Beauty of Uniqueness: Collection Reflection

I am excited about a recent eBay win.  I didn't think that I would win when I bid, and usually those are the types of auctions I tend to open my email and find 'Pay Now' invoices.  You see, I have an eclectic love of glass.  No, I'm not that Waterford Crystal kind of girl.  I love the way light shines through glass.  It's mesmerizing.

 

I love the artistry it takes for someone to just take a lump of nothing and make it into something spectacular.  So I'll talk about my collections.

 

I collect porcelain dogs and cats.  The little ones made for shadow boxes.  Some expensive, others, not so much.  I've been collecting them since I was ten or so.  I can't tell you how many I have, but I know it's probably more than a couple hundred.  I'm trying to find something to showcase them in that keeps dust and fingers out.  Right now they are all lovingly tucked away in boxes waiting for the day I find that perfect way to keep them safe.

 

Then there's hand blown glass balls for my Christmas tree.  There's nothing like white lights shining through them.  My Christmas tree is two things:  glass balls and birds.  I try to add a new one each year.

 

My Christmas tree of Birds and Light

 

Moving ahead, my favorite of all my glass and porcelain collections has to be my bottles.  I collect vintage bottles from the sixties and seventies.  The ones with glass stoppers.  They are to be the centerpiece of my new living room I'm putting together.  I have a rug from Capel Rugs that just happens to match all the colors of my bottles and it will be a challenge to shelf all of them and tie my living room together.

 

So back to my eBay win.  I won a kaleidoscope made by Sheryl Koch.  It is magnificent.  I had to tell my husband I won it and I am still in awe of the fact that I did.

 

I have this vision for my living room.  I have custom twenty two foot long window.  My husband replaced all our windows when we bought our house, and that long window lets in amazing light.  I plan to fill that room with rainbows of color and happiness.  Mostly of silicon base.

 

Weekend at the Office

My weekend has been so full of excitement.  Forgive me for ever complaining about being bored.  Boring sounds so good right about now.  However, drama follows me like static cling and it feels like another day at the office.  *sigh*

 

It is amazing the things that go on in my life.  I wouldn't believe me, but alas I was there.

 

Projects I am Wrestling and Too Many Irons on the Fire

I have so much going on in terms of projects I need to find time to educate myself properly, and the list all demands time spent on the computer.  Finding correct resources to explain things has me scrambling to just stay ahead of my own game.

I decided to purchase a domain.  I purchased my own name, since twotablesnotime happens to be a name I thought up myself.  I want to know that things I post within my blog are mine, but didn't want to get in over my head, but it feels like I'm already there.  I don't understand Google AdSense and I want to find ways to better utilize my blog.  I purchased my domain from GoDaddy, and hopefully they can help me figure it all out.

I am teaching myself so many different computer related skills on a Have-to basis.  I have tried employing people to work with me.  Whether it be my computer manufacturer or independent IT individuals, and it seems I can't get everything I need from one source and pouring money into these places only frustrates me with the lack of customer care.

For example, as mentioned in my blog, I've worked extensively with Dell and I never received closure with all the problems through them.  Frustration led me to solving the problems myself, but again there was money spent and I haven't called them because I lost a week out of my life, and I just don't have time for another week to disappear.  However, I'm going to have to revisit the fact I spent good money on a service they are not providing, and should be.  I should not even have to chase this down, but I do.

I have other computer projects, but unless I get some resolution, I fear I'm going to make a disaster out my computer, and they are supposed to be helping me.

Another thing is deciding how to sell a bunch of things I have here at home.  I need to list so many things on Craigslist, but the sheer magnitude of items makes me leery of making a bunch of ads.  I'm trying to decide how to take care of making a listing.  I don't know if I should take a bunch of pictures, then make one ad for each area .. and eBay.. I've considered, but upon researching fees and all the time I'd have to spend listing things, it doesn't seem worth the effort.  The things I have to sell are worth money and the sale of these things would be reinvested back into my home.  I've sorted through so many things and given away and donated tons.  I've had people suggest I have a yard sale, and that just makes me angry at the idea.  People that yard sale do not come to buy large furniture, antiques and collectibles from someone that knows what they are selling.  People with high priced items tend to have to lug all that stuff back inside, or in frustration, sell it for nothing.  I plan to do neither.  I have to do something though.

That's just it, I have to do it all.  My family has a hard time understanding how all of this stays up and going and just how much time it takes to really keep all the computers going .. as well as the rest of the household.  I don't have friends in the same neighborhood that have all the same interests and hobbies as I do, so finding conversationalists on these topics is proving difficult.  I'm not complaining, but blogging about it helps put things in perspective.  I take each thing and work on it and whittle away at the whole thing.

I'm getting there.  Slowly.