Another Sleepless Night

The title says it all! At least I'm doing a little better than the nights before.

Time to learn a little more about me! I'm 25 years old, approaching my one-year wedding anniversary and I am the mother for a 4 year old boy named Riley. He is my sunshine! May of 2007 I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis which is, briefly, a disease of the central nervous system where it is thought the body attacks the myelin sheaths surrounding your nerves, interrupting nerve impulses to cause an array of systems. I've also had Fibromyalgia develope out of this. I have an upcoming MRI in September and we'll see how that goes. I may be switching medication because they believe I am progressing at a quicker pace than originally anticipated.

I spend my days at home with my Riley. There are things I do to take my mind off of the pain and one of those is polymer clay. It's become a new passion for me and at night my mind races making it impossible to fall asleep easily. New ideas flood my mind and then suddenly now I find myself somewhat overwhelmed with all the things I want to make. Slowly but surely, though, I'll eventually have them all created. Some of my art can be seen at the www.flickr.com/photos/michello454 website.

On a lesser scale (not much!) Reading books (typically fantasy), Music of nearly sort, World of Warcraft (and other video games to a lesser extent), and movies. We have a fair collection of about 150 DVDs and growing.

Last night, before I went to bed, I was once again searching websites to find dragons to add to my "Dragon Wish-List" and I came across the most... incredibly awesome thing I think I've ever seen. I can only IMAGINE what something like this costs. http://www.dragon-art-work.com/custom-statue-art-request-form.cgi is the link. This website claims, "We create some of the highest quality dragon statue art and we have all the artistic talents it takes to make and deliver wood dragon carvings and sculptures to our clients worldwide."

They actually will create a sculpture made from one of several types of mediums to choose from. You give them specifications - how big, what it's too look like, the position it's in, etc. etc. and they will make it. In the link posted above, there is a picture of an owner next to his 7 foot tall dragon creation. So, before I die, I will make it a personal goal to get two dragons created to guard my home (whenever we actually get a house!)

Polymer Clay - What's On Michelle's Current Creation Agenda?
Currently I'm working on a lighthouse! I have no idea why but I saw a magnet with a lighthouse on it and I thought to myself, "I could do that." And so I am trying! I hope to have a post up on Flickr in a few days.