay shows up at the SGC and he totally didn’t disappoint!!

My mother hates him and I’m just sitting here grinning like a fool knowing what happens in Atlantis and KNOWING she’s going to end up loving him!!

She didn’t like Hammond at first either and loves him now, so you know the character development is what’s doing it.

I think I’ll suggest the Legacy series to her when we’re done with Atlantis. I think she’d enjoy it!

I have two days off in a row and though I have plans, I also have had a hankering to read the novella with Snow in it again.

We shall see!

Ta for now!!

Sorry for the brief silence. I was busy watching the solar eclipse and putting in an application for a scholarship opportunity.

To make up for it, here are a few pics of the solar eclipse I got!!

I didn’t download an app or anything because I didn’t have time to find a good one so I just put a pair of eclipse glasses over the camera lense and took pics that way!

Aren’t they great!!