Father's Day Weekend

Father's Day Gift
Originally uploaded by Cayusa.

Father's day this year was a treat, not that it isn't always, but this one was a bit more relaxed than I ever remember them being. I finally got to sleep in on a saturday, which was really nice, then Savanah spent the entire day at the neighbor's house playing in their inflatable pool. I got a lot of reading done (another one down Tony LOL) and was able to watch the World Cup USA vs Italy game without interruption. Then Sunday I was allowed to sleep in again (two days in a row, that never happens). Savanah gave me her present (the picture above) which was sweet. It now resides at my office. Then Sunday afternoon we headed over to Kathy's parent's house for a BBQ. All in all one of the most relaxing weekends in a long time and, from the schedule of birthday parties and other obligations that I have marked on our "social" calendar, it was probably the last relaxing weekend I'm going to have for the next few months. But even the busy weekends are fun so not so bad!

Places I've Been

I did the local map and since there wasn't much to watch on TV tonight I figured I'd make a new map of the places I've visited. So here it is.

My Wayfaring Map

Well, first Ron did it, then Mike jumped on board, so here I am jumping on the bandwagon! Kinda cool, if not just a bit slow at times. Look for it to be expanded from time to time. It's a pretty cool site and it kept me busy for a bit!

Enjoy

Crafts and Stuff

Oh my goodness, two posts in one day. Am I over doing this? I'll probably post a lot of stuff here in the beginning and then slowly fade away into obscurity, but as long as I'm here now I'll keep posting away.

Anyway, i've found myself getting "craftier" lately. I'm guessing Annie is the one to blame for this recent surge of creativity. She started beading a year or so ago (has it been that long Annie?) and I've been helping her out at her shows including making some of the stuff myself. Well after getting a taste for it, but not wanting to be a beader myself, I started making Dreamcatchers and while not having sold any to date (oops, I'm wrong about that....Thanks for the commision Christine!), I have gifted several out and I am slowly building up some stock so that the next time the Reisterstown Festival is in town, maybe I'll have some stuff to sell.

I've also been learning to sew (again, Thanks Annie!) and I'm in the process of making an outfit for Ren Fest and other activities of that nature (I'll post some pictures as progress is made for anyone interested). So far we've made the cape and a pair of pants that didn't quite fit right (I'm still learning). I've also talked with Christine about another outfit for Halloween. We'll see if we get started in enough time for this Halloween.

Another little outlet for me is Zazzle. You can create your own t-shirts there and while I haven't sold any, I've gotten positive feedback and some interest on my first design and I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my second design. I've also got some ideas for some more and will eventually get to them.

Here is the first design

Just Ledoux It
by
Cayusa
Get this custom t-shirt at Zazzle

And then here is my second design

The front is shown here. To see the back you have to actually follow the link......sorry bout that, but I haven't figured out how to show just the back. Just so ya know, the text on the front is elvish for "Go Kiss An Orc" and on the back there is.......yup, you guessed it, an orc.

Go Kiss An Orc
by
Cayusa
Get this custom t-shirt at Zazzle

Well, if you're still with me and at all still interested, the last two craft type, DIY projects I'm working on are a new built in closet for the bedroom and a tapestry type curtain for the windows in the house. Both are in the design phases right now, but I'll keep you posted on the progress once they get going for those of you who might be interested.

Boredom

Originally uploaded by
Cayusa.

Every so often things get kinda slow at work so to pass the time I have me some fun with photoshop. I know some of you have seen these, but then, some of you haven't, so here you go .......I'm sure I'll have more in the future (Beware Annie Ann!)

Welcome

Well, this is my first ever attempt at a blog. I don't know how sucessful I'll be at keeping it up nor do I know how many of you out there will actually read this, but thanks to Ron, I was inspired to at least attempt it. THANKS RON!! (I haven't yet decided if that is a sarcastic thank you or not, we'll see how things go)

As for content........I have no idea. I guess you can expect random thoughts and ideas, pictures of the family and our friends, updates on life in general and anything else that flitters accross my mind and I feel like posting. Hopefully, somebody will be interested enough in all of that to at least check in from time to time.

Before I go, just a little disclaimer, with the birth of my daughter 4 (OMG almost 5) years ago, I've made great strides in cleaning my language up a bit, but I do tend to revert when I rant and rave about things, so please be aware of that! Thanks......