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When considering what my "Most memorable Halloween" was for the Creature Week: Journal Prompt, I honestly couldn't think of one that will have a more lasting impression than this year. In fact the whole month of October has been one of personal transformation for me. Let me explain...

In the first week of October I had reached a final breaking point with my boyfriend of twelve years. I've can no long just sit idly by while someone tells me it'll be ok when they don't take any steps to make it so. I require action, joined decision making and careful treatment. I was simply not getting enough of any of those things. So I took the dive and said good-bye in the kindest way that I could.

In the following weeks my now adult daughter and I took to sorting and cleaning the basement. While he never lived with us for more than 2 days of the week, he still managed to have quite a few things that made it over here. Cleaning was something we had been putting off for WAY too long, so it's nice to finally get our claws into it.

We've also been cooking up much more healthier meals and chatting together about dream renovations we could do to make our little corner of the world nicer for us. I cherish every moment with her. I'm so proud seeing her taking a liking to cooking and organizing her once disastrous room.

As we were cleaning I found an old box full of crafting and Cosplay supplies. I used some of it to make our darling cat, Sylvester, a new catnip ghost toy. He really enjoyed it and it kept him out of the way while trick-or-treaters came to our door. Love that fuzzy guy.

We only had about eight kids this year. Mostly because of Covid news scaring everyone to stay in, but also due to the minus 10 degree weather with 80 Miles per hour wind. It's truly nasty out there, but it looks super pretty. Not sure what we're going to do with all that candy. *stuffs chocolate in mouth* XD

Also to top it all off I hit 1000 Watchers on Halloween! I think that's so cool. I want to thank-you all for your support and kind words over the 15 years of me being here. You guys keep me strong. <3 I'll be doing a FREE 1000 Watcher raffle/giveaway soon. Keep watching my deviations to see when. :3

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:iconsugar-starz:  (My daughter)

I love this kid more than anything.  She never fail's to impress me with her many skills and beautiful ways about her.  I'm proud to be her mom. :) She loves anything to do with animals, and that's very much reflected in her work.  She does a lot of excellent character work.

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:iconcelticlegacymaille: (My boyfriend)

He does wonderful work with his hands in all kinds of metal.  He makes mostly jewelry such as bracelets and earring sets. This Maille Coif is one of his bigger pieces and my personal favorite. I got to model it for his DA page. :D      


There's going to be more of this in a follow up.


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Month of LURV

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February already!? Yikes! 

It's super icy and cold outside, and both water heater and furnace decided "Yup now's the day to die."  Thank goodness for space heaters.

I got a lot of fun stuff planed for the month of February, some of which won't be posted until April or possibly kept as late as May. Mostly to keep the move easier on me. Until then I'm still working away on The Nymphomancer's Lair first issue ending and a mini story for March.

Here's a little sneak peek at February's lineup:          

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What a Start

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So far 2020 is a real trip.  I started the new year off with a major WTF episode in my life.  As if getting ready for a huge move in May wasn't enough time wasting bs to last me the year.  Now I have to deal with being put on a new medication, and whatever is connected with it.  

In the early hours of Monday the 13th of January I was sent to an Emergency unit.  I've been under medical care for about a week now, and I'm only able to give this update because I'm on a 4 hour leave from the hospital.  Please forgive any inaction on my part from the past week.  I don't know when I'll be at home next, but I hope it's within the second week.  One week in and I'm already going crazy.

Going forward I'll be looking at how I divide up my time and possibly only respond to notes and comments once a week.  This will help manage my stress levels a bit.

I apologize in advance if there are any hiccups along the way.  Thank you all for your support.  Your comments and friendship help me get through my darker times.

Thank You! by 8Nephila8


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I was feeling like treating myself last week and I happened to find myself on www.deviantart.com/eineko page once again.  I've followed her and loved her cute pinup style for a long time now, so when a sale opportunity came up I jumped on the chance.  I also bought the Shadowlands pre-purchase (World of Warcrafts next expansion).

I'm very glad I went for it, because I'm so very happy to have this.  I feel like I really lucked out!

However, I think Eineko might be a time traveling speed demon.  Why? I received the finished piece within a day and a half of my purchase.  Which is just fantastic for this style of shading.  There's something magical in the way she does eyes and skin details that I think really suits my darling.  I highly recommend this artist.  

My gift to me:

Some of her other's I really like:


I'm seriously thinking of purchasing a few inside cover pinups from her.  Or even from other artist's too.  I would love to purchase more art of Nym in general.  I think it would be a fun addition to the book to have an artist of the month featured.  Or maybe even some kind of yearly contest.               




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