Thank you to the kind person who sent bought the two of us “lunch”. We truly appreciate your generosity! We probably won’t actually buy lunch, but will put it towards groceries instead. You’ve just bought us 2 or 3 days of home-cooked dinners! Thank you again so much!
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I finally got around to adding some photos to my beadwork page. Please head on over there and see some of my creations. That’s just a small sampling of what I could create for you. I know, I started this when, back in July of 2011 I think? If I had stuck with the original rules, I would have been done by August, easily. But instead I opted to work on them in ten minute batches, one day at a time, until I decided they were right. Obviously that could take months, right? I didn’t really think of that at the time. Anyway, yesterday I started working on them again, breaking them down on the site into completed and not completed. A few of them that I had designated as unfinished actually seemed finished after not looking at them once for 6+ months. I’ve managed to finish a few of the others, make some changes to a few more, and there’s some I haven’t touched yet. But at this point about 50% are deemed finished. Check them out. Suggestions are always welcome for those in progress- sometimes I get stuck and need an outside nudge to get going again. After what seems like an eternity with the site having the same old look, I decided to get on the ball and change things up some. I had just recreated my header on my personal site, Deb’s Losing It, and had made a dolly of myself for that header. After it was done, I realized with a few things changed, that header could do dual-duty here as well, assuming I freshened up some of the other graphics. The header was replaced with a new one, the page background was created from thin air, and the colors of the menus, links, and text sizes were updated, as well as some of the information was redistributed and better arranged. All in all, I am thrilled with the changes, and I think it all came together really nicely. Whether your new here or an old friend, have a look around, and enjoy your visit. I love having friends stop by! Angel Dogs is a non-profit spay and neuter clinic that operates from a truck moving from place to place in Southern California. They offer many programs as well as work with other groups to provide low-cost options to people who need it. In March of 2010, they launched, and in the two years that have passed, they have altered 15,000 pets. They spayed Mattie and I’s dog Sashi when she was 4 months old, and removed her dewclaw for a total of $50 after I received some vouchers towards the cost. Right now, Angel Dogs need ours help. Their truck, the base of all they do, blew its engine, and they are looking at $17,000. to repair it. For any group, that’s a lot of money, but for a non-profit, its a decimating hurdle. I have added several items to my Etsy shop in which at least 50% (but in most cases 100%) of the proceeds will go to Angel Dogs. Please visit my shop, or go directly to Angel Dogs’ donation page and give a few dollars. Every penny helps. I cannot say enough good about this group and what they are doing. Please share this post and the links with your fellow pet owners and lovers. As you can see today, when you came to this site, you had to go through a click-through. This is because this site, as well as my personal site, are showing a virtual blackout for today and the 24th as well in protest of SOPA/PIPA. If these pass, the internet will never be the same again. Freedom of expression will be severely censored, and practically anything could get your site blacklisted and blocked. You don’t know much about SOPA/PIPA? Check out this page on Wikipedia, this infographic and this PDF file to learn the basics of why and how this will destroy our internet. Not only will it destroy our freedom to be creative, it will destroy and prevent jobs from forming, damaging our already struggling economy even more. Please contact your representatives and tell them not to vote to pass SOPA/PIPA! SOPA is shelved for now, but PIPA is still very much alive and threatening. It only takes a minute to do something. Click the second link above and add your name to the petition. After much consideration, Kittyloaf Designs has moved to its own hosting. I’ve moved all of the important images with the site, but some of the photos from the blog are missing and I probably will not be replacing them. Its just too much work on a very minor part of the site. That said, I think everything of importance is how it should be. If you find something missing in another section, please let me know! I found better screenshots of some of my older web designs as well as found some that I never posted before. Just click the Web Design link under Topics and have a look. There’s 7 new designs added for you to admire. I may also have some clean-up work to do on Tracy of Art Resurrected’s site as well, just working on a game plan for that. I received my new laptop this afternoon and have everything transferred over and ready to go. Getting used to it, but should be back at work on the 30 Day Drawing Challenge soon. It has a 10-key, so the whole keyboard is smaller, which is causing a lot of typos. Give me a few days though and I’ll be used to it. I’m also going to be delayed on working on my drawing because I’m going to be working on my inventory for the craft sale next month. I’m hoping to have at least 25 items besides jewelry by the date. There also may be a death in the family soon. I was in the process of transferring my files to the new machine when the idiot puppy dropped an external hard drive onto the closed case of the old laptop, shattering half the screen. I was going to try to sell it, but now I’m trying to sell it for parts. Ugh. Not happy about that at all, but nothing I can do about it. Anyway, if you’re interested in a Dell Inspiron 1545 that needs a new screen, check our my eBay auctions at the link in the navigation. At this point I’d be happy with $50.00. Thanks a lot, dog! Since I am having so many issues with this laptop now, and my new one should be here by next Wednesday, and I just backed all my files up, I am going to put off working on the 30 day drawing challenge until I get everything set up on the new machine. Hopefully I will be ready to work again by Wednesday night. I’m definitely looking forward to it. |
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