Eccentric Soap-Maker, Fanatical Fibre Artist, & All-Around Hippie

I survived the day & I'm glad it's over. Whew.

Welp, I posted about this in other places, so I figured I might as well post here since I'm trying to support "sustainable" social media. oslt

Tis the season to be jolly & all that, whee! And per my usual, I have made soap & lipbalm to give to family. This is the first year Since The Beginning <echo chamber> that I haven't had a single teacher gift since B graduated high school in the spring and is now attending Warren Wilson College with his brother who is a senior this year (omg, where do the years go to???

ANYway, Lipbalm! Labeled but awaiting lamination via our Patented Woozle Laminating Procedure™

And now, the Long Awaited Debut of Woozalia's Don't Call the Doctor Music Video! :D

Well, it's Official... my Etsy Store now has lipbalm & soap available for sale!

So far, supplies are low but as I get my act together, more will be available. I do take requests (within reason, I cannot do ponies, sadly) as well, so if there's something of mine you know I have made in the past and it's not showing in the store, just message me and if I have it, I can put it in the store for you. If not, I will tell you the turnaround for when said item will be available!

It's DarlySor's birthday todaaaaaaaaaay!

HappyHippoHippityBippityBirdday!!! With extra Bangs!!!! And ice cream! And Dancing! And Cheese! Have so much fun that there's enough leftover for me to feel all the way down here! i love you dearly! *hugglebugglewuggles!*

Today i made soap with the new set-up in the laundry room... and of course i had to make a documentary of it!

Click image for a wee ferret's photo-essay:

So! Maker Faire! Packed up kids and W and drove to Raleigh State Fairgrounds. Had no clue where to turn in, turned in Mostly randomly. Drove around looking lost. Stumbled on a loverly parking spot even with a bit a shade right at Gate 1. Walked in looking lost. Wandered around the i guess flea market booths. Finally stumbled on building with big Maker Faire banner hanging on it. Walked in looking a bit lost. Found ticket line. Got tickets. Got in wrong line. Honed in on this before making total asses of ourselves and got in right line. Got hand stamped. Z: I have a blue hand! You have a blue hand, we all have blue hands!" over and over. B: It's loud in here." 2 minutes later, "It's loud in here".

Wander around looking lost. B finds Combat Robots playing hockey. Becomes latched. More wandering around admiring various booths. Find Durham String Thing booth & introduce W to people he hadn't met before. Hung around looking lost. Did more wandering.

Saw a 3D turtle being printed. Found Green Yarn. Found a booth that said "Write on card what the word "green" makes you think of." Wrote "yarn". Found a booth where a guy was working on making a keyboard with attached software so it could be both portable and affordable. Was so taken by W's playing (he played a bit of Tightrope by ELO, i believe) that he asked him to start again so's he could film him.

Found Fedora booth. Told them we were Ubuntu people. B&Z found a booth where they played a video game on a "console" smaller than a pack of cigarettes. B watched more Combat Robots. Z made rope. Me, B&W lost Z. Split up to find Z. i find Z but then we couldn't find W&B to save our life. Tried to call but phone wasn't working. Not panicking at all, we look outside but too many people out there to parse anything. Went back inside. Shortly afterwards, tackled by B and dragged back outside. They were watching some big ol' balloon being launched. Camera battery died so no video of the actual launch.

Wander back out of the fairgrounds to our car looking a little less lost but considerably more tired.

More or less a good time was had by all, butyar, very exhausting.

Well, the Transition Ceremony went fabulously, Benjamin survived, and many many pictures were taken, but this is by far my favorite. I might get around to uploading the rest of them but this one i had to share straightaway ^_^



And sure, that's an adorable picture, but it's especially sweet because for the past few years Z has never readily allowed B to hug him and it had turned into a rather intricate game of cat and mouse between the two of them: B trying to get hugs and Z thwarting him. But this evening, when everyone was giving B his congratulatory hugs, Z spontaneously came up to B and gave the above bear hug. It was the Best Present anyone could have given B. And you can just see the joy on his face. ♥ :'D



. o O(and also my mom begged off ostensibly because of the heat, so we were free of her negativity :D)

Back on May 11, i posted about the cardinal couple who had built a nest outside my window and laid eggs and Momma Bird was doing a good job of taking care of the eggs and Poppa Bird was taking good care of Momma Bird and i was gleeful 'cause there was going to be Baby Birds.

Well, today i confirmed (after having W climb up on the desk and peer into the nest) that the eggs are gone and the nest is abandoned. Somebody got the eggs :( i suspect it was the big black crow i chased away from there the other day. It came back when i wasn't around and got its dinner.

i suppose this is where one would start singing Cycle of Life and all that but it still makes me Sad. :/

So, there’s this nandina bush outside next to the window where my desk is.. and the other day I saw a male cardinal showing Extreme Interest in it & at first I thought he was just pondering the last remaning berries on the bush, but then I saw he had twigs in his beak and I thought to myself, NEST! And sure enough, the female showed up soon after and in a couple of days they had a loverly nest all made up and today I spied the eggs in there by a series of climbing gymnastics! :D

Ended up having W take the picture, though, ‘cause I’m terrible at such things (and my back is still a bit wonky) so that’s where the credit for the photograph goes! ^_^