Posted by SewPixie on April 13th, 2010 in Daily Life
…come on Hubert step it up! No way we are getting to goal with you being so slow. 46.2# is good, don’t get me wrong. But sheesh! I was really hoping for over 50# by next week so we could stabilize and have some goodies for the birthday. Get the lead out!
Frustrated but hopeful,
SewPixie
ps..OMFG I drove to work today…on the freeway…by myself…and didn’t hit anything…and didn’t cry. Have I mentioned how weird it feels that I am pretty okay driving now? Those that have known me the longest probably understand the best. ‘Scared to drive’ was just a part of my identity. Oh that’s Becca…she doesn’t drive. So much of life had to revolve around it. How am I going to get to X place? Do I need to beg for a ride? Do I take a bus…which route? Do I even try X activity because I’d need a ride to get there? Can I buy this at the store because it won’t fit on the scooter? How do I explain, again, to new people why I don’t drive? Blah blah blah. I’m just hoping that this means more good things to come.
Posted by SewPixie on April 11th, 2010 in Daily Life
My sewing motivation ran off somewhere and I’ve been trying to find it. However, I’ve been knitting a lot and did some spinning today. Some gals from the yarn shop organized a Spin Out at a local park and it was lovely to spend some time outside with some crafty people.
Hubert is holding steady. The joys of hormones has it sort of stalled but not going into reverse. I might not hit my goal that I wanted before I go into stabilization but it should at least be close. More people are noticing the change and it is hard not to admit that feels good and helps keep me motivated. I’ve going to be going off the hcg for a bit so I can eat some goodies for my birthday and then go back for another round later on.
With some other things I go between feeling very encouraged to letting some people making me feel very discouraged. It really stinks and I know I need to let it go and just let to world take the course it wants.
Posted by SewPixie on April 4th, 2010 in Daily Life
Weightloss is at 42 pounds today! Go Hubert!
Posted by SewPixie on March 2nd, 2010 in Daily Life, Home Sweet Home, Shop
On the to-do list is still creating galleries of the different types of bags. However, there now a page for recent custom orders that have been completed so go take a look! I am finding that I like the media upload here on WordPress so that is making things pretty easy. I did have to fiddle with the CSS for the current theme so that the gallery tag wasn’t broken but all seems well now. Darn those floats!
In other news…I did manage to tidy up the Expedit shelves in the sewing room. This is in addition to getting the fabric pretty much under control a few weekends ago. That being said…I’ve been going fabric crazy again so I need to keep that in check! The fabric that I have decided not to keep needs to be dealt with also. For the nicer stuff I think I shall de-stash on Etsy then the rest either dontate or perhaps see if my sister wants some for the kids to play with. Last time I saw them little niece B was doing pretty good at a sewing machine.
The car is doing pretty well! I have mastered driving to the places that I used to go to on the scooter and have even made a few trips to Joanns’s for supplies. Next up is a further drive and going to the yarn shop. Oh! And I even went through the drive through at Taco Bell! Small victories. Now I just need to go about selling the scooter.
Other things new around the house are new solar lights in the front yard and a new couch in the living room. Gosh, there is actually seating in the house so now to just tidy up enough to invite people over to hang out.
Posted by SewPixie on February 25th, 2010 in Daily Life
Under the Shop page you will now see a link to the fabric collection. I took some quick shots of the bulk of the fabric closet last night for easy browsing of what I have ‘in stock’ for Blythe carry bags. My next task is going to be to upload more photos of past work on regular, pretty stripe, ultra, and deluxe bags.
Posted by SewPixie on February 14th, 2010 in Daily Life
So I took the plunge yesterday. No, I did not get married again. I bought a car. A car that I will drive. For most people that isn’t a big deal. They happily drive to this place and that without a care in the world. Oh, going to this location will take me through 5 left turns and onto the highway? No biggie. Now to me…different story. Most people who read this already know my whining about driving. I never quite got enough consistent practice so each time was like starting over. Finally at 27 I took a course and received my license. Later that week I drove myself to the library and then on the way home decided to get some gas. I promptly took the turn badly and crunched into the gas pump. I declared myself too stupid to drive and a stealer of oxygen.
More recently I’ve had some successful short drives with someone in the passenger seat. Friday night I took a rental car I had (since S had to leave early) to Walgreens by my house and back again. First solo trip to and from somewhere with no crashing…ever. I am nearly 34 and that was the 1st ever success by myself. I admit it, I cried in the driveway for about 15 minutes. Saturday morning the car had to go back so I got it there then C picked me up for an errand I needed to do. For a year or more I have been vowing that with my tax refund i would be getting a car. You know those things you declare and set a far off date for. They are never really going to come to pass and everyone will just forget. Well, it doesn’t work out that way sometimes. C is very persuasive and told me we were going to Honda for me to look at the car I had pretty much decided on. We went…I test drove a base model…I didn’t hurt anyone…the salesman didn’t wet himself due to my driving. So far so good. They check the used lot and lo and behold they just for in a low mileage Fit in last year’s model in the Sport edition. Only about 6k miles on it and with more features than the regular base model. And in a lovely silver color to boot. Best…certified used so the warranty is hella long and the price is that of the base model. We test drove that one and all was well. C and M (via text) help me out with making sure the offer is reasonable and I buy it! M was advocating the whole you leave the place and come back stuff but I know that if I didn’t do it that I would talk myself out of doing it ever. I am very skilled in talking myself out of things that go outside my comfort zone. C followed me home from the dealership (no, I did not take the freeway…babysteps!) and then later I took it to the grocery. This morning I took it to CVS. Did I need anything from CVS? Not really. But what I did need was an excuse to try a little trip. I still can’t believe I am one step closer to almost being a normal person.
Posted by SewPixie on January 20th, 2010 in Crafting 365, Daily Life
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about my crafty goals for now and the future. What better way to actually post on my blog than to list some of them out!
- Complete Crafting 365: So far so good!
- Knit a vest: I dunno…I just want a vest. ^_^
- Improve my spinning: Just joined a hand-dyed wool roving of the month club by Pancake and LuLu to help with that!
- Update my stash on Ravelry: It is way out of date!
- Destash some fabric: Really..there is bound to be stuff I will never use and can go to a better home.
- Organize my photos: I recently moved my pictures form the mac to the PC and at about 4k pictures a year there is some room for improvement there!
- Sew more for the shops: Also branch out a bit with designs…like a knitted carry bag!
Posted by SewPixie on September 10th, 2009 in Daily Life
…BlizzCon was awesome! The changes coming to WoW are just amazing and I am really impressed about how rich the story is that they have created over these many years. There were a couple of snags withthe convention but eh most things have at least one problem right?
Disneyland was pretty cool too. I think I’d like to go back in the Fall when they have the Lincoln attraction back up.
Hubert is 32 pounds today! 32 pounds gone since Memorial Day ain’t too shabby. I gained some while on vacation due to what I ate and boy could I feel it. I have a little bit left on this round and then I will be doing stablization until at least after I get back from BlytheCon next month.
Speaking of BlytheCon I finally picked up the materials for the speical bags I am making for the raffle. I’ll have to see how it goes this weekend since I’m a bit nervous now. Worst case I will select new material right?
Posted by SewPixie on August 14th, 2009 in Yarn
But first…a Hubert update. As of my last weigh in for this round Hubert is 27.2 pounds! That is 27.2 pounds lost since Memorial Day!!
Now on to the spinning! I stopped by TYF the other night and picked up a niddy noddy, an extra bobbin for the Joy, and some Pagewood Farms BFL in teal. So soft and so pretty! So far it is spinning up very nicely. I got through a few episodes of All Creatures Great and Small while doing the first single. The plan is a 2nd single and then a two-ply.
And here are a few more yarns that I’ve finished up in the past month or so. Next up is actually figuring out what weight the yarns are. At least now with the niddy noddy I know the length.
Posted by SewPixie on August 5th, 2009 in Daily Life
Well Hubert is finally just over what he was on my LIW (last injection weight) from my last round so I’m all caught up in 13 days. I am down just over 22 pounds so far. Hurrah.
In shop news, I have a bundle of Petite Blythe Carry Bags cut out. Also, I have a custom order for two little bags that hopefully will be quilted tonight. I know there should be photos, and I did take one this morning but time ran out before I had to leave for work.
Oh dear and I started to clean up the sewing studio. Lots of fabric that was forgotten about in little piles. That is now in one place to be gone through and folded properly. The good news is I found that I had bought some more jersey for the face covers so that is one thing off my shopping list.
Stock is low in the Etsy shop but there is plenty to see in the ArtFire shop so Blythe owners go take a looksee. shameless plug
On the homefront…bad kitty was at it again I think on the carpet. The litter boxes have been moved and the back room’s door is closed so we will see how that goes. If it continues then back to the vet we go to make certain it is behavior and not something else wrong.
