thunder and...

Hello again. I figured I might as well properly introduce myself. My name is Valanie. Don't worry if you've never heard it before, it's totally made up. I'm from the state whose bottom half is shaped like a mitten, which is appropriate because winter is not kind to us.  It's also the only state made up of two peninsulas almost completely surrounded by fresh water. Whoever guessed from all my ambiguous clues that I'm from Michigan you get a cookie! Well, not literally because I do not have any cookies.

I heard a song on the radio the other day. I thought it was that Adam Lambert guy. I'm still not sure. I don't remember how the song went.

Hey, an anecdote. So today as I was cleaning up the remnants of last nights bonfire the sky started growing dark. And I mean, DARK. The Western sky was a deep charcoal gray and the wind started picking up. Terrified, I'm scrambling around to put all the folding chairs back in their bags and frantically searching out the marshmallow pointy cooker things. I get everything cleaned up and head inside thinking the rain will start any second. But...it doesn't. And I'm waiting. And waiting. And just when I've about given up on waiting for rain...BLAMMO. THUNDERRRR. Oh and also some rain, but not nearly as much as I expected.

That really wasn't a very effective anecdote...

Oh look, a gritty webcam picture of a plushie...

It's Raphael the Raven from Yoshi's Island. I didn't actually play the game, but my nephew was last night and he got annoyed when I kept going "Awww" at all the adorable villians in that game. This is an example of my impulse crafting. I think this little guy turned out rather well. I'm not sure I could stay focused long enough to draw up a pattern for him though. I might try. I could definitely handle having a few of these sitting around.