Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Where did we last leave off?

Published January 31, 2009 in Daily Life 6 Comments

Let’s start at this weekend and work backwards shall we? Okay so, Friday was the annual trek to the Phoenix Quilting & Sewing show. C and I have made this trip a little tradition over the past few years. I like to joke that we are the youngest people there not in strollers but it is still a good time.

This year we skipped the make and takes as none of the projects really caught our eye. We did however check out the Fair Isle clinic. HOLY CRACKERS! I was able to do it! No, really, I was able to knit with two colors of yarn and with one in each hand. I do hope you were sitting down for that one because it shocked the heck outta me. So now of course I totally want to try it some more. Which then just reminded me that I have been really slacking at Ravelry. Oops.

After the Sewing we went on to yarn and visited TYF. I’ve been a big baby about the cold and haven’t been there in ages but it was awesome to see Terry, Candy, and Fred. I bought some more wool to make fulled hats for the shop and also some yummy sock yarn. I HAVE to finish my niece’s socks first.

Now let’s travel back in time!! Last weekend was Las Vegas with C and D. We went up on Friday and came home Sunday. Getting there was like running the gauntlet! So the plan was to leave early, like noonish. Well, D and I needed to stop at a post office and a credit union on the way to C’s house. Easy peasy right? I tell her to go to the Hallmark by my house since they have a PO and it is so much faster than the regular one. Um yeah…they were closed for lunch and wouldn’t open for another hour. *sigh* Ok so we will go to the CU and then the big PO. I can’t make this stuff up people…we turn into the strip mall where the CU is and the CU is blocked off by yellow tape and there are cop cars everywhere and news crews. So yeah….let’s find a CU that isn’t being robbed. We then go to another Hallmark and ship off the items that needed sending. Then we go to Wal Mart that has the CU in it that D needs. Me, I just need an ATM for Vegas money. Guess what…the ATM was broke. So we got on the road late but did make it to Vegas after driving through lots of fog and watching out for zombies.

While in Vegas we met up with a Blythe pal and had a meet over at the mall. I’ve met Laura before and she is just fabulous. She brought her daughter this time who was so bored with us. Poor kid. :) While at the mall I picked up a new bag and such from leSportSac which is super cool and I freaking LOST MY MIND and bought Gracie (yes, Gracie the plastic doll) a keychain at Coach. The rationalization I have came up with is that I won’t have to put her through college or pay for a babysitter or for bail money.

The last big ticket item news wise is that I joined a gym…again. This time I have been twice and am already sticking to it much better than the other times i have joined. I am very motivated to get into shape. Both because I just plain need to for my own sake and that I’ve got a vacation coming up in May. :) :) :) I will be meeting up with someone I haven’t seen in 16 years so I’m a bit more than freaked out. EEP!

Ick and my flipping divorce paper work STILL isn’t done. GAH!! It serves me right, you get all upset and don’t want to thing to happen and then when you accept it and actually look forward to it it takes for-frickin-ever.

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Oh wait, I have a blog don’t I

Published January 20, 2009 in Daily Life 1 Comment

I’ve been sucked into Facebook land and once again neglecting my blog. Doh! It’s been good though, being back in touch with some people has brought me buckets o happiness.

Let’s see, not a whole lot is new. I am still slowing working on ‘operation clean the entire house and get rid of all the crap’. Looking at some old pictures of the mess that was the dining room shows me that I have indeed made progress. No update on the official-ness of my single-ness. Ugh! I want it now so I can go change my name on everything. 2009 is working out to be so good so far so I want to keep that momentum going!!!

The shop is doing well. I’ve went with Regular, Ultra, and Deluxe to denote the bags that are pre-quilted, pre-quilted and a layer of fabric, and quilted by me. I am hoping it will help people understand the price difference. Each step up adds more labor and also more yardage needed so I think people will understand. I also finished a pattern for cute little raglan sleeved nightgowns so those are in the shop too.

Today was not not only inauguration day (WAAAHOOO!!!) but also Candace’s birthday. This weekend to celebrate she and I and Devon are headed to Vegas Baby! It should be a super fun trip that will also include a Blythe meet.

Speaking of Blythe meets, we had on on Saturday. It was just me, Candace, Devon, and Sylvie but we still had a good time. Since people tend to not show up when it is any amount of distance from us we may as well keep having them close to home. :P

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Blast from the Past

Published January 10, 2009 in Daily Life 4 Comments

So last weekend I received an email from Jen that a photo of us from the 6th grade dance was on Facebook. This of course prompted me to try Facebook. I was afraid going in that it was too much like MySpace. I feel about 90 years old the few times I’ve checked MySpace, all the garish layout and blinking graphics make me ill and quite irritated, I start telling kids to get off my lawn and such. Anyways, so I get on there, Facebook that is, and it is much nicer than MySpace to me.

After about a week of it there is this very strange mix of people as my friends. A bunch of us from grade school which is a treat, sharing stories that we remember, photos from camp, all the old memories. Then some from high school (even on old boyfriend if you can imagine that), some from college, and some from today (both work and outside work). All these pieces from from life all put together. I have to wonder, if these people from the various slices of my life were to get together would they all think they knew the same me? How much have I changed, and how much has stayed the same? Which parts of you are your core, your true nature and which flow and change over time like a leaf down a stream?

I’ve spent much of the past couple of years trying to figure out who I am. Yes, I know myself in a way, but the real me, what I really want and how I want to be. Tossing aside all the expectations I image of what others want me to be, who am I? I’ve ruined many a friendship supposing what people thought of me and supposing how they wanted me to act. Quite silly and actually quite rude on my part to be honest. People don’t generally like assumptions being made about them. So being more true (both to myself and in how I present myself) is certainly on my list of goals. It will probably serve me much better.

Oh yes, and the back is much better. I am being a good girl and setting up the tripod when I take shop photos now. I’m coming off a cold but I slept most of the day away on Friday and that has helped quite a bit.

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