So just before Bedtime the other day, Bernie is getting a real kick out of her cell phone.

Bernie:Look! my cell phone's battery is low, at it's tweeting at me

phone: TWEET TWEET

Bernie: Tweet tweet! ^_^ How cute!

me: you should really charge your phone

Bernie: no, I like it! TWEET TWEET!

So later, she wakes me at 4am the :

Bernie: Victor! VICTOR!!!

Me: Wha...what is it?

Bernie: There's someone in the house...

me: Of course there is, the house is FULL of monkeys

Bernie: No, someone broke into the house

me: really?... hrmmm..... well how do you know?

Bernie: because I hear them in the bathroom!

me: you what? Well, I don't see anyone in our bathroom....

Bernie: No, the front bathroom! They're ringing the bell (small ceramic bell).

me: I'm no butler!

Bernie: Go check!

me: ............

me: it's your phone...

Bernie: but I hear shuffling in the hall

me: of course you do, the house is FULL of monkeys!

Bernie: Go look in the bathroom

me: Give me your phone

Bernie: If you're gonna call 911, the house phone is right behind you!

me: Give me YOUR cell phone, please.

Bernie: (reaching for her cell phone) Why don't you just go check....

Cell phone: TWEET TWEET!

me: it's the turd burglar... he's ringing you for some toilet paper. Charge your phone!

What can I say, I was tired.

First Friday was this weekend.

I sold ONE birdhouse. Woo Hoo!

Sales were dismal. What can I say, no love for me. HEHE :) . I know, I know, times are tough everywhere. I might be upset if this was my bread and butter. Luckily that is not the case. I still have the luxury of having my pottery as a self-sustaining hobby.

There was a lot of interest, but I think the sales were lacking because:

1. I don't have my merchandise priced and labeled

2. I don't have enough signage

3. I don't have my business card displayed

My etsy shop hasn't had a lot of activity lately. I think etsy activity is directly tied to new offerings. I have a number of new items on the horizon, I just need to finish them up. I made a couple new dragon frog like sculptures, a couple of skull pots, a bunch of small baubles such as octopi, dragon slugs, clay amigurumi, and a few skull beads that sort of look a lot like jack skellingtons. They're based on Dia De Los Muertos skulls, but as of right now they're looking rather jack-ish.

It doesn't help that I haven't gotten myself over to the studio to finish up all these projects. It's been a busy week, but I really need to do that.

The Ren Fair is in town; we went this weekend. It's hardly worth mentioning, as the only thing I did there was buy a hat and eat a turkey leg. We mostly went from one show to the next. Seems we couldn't walk more than 20 minutes without having to stop for a feeding, but that happens with a baby. Even with 6+ hours to do the Ren Fair, we did not get a chance to see all of it.