just recalled a dream i had last night.
Ellen DeGeneres said she wanted to put a tattoo on me and that i should trust her cause she was going to do it freehanded.
It was a word she tattoo'd on me but she put a bandage over it so i couldn't see it right away.
Then i was at some soccor complex and getting ready to play a game of soccor and i raised my arm to stretch and noticed the tatoo - in a fancy cool handwriting she had tattoo'd under my left arm (like on the tricep) the word "PLAY"

huh.....
hmmmm.....

holy moly!
i just received a significant raise out of almost nowhere!
7%!

I think it's because someone in HR had an epic fail and sent an email to me by mistake which was meant for another HR person named laura in the company. The email, which she called an "unfortunate mistake", detailed out my position and what the average compensation for that position is. We are looking to hire someone else which was why this email was being sent in the first place. Anyways, this "unfortunate" email showed that i was making about $3,500 less than the average production artist would make!

OK, when i saw this i was LIVID.
LIVID!
$3,500 is SIGNIFICANT!
So, i replied in a professional manner to the HR person and my immediate supervisor "i believe this email was not intended for me but if what it says is true there may be an issue that needs to be discussed..."

HA - within 30 seconds of me hitting send my supervisor came over babbling nonsensically and saying quote unquote "this is up to HR to extricate themselves from."
30 seconds after that i was called into the HR office!
I could tell by the terrified look on her face this was a huge mistake and she was trying to tap dance all around the subject telling me that this was a general number and she had to do more research blah blah blah

I left the office a little appeased but also a little disgruntled.

I have been working my ASS of this month for the company - coming in every weekend and working 50 hour work weeks. I have been told by several people i work with that the August campaign we've been trying to get out the door would've completely crashed and burned without not only my hard extra work but my knowledge and expertise. I am the only one in the company who could do it etc

But, last night i went home and just pushed it out of my mind. Like i do with anything work related at night.

So today i came to work and all of the sudden HR lady called me around 1pm and wanted me to come to her office yet again. And she again said that it was really unfortunate that i had seen that email but all my hard work has not gone unnoticed and they will be bumping up my pay to the amount I saw in the email. WOWIE WOW WOW. I was floored. But could see the backpeddliing going on. But you know what?
Jimmy cracked corn and i don't care!

Becaise if my calculations are correct I'm going to be able to just pay my mortgage now in 2 weeks!

OMG, U2 setlists have been leaking!
They're bringing back "MLK"!!!
And even more squeeeee worthy is "In A Little While" and "Ultraviolet" and "Bad"!!!!!

Oh gawd, i better have enough money to go to all 4 shows i have tickets for!

Productive art journaling weekend!

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LMAO at my "astro slam" horoscope today:

You couldn't stop complaining about your monotonous life, so you made a change awhile back. And now, when you look at the nonstop disaster and chaos in your life, you would give anything for 10 minutes of boredom.

a couple of artsy craftsy things i did this weekend:
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The new prompt at Gutter Girlz is one of my favorite so far!

THE PROMPT:
You call me Bitch like it's a BAD thing...?
THE SONG:
BITCH by Meredith Brooks
PRODUCT/TECHNIQUE:
BLACK

And I finally dove in to my ever growing stash from the Gauche Alchemy kits i've been splurging on. They're just so cool! I used stuff from their ACME Kit as well as the white color kit - yes, they have color kits!

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i had some rather naughty adam lambert dreams last night.
involving me turning him straight and lots of sweat.

huh.

i guess if i was 15 years younger i'd be selling my plasma to follow him around the usa and getting his name tatto'd on my tittie?

i also went on a 3 mile jog with madonna in this dream.
weird.

trying to keep it together.
man, i am sick of life throwing curves!
serenity now!

( financial )

The last week has been UBER stressful.
OMG.
Here are two art journal pages I did this weekend that kind of helped:
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uh oh
starting to feel like i'm loosing a little bit of grip....

i got an offer on my house!
but it was super low and today i put a counter offer in.

i have two major issues that could effect the sale:
- i can't afford the money i would need to bring to the closing if the sale goes to low and the bank won't loan me any money (they will ONLY do a short sale which is laaaaammmeeee. i mean wtf, i'm trying to be responsible and save them money and they say stfu ... wtfever)

- my divorce is draaaaaggggiinnngggg due to circumstances beyond my control

not to mention when my house sells i finally need to figure out the next step in my life...

Plus work the last week is the suck big time - it's beyond chaos, it's beyond manageable. The only positive thing is cha-ching overtime pay. But it's almost not worth the stress it's putting me under.
I hate it when management makes decisions without actually having been educated in the environment for which they are making decisions for.

i don't care if that doesn't make sense. my head hurts...
i'm so overwhelmed i, for the first time EVER, locked myself out of my house tonight and had to call my dog walker to let me in. I'm so overwhelmed i have no desire to create art which bums me the most :(

i have totally got going to these Indie Craft Experience fairs down to a science now!
I bring my Toki Doki bag (its like bike messenger size) and put in my camera, a notepad and pen and bottle of water and some crackers.

Then i have room to put in everything i buy, all the business cards i collect and i can make notes if and when i get an inspired idea or if I need to write down someone's email or give them mine.

Awesome!

OK, so this time around I had a $50 limit - and i spent $45.
After making my first sweep around all the booths I decided what i could afford in priority.
Also, I had to weigh whether its something i would make or say i would make and never actually make, or if it was something truly unique that i know i could not make.
So, this year I got:

A 3D collage card for my mom's birthday that says at the top "Sew happy you're my mom" and there's all sorts of sewing epherema on it including a mini-barbie sewing machine.

A cool as FUCK orange necklace, and for real it's an ORANGE. Like a slice of orange that she baked and encrusted in glitter. It's awesome! It's pliable but doesn't smell like orange. She doesn't have much on her Etsy store but here's the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6717609

Then I also got a flower hair barrette where the flower is made of recycled bags.

Love these fairs and am still daydreaming of coming up with an idea so i could someday participate in one....

Got a couple of my own art journal pages done yesterday - FINALLY!
Not super geeked about them, but it still was nice to do.
Both are for challenge blogs, get inspiration where i can!!!

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So, one of the reasons i've been on the down low is cause i was working on this project for my friend Sarah's graduation. I'm so so so super excited about this and i can't wait to make more and maybe even sell them on Etsy! I think i may have something here :)

I can't believe i've found a way to take art journals further! hahahahahaha

She's been super busy with school forEVER and is always saying how she wants to art journal but didn't have the time. So i hope this inspires her and gets her organized!

Lots of photos behind the cut, though they, of course, don't do it justice IMHO :)
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wow, i haven't been posting much!
damn twitter/facebook!

i've actually been uber busy getting my house back on the market and making my bff sarah a very special graduation present (photos to come sometime in the future).

first things first, here is my house listing - the photographer ROCKED the pictures! They look so so so much better than the last set. And possibly my having mopped the wood floors with murphy's oil soap 3 times a week for a month could've helped too :)

Here's the link: http://www.1256dannerstreet.com/

So, this weekend I spent in Wisconsin and Ann Arbor for various reasons.
Gave a speech at a Middle School that raised $8005.00 for African Well Fund! It went well except I totally skipped an entire page of my speech! I was horrified (and still am) when i realized this an hour later. Oh well. I guess. But doing it, well I mean, being at the school and listening to the teachers and students talk about what they've done was so inspiring. It wasn't just a "pat on the back" ceremony. It was an educational experience too for everyone involved.

In Ann Arbor i made my routine stop at the Scrapbox (I mean at this point it would be sacrilegious not to go when i'm there) and i just had to post a photo of what i got for $7. It's like a crafters wet dream!

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"You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming." - Edmund O'Neill

Walk out, into the sunburst street
Sing your heart out, sing my heart out
I’ve found grace inside a sound
I found grace, it’s all that I found
And I can breathe
Breathe now

HOW EXCITING IF THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE!

Daily Horoscope Monday, May 18, 2009
A door opens early today, and while it's totally up to you whether to cross the threshold, your soul cries out to move on. Go forward and you should find a whole new world waiting for you!