Not really.

Not the kind I play with.

I thought it would be fun to give you an update on how the drying process is coming along.

Oooh they look yummy. NOT! All that black and general ickiness is part of the drying process.  Sometimes though a good gourd…..

will go soft.  It’s a terrible crime when hard gourds go soft.  “You’ve been a bad gourd Gaga.  A bad bad gourd.”  *I’m a huge Lady Gaga fan*

I did what any good Gourdess of the East would do.  I smooshed it with my foot on the make-shift compost pile.  I wonder if the seeds will sprout and I’ll have a crop of “gourd weeds”?

The fun part will be counting the gourds so I can add them into inventory.  There are a lot of spinner gourds in there.  I have a ton of “heads” and not enough “bodies” for dolls.  Go figure.  I wonder if Dr. Frankenstein or any other mad scientist doctor types had this problem?  I’ll ask Minion to do a little spy work for me.  Maybe she can butter up Igor and get him to spill the brains er… I mean beans.

She has a crush on Igor.  *Stop kicking me Minion.  You know its true!*  You should see her mooning over his hump. *OUCH!  She pinched me!*

Have a Wonder-Filled day and enjoy YOUR creativity!

So excited to visit other desks for WOYWW at Julia’s blog! Snooping at other desks will have to wait until later though or I won’t get a thing done.

So without further ado… here is my desk this morning:

Let’s zoom in closer shall we?

Here's looking at you!

The reindeer now has eyes and can keep a watch on everyone else on the work bench.  He is waiting for his ears and tail.  Those will be made from gourd pieces.  I will probably add his legs and hooves first.

There is no other way to say it… I added rear-ends to the Dachshund gourds.   Hopefully this doesn’t cause a stink.  Hopefully they are nothing like my dogs who have been known to clear a room.  Next to them is the owl. I drew on the face as a reference point. I have something pretty cool in mind for the face! *insert evil hand rub and mwhahahaha here*  I had to cut down his wings in order to add his adorable feet.  That was a delicate procedure and I am glad his wings didn’t break or crack.
Last up are the mini Susan B. Cats with their first coat of green paint.  How did I train them to sit this way?  Catch a few naughty gnomes, put them in the cups and well, there you go.  I think the gnomes worked their magic and put them to sleep because  I didn’t find one gnome hanging about this morning.  Anyhoo, these cuties will be sold with a copy of the book. I will debut the Susan B. Package on March 31st at a Health & Vendor Fair at WPOS Radio in Holland, Ohio on March 31st.   So exciting!   AND… you can still get a copy of The Story of Susan B. Cat with a 10% discount by signing up for my newsletter! Just click HERE to sign up and get the super secret URL to order the book. This offer is only for newsletter subscribers and expires at midnight on February 28th.  After that it goes back to it’s regular price of $12.95 plus shipping.

I’m sure I could come up with more hootenany and hooey-ish things to talk about but I have a stove being delivered today.  Our current oven tried to launch itself from the kitchen.  It mumbled something about going where no stove had gone before, beam me up potty and there was more to life than baking turkeys and getting plastic melted in one’s oven.  Its gas valve went wonkers.  It’s not the first time the stove has tried to pull this off.  Shhhh… don’t say anything to it.  My stove is going to where many a stove have gone before.  It’s getting scrapped.  Shhhhh.

Have a Wonder-Filled day and enjoy YOUR creativity!

Look what came in the mail! It’s 10 copies of my book, “The Story of Susan B. Cat”! It’s always exciting to see your stories “live” and “in print”.

These will be part of a package deal I’m creating.

What that might be?

A signed copy of the book “The Story of Susan B. Cat” and your very own mini Susan B. Cat gourd. These will debut at the Health & Wellness Fair on March 31, 2012 at WPOS in Holland, OH!

Remember, until February 28, 2012 at midnight (EST) you can purchase a copy of “The Story of Susan B. Cat” with a 10% discount. Simply sign up for my mailing/newsletter and you’ll receive the URL for it! (You can sign up HERE.) After that it will be available for the regular purchase price of $12.95.

Today is Ginger Bear’s (formerly known as The Flying Freckle and T. Bone Bear) birthday party. The house is ready for the small onslaught of middle school boys. We’re going roller-skating! This was the Hubs’ idea and a brilliant one at that. If we can keep up, we shall be skating fools for about four hours. That ought to poop the little boogers out nicely.

I haven’t been on roller skates since I was 17. I think that extra fluff on the rear is going to come in handy at the rink!

Have a Wonder-Filled day and enjoy YOUR creativity!