having way too much fun

I was removing rubber rings from bottlecaps until I sliced my thumb trying to remove a super hard one. (I'm gonna have to make a list of the ones easy to remove and the ones that suck and figure out how to work around the ones that suck so I don't slice my fingers again) FYI it's a billion times easier to boil caps in water, remove them one at a time with tongs, and use a sharp implement to remove the rings (altho I'm thinking tweezers might work but we don't have any in our house ... so I'm using the tiny knife on our wine tool) I was using the hot plate of the coffee maker originally, but that takes so long.

Anyway, I decided to look for and work on more graphics/pictars for bottlecaps. (thanks Gina!) I found some fabulous ones and I can't wait to get them posted! a couple Rose the Riveter, a few wonder woman (including the opening logo from the TV series) a couple cool cherry ones, a Gonzo symbol, Harley davidson, Mr. T, and a couple others i think. I printed them out and I'm waiting for them to completely dry.

I did get enough bottlecaps un-ringed to be able to paint a few so they can dry. Because I'm such a nit-picker, I'm painting the insides of each bottlecaps to match the outside. (i think I mentioned this before) Like Bud Light. The top is silver tinged and the inside is golden. (which happens to be the caps I was working on today) so after flattening and removing the rings, I set them up and spray painted the insides (of some of them) silver so that I can attach a silver coloured jump rings and silver coloured ball chain and then the cap can be reversible. Black would also work. I may do some of those tomorrow.

But the really fun part is finding and fixing the pictars so they fit and look decent (to me anyway) It is kinda time consuming (spent about 3 hours doing it today for about 10 pictars) but it's rewarding. and I love it!

I'm still working on my super secret bloggy project and I'm crocheting every nght. Working currently on that babyghan then some tawashi before I move onto the 2nd commissioned afghan (when I get the pattern...which hopefully will be in the next couple days)

oh! and I also got some books from the library yesterday. I can't seem to find my copy of House of Leaves (I know it's in my house somewhere...the damn pixies have hidden it on me I just know it) so I picked up "Even Cowgirls get the Blues" and "east of Eden" based on a tip from someone at the Box last week, the 2nd book after The Golden Compass and a book Kevin picked up called "The New Weird" which is like a collection of twisted sci fi and horror stories. He thought I might like it and I think I will.

Yea i feel like my brain is on overload. I'm trying to ration out my days so I have time to clean and bottlecap and crochet and pictar and blog and super secret blog and clean and of course eat and drink lots of water lol.