Sunday, April 27, 2008

whirlwind Sunday!

So, when a slave comes home after yet another rotten day at work (It's
been super stressful, trying to save the business with my one big
pharmaceutical client) and finds that Master has not only grilled
Himself some outstanding chicken burgers but has also made some for the
slave, brought her dog bowls outside to the patio so she can eat with
Him... she's a very happy girl indeed!



To recap my week, in a nutshell - it was pretty bad. Between the stress
of packing and 2nd guessing the classes i picked for myself, the whole
mess going on at work, The Aunt making me crazy...and for some reason,
after all this time i got really mopey about the person that i was sort
of involved with. It's pretty sucky for some one to just stop calling
entirely. At least have the balls to say "hey, it's not working" or
what ever. *sigh* At least i got some great late night phone
conversation while i working in the studio and some good car sex out of
it and i'll just have to leave it at that, i suppose. i guess if they
weren't going to be able to be communicative while things were new and
easy, then they wouldn't have been able to handle any thing deeper, so
i'm better off. Yeah, that's it. i'm better off..... i just don't feel
like it though.



my boss handed me another pharma client this week, unexpectedly. He
took me to see them on Friday, i was completely unprepared: dressed
like a slob, no make up, hair askew (it was Friday, after
all!) But it went really well... They've got 3 locations i'll have to
take care of so that brings my total up to 5 places. No bad for the shy
girl who hates talking to new people! (see, running for leather titles
has it's benefits!)



Packing for the trip almost done. There's a mountain of stuff in the
front hall: 1 large carry on bag with tool box, paints, glue, etc. a
big case with The Big Scary Drill of Doom (thanks pug!) a big computer
bag full of ephemera for multiple classes, another small tool case, 2-2
gallon zip lock bags of supplies. Plus i have to pack the cooler, a big
box of food to cook when i'm down there, kitchen supplies, oh - and
clothes for me to wear! :-) i've started making a "special" head for
the DADA doll class. i'm shooting to get 2 dolls done and they're
giving us one head. Hence the extra i'm taking. Can't have too many
heads, i always say.



Between now and Wednesday morning i have to: get my hair cut, find time
to dye it, bake a loaf of bread, cook a bunch of chicken to take with
me, finish sorting some alphabet rubber stamps (about 4 million of
them), fix up and print and renew our contract (!) and... and... oh,
yeah, go to work and try to finish up everything that's pending for my
old client. ACK! i need a vacation from my vacation! Maybe i'll just go
to Kentucky..... *grin*



Off to finish dinner and a beautiful fresh home made focaccia bread..... blissy bliss!

Oh, one more thing: i think i get to say "Welcome to the Family" to some one.... Master's on the phone having a conversation right now.... Yay! Hurray! i like it when things work out well.....

Monday, April 14, 2008

Connections: past, present, future...

Whoo Hoo! What a great weekend! Aside from the crazy Aunt, doing crazy aunt things, the 3 day weekend was Awesome. Friday was a chance to re-connect with Master. Saturday was spent connecting with a ton of new people and building a new friendship. Celebrating talent and hard work and darn good music with good food, good drink and amazing people.
As much as i love teaching, going to classes, events, bar nights... it was so nice to be "off leash" so to speak and just talk about music and non-leathery things. Although protocol was certainly not non-existent for me (i still needed to serve Master and check in with Him) i was able to relax and have fun. Only one M/s "error" when i started claiming dirty plates from guests and taking them to the trash.... one guest was saying to me "i've never had anyone take my plate before. Why are you doing that?" LOL, i guess i'm just helpful that way. *grin* i think she knew what was going on but i fluffed it off. Another guest was commenting on the lovely collar, she definitely knew it was a collar. Hmmm... well, let's give people something to talk about, i say.

i'm happy to have made this connection. It's not easy for me to have friends who are not in the "scene" because i sometimes feel like i can't be my self. With this person, i honestly feel like i absolutely can be my self. i don't know why. i usually don' trust people right out of the gate like this but there's just something there. Maybe it's because he's authentic in his actions? Could be. Either way, i'm happy with it.

i'm glad to be back in touch with my old Love (oh, stop it! i'm not calling You old!) who has been commenting on this blog. (HI! *slave waves in direction of Kentucky*) It's nice to still feel connected. After all this time. Across all these miles.

Happy girl, all around.

And, none of the buttons fell of my new dress.

Woman alone = Trouble?


Master's Aunt is nagging again.
First, she annoyed that we're unwilling/unable to spend over $1,200 to fly to Florida to go to a family birthday party for *one* day.

Secondly, she offered to pay for us to go but Master declined. It's not just the cost the flight, it's the dog sitter *and* i'm leaving for the retreat just 2 days after that party - He knows that i need to pack and prepare and honestly, He'd like to spend the weekend with just me before i leave for a week. (Seriously, this is the longest we've ever been apart in all the many years we've been together. We've never been apart for more than 4 days!)

Thirdly.... She's mad at Him for "letting" me go on this trip alone. A woman alone could get in to trouble. Could *cause* trouble. Is a trouble magnet. (As my beloved Mr. Terricloth says "Trouble is my middle name!") Oy!

So, she's declared that she's going on the trip with me!

What? Excuse me? NO!!!!!!!!!!! As my beloved Mr. Terricloth once said to an Army recruiter "i'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

For the life of me, i can't even imagine what she's thinking. She'd die on an 8 hour car ride. i have classes from 9 a.m until 9:30 p.m. every day so, i'd not be entertaining her at all. She couldn't come to the classes with me as most of them are sold out *and* she'd hate what i'm taking.
(Really, she'd look at it all and sniff "this isn't art, it's trash!")
(To which i'd sniff back "it's not trash, it's assemblage!")
(And then, we would have a brawl and i would leave her there and drive home alone.) *grin*

Master told her to knock it off and stop buggin' me. Hopefully she'll listen.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Party Dress, Acceptance, Travel

What made me thing a dress with 16 buttons was a good idea? i hate making button holes! Yes, ok - it looks great. It's all done but sewing on the last 11 buttons and the final hemming. i think it's got a delicious 50's feel to it. It's an awful black and red lotus print. Fun! Tacky! me! i'll post pics when it's really done. i just need the right shoes to go with it.... i'm thinking my black and white checkered sneakers.

i *finally* got my acceptance letter for the SoulCollage facilitator training. Hip Hip Hurray! Exciting news! i've already been giving some thought as to where i'd want to do the facilitating. There are some places nearby that would be receptive and i'm thinking *maybe* of Southwest Leather. i mean, it's the home of the woo-woo... SoulCollage is woo-woo. Sounds like a perfect fit to me! i gotta get busy writing a proposal, i guess.

Master also told me this morning that we were nominated for Pantheon of Leather Couple of the Year. Whoever nominated us: Thank you so much! It really does mean a lot to us to be nominated.

Master and i are off from work tomorrow. i think there's going to be a lot of relaxation (and sewing on of buttons) and i really need to do a through check of all my supplies for the retreat. i've got all my metal working stuff for my class with Keith Lo Blue, and all my paints, glues, papers, and ephemera for the other classes. i'm looking most forward to the classes on assemblage. (Keith's class, The DADA dolls and there's another class on collage i'm taking.)

i am scared of the other classes i'm taking. The work is NOT my style and i had to really push myself to sign up for these particular classes. One of the artists/teachers is big in to what she calls "girly glam" but she does this amazing graffiti style work. Um, i think i'm maybe more girly goth so we'll see what i get out of this. Hopefully i won't have the urge to just coat everything with glitter! (not that glitter is a bad thing!) i am diggin' the graffiti style stuff though. Hmmm, in fact: it just dawned on me that i know someone who does that. i'm going to have to pick his brain.

Ok, i'm off to clean my desk at work so i can enjoy tomorrow stress free!
Peas!

Thursday, April 03, 2008

New music, scrap metal and me...

my friend Eric of voodooNouveau put out his new CD a few weeks ago and it's been in heavy rotation in the house. If you like good, hard music - please check it out. It's available for download here. Kinky folks will probably appreciate the song INRI the most. i know that i personally am diggin' the lyrics and the whole dirty dungeon vibe of that particular track.

Things have ground to a halt with my 'person'. yeah, it's sad. They made me quite happy and made me feel like a Princess. But the Princess likes to have her calls returned and doesn't like being ignored. So, i move on.

i'm busy putting together my tools and supplies for my Art conference. i can't believe it's only a few weeks away and i'm still blown away that i am, indeed, still able to do this trip. To be honest, if i had to fly, i wouldn't be able to afford it. At all.

So, one of the things that i need to bring is any kind of assorted "found" objects - a la big chunky metal and industrial type stuff. i had noticed a big, beautiful (to me anyway) piece of metal laying in the street but it was in a really crap spot for me to stop and pick it up (too much traffic, sort of dangerous). i mentioned it to Master and lo and behold, Sunday it appeared at home. Yup, my Master risked life and limb to get it for me. That means more to me than a bouquet of flowers. He's my hero! :-)
We're such a couple of romantics, huh?

We're off to CT this weekend to teach for The Society and there might be as many as 60 people there. Plus some folks from Boston are coming down and that's exciting!

In the mean time, i'm busy sewing an awesome party dress. Where will i wear it? Who knows? Perhaps next weekend.... *grin*

i have a really good life, even if sometimes things don't go according to plan.