Post Thanksgiving Stress Disorder

I actually had a VERY productive day yesterday and what is up with that? I cleaned the entire house, and I mean ENTIRE, even the shower which I really hate cleaning. Give me a toilet to clean over a shower any day. Especially a shower with glass doors that never come clean no matter what you do.

Well, almost the entire house, I have cleaning the stove on my list for today, but we'll see how that goes. And cleaning out the refrigerator is also on the list, so...

I think getting the urge to clean on Monday mornings is because Keith is home all weekend and he is sort of like the small child that you are constantly picking up after so when he finally goes back to work I want to clean up his crumbs so to speak. What is it with men fixing a snack and leaving all of the food out on the counter, not to mention numerous dirty bowls and plates and knives all around, not even all together on one counter, but spread out on every available counter anyway?

Yes, it's the small things that irritate.

Anyway, besides cleaning the ENTIRE (except for the stove and fridge) house yesterday (and even washing the sheets and two more loads of laundry) I took some pictures for the shops and mailed off a few packages. Holiday shopping must be starting in Etsyland because I have a few more packages to go today.

Here's what's new in my new Mimi and Lucy shop, also available in my Artfire shop.

Bumblebee Collage Pendant


My Fine Cat


Sister


Lion Roars


And I am making special little Mimi and Lucy boxes for all of the pendants to go in.

Cats in Your Pants

What is it with cats and pants anyway? Keith lays his work pants on the bed to go take his shower and within about 5 seconds, someone is stretched out on them. It's not even the funky smell of dirty work pants that attracts them, these are clean pants that he changed into at work before coming home. I guess they still have that I love my human smell and if I can't be actually on you I'll settle for your pants thing, though. How contented Mimi looks.

Yesterday was a day that reminded me what online selling is supposed to be all about, with six, count them SIX packages to go out in the mail. It's been a long long time since I had six whole packages in one day. That must have been my Christmas Rush, there.

Speaking of Etsy and cats named Mimi, I'm debating on whether to open a fresh new shop on Etsy exclusively for the soldered pendants that I started doing again. I am really tired of the geelizzie shop name and would like to have a more cutesy shop name and theme. I want to do one of a kind pendants with romantic or retro themes and incorporating fabrics, lace, trims and such into them. I was playing around with some last night, making the little collages to go under the glass. I want the shop name to be mimi and lucy and have a mimi and lucy logo on the backs of the pendants. So, I checked to make sure there wasn't a mimi and lucy shop on Etsy yet and got an email set up for it. I'm deciding whether to open before or after geelizzie on Etsy gets closed after the holidays. We'll see, sometimes the best laid plans and all that.

And now it's time for lets link back to Artfire. Here's what's new.

Lily of the Valley antiqued brass pendant.

Big Octopus Antiqued Brass Pendant.

Ribbon Bow Antiqued Brass Pendant.