I SWAM IN MY TAIL!

I also have my first gig tomorrow at the Library doing storytelling, should be a blast! I'm really excited, I have some fun pirate stories and songs about Octopi, because those are obviously the coolest songs. ::grins::
I also got the stuff for creamed corn casserole, I'm excited to try something new, Jeremy says he doesn't like Creamed Corn Casserole, I'm hopefully going to change his mind. But if not, it's okay, because I'm also making apple dumplings, and I know he could eat a hundred of those, so I think we're good. :-D

Me and my tail in the water! It was so cool, and the silicone reflected the water amazingly.

It was so much fun to swim in! 

Love you all,

Aj

MY TAIL CAME!!!! BUBBLES OF EXCITEMENT!

So my mermaid tail came! I can legitimately say, "I am a mermaid" with no hesitation. BEST FEELING EVER. I'm a mermaid. For reals. Awesome. I haven't gone swimming in it yet, last night I had a girl's night so I couldn't go (I did throw on my tail though for twenty minutes before I had to leave however, needed some pictures), and today I'll go to the beach I think, I hope, I really really want to swim. It's made out of silicone, and is silver, green, purple, blue, and pink at the tips. 

There are no side seams which is pretty cool. This was a prototype tail, so there are a few spots that need to be touched up, so she'll do that in the future (that way I can get my tattoos without itching to go into the water with my tail (with new tattoos you can't swim for two weeks). But it's amazing, and beautiful, highly awkward to try to move in, you should see me rolling, it's hilarious. But Jeremy was a saint and helped me get it on and off. My mertop is being sent on Monday, so should be here for my party next weekend, and hopefully I have a photoshoot this week! My merman friend and I are going swimming on Wednesday, so I'm pretty stoked about that, and nervous. He's been swimming longer than I have, so I'll pry be eating his bubbles, but I think he'll be nice and not leave me floundering. 

I've been working my tail off this week to start booking gigs and events, and emailed a lady I've looked up to for a while named Amy, she's a tattoo artist here in Hawaii who does lovely work, and I have a feeling will do many of my future tattoos, and also does photography, so I asked her if she wanted to do a mermaid shoot, and she said yes, so I'm excited to see how that comes together! I also emailed Mermaid Kariel about becoming a merbabe, so we'll see her response on that. Today is pretty busy, Jer is doing his advanced underwater scuba cert. I was going to, but I need more practice before going to the next level, plus there is a silent auction today that I'm working at with the Spouses Club.   That's about it here on the island of loveliness, it's breezy out today, but still nice, I think Jeremy had his first realization of no snow yesterday, poor guy, I think a trip to the beach will make him feel better. :-)

Well, that's all for now, I'll post a video of me swimming soon! I need to go get an underwater camera! It's about to get real!

 Tides of thanks to everyone who has supported me and loved me through my mermaid dream. I can't believe it's actually a reality. Wow, I have the best family and friends ever,

Love,

Mermaid Harmony

Just awesome.

Sneak Peek of my tail!

I love Hawaii. My house is all come together, and I feel like I have a family of friends here that take care of each other. It's really cool. Also, my tail comes in two days! So beyond excited! Also, just found out that Amy Jean here in Hawaii is interested in doing a mermaid photoshoot with me. She's uber talented, and I've always wanted to work with her, so this will be a blast. I also booked a storytelling at the library, and a birthday party in a week!

I love Zumba, I went today and it was great, but whew I'm toast, and then after Dawn, Kekoa, and I went to the beach, a little chilly, but quite nice once the sun came out.

Now that Thanksgiving is coming up, it's interesting to think I won't be back home, but I know that love stretches pretty far, from Hawaii, to Iowa, to Florida, and even to my friends in Europe and China. I love you all, and I hope that you are happy this holiday season.


Exciting news: I made apple dumpling wraps yesterday and they were FANTASTIC!! A definite notch in my 'I'm a wife, and check it out I can cook belt'. I was pretty stoked.

May love and adventures abound in your life!
Aj the mermaid-adventurer-dancer-teacher-wife-lady
Oh the twists and turns one's life can take :-D

Exciting news in the land of Hawaii

1. My tail comes in 5 days. Whose ridiculously stoked? This girl. Best part is, instead of being made out of latex, it's going to be made out of silicone, which is WAY better, and will last much longer in the long run, and be much more durable. I am one happy fish. Oh, I can't wait!

 2. I finished my signs!
A. I first had a huge pallet, then I had to take apart the pallet (really hard) to get the pieces I wanted

B. I had to figure out my design for my arrows and then cut it out with a circular saw (yay college scenery class!)

Camp Half-Blood traced out!

C. Painted all of the different boards

D. Draw the words on, I was going to use paint and use the newspaper transfer method, lies, didn't work, so I free handed the titles of places off of pictures I found on the internet, it actually turned out much better than expected, I expect it's that Arts and Crafts Head job that gave me the mad art skills I needed for this.

E. Figure out the order I wanted and put it up! We ended up screwing the back board into the wall, which was a 3"x1.5'x8 ft that I cut down to be 6.5 ft. Then we nailed the boards into that one. Took a bit, but now it's all done! I'm super excited, it's all different locations from our favorite books!

Before

3.  I wrote my article for Tail Flip magazine! I made a sunken treasure chest and wrote a DIY article about it called, "Just for the Halibut", it turned out pretty cool, I'll post a link once it comes out!  I'm excited to come up with new crafts to do, I don't have work this week or next, so I've been getting random stuff done, and working on mermaiding (I can now hold my breath for two minutes!) Well, that was once, my avg is 1 minute and 30 seconds...still, better than 30 seconds right!? I feel very blessed to be surrounded by people who are excited about my activities, and don't shun me for going after dreams that sound kind of crazy. :-)

After

Also dove in a ship wreck yesterday, saw a 5 ft sea turtle, and I guess some sharks came out under us while we were getting up on the boat and we missed it by 2 minutes. I guess one snuck up behind the girl while she was rising in the water. I would have died, but it would have made for a good story.  Maybe next time...
This weekend we're having a quiet time, my friend has a Twilight marathon, and some friends are coming over for breakfast dinner 'Ferry style', and Quelf. It's gonna be epic. Just saying.
Love you all,
Aj the ever venturing adventurer :-)