Power came back on earlier.

Power came back on earlier. Now it's back off again...

The power is out on Halloween.

The power is out on Halloween. Nope, not creepy at all. LOL

Creepy Smiley. My child is weird.

Creepy Smiley. My child is weird.

My turn! Make-up time!

My turn! Make-up time!

Progress.

Progress. Shaun is doing pretty good! 🙂

What has Shaun done...

What has Shaun done to my child? LOL

I won some nail polish from Finger Paints.

I won some nail polish from Finger Paints. I got 4 in the mail. They look like Mardi Gras colors. 😃

I am pretty sure I've been quiet on here lately. I've still been making stuff. Haven't Etsied all the things I need to. Having a hard time keeping up with social media for Polish All the Things. I am not sure how crafty people keep up with making things, stocking their stores, then posting and talking on here, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, too. I feel pretty overwhelmed. 😕

Right now I'm about to set some stones. Almost all are those kickass Winter Trees since that's my best - selling thing and Winter is coming. I just felt like I should have some ready to go. 

So, I'm doing that and Shaun is over here taping up Shadow's face. Shadow is dressing up for the pep rally at school tomorrow and the face work is pretty intense -  for a first time doing something like this, anyway. We probably won't have time to do it in the morning - at least not all of it, so here we are. LOL I will get a photo of the end result. I'm interested in seeing how it turns out. 😃

For anyone who was curious about this guy...

For anyone who was curious about this guy (I've been calling him Wally) - I let him go tonight.  I wasn't super sure he was going to be ok at first, but over the course of a week or so he finally started walking around and eating and drinking like he should.  Last night he even growled at me, so I took that as a good sign that he was ready to be back in the wild.  Yay Wally!

First nail pic since JULY. 😳

First nail pic since JULY. 😳

Yep, I have sad little nubs right now. But they are MY sad little nubs, so I'm happy to have made them pretty again.

I know that these are SO NOT IMPRESSIVE, and that's ok. I feel accomplished for having just sat down and taken the time to do this. I've REALLY missed it.

Well, this happened while I was gone:

Well, this happened while I was gone:  I'm in an Etsy treasury now.  Pretty cool!

Trendsetters by Emmelin Golling on Etsy

I'm home. The festival was pretty slow.

I'm home.  The festival was pretty slow.  The booth fee was $15 and I made that back.  Then I made another $15, but spent that on food because I felt crappy and I thought food would help.  It didn't really.

I would say that I broke even, maybe, depending on how much gas I used getting out there.  Probably not quite.  LOL  But the weather was nice and I met some nice people, so I'm not upset that I went.  You just never know if it will be worth it before you go, so I learn something new every time.

Also, my car drove me there AND back, so I'm pretty impressed.

Now I plan to relax some, make some custom pieces since my new glaze came in, and then work on Etsy.  I've gotta get that finished because it's driving me nuts.  I also want to make some new stuff, but I feel pretty dumb doing that when I can't even get everything I already have put up for sale.  Blegh.

Later, peeps.  My couch misses me.  ❤

Just toppled a chair over. With myself in it. LOL

Just toppled a chair over. With myself in it. LOL

I will be the first to admit that I am clumsy and severiously (severely + seriously) lack grace, but in all fairness the ground here is uneven.

I'm gonna have a nice butt bruise later. 😛

I made it and I'm all set up.

I made it and I'm all set up. Google took me in a circle and I was late. Went past two cotton fields and a car with a gas tank on the trunk. When I saw that again, (but from the other direction) I got nervous. 😳 BUT, I made it. In my own car, even. So that's pretty exciting.

I still feel crappy. 🙁 I had some barbecue for breakfast when I got here. I also took some Excedrin Migraine. Really hoping I'm better by 4 and not worse. Otherwise, I'm not sure I will be able to drive home.

Missing Shaun. I'm not used to being out in this area / so far away from home without him. ❤

I'm not feeling it this morning.

I'm not feeling it this morning.  I've got a headache like whoa and I'm nauseated and tired.  But I'm packing my car and leaving.  Gonna be a little late, but mom and Cade will be there already and will set up the tent.

I really hope I feel better.  Alpine is a long way from home.  🙁

So unbelievably tired this evening.

So unbelievably tired this evening. And I have an all day show tomorrow at Logan Landing in Alpine. It's their Pumpkin Hollow Festival and it looks fun. But I'm SO tired. I can't even look forward to it right now. 😕

I am ready to have a weekend off. An ENTIRE weekend. I'm having so much fun at the festivals, but I think I've only missed one or two weekends in the last 3 months. I'm also still behind on getting things up on Etsy. I just feel so worn out right now. I think I need to hibernate. LOL

Craft friends who use Etsy...

Craft friends who use Etsy... I don't think I know very many of you (like, 2 are coming to my brain), but I'm posting a status anyway:

Have you seen the new Etsy card readers?  I guess they came out today and I signed up right away.  Apparently, the sale fee is the same as Square, BUT, if you're working a craft show, Etsy will automatically take whatever you sell out of your shop's inventory, so there is no worry about selling more than you have.  At this point I'm not selling a huge bunch of stuff no matter where I am, but I slightly worry about selling something I don't have since I do have OOAK pieces listed on Etsy.  This sounds like it would eliminate me trying to remove items with my freakin' cell, rush home to do inventory, or put my shop into vacation mode when I have a show coming up.  Woo!

Also, when it sends the customer a receipt it sends images from your shop, kind of like a little bit of promotion after the fact.  And Etsy also doesn't charge the other fee it normally charges when you sell on their site.  It seems like a pretty sweet deal and I haven't found a down-side yet.  Is anyone else going to try it?

P. S.  If you have a shop leave me a link so I can find you.  ❤

Lots of screams...

Lots of screams coming from the The Terrortorium tonight. They could really be chainsawing people in half for all I know. LOL

Got another Etsy sale today...

Got another Etsy sale today and now this ring has a home. Y'all have no idea how much it makes my day when that happens. I could die of excitement. 😃😃😃

In case you somehow missed it, my shop is www.Etsy.com/shop/PolishAllTheThings

My Emma J. is the sweetest.

My Emma J. is the sweetest. Her food is in the room next to where we all hang out, so when she wants to be with us, but also wants to eat she gets a mouth full of food, comes and spits it in the floor of the room where we are, and then eats the bits one at a time. Sometimes she doesn't quite make it back in here without eating it, so she runs back out for another mouth full. LOL This is how she eats almost every night. I guess she gets her exercise in with dinner. LOL 

But seriously, would anyone other than a dog trouble themselves so much just to be in the same room with you? Generally speaking - I think not. Doggies are the best. ❤

I think I need to get a video of this. 🙂

Emma and I are in agreement...

Emma and I are in agreement that it is NOT COOL when lotion and candles don't taste as good as they smell. It is so misleading.

It's been a pretty long time since I've posted anything regarding rehab efforts.

It's been a pretty long time since I've posted anything regarding rehab efforts.  I have distanced myself from the whole rehabbing thing since I can't easily obtain a permit in my district.  I don't want to do anything that's not lawful and have it end in an innocent animal losing it's life because of me.  I couldn't live with that.

HOWEVER, I also can't look the other way when I see someone in danger.  I went to Wal-Mart and this is what I came back with.  I'm going to call him Wally while he's with me.

I parked my car, looked ahead, and saw this huddled mass out in the aisle, where the cars drive.  Right as I looked up, he was narrowly missed by a huge truck.  Instincts kicked in, I didn't even know what it was before I got there, but I already knew I was picking it up.

Since I was totally unprepared I didn't have a glove or a kennel or anything with me, but this baby didn't even hiss.  I think he (or she, I haven't bothered to check) was pretty petrified.  Since I needed greens for my lizards I just stuck him in my car, ran in, got what I needed in a hurry, and came back.

Baby is resting now.  I haven't seen any obvious signs of injury, but he's really dirty.  I have offered water, but he hasn't drank yet.  He looks old enough to be on his own, so if he seems ok I'll let him loose ASAP.  If he's not ok I'll take him to AMC so that he can be transported to the wildlife center in Birmingham (or humanely euthanized if that is what's best).

I'm betting he crawled up in a car for warmth like cats do.  I can't think of any other logical explanation for why he would be in the middle of a Wal-Mart parking lot in the daytime like that.  Poor thing.

I just had the most amazing time tonight...

I just had the most amazing time tonight.  I had my first official nail art party!  You know, with someone other than friends or family.  I was a little nervous at first, but that faded fast.  The girls were smart and funny and awesome and we just chatted away while I painted.  Amanda and Tanya made me feel right at home!

The weirdest thing, though.  I knew I was going to see one of the girls I met at OxfordFest again.  What I didn't know was that I would be seeing two who were at the Farmer's Market outside of work a few weeks ago.  What a small world!

I just had the most fun.  I can't even believe how well it went.  I am so so happy right now!  And I feel like I've made some friends!  😃  Super yay!

Just wanted to post up some of my latest water marbled rings.

Just wanted to post up some of my latest water marbled rings.

Huge thanks to Tabitha for meeting me with a trap.

Huge thanks to Tabitha for meeting me with a trap.  Now my back neighbors are set with a trap and some apples.  I hope they catch some of the buns.

🙁 Dang.

🙁  Dang.  Just carried a little bunny home.  He was probably dead.  Someone came by and told Shadow that one of our rabbits had been hit by a car.  We don't have rabbits, but I had seen two of our neighbors' rabbits in the bushes just the other day.  I guess they haven't had any luck catching them.

I got a flashlight and went to check and found him up on the bank - not in the street.  Nothing looked obviously broken and I didn't see blood.  He was still warm and not stiff at all.  If he was breathing, it was faint.  I didn't feel any obvious breathing or heartbeat, but I took him back to his people.

I think a few more bunnies have gotten loose.  If anyone can loan me live traps I'm going to see what I can do to help them round all of them up.  I worried about them all night with the weather that was coming through.  🙁

Tabitha, Margaret, anyone in the Anniston / Oxford area with a live trap - do you have one I can borrow?  My car works now.  I could pick them up and bring them back to you.

Having one of those...

Having one of those nauseated, headache-y, dropped-my-phone-in-dog-piss kind of days. 😕

On the bright side I got my Kia back and it's working for now. Also, my phone survived.

Happy Tuesday. ❤

Today has been busy.

Today has been busy.  I was SUPPOSED to be working on my Etsy (and I still might), but I haven't started yet.  LOL  I came home and didn't even sit down.  I just started cleaning.  I did the bathroom, the kitchen, and cleaned and organized the living room some.  I didn't feel very good, so I figured "Why not?"  LOL  (Before you all think I'm a mess and that my house is always in a state of chaos - it's not.  I just have a low tolerance for clutter and filth.  It drives me crazy.  I had let some things go while getting ready for OxfordFest, but the house is almost back to normal now - THANK GOODNESS.)

I've been taking care of my animals all this time, so no worries, but you know how you just get too busy to appreciate the good things?  That's where I've been mentally the last few months.  Basically feeding everyone and cleaning up after them and that's IT.  Pat the dogs on the head and off I went to make things.  But today I feel like I finally got to see my kids again and it was SO nice.  🙂

Shaun fed Bruce - who ate his rat IMMEDIATELY.  First time he's done that in a while.  Then Brucey drank some water, and yawned (I guess to help his jaw back into place).  I don't care what anyone says.  He's totally adorable even if he is a snake.

I cleaned up the beardie girls and fed them, too.  Mona gave me the stink eye because she wasn't happy with my roach offering.  I managed to dig her up a few worms, but that was the last of them.  Teyla just crawled into the roach container and ate her fill.  She can really be a hog sometimes.  LOL

And just now I was cleaning up the horned lizards and I saw Peach sleeping near a rock.  She was too tired to move and that was pretty cute.  I started scooping at the other end of their house and I hit a big mess.  I was thinking "What the hell?  They are too small to make a big mess like this."  Right about that time it dawned on me that I was digging up Koopa.  LOL  He'd tucked himself in under the sand already and I was about to scoop him up with the poop.  I'm sure I would have realized it before I got to the trash can with him - at least I hope I would have.  LOL  Poor boy was conked OUT - he didn't even move.  I just tucked him back in with sand and left him alone.

All that's left is the gerbil girls, then I'm having a shower and calling it a night.  If I'm not completely exhausted I might do some Etsy, but if I am too tired it will be there tomorrow.

Here it is over a week after OxfordFest is over and I'm JUST NOW starting to feel like myself again.  On the bright side to that not going over so great, I've got so much stuff made that if I make A FEW things every week I'll still be really ahead of where I wanted to be.  Maybe Etsy will pick up for Christmas.  I am planning to do some more markets and other craft shows, so there is always that, too.  Either way, I'm done rushing around for a while, and I'm REALLY happy about it.  😃

P. S. I won some nail polish today. Can't wait to see what it is! 😃

Gonna work on my Etsy a bit.

Well.  Gonna work on my Etsy a bit.  I have ALLLL that new stuff from OxfordFest that I haven't put up anywhere.  It's gonna take me DAYS.  😳

Let me preface this by saying...

Let me preface this by saying that I would never choke my dog, BUT, there are times I just want to string her up, like, "Are you kidding?!  STAHP!!!"

As some of you might remember:  Faith and Lowrider came from the shelter to be my foster dogs at the same time.  They went through a lot together.  Heartworm treatment, spays, all of that.  Needless to say, if it ever looked like I was taking Lowrider somewhere without Faith, Faith was not ok with it.  She would jump the gate, and even jump through the open car window to be with her.  Eventually, I ended up adopting them both.  Faith was too weird and not conventionally cute, so I wasn't super surprised that no one wanted her.  Lowrider, while cute and stubby in her own way, didn't win anyone over on her adoption trips to PetSmart because if I wasn't with her she would sit and not move.  She knew she was my dog long before I did.

Well, a few years ago I had taken in too many dogs and stressed my pack out.  Faith started herding and eventually started fighting Emma, so I moved Emma out of the dog room.  Never thought I'd see the day this happened, but then Faith turned on Lowrider.  So, for a couple of years now I've been crating and rotating to keep everyone safe.  It's not a lot of fun for the humans here, but the dogs don't seem to mind, so we just go with it.  I love both of them and if finding a home didn't go great for them a few years ago I have no reason to believe it would go any better now, so yeah.  We just do what we have to do to make it work.

When Shadow switches the dogs around he usually crates one before letting out the other.  I prefer that he does it that way because it's safer.  Most of the time because I am lazy, I guess, if I am just letting Faith outside to potty I get her by the collar and walk her to the door.  No bigs.  But lately, Lowrider is so happy to see Faith that she just runs all up in her grill, like "Hey bestie I love you let's hang out."  Faith is then like, "I will eat you!" but Lowrider doesn't care.  I think she has long since forgotten the ass whooping that Faith gave her 2 years ago and it drives me crazy.  😳  Really don't run up on the dog who wants to fight you!

It's been a bad car day.

It's been a bad car day.  This is why I almost always ride everywhere with Shaun.

When I tried to go to work my Kia was like, "HAHAHAHA!  NOPE."  I've never had this happen before, but it ground to a halt.  Like, I pushed the gas and it didn't matter.  It wouldn't even roll down hill in neutral.  So I was on Quintard in busy traffic trying desperately to get in the Taco Bell parking lot and my car just quit in their driveway with its ass hanging out in traffic.  It can't even be pushed in.  😳

(YES, before anyone asks and frustrates me further, my foot was off the break, the emergency break was down, and the car was in neutral.  It also had oil, the motor sounded fine, and the gears were shifting properly.  I just don't know what happened.)

SO... we had to wait for a tow truck.  And then they only took cash, which I didn't have and Shaun also didn't have, so we had to go and cash my check, THEN find their office in the ghetto.  Google didn't even know where the place was.  It's like, "Seriously?  This is a lot of fun."

THEN, there was another car I was going to have repaired and the guy quoted me one price to look it over, but then was going to charge me 3 times that amount when I picked it up.  I faxed him a letter basically (nicely) saying "Not cool - I'm not sure if I will do business with you.  If you quote me on repairs I am paying you exactly that.  I am not in a situation where I can afford to be surprised with a higher bill."  Thirty minutes later he called and said for me to just pay the original price and have the car towed away tomorrow.  He doesn't want to work on it and that is really ok.  I feel like that says more about him than it does me.  Anyway, that 2nd car that most of you know nothing about was just stressing me out and I am happy to not deal with it right now.  It is completely not running and would be a much greater expense than the Kia, and I just can't even.  I just had to put that one on hold.  LOL

Anyway, I am so glad to be home.  So, SO happy to be in my house.  The thunder sounds nice, I'm glad it's not raining much, and I'm about to put on some PJ's and head to the couch.  I am DONE with this day.

Well, I THOUGHT I was going to sleep.

Well, I THOUGHT I was going to sleep.  There is a dog up the hill just barking.  Like, totally going ape shit.  I went outside to see if he was ok and he's just standing in the street, barking his head off, looking at nothing in particular.  I don't know what's up with that, but I didn't get too close.  He was unresponsive when I called out to him.

There is an echo... I wonder if he thinks another dog is barking back at him.  Maybe he'll tire out soon.  😕

Not super sure why, but...

Not super sure why, but I'm feeling nauseated again. I'm going to bed. Yuck.

This is PROBABLY my last upload of the day.

This is PROBABLY my last upload of the day.  These are mostly clip-on earrings, because I'd been needing to do some of those, anyway.  Nothing you haven't seen before because these are mostly to match other things, but I thought I'd go ahead and put them up anyway.

Photographing the clip-ons was a HUGE pain and some of those photos might not be as nice.  They kept falling over and driving me crazy.  I finally laid them down in my brick crack and that was ok, but not great.  I'll have to work on those some more.

These are my 12mm rings.

These are my 12mm rings.