Sagittarius vs Ophiuchus? Does your "sign" really describe you?

Okay, so I've never been a believer in Astrological signs, I was always told I was a sagittarius and it never fit me. About half of the traits were right on and the other half were NOTHING like me!

I know virtually nothing about astrological signs except the fact that I'm sagittarius, so I was bored today and decided to look up the traits of a few of the other signs to, maybe, get some perspective on my kids, see if they line up with their signs (I was bored, okay!). And wow! They are right on for them, I mean right on! Made me think... If these signs are so accurate on for my kids, why is mine so far off?

I remember hearing something about a "new" sign. Hm, I wonder? Lo and behold, my b-day does, in fact, fall within these "new" dates. So I looked up the traits of  Ophiuchus, (and the pronunciation!) and for the first time I identify with my sign. I feel like this is me, this explains me! While I probably won't run out to find my "daily horoscope" or check what other signs I'm compatible with, or what I should wear etc. It does lend credence to the whole astrology thing, for me.

Ophiuchus Personality Traits - Positive SignsThese should make you really happy, huh? Let's go and see what these are:

• They have a need to constantly keep trying something new and hate routines.
• This sign is considered to be a mark of very clever individuals. Those that are intellectuals and seek knowledge.
• They have a great sense of humor and like to have the element of humor in their lives.
• They do things with an unmatched passion.
• They are quite straightforward and say things as they are.
• They have a lot of creativity and their imagination powers lets them constantly come up with newer things to explore.
• They are very ethical and their sense of justice and the 'fight for the right' always comes through.
• They have great love for languages and the arts.
• They have very charismatic personalities that draws people to them.
• They don't do well with rules and have a strong sense of freedom and personal space.
• These people are usually favored by figures in high orders.
• They think with their hearts rather than their heads. So they have a passion for everything that they do.

Ophiuchus Personality Traits - Negative Signs

So there's the good and the bad in everything, right? Here are some of the bad traits that this sign portrays:

• They are very impulsive at times and therefore can take wrong decisions in life.
• They have a lot of pride in what they do and that is why they can get to be arrogant at times.
• They are considered born flirts and that is why they find it difficult to get into monogamous relationships.
• They can get very secretive and hide things from others.
• They might have trust issues because they are easily affected by jealousy.
• Their quality of being straightforward sometimes makes them have a very poison tongue which can hurt a lot of people.
• They can get very sarcastic and therefore many people tend to be put off.
• They might give in to procrastination***

Most of these are dead on, exactly me in a way I never felt about Sagittarius, except for the ones that kinda seem to contradict each other like being "straightforward" and "secretive" which is it? for me its the straightforward... which can honestly be embarassing at times, I can't help but be 100% upfront!

Apparantly theres some discrepancy... I don't care what the "experts" say about western vs. eastern signs etc. I'm no sagittarius, never was. I like Ophiuchus, it fits. Now I just gotta learn how to spell it.

*** excerpt from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ophiuchus-personality-traits.html

Coffee Cozy.... with pocket!

It's the middle of the night, and I'm blogging... I'm not sure if thats epic or fail, but I'm pretty sure it's one of the two.
So, I've been making cozies for friends and fam for a while now, and finally decided to put a few up at my shop. I LOVE this cozy! its red, its gingham, how can you go wrong with gingham! and the liner is black and white polka-dots! But thats not the best part, no! Okay, okay so it wasn't my idea... it was my husband's idea. It has a pocket! How cute is that, I love it! It's my new fav :)



To make my cozies, essentially, I took the wimpy paper one from a starbucks cup and beefed up the design some, I made it wider so more fingers can fit, sos you don't drop your cup while tryin not to burn your fingers, am I clever or what? I lined it with bamboo batting, attatched a thin hair elastic, sewed on a button and presto! Easy Peasy, as my 7 yo would say ;)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/73675068/red-gingham-coffee-cozy-with-pocket-eco

Also Happy Mom's day to all the wonderful mothers out there!

A Class Divided

If you haven't seen this program yet, I think its great!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/etc/view.html

I think it's amazing how quickly even adults fall into beliving the propaganda, its a real eye opener.
I think its especially enlightening how the kids tend to behave how they feel they're supposed to. When they're the "second class" citizens, they behave like it! And when they're the "smart kids" they excel!
Two thumbs up to this very smart lady!

Wheres Waldo?

I don't know where that came from, I guess I'm still bitter...

I've been looking all day for my darned butcher paper, right? I'm stressed, I'm letting it stress me, it's only butcher paper! I try to use different paper, it just isnt working for me. Finally I collapse on my bed, defeated.

My husband walks in "uh, whats wrong with you?"
"I CAN'T FIND MY BUTCHER PAPER!" I blubber back at him.

He walks over to my bedside table.... "um honey..." and he gestures to my table about 6 inches from my face... It would have BIT me!

I don't know, he thinks its funny I can never find stuff, it's staring me right in the face! What is wrong with me!?

I can tell he's trying not to laugh, "Dont make fun of me!! I WAS ALWAYS TERRIBLE AT WHERES WALDO!!!" :(

A tale of two Irons... oh the irony.

Or was it four?
Okay okay, so you want the whole story...
I had a beautiful thing, it was a lovely shade of off-white (or maybe it was white and just old) and purple, and old as I don't know, perfectly weighted, Qual-i-ty! No joke. Now, I only came to appreciate all of this the day it finally kicked the can.
Yes, yes I'm talking about my iron.
People have been using electric irons since 1882, when a wonderful man named Howard Seeley invented the contraption.* And let me tell you, mine was perfect.

Now, I had noticed that my iron's performance hadn't been living up to what I had come to expect, but I worked around it, I ironed more with the bottom end of it to compensate that the top didn't heat properly. But on May the 3rd 2011 it finally died for good... nothin. Okay, no problem, right? Wrong.

I sent my DH off to Wal-Mart to get a new one, my instructions were very few "it doesn't really matter, just any one will do" little did I know at the time.... so he comes home with a $6 iron! Did you know they make them out of teflon now? Seriously? I guess they had to find a new area to market the stuff since everyones getting smart to the fact that its no good for cookin in, right?

I tried, really I did... I think my fabric looked better before I ironed it. So I sent DH back again, this time he comes home with a twenty some odd dollar iron. It weighs virtually nothing! It's too shiny, maybe I'm just too picky, I dont know... It has weird turney dials, I don't like it, and I don't think it likes me. Worst of all: When I open it up and look at it's too shiny surface I see my face, and a lumpy chocolatey looking smudge thing looking back at me. Now, I'm not saying for certain that it was chocolate, I sniffed it, it didn't smell like chocolate, but I sure as heck wasn't about to taste it.

At this point my poor husband has taken two trips to Wal-Mart (not including the trip to a friends house to borrow an iron first, now I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think that irons working properly at all... hard to tell) I have some aprons to make! So I wipe off the chocolate, or whatever, and get to work.

I'm ironing cotton. Why? Why does my fabric sound like theres enough static electricity in it to power a small coffee grinder in it? I try it out on a lower setting cause I'm no dummy, I gotta geta feel for this new contraption, right? I try to slide it along my fabric, but it sticks... instant dark brown scorch spot! and smoke, and sizzle and smell! YUCK!
 I lift the iron, and realize the sound is comming from it not from my fabric! Crack Snapple POP! Why me?

Did you know, many Wal-Mart locations are open 24 hours? My poor husband does. 2 am, I'm on a schedule here! I've been trading out irons all day and haven't got any good solid work done here!

The third iron was anti climactic, I didn't like it. It didn't have an owner's manual, but at least it didnt have chocolate... or whatever on it. It worked, not as well as my old one...The metal was too thin. It had water marks inside the tank, I realized, once it got heated up, which explains why the manual was missing.
 It kept beeping at me, I still don't know why, and probably never will, since I don't have the owner's manual. But it got the job done, kindof. And as I sent DH back to Wal-Mart for the- well, who's counting- time, to return the third iron, I realized: 2 out of 3 irons had been purchased previously, and returned, which means someone out there must agree with me: THEY JUST DONT MAKE 'EM LIKE THEY USED TO!!

Yes, I know it won't work with the cord cut off... at least this way my daughter gets lots of play out of it and it can stay in the family.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironing
Special thanks to @JeSuisPrettyful  for inspiring me to tell my story!

I am in LOVE with these kitchen colors!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d47638714256d9180ce2c4a/ruby-red-and-aqua

a vintage ruby aqua kitchen treasury at Etsy

My Little Niche Picasa Photos

Pics of some of my art :)