The Secret World Of AnnabelX

Happy Christmas.

2006-12-25T12:54:08Z

I will strive not to be a humbug today.
This is the first Christmas my son hasn't been home.
Ari and I are rather grinchy I suppose.
We celebrated the solstice ...thats always fun.
We are going to miss the long nights.

annabelx @ 2006-11-26T00:13:00

2006-11-26T05:13:52Z

Another lovely day.
Its so quiet here these days. The days flow into each other so seamlessly. My Ari is so calm and centered these days.
The most beautiful crescent moon has been hanging low in the sky these past few nights. I would love to be able to lay and watch the stars move across the sky but am far too close to the city for that. I missed the meteor showers again this year. I am very happy in this home but there are things you have to give up. Someday...

Did you miss me?

2006-11-12T20:14:17Z

..or even notice I've been gone?
I spent the summer visiting my parents. They have dial-up so I spent precious little time using the computer.
Now I'm back at work and very busy.
I have almost one hundred knitters this year. I've divided them up into four groups. They are happy so I am happy.
My dear son has gone off into the world. I give it six months. He has found gainful employment and seems to be doing well. I miss him.
Ari is still sleeping. He has grown his beautiful black hair back out. He will probably be whining for me to cut it off anyday now since I like it so much. I think he is much better. He is going through a rough patch health wise. His mental state is much improved. I haven't threatened to smother him with a sofa cushion in ..oh ages now.
And me?...well. Fine as can be expected I suppose. Feeling rather lonely and blue. Still can't get quite motivated to do any housework. Not really interested in self improvement things like a haircut or new clothes. Didnt do Halloween this year..that is a shocking if you know me. Trying to get some inspiration to draw or paint or..something. Still knitting sporadically. Don't know what will snap me out of this funk. Perhaps I should hook myself up the car battery for a little jolt.
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I'm alive

2006-06-21T15:53:19Z

Raining in Detroit. Watching football. Knitting a Ravenclaw sweater for Ari. Listening to Etta. Fuzzy pussycat trolling for treats. Could be worse.

annabelx @ 2006-04-17T19:37:00

2006-04-17T23:46:09Z

Lovely weather today..if you like sunshine and mild temperatures.

Type your cut contents here. I do not. I prefer cooler and rainy. The sun shining down makes me feel slightly manic and crazy. I want to lie in bed until it goes away.
Ive been knitting and drawing and drawing and knitting. I have a week off from my official job. I have the digi. I've take some pics and now am trying to suss out how to resize them ect... I've spent too long with pencils and paints. I'm fascinated with the manips I've seen seeing. That will be next experimental arena.
So much I want to do...so little time.

Time marches on and it kicks you aside and they say that there's time but you know that they lie.

annabelx @ 2006-04-01T10:40:00

2006-04-01T15:41:06Z

I am here.
Everything is fine.

In which I moan as well as whine..in a sweet musical fashion...

2006-03-26T17:32:18Z

Today I shall endeavor to better my mood and dwellings. There are mountains of laundry to wash, fold, iron, thow out, mend...I'm for chucking it all out and beginning again. I shall have one of the house elves haul most of it to the boot of the car take away to the charity shops.

This week I SHALL take pictures. Lot and lots of pictury goodness. I've promised so many times to do this but this time I shall.

My beautiful Ari with his gorgeous long locks..is shorn. He whinged and complained about hating his hair long even though it was glorious and long and black...so I cut it. I didn't weep but easily could have. Now he has a nice short fluffly little do and is happy. Next he will be wanting blue contacts to cover his beautiful black eyes...and insta-tan orange crap for his lily white skin..shudder shudder. Why does he want to change the things I love about him. Okay its just hair..I'll stop now.

I hate spring.

annabelx @ 2006-03-26T00:45:00

2006-03-26T05:47:14Z

Ive been madly knitting. I've started my first slytherin scarf. Going very quickly and have finished half. Purchased the yarn for a school sweater. Can't wait to get started. Haven't taken any pics.

Everything is fine. Really.

annabelx @ 2006-03-19T17:27:00

2006-03-19T22:29:57Z

Havent updated in quite awhile. I've been knitting. Just about have the lavender jumper and skirt finished. I've completed two Weasley jumpers and have the gray to start a school sweater. I've never made a scarf. I think thats on the horizon. I need to practice my circular knitting.
Homelife blows at the moment. I wont bore you with the details but slamming my head repeatedly in the car door is sounding like a grand idea.
Today's hotness...

(c) http://www.atento.ru/pornoname/

Cognitio indifferns virtus mallus.

2006-03-14T07:42:52Z

It's a little known fact that larks are pathologically depressed, with a high suicide rate

Squid can commit suicide by eating their own tentacles

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great,
Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously

At President Andrew Jackson's funeral in 1845 his pet parrot was removed for swearing.

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

annabelx @ 2006-03-11T03:36:00

2006-03-11T08:37:11Z

I was told today that I was like Darth Vader with tits.

annabelx @ 2006-03-08T21:42:00

2006-03-09T02:45:46Z

Today was much better. Tonight I hope to actually sleep well. My knitting class was overflowing today. I had three more boys show up. I think I had forty knitters in all today. I've been knitting madly in all my spare time. I should be drawing..I should be drawing. I need another ten days off from work.

Craptastic Day

2006-03-06T22:19:16Z

Dear GOD today was lousy. That I have survived and have killed no one is the highlight. I woke up late. I had only fifteen minutes to get out the door for work..I looked LOVELY...always a good start. The Evil Ari, who has been in bed with a pillow on his head since friday informed me that he is never getting up again. He has to deal with the IRS...so he is shutting down apparently. My Ari is insane by the way..for those of you who don't know me. He doesnt leave the house..ever. He will walk to the mailbox once a week, in the dark..thats it. He does webwork at home, sometimes. He mostly whines. I may smother him with a sofa cushion soon.

Arrived at work..on time. I forgot my meds. Shit...nothing I could do about that. But I cant concentrate, my joints are stiff and I feel like my head is in a fog all day. I was on my feet and lecturing most of the day. I dont think I was able to sit more than a fifteen minute period all day. whine whine whine.

Had to go make groceries after work. I HATE shopping. All types...seriously..I HATE SHOPPING. My ungrateful child, who was still in bed sleeping, grumbled and whined about having to get up and carry it all in. I didnt beat him to death with a broom handle..but I may.

Well now that I've whinged about it..it doesnt seem so bad. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I need more drugs. I need a stiff drink.

annabelx @ 2006-03-04T11:57:00

2006-03-04T17:09:25Z

I love quiet saturday mornings. Everyone is asleep except for Amelia but pussycats are good company. I thought the workweek would never end. My students were loud this week. I think its five weeks until the next break period. I am so longing for summer.

Knitting today on the lavender shawl. I want it to be warm and its a fine thread so I'm doing a basketweave. Its mindless work. I only like to have one project going at a time that requires brain power. I need to do some drawing tomorrow. I need to list some auctions and generate a little income. I sold off the last of my little witches a while back. I have fairy sketches laying about that need finishing.

OOOh I did some clay heads for dolls and two full pieces a couple of weeks ago. The bisque came out beautifully! I need to decide if I'm going to paint or glaze them. I may make molds of three of them. I was quite pleased! I need to get the damned camera out tomorrow and take and post pictures. I've been promising people for weeks and weeks.

meme madness

2006-03-03T12:05:40Z

Yes I Know What You Think Of Me...

2006-02-27T05:07:37Z

And it is coming from the antichrist, who is in the kitchen, screaming at me. Thankfully

I can't hear the exact words and he is making coffee so I'm going to smile and pretend all the words are sweet and loving.

After several days of not sleeping well Today the terrible sleepies hit hard and I slept all day. Lovely, just in time for work to begin tomorrow. I'll be up all night. At least I can get into work early in the morning. After a week off it's going to take days to reacclimate to it all. Particularly the noise..

Insert huge sigh here. I'm off to see my parents and spend the summer in appoximately sixteen weeks. I want to slim down a bit before then. As soon as the weather is warmer I'm going to start biking to work again. Buggery cold and wind and slushy snow takes all the fun out of in during the winter. I'm also giving up my unhealthy lunch habit. My father will give me bloody hell if I go looking too round. He is merciless. I adore him and since this is one of the very few things about him that bother me I'm going to try to be a pleasing daughter. It's a relatively small thing to do for someone who is so good to me.

Everything looks so different when you are lying on the floor.

Just wondering....Split Up At Birth?

2006-02-25T17:19:47Z

Saw an abfab today I'd never seen before. Bubble was wearing a skirt like this Im taking up a collection of old neckties on monday...Im going to whip this baby up next week. Look! The Olsens' other twin. separated at birth? you tell me. Just playing with putting pics in...don't mind me.

In Which I Share a Deep Dark Secret..

2006-02-25T11:08:17Z

I'm always afraid to do any soul searching. I'm afraid I'll get in and there will be nothing there.

Ooogie oogie mister man....

2006-02-23T22:42:48Z

Not feeling very well today. Forgot to take my crazy pills two days running. Took everything I'm suppose to today and have that sick, I took a buttload of pills so now im going to die, feeling. Being crazy, chronically ill and crabby really takes it out of you. I've done dishes and laundry today. I have so much more today. God why do I forget to take my pills until i feel the effects of the withdrawal? You would think I like this feeling. I assure you, dear readers, I do NOT. Annabel without her meds is not a pleasant thing to be around. My dear roomies are looking at me out of the corners of their eyes and being extremely kind and patient...as well they should.

I've only just started this journal and have no friends yet. Poor poor me. I have another lj that I've kept for years but I wanted a new one that is more secret from people who live close to me. Entirely too much of my innermost thoughts and feelings were being read for their general amusement. I love them but they don't need to know my every fucking thought. I don't know if I'll even keep up with that one anymore. It was just growing tiresome.

I've knitted a bit today on the green jumper. I've been so busy doing housework I havent given it the time I would like. Haven't found any floppies that aren't tainted so no piccies yet. Hopefully I will find one by this evening. I have some HP FanFiccy piccies I want to post too. I did one of Ms Bellatrix for which I would like some feedback.

Seems I have nothing to say but all day to say it.

My first lj cut....And it WORKED

2006-02-23T03:08:57Z

Today is weds which means my week off from work is half gone and I've done NOTHING! Oh the heart wrenching agony. I was going to do so many things this week. I must must must clean like a maniac tomorrow morning. As a reward I'm going out to lunch with my sister and to the crafting store to look at yet more yarn.

I havent been doing needlepoint lately. I think im going to paint up a canvass with the darkmark. It would be easy to whip up fairly fast. I miss doing needlepoint..chewing gum for the hands. Of course it would cut into my knitting time...and my drawing time...and my cleaning time..sigh.

I'm considering..just considering..knitting with kittyfur. I have a longhaired calico that sheds enough hair everyday to make an entire new cat. I've seen pictures of people using dog hair and I'm sure that there are people who do this with kittyfur. Of course it would require carding and spinning. I haven't done that since I was a little girl. I did it with cotton not fleece. It can't be that different. I have no carding combs or spindle. I have no idea what happened to my grandmothers. My father did away with most of her possessions without consulting any of us. I was too young and stupid to have appreciated a tenth of what she had. That's really what I need in my life right now...more stuff. I have far too much stuff as it is. Damn Annabel that is what you are suppose to be doing on this week off...DECLUTTERING! Getting RID OF! Simplifying!

In our complex there is a very large pond. The entire area is a home to mallards and canada geese. I have a second story flat and the canada geese frly through the common area very low..at eye level with my balcony, honking and honking. It's lovely.
Icon is curtesy of LaurelTx the ubertalented icon mistress extraordinaire.

Tuesday

2006-02-21T18:25:45Z

I finally broke down and was mean and snarky and made everyone kiss and make up and play nice. men..GOD!!!

Canada finally won a hockey game....its about time. They have played like shite! Next up is Russia vs US...I'm too much of a hockey freak. Why havent I put hockey on my list of interest? I need to fix that! I'm a huge redwings fan! I never miss a game. Has anyone checked out the German Olympic Hockey coach? Oh My.

Ive knitted about five inches of my slytherin green letter jumper. I would have had three times that done if I didn't rip out so much getting the size right. Its just a very plain basic sweater so I dont have to use very much brain power to work on it. I have my eye on a couple of more complicated things when I have time to concentrate. I found a jumper pattern on knitty.com with leave vining up the sleeves and two trees on the front. I love the pattern but not about the sweater fit. I'm working on altering the pattern to suit me. I really love the pattern on the sleeves. Want to see it? Here.

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTleaves.html

OOOOH I forgot! I also started my black tunic last night! I have the front knitted to the armpits. I stopped because there isnt a good light in the bedroom and i have to be able to see to do the increasing for the arms. Its a extremely easy pattern I've had about for years and never made up. I'm using a chunky nubby black yarn and size 15 needles so it is going extremely quickly and It doesnt require looking at to knit..my kind of knitting.

I'm actually going to cook tonight. Cornish game hens, potatoes some strange way and..something green. Maybe ill make a salad? Maybe some Dijon green beans? I don't know. I had cheese and fruit earlier so it's hard to think about dinner. I'm suppose to go make groceries but I dont want to. I may wait until tomorrow. I should also be doing laundry and hoovering..and other things...but I don't want to. I want to lay around and knit and watch hockey and read fanfic...and whine. I really would like to go back to sleep. I was up until four last night. I was going to really sleep in but my bedmate didnt want me to. He wanted to discuss what to buy at the store. When I finally became upright he of course went back to doing something else and hasn't said two words to me. Typical.

Day One

2006-02-20T23:14:22Z

Everyone in my house screams at each other. I am perpetually in the middle. I am constantly asked to choose sides. I'm tired. Completely stressed. How did I end up living with people who are so angry?

I've knitted two scarves with matching hats this weekend. One set is a deep blood red and the hat is a cloche style. The other set is a beautiful fluffy orange with a Juliette style hat. I'll put pictures up later. I can't give directions to either as I make up my own patterns as I go along. I have a million projects to get on with. That is one aspect of my life that gives me great joy. Creating.

I've been reading lots of fanfic. I'm hooked on Snape of course. I need to list all my favorites somewhere so I can reread. Its hard to keep track of because I read at so many sites and belong to too many groups. I hate when I get a chapter or so in and realize...shit, I've read this before and I don't want to go down this path again. Most of the sites have a favorites button but I often use it to bookmark...Even in the world of fanfic I'm so unorganized.

I'm too...something...chicken? to draw any fanfic art. I did make a dumbledore and snape head and arms from porcelain clay as an experiment in doll making the other day. I do hand building so everything I make is unique. I haven't fired them yet. I make witch heads, arms and legs with cloth bodies for kitchen witches. I've been giving them away. I guess I should try to sell a few. Having some money that isn't earmarked for "family" would be nice. I consider any art generated income to be MY money. I haven't had any money in a long time. I drew some very stylized pictures of Bellatrix. Maybe I'll get the guts up to post them.

I hate sharing my apartment. Living alone sounds really really really nice. If I wasn't related to both of them I would kick their sorry asses out the door. I may anyway.

New name..new friends...aahhh.

Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your own memory