I have the best guy ever.

I have the best guy ever.  For my birthday he got me a super nice printer and for Christmas he got me a little pop-up photo-takey kit.  I've had my printer for a while and I got the photo kit today.  With all of the Etsy and everything I've been doing I really needed both of those things.  Like, BAD.  LOL

I'm ok with most of my photos, but I was having to take them outside - in certain weather, at certain times of day, in certain places, and if I missed out... well, I had to use photos that weren't great, or that looked wayyy different than the others, and blegh.  With my bones hurting and winter coming I was NOT looking forward to having to deal with outdoors if I didn't want to.

These are my first photos using the kit.  I'm still trying to figure it out, but I think this is gonna be awesome.  I took these while sitting in a chair in my bedroom - not huddled outside in the dirt fighting the bugs and trying to get a decent shot.

The only thing I'm not a fan of is how clinical and white they look.  I know that most product photography is done on clean backgrounds, but this is boring as shit to me and SO NOT MY STYLE.  I think I need to use some props or something.  I will be digging around in my room to see if I can come up with anything super cool.  😃

If anyone has tips for me feel free to leave them here.  I see my bedroom lights reflecting in the rings, so I guess next time I will need to turn them off.  I know that the focus is off a little, but I usually photograph one thing at a time, so ignore that.  Other than that, I don't know why the backgrounds aren't PERFECTLY white (or if they even are supposed to be without shooping), so if I'm doing something wrong, tell me.

P. S.  Dinosaur rings.  I can do necklaces and earrings, too.  😃

Bittersweet day.

Bittersweet day.  Cookie Monster just found his home through Etsy.  This was from when I very first started making things.  I hope his new owner loves him!  😃❤

Polish All the Things was featured on another Etsy Treasury!

Polish All the Things was featured on another Etsy Treasury!  Woohoo!

winter is coming by NewKarakoalRain on Etsy

So here's a question:

So here's a question:

I found that a doctor who two of my friends recommended is eligible to be my primary care guy.

Should I change now or go back to the same place I went before for testing and a referral?  I was a little uncomfortable with the fact that there wasn't much testing done at the previous place before I was shot up with / prescribed meds, but then again I don't know what is normal for doctors these days.

So, give first doc another chance or just go ahead and make a clean break?

I blogged the left photo a thousand years ago on MySpace...

I blogged the left photo a thousand years ago on MySpace.  It might be up on another blog somewhere else, too, but  I doubt that most of you have seen it.

The left photo was taken fresh out of the shower sometime in 2007.  Hopefully the Internet won't flag it as too much nudity.  It's like, shoulders and jacked-up face.  Might be scary to some, but I wouldn't think super offensive.

The left photo was taken at a point when I didn't have insurance or a lot of other options for dealing with my health issues.  I don't know why, but my psoriasis hasn't been shy about getting on my face.  A lot of people who have this condition don't seem to have that problem, but I almost always have.  Face and scalp have always been terrible for me.  That's one major reason I used to keep my head shaved.  It was just easier to deal with head flakes when there was no hair in the way.

I remember back when I used to try to hide my face with makeup.  That only made things worse, and then one day I had the experience of someone asking me if I was trying to hide scabs from a skate-boarding accident.  It was at that point that I realized I was fooling no one, and just let it show after that.  It FELT better, at the very least - even if I wasn't like, proud of my face.

I've had it to varying degrees on the rest of my body.  It's not usually intolerable, though, unless I'm under a lot of stress, my diet sucks, or it's winter.  There are definitely some things that make it much worse.

For anyone who's curious, psoriasis is not contagious.  Yes, it hurts and itches, and I've been like a lizard in shed for most of my life.  Woo.  There is also an arthritis that comes with it sometimes, which is my current major worry.  But I'm working on that.

The photo on the right is my face right now.  Fresh out of the shower, no make-up, not shooped.

I wish I could just tell you all how I feel about it, but I'm just gonna cry instead.  I have real skin!  There is really real skin on my face.  And it's soft.  And it's not coming off.  And it doesn't hurt.  I think that after all this time I had forgotten that was even a possibility.  I feel really emotional right now.  ❤

Nails I did the other day when I was hurting so bad and couldn't sleep.

Nails I did the other day when I was hurting so bad and couldn't sleep. Happy Nails to me! LOL It was a nice distraction. Not super fancy, but that's because I used whatever was in arm's reach.

Ok, I know that my last like, 12 posts have been me whining...

Ok, I know that my last like, 12 posts have been me whining about boring health stuff and I apologize, but this one isn't gonna be much different.

I have a question, though.

Is it possible that I've been in a small amount of pain for a long time without realizing it?  I always thought I had a pretty high threshold, but it sounds crazy to me that I wouldn't even notice / acknowledge it.

Twice this weekend I've gone to places where I had to walk on hard floors.  Once, the mall (crazy, I know!) and twice I've been in Wal-Mart.  I don't think that either time I was grumpy or angry that I was there.  Granted, I was at the mall seeing an awesome girl I never really get to see, but there is usually no reason for me to not be angry that I'm in a Wal-Mart.  LOL

I don't think I'd realized it, but standing around in places had begun to bother me.  I'm not a shopping kind of girl (unless it's the rare occasion I'm looking at nail polish outside of the internet), but for the last few years I've HATED to go anywhere that I might have to stand around (such as Wal-Mart or Best Buy.  Shaun is a shopper, while I, on the other hand, usually know exactly what I'm there for and run through to get it.)  I also noticed when thinking back that if I DID have to wait on him I'd become one of those people who sat on shelves or in the floors.  I'm not lazy.  It's not like I can't freaking stand up.  But I think I was in some sort of discomfort that maybe wasn't registering as pain.

Does that happen?  Because when I went to Wal-Mart last night it's not like I was super excited to be there, but I felt ok.  Like, weirdly, surprisingly, physically ok.  There have been a few other instances the last couple of days where I felt the same.  It's like the absence of discomfort has made me realize that it was there in the first place.  Can discomfort / pain come on so gradually that it's just there without you knowing?

I feel so baffled right now.  Y'all don't even know.  I always thought I was so in tune with myself.  😳

So far I'm a little riled today from the steroids, but not majorly.  Still hungry like a horse.  Shaun is taking me to a buffet.  I will try not to bite his head off for him being so nice to me.  LOL  I did sleep last night - a lot.  I feel rested, but I am majorly lacking motivation to do anything, though I feel sort of energetic.  Not sure if that's the pills or if my body needs to rest.  So much to figure out!  😕

Later, peeps.  Food time!  😃