Hmmm... mental note to self - When the outside temperature is below 40 degrees F it is necessary to wear a turtleneck when riding a scooter!
As of June of this year I bought a cute little European style scooter. Yep... a vehicle that goes no faster than 40mph but gets 123mpg. Yes that is One HUNDRED and twenty-three miles to the gallon of gas! I love it! It's zippy and the things you smell and hear and see as opposed to driving a car are amazing.
So... this morning they had an early Christmas event at Archiver's and... hey they sent me a coupon for something free! I couldn't NOT go! Thus, I don the leather jacket, gloves and shoes. Put on my pith helmet with the hot pink flames on the side and even slide the Raybans into place. I wear polar fleece pants because I know the thermometer is just slightly north of the freezing mark (Hey... it's 8am in Idaho in November... blond yes, stupid... not usually!)
My cute electric blue Vino starts like a dream... much better than in the summer. I back up, turn around and zip out of the neighborhood and to the first light.
Red.... red... red... adjust scooter on stop line to make sure I will trip the light... red... Green. Roll handle towards me, push off with my feet and head off with the breeze blowing crisp clean air on my face.
The road is straight and each mile there is a stop. By the time I reach the first stop I am about to turn around! I have yet to do the mathematical equation to figure the wind chill factor but my neck is blue and my ears are so cold they actually hurt! By the time I travel the 7 miles to Archiver's I can no longer feel my neck and am wondering what the prognosis for frostbite in this area are... they cut off frozen toes :0
Well... I think I single-handedly drank all the Starbucks they bought and then stayed until 11 doing make-and-takes waiting for the sun to come out a little so it would warm up a bit! I can't normally spend too much when I ride my scooter because the basket on the back of it and the storage in the seat doesn't hold that much but today I did ALL of the make-and-takes... I do believe Archiver's likes my scooter as much as I do!
The 2-page layout is cute but I probably don't need another Christmas layout. The card is wonderful and someone will receive it. But the altered box with stationary is adorable! I even bought extra boxes to make these as gifts. I will post them when I get the photo's taken care of!
And for the Geek side... According to NOAA the wind chill traveling at 40mph at a temperature of 30 degrees would have been 13 degrees F which means that frostbite sets in in approximately 30 minutes... Good thing the ride is only about 15 minutes;)
Friday, November 9, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
In the beginning....
Where to begin... and who's going to read this anyway? At first I assume it will mostly be friends and family but then... who knows!
I have thought about doing a blog for quite a while... in the vicinity of years actually but have always managed to find some reason not to start. You know the reasons... don't have the time, too expensive (that one won't get you very far when there are so many free options but I used it all the same), nothing to say that anyone cares to read and yet here I am pouring out my soul to the contents of a population I can only guess at.
I mention in my profile that I am somewhat confused... it's the whole right-brain left-brain thing. Some people are "artsy". They think with their emotions. Making a difference to people and the interactions with them is important. That would be my side that scrapbooks and sews. The photography side of things and the side of me that cant seem to make it two weeks without a "mountain" fix to regroup and reflect on the philosophy of life the universe and everything. Others are "logical". Math and science and facts govern their actions. That would be the engineering side of me. This side that is quite happy doing algebra and logic problems all day. The side of me that knows the answer to the meaning of life is indeed 42.
To quote myself "Life is a series of nested if statements." If you're one of the artsy people think of this in terms of making dinner tonight... think of each tiny step involved from getting the ground beef from the freezer to adding a half tsp of pepper to the meatloaf. The others will totally get what I'm talking about without explanation.
And the confusion is... I don't know that I FEEL like having meatloaf! Will my kids like it? Will it make my husband happy? It's cold and maybe chili or homemade soup sounds better... with garlic cheese bread... oh well at least I can use the ground beef for either of the three! Hence the struggle of every day life in my world. And to make matters worse I have to throw in the whole menopause thing which means the house will be way too hot while I'm cooking so maybe we will just go out to eat! Here comes the tears and the indecision.
I'm one of those people who makes lists for everything... what I have to do today, what pictures I have to scrap this weekend, what sewing projects are on the table, what supplies I will need for camping. There is no event that is not listable! And as soon as the lists are written and neatly lined up on the table the other side of the brain kicks in. I look at the list and promptly do those things I want to do first. The fact that I have lists for my creative endeavors such as sewing and scrapbooking is just plain wrong!
When if comes to my scrapbooking pages the logical side of me ends. I think the best tool is your index and forfinger for tearing! I create pages to evoke an emotional response and pour out my heart and soul in my journaling. I almost NEVER am symmetrical... that would be far too organized! And... I NEVER do digital scrapbooking. Computers are for programming, and playing World of Warcraft and editing images. A computer scrapbook page will never feel the same as rub-ons or smell the same as pigment ink. and as soon as I get on a computer the logical part of my brain kicks in and I'm back to making lists, solving logic problems and doing algebra... not being creative.
And there it is in a nutshell... consider this your introduction to the Diary of a Middle-aged ArtsyTechnoChick... surely there are more of you out there! Come out of the perfectly arranged closet and be counted!
I have thought about doing a blog for quite a while... in the vicinity of years actually but have always managed to find some reason not to start. You know the reasons... don't have the time, too expensive (that one won't get you very far when there are so many free options but I used it all the same), nothing to say that anyone cares to read and yet here I am pouring out my soul to the contents of a population I can only guess at.
I mention in my profile that I am somewhat confused... it's the whole right-brain left-brain thing. Some people are "artsy". They think with their emotions. Making a difference to people and the interactions with them is important. That would be my side that scrapbooks and sews. The photography side of things and the side of me that cant seem to make it two weeks without a "mountain" fix to regroup and reflect on the philosophy of life the universe and everything. Others are "logical". Math and science and facts govern their actions. That would be the engineering side of me. This side that is quite happy doing algebra and logic problems all day. The side of me that knows the answer to the meaning of life is indeed 42.
To quote myself "Life is a series of nested if statements." If you're one of the artsy people think of this in terms of making dinner tonight... think of each tiny step involved from getting the ground beef from the freezer to adding a half tsp of pepper to the meatloaf. The others will totally get what I'm talking about without explanation.
And the confusion is... I don't know that I FEEL like having meatloaf! Will my kids like it? Will it make my husband happy? It's cold and maybe chili or homemade soup sounds better... with garlic cheese bread... oh well at least I can use the ground beef for either of the three! Hence the struggle of every day life in my world. And to make matters worse I have to throw in the whole menopause thing which means the house will be way too hot while I'm cooking so maybe we will just go out to eat! Here comes the tears and the indecision.
I'm one of those people who makes lists for everything... what I have to do today, what pictures I have to scrap this weekend, what sewing projects are on the table, what supplies I will need for camping. There is no event that is not listable! And as soon as the lists are written and neatly lined up on the table the other side of the brain kicks in. I look at the list and promptly do those things I want to do first. The fact that I have lists for my creative endeavors such as sewing and scrapbooking is just plain wrong!
When if comes to my scrapbooking pages the logical side of me ends. I think the best tool is your index and forfinger for tearing! I create pages to evoke an emotional response and pour out my heart and soul in my journaling. I almost NEVER am symmetrical... that would be far too organized! And... I NEVER do digital scrapbooking. Computers are for programming, and playing World of Warcraft and editing images. A computer scrapbook page will never feel the same as rub-ons or smell the same as pigment ink. and as soon as I get on a computer the logical part of my brain kicks in and I'm back to making lists, solving logic problems and doing algebra... not being creative.
And there it is in a nutshell... consider this your introduction to the Diary of a Middle-aged ArtsyTechnoChick... surely there are more of you out there! Come out of the perfectly arranged closet and be counted!
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