Silent dinner

I have to say, I had a lot of

fun last night!  I was a bit nervous

because most of the group has

far more experience than me, but

that doesn't always mean anything.

I was talking to Coleen, who has

5 years experience.  She is telling

me something about Deaf world, but 

is signing "home".  Both signs are 

done at the mouth and ear, but one

is a finger, the other a closed hand.

So I am trying to figure out what 

she is trying to say about "home world".

I mean, is she looking for the mother

ship or what????  She can't figure out

why I don't understand her.  I should,

after all.  So finally I signed it back

to her and that's when she realized

what she was signing.  I realized what

she was TRYING to tell me.  We laughed

and laughed.  The waitress didn't seem

to be too thrilled with the situation even

though we explained at the beginning what

was going to happen.  She seemed annoyed

at the extra work.  But what if a real 

deaf person came in?  We could hea r her

say,"What do you want?"  They would

not be able to hear that.  So it was good

experience for her, too.

This card did not turn out the way I

imagined it would.  I just couldn't get

the leaves around the butterfly the way I

wanted, and finally gave up.  I've been awake

since about 330 this morning, trouble

sleeping again....I got up at 4 am because

I was tired of just laying there.  So things

don't always come out right when I haven't 

had any sleep.  Here is the inside and

also an embossed envelope.

I don't usually do embossed envelopes but

I thought this one would look pretty 

with one.  Usually I just make my own

envelopes and they aren't plain like this one.

I think it's pretty.  :)

Today is garage cleaning day.  I've 

been putting it off long enough.  It needs 

to be swept and organized.  I don't know

how I have stuff lying all over the place 

when I just did it last year.  Where does

all this junk come from???