Author: Tracy

  • A long pointless story of my previous life.

    I use to work for a company that a piece of software that I helped the customers learn how to use. I was around for the inception of the software and spent a lot of time with the people working on it, testing, criticizing, I mean, critiquing, trying to break things etc. It started as…

  • My mini-adventure

    So I was driving someplace I had never been, Lincoln Park Michigan if you’re at all curious. the route I had planned to take was 1 hour and 13 minutes according to google. Cool. So I hop in my car and then fill it up with gas and then decide I will plug in my…

  • Personal Care – Nails

    I was always lucky and had nice nails. My nails are oval and the perfect amount of narrow. I’ve never bitten my nails. I spent decades polishing my nails. I just enjoyed it. When I had babies and not much money it was a nice decadence. Buy a $1.00 bottle of a new nail polish…

  • Let’s talk about pain

    Oh…afterI typed that I had a flashback to something else. A couple of years ago an amazing LMT (among other things) was helping me with my hip pain and at one point she had her hand on my hip and she said something like “you must always be in pain” and I BURST into tears,…

  • Sunday

    I have stuff to do next week!!! What??? I have the Vet on Monday for the beagle and the cat, so that’s always exciting. Everyone is getting shots. Work on Tuesday. I am only working one day a month now, it was something I needed to do. Can you believe it’s been two years? Time…

  • My Tears Burn

    No seriously, nothing metaphorical, my eyes are watering and it burns my skin. It’s been this way for years. Is it just me? Does my body produce some kind of acid tear? Tracy Murray 2020 I just saw the new formatting option. Makes it look so official doesn’t it?

  • Camping onLine

    I got the official notice that the camp in Montana would be keeping it’s cabin doors closed this year. I am sad and relieved. I am relieved not because I was worried about being at camp but because I was worried about the travel to get to camp. I love to travel, I just enjoy…

  • Household Life Lessons

    Today I want to experiment with my doll arm joints. Doll joints, like doll eyes are a one shot kind of thing. Because they are made to never separate once you put it on, you are done. Since they both go on very late in the process it is a lot of hours of work…

  • Executioner

    Your hand on the doorknob you take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Settle into it to try and calm yourself down. Steeling yourself. Once you open that door you can’t let any hesitation show in your face, your walk or your actions. One more deep breath and open the door on the…

  • Just a quick crochet talk

    In case you thought I was done, I am not. I made another mermaid for Robin and I’ve been working tweaks on my granny doll. But then I have hit a snag. Suddenly nothing I am making for other people is working. So, I will stop and work on something for me. I still haven’t…