Thanks, House Bloodthorn!

Ape and Mom on the lake. Mom models her Iron Fist swimsuit won from Skull-a-Day.

So this is what happens when I go away for Memorial weekend: a little internet gnome comes along and gives my blog a facelift! Thanks, Guy!

We'll be playing with the look a little, so if you have suggestions or comments, please feel free to make them.

Oh, I've been having trouble with posting authorized comments, so if you made one and it's not up, please re-comment so I can attempt to put them up again!

I Won! I WON! IWONIWONIWON! HEHEHEHEHE! Part 2

You may remember that I won the Skull-a-Day Iron Fist Giveaway, possibly because the random number generator recognized my inherent coolness. Yesterday, as I was throwing some new pumpkin pots, the UPS guy showed up with my winnings.

Happy dance!

Here's what arrived: one pair of shoes, two t-shirts, and a bathing suit. Now, when Noah contacted me about the bikini, I expressed concerns about my age and the viability of a two-piece bathing suit for someone of my vintage years. (Seriously, only my husband gets to see the slight martini paunch any more!) Apparently, he was kind enough to pass that on to the folks at Iron Fist, and they sent out a one-piece bathing suit. Yay for me!

From left to right: Robo Wishbone t-shirt, Man's Ruin swimsuit, 99 Dead Balloons t-shirt. Top: Mombassa Punk Platforms.

Since I'm a shoe whore, you get both pics of the shoes I am currently in love with.

I also got several very cool stickers, one of which Mr. ShellHawk all but snatched out of my hand and put on prominent display on the front of the hard hat he wears when doing surveys out in the field.

Again, big, sloppy kisses to both Skull-A-Day and Iron Fist for my winnings! I simply love them!

ShellHawk on Skull-A-Day

I sent a picture of this little guy over to Skull-A-Day a little while back, not really expecting it to be posted. But look! It did!

Here's what they said about my entry and another very cool entry:

Light C** says:

I know visions of Halloween immediately come to mind in these two examples, but the act of containing a flammable material in a non-flammable container is universal for any time of the year. I really like decorative lanterns because I am mesmerized by the patterns of light and shadow they cast, and imagining the patterns these two pieces cast has removed them from a holiday decoration and made them into works of art for me. Thank you both for sharing your work with us.

Thank you for posting my creation, Skull-A-Day. Love You! Love Your Show!

I will be making more of these, so please keep an eye out on Etsy. Other things should be going into the shop this week...

I Won! I WON! IWONIWONIWON! HEHEHEHEHE!

Happy dance and maniacal laughter not heard since the divorce was final and I was also acquitted... Oops! Too much information, huh?

I can't help my giddiness! I won Skull-a-Day's Iron Fist giveaway out of 132 entrants! I'd been looking at just these shoes for the National Haunters Convention, but for whatever reason, I didn't pull the trigger on them. I'd like to say I psychically knew, but the truth is there were too many awesome slutty shoe choices and I couldn't decide.

I also won the super-cool bikini. I look way better than this skinny-ass ho' (not least because my boobs are real, baby, and hers are most definitely not found in nature), but I won't post pictures because I don't want y'all to be jealous of my supermodel body.

At least it would be a supermodel body if my current weight were on someone three inches taller.

In any case, a bloody kisses to the darling creature over at Skull-a-Day for making my weekend feel fabulous! Love you! Love your show!