So, 2019.   It wasn't bad but it wasn't awesome either. There were bits I liked and bits I could have done without but at least I know what I would like to aim for in 2020.

2019 was the Year of the Devil. It was apt too.  There were things I needed to rid myself of and things I needed to re-prioritize. The Devil likes to get you in his grasp and with me, its procrastination. I like the IDEA of doing things more than actually DOING them. Until I get going, then I LOVE doing them. It's the way I have always been and I am working on it.

2020 - Year of the Chariot and that is a go go go card!
Which works out well as that is what I am hoping to do with myself - GO! Get all the things done. And stop the procrastinating. 

​What will you do with your year?



How to calculate your year card:
I use   Mary K. Greer’s method to calculate my Year Card (which can be found in her books, Tarot for Yourself and Who Are You in the Tarot). You add the month and day of your birth to the current year, and the resulting number corresponds with a Major Arcana card. Always keep the highest number under 23 (in this case The Fool corresponds with 22.).

166 books this year!
Not too bad - I am looking forward to what 2020 has between the pages!

N = New
R= Reread

Happy New Year!

Because this is what I have been up to lately. More of the little green guy!  I am trying to amass them for etsy but he keeps getting swooped up before I get that far LOL 

I wasn't sure if anyone would know who he was at the xmas party I went to yesterday but not only was he known, he was LOVED!  I donated one to the present tree and he was quite the hit! Yay.

So, I am making more and more - if anyone wants one, please let me know!  $20 plus shipping! I do this through paypal. (Or etsy, if he actually gets there LOL)

I know I know, my last post was on the wee green baby - BUT, can you ever have TOO much of it?
I think no.

Anyway, I wanted to see if I could embroider its squee like goodness and it turns out, I CAN!  I am so happy with it - I am going to try a few more and see if anyone wants to buy one.  I am so tickled with the outcome!

I just... can't... I love this little guy!  No, I don't actually watch  The Mandalorian, although I have the gist of the storyline.  But... LOOK AT HIM!  So many clever memes too. The Simpsons one is very awesome.

Anyway, I just had to share some smiles today and here is my attempt at drawing him from a video you can watch here.

My Baby looks a tad grumpy or suspicious LOL

I am going with Dementor. Possibly Alien - probably a Kite. But you'd have to be standing in the middle of the busy street or Forest Lawn - both odd choices for kite flying in cloudy, stormy weather.

It hovered and floated and moved all over the place for a few minutes LOL It startled me silly.  I am sticking with Dementor, although WeeCubeMan says it is a baby Demonoid and drew me a picture of one up close....

Probably best to have Expecto Patronum at the ready... you know, just in case.

Shiny Shiny

Clicky that link up there. I can't add videos.

First, I love this completely nonsensical song but I haven't heard it in ages. So, I am not sure how it got stuck in my head but now it is there and I must share it with everyone.

​You are welcome.

This is one of those songs I totally misheard the lyrics too and I do that a lot LOL  I heard the chorus as:

Shiny Shiny right down behind me... when it is actually

Shiny Shiny Bad Times Behind me LOLOL

In case you would like to sing along, the complete and utterly crazy lyrics!

Good times come to me now
Good times come to me now
I ain't lying 'cause there ain't no time
No city it's a pity 'cause I dress divine
City smokes, people choke
Big meanie he's a genie and we ain't got a hope
No chance, no chance
Well, I feel fine, no it ain't no crime
I was dreamin' of a demon and I ate a dime
The dime floats, the colonel boasts
Send 'em up the hill boys, this ain't no joke
No chance, no chance, no chance, no chance
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny sha-na-na-na
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Your sure look fine your shoes they shine
I taste your face your love is mine
Mercury Dan with a spikey hand
I'm a hot retard, marquis de sade
No chance, no chance, no chance, no chance
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Saw a cop on the line, machine gun shine
I was dreaming not believing that I was alive
My mind broke, the cop he choked
Get out of here, boy, or I'll use the colt
No chance, no chance
You sure look fine your shoes they shine
No heat can compete with this blue-eyed liar
The child spoke, "We ain't got a hope press the button
Press the button, it's all remote"
No chance, no chance, no chance, no chance
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me
Shiny shiny bad times behind me

I am on a Barker jag at the moment. I just finished re-reading Imajica and am now re-reading Weaveworld.  

This was my first foray into the wonderful fantasy world of Clive Barker - I had seen the Hellraiser movies but hadn't read anything by him until I borrowed this one years and years ago from a friend. I couldn't put it down and actually refused to stop reading until it got so dark I couldn't see properly!

I love the worlds he creates. This one in particular, the magical fantasy land inside a tapestry carpet, just got my attention. A world we dream of or only see it dreams, called The Fugue has been hidden in a carpet to save it from those who would rule and destroy it. 

The characters make this come alive and I am trying to read it slowly to make it last but yeah, that's impossible LOL    I guess I can console myself with knowing that I can then re-read The Great and Secret Show - or Cold Heart Canyon!  The possibilities and worlds, are endless.

This years pumpkin - and I couldn't stop giggling the whole time LOL

So my penfriend was telling me about Speedball Elegant Writer calligraphy pens being able to do this arty thing by turning pink and purple and blue when painted with water... I, of course had to Google and found some gorgeous art things being done with this.

So, off to Hobby Lobby, like I need an excuse, and I procured several of these pens and Holy Crap they totally do some amazing things!

I took some stencils and colored them with the pen and then with a watercolor brush, painted the water around it. I got pinks and purples and a nice teal blue - none of which really shows up well in the photos but I might be addicted to this right now.

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