Geena is... freckles and realisim’s Neighborhood

I wish I could rename this blog to "Anna loves pie."

Because I do.

And because I love pie, I'm trying to find a Wii Fit. Anyone who's tried to buy one knows that they are elusive and rare. I've even signed up for an RSS fedd on Wii Fit Tracker, that's supposed to tell me when they're in stock at one of the websites they track. Alas, it's done me no good. One of these days, I'll get one. And then I'll have no excuse.

Crap.

I really want some pie.

Well, not really.
I'm just always seem to be hungry when I log in to this place.

And here is today's Monday Haiku! (It is still Monday, right? I'm losing track of the days.)

The vending machine
Steals my money, makes me sad.
I wanted candy.

Meeting the family in a new relationship is always nerve wracking.  Especially when it's over a meal.  I sit down to eat at a fully set table, and watch what the others do, taking my cue from the more senior family members on what the tone would be for the meal.  Little did i know I was in for one the noisiest dinners EVER.  Dishes were passed around, grace was said and the feasting commenced.  First, I noticed everyone was scratching their plates with their utensil.  The scraping and scratching pierced my eardrums and wormed it's way to the inner circles of my patience.  I grit my teeth, smiled, and hoped for polite conversation to start up to take my mind off of the sounds of aunt Sue cutting her broccoli.  When the conversation, I certainly was distracted from the scraping... by the chewing and the talking!  The Sounds of older brother Jason eating his bread was audible across the table, Mom was laughing and carrying on with bits of rice flying everywhere.  Even grandma was in on the act.  I could barely answer the obligatory questions, horror filling every fold of my mind.  Once I managed to focus on singing Stravinsky loudly in my head, i was able to get through the meal  Just when I thought we were done, aunt Jane decides to lick her plate.  No, no, LITERALLY.  Quite possibly the most frightening meals ever.  And it wasn't the last.  I date this gent for several years.  ::shudder::

You can bet this isn't the only time I have encountered horrible manners, and unfortunately it certainly won't be the last.  Loud eaters, blatant mouthful talkers are everywhere.  These are major no-nos.  Ew.  Please don't disturb my meal with our open mouth cud-chewing.  Sooo gross.

<3
::shatter::

later.  like tomorrow.  <3  I've been awake forever ;)

I think maybe I'm spread a little too thin.

But here's a Monday Haiku!

Oh, so so hungry.
I should make something to eat.
*sigh* Too much effort.

I've been in a beady mood lately and have been making a lot of jewelry. Some of this stuff is for sale. If you're interested in buying, just ask.

So this one is made from coral and apple jasper, and super long. I haven't measured it yet, but it's probably getting close to 5 feet. The benefit of long necklaces is that there are more than one way to wear them, simply by wrapping them around your neck more times. I can get this one around 4 times, although it's a little tight. I'm thinking of adding another 6 inches to it, so that's a little more comfortable. The brown beads are the apple jasper, and in better light they're speckled red and brown.

These next earrings were really simple. I just bought the shells at the bead store and attached them to earring wires. They're a little on the big side. I don't think I could get away with wearing such large earrings, but the person they are intended for as a gift could.

These are just garnet drops on chandelier bases. Most earrings are pretty quick to make, but ones like these can take hours, depending on how much I screw up. I think these were  three or four hours.

Another quick pair. Green glass beads on copper.

Oh my freaking god, I love these earrings so much. The were my mom's design originally; she picked out the beads and I helped make her a pair. I liked them so much, I made my own, although I used a different chain, and they're quite a bit longer than Mom's. I get so many compliments on them, even from complete strangers.

These are just glass pearls and silver-plated chain. Pretty quick, although you have to count the links in the chain to make sure both earrings are even. There's a matching necklace.

See? Matching necklace. It's pretty long, and I'll be adding a clasp soon to make it easy to wrap around the neck.

This bracelet was tricky to take a picture of. It's a stretchy cuff bracelet, made with cherry quartz.

This is one of my favorite necklaces. It's black freshwater pearls and stering silver chain. The chain was a gift from my mom.

I just made this one a couple days ago. It's made from shell, adventurine, and amazonite beads, seperated by links of silver-plated chain. I had originally intended to sell it, but the chain is flimsy. I don't want someone to pay money for something that might fall apart, so I'll keep it for myself. When it breaks, I can fix it easily enough.

So that's most of what I've made recently. There's been other stuff, but I'm really bad about making things and giving them away before I can photograph them.

So I was thinking.
This blog is neglected. Sad.
I hope to post more.

Where is the farthest you have ever been away from home? Did you get homesick? 
Submitted by Melissa.

I don't seem to get homesick for places anymore, I get homesick for people.

A soliloquy
Is like a monologue, but
Spelled dif-fer-rent-ly.