With a Little Madness from my Friends

I have a friend up here who is, it being Seattle, a musician.  I think he's pretty fantastic, and you should too!  I will shamelessly plug him now.  Please take a couple minutes to listen and like his song: You Drive Me to Madness - Belgian Fog
And/Or read a brief blog about him here:  Ladywood

You Drive Me to Madness - Belgian Fog

Once More, with Feeling

Well, here I am again.  Another attempt at trying to make this blog thing a regular activity.  In my defense, things have been a little nutty here the last couple of months.  I'm finally at full time hours with my job.  Around the same time I started working my 40-hour weeks, my sister moved to Illinois and, as a result, I moved to another apartment.  To make matters worse, I have had the worst luck with the internet.  I've been in the new apartment for roughly six weeks and this is the first time I've had steady internet.  It has been a trying journey with Comcast.

So this is just a quick post to say "hello" and a warning that there should be more to come.  And in case you've forgotten, I always like to add a little pic to spice things up.  So here's my cat, which I've never shared a picture of on here (shame on me).  She was tired of me taking pictures of her and grabbed my hands.

The Art of Packaging

So the post on further nerdom that I promised a few weeks ago is just not coming together for me.  I'll still keep in ruminating in my drafts, but move on to other things in the meantime.

For instance, one of my first posts on this blog was basically showing off some marvelous packaging that some tea I bought came in.  I'm sure I mentioned in that post how much I appreciate something that is packaged with care.  Well!, yesterday I received a belated birthday gift that just made me feel like a classy lady from the 20's.  I can't even tell you how excited I was about this.

Obviously, there's a pair of nylons inside.  But the fact that it came in a box, alone made me feel like I was in an episode of "Jeeves and Wooster".

And they're wrapped in tissue?!  Be still my beating heart.

And there they are, nylons.  Maybe not silk, like they would've been back in the day, but a girl can pretend.  

And in case I needed to be transported any further into the 20's, look at the design on them.  Fan-TAB-ulous!  

And in case you wanted to get a pair of these beauties for yourself: https://www.etsy.com/shop/galstern

The Iron Lady

Because there is no glory greater then to be a Ruler of the Realm!  And my glory must be shared.

I win.

Persephone

It's still National Poetry Month people!  So here's another one for you.  Hope you can read it.

Background is by *artorifreedom 

A Song for a Little Bird

In further celebration of National Poetry Month, I present you with a poem.  Or a song.  But I first knew it as a poem.  Anyway, here you go:

A Quick Note

I was, for a brief period of time, fairly regular at updating my blog.  I believe this period lasted about two weeks.  In an attempt to get back into gear, I am throwing this little Hello! out into the ether while I compose my next entry - a further examination of nerdom.  With that, I will wish you Happy National Poetry Month and here's a picture of my favorite poem to leave you with.