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17 years ago

and do something that I've been thinking about for well over a year...

I decided that I'm going to mosaic my monitor.

heck, I got it free from local free cycle and it was already painted a chartreuse color and had a few pink stickers on it..so why not?....lol

I'm going to take some pictures of it, as it sits and as I go along...I think that should perk up my mind...

it seems as though I'm newly single again...(haven't been in touch with the significant 'bother' for a couple of weeks now) and that's a rather certain tip off...lol

so, I can go and do just as I please...

I was driving him to and from work everyday, 7 days a week and getting more and more tired, to the point of exhaustion..putting my foot down and insisting he get his driver's license is what did it...wow, had I known that it would have only taken that...I should have done that months or years ago...geez...

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pea_
17 years ago
That sounds fun(the monitor I mean not the boyfriend). If you had a source of broken computer part you could use those little...I don't know what they are called I call them computer bugs...striped hour glass shaped doodads from the circuit board in the mosaic.

I freecycle a lot matter of fact my mac that I am typing on now was a freecycle find. It needed repaired but so did the mac I had been using so I switched the broken parts out of one into the other to get a working computer.
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rosemarythyme
17 years ago
Let freedom ring! You go girl! W/the monitor and without the significant "bother"! LOL!!!!!!!!!
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Calamity_J
17 years ago
Wonder what DH would think if I mosaiced the monitor?!!! Hmm, maybe decopaged?!!! I hope he "bothered" to help you celebrate your B-Day!! (Happy Belated B-Day! March 12) There are takers and givers in this world and I'm proud to know you are one of us givers!!! Jane, whose been there, done that, bought the t-shirt!LOL!!!
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toomuchglass
17 years ago
I never thought of doing a monitor ! LOL
THere's no end to the cleverness in this forum !
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haziemoon
17 years ago
I love how you called him the "significant bother!"
That is great!......I'm going to remember that one!
More power to you!!

Love your monitor idea too! can't wait to see it!

Hazie
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crystal01
17 years ago
I love the monitor idea, and using pc board parts. You could also use broken CD and DVC pieces as tiles.
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shrty411
17 years ago
Look at all you gained by putting your foot down! HE however lost out big time.

The monitor sounds like a fun project. Looking forward to that!!
Maria
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lyndalu
17 years ago
That sounds like a fun project! I agree with hazie - - I like your term "significant bother". LOL There's certainly something to be said for having your time to yourself, and sounds like you'll be gaining lots of time by not having to drive him around - and you can dedicate that time to what you really enjoy!
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klinger
17 years ago
I love the monitor idea, It's a cool project and I think lot's of recycyled things on it wuld be good. I totally relate to your talk about significant bothers, lol, enjoy your freedom,
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chickeemama
17 years ago
When I was in the leaded glass class our instructor talked about doing a monitor in stained glass (screen also) and then when he turned it on (of course not using it for a monitor anymore just a piece of art) the light would shine through the monitor lighting up the glass.

seaglassic- enjoy your mosaicing time!!!! No more driving back and forth at all hours!!! I am so dense sometimes..I didn't get the "significant bother" at first..then I laughed my head off..my hubby didn't know if he thought it was that funny..which of course made it funnier!!!!!

pea- finallly someone else on here (that I know of) that uses a MAC!!! You go girl!!!

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bamasusanna
17 years ago
Oh, wow, a monitor!!Such a great idea. Please post a picture when its done!
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Calamity_J
17 years ago
WOW! That idea of using a monitor to light up a stained glass peice!!! Or masaicing the screen with crash glass, people would think you hit it like a windshield!LOL!
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seaglassic
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17 years ago
I'm gathering pieces now...I don't think I'll be doing grout, though..
don't want the extra layer of insulation for heat, so I plan to paint it first, then do the scraps on it..
if anyone gets to this type of project before I finish...
go for it...it would be fun to see other creations..lol

I think this idea sortof evolved when I was at the Children's Hands On Museum in Olympia.
there's a wall of pipes and corner pieces for the kids to put in a ball in a tube, that shoots up from pressure and is released to fall down the patterns the kids build..
not sure exactly how the two relate but I think it was because of the expanse of wall space for the kids to create something for the ball to find its way to the bottom....
somewhere there's a correlation..lol or my brain just sparks off in random ways!

Becky .(*_*).
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jeaninwa
17 years ago
So...Becky! This is where I need to come to catch up on you! LoL
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seaglassic
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17 years ago
lol, Jean....you catch up with me?....
you're the one who takes off and drives for MILES and away, so no one can find you, 'cept for cell or here!!

and yes, this, I must say, is a favorite place to come and unwind or windup, whichever the case may be.

love it here.....

Becky .(*_*).
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