I have really been upset lately, over the fact that I never seem to have time to sit and do my crafty projects. Real "have to pay the bills" work has taken over my life. Even when I do have time to sit around and sew, or make jewellery, journals, and all the other project ideas that have been popping into my head, I am just too damn tired. I can't find the brain power to concentrate on anything more than online Scrabble or trash TV.
But, I realize now, that I need to take the time. Somehow, I just need to fit it into my day.
Festival season is coming, and I want to be prepared well in advance, and would love to have some of my new creations ready to sell. I have also been neglecting my Etsy shop, and should have taken new photos, and added what new items I do have long ago.
So that's that. Time to get my arse in gear.
But until then, check me out at the virtual craft sale over at http://cafehandmade.blogspot.com
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Feb 17, 2009
Feb 9, 2009
Grace in Small Things #10
1. CBC Radio Two Morning.
2. Friends who truly understand what a night shift does to you.
3. Plans of eating greasy food and gossiping with your best friend later in the week.
4. Actually finding someone you want to get to know again on Facebook, and learning that they missed you too.
5. The book "Stuff White People Like".
6. A dog who uses a soaker pad to pee on.
7. A mom who has old piano sheet music and books you can have.
8. Brand new babies sprouting on the family tree.
9. Having an awesome mother-in-law.
10. Knowing that it is only one more sleep until pay day.
2. Friends who truly understand what a night shift does to you.
3. Plans of eating greasy food and gossiping with your best friend later in the week.
4. Actually finding someone you want to get to know again on Facebook, and learning that they missed you too.
5. The book "Stuff White People Like".
6. A dog who uses a soaker pad to pee on.
7. A mom who has old piano sheet music and books you can have.
8. Brand new babies sprouting on the family tree.
9. Having an awesome mother-in-law.
10. Knowing that it is only one more sleep until pay day.
Jan 17, 2009
Grace in Small Things #6
1. Even though I stayed up way too late for no reason, I feel rested today.
2. I think it helped that I got to hang out with Schmutzie and Pocket Buddha for a few minutes before I went to bed.
3. My brain is feeling creative, and I just might hit the craft store today.
4. I don't have to work today, or tomorrow. You "working-for-the-weekend" types may not understand why this is so wonderful, because you always get weekends off. I do not, and am grateful when I do.
5. Instructables is awesome, and just killed half of my morning.
6. There isn't much housework to do today. Phew!
7. I have lost another 4 pounds. So that totals 10 lost pounds in a month. Not that you can tell, but whatever.
8. Smyrish moved the cardboard out of the hallway.
9. It is not -50C today. At this moment, it is a summery -8C, and I am told it will warm up even more. Who wants to hit the beach?
10. My moccasins are my new best friend. Thank you, Knuckle Toes!
2. I think it helped that I got to hang out with Schmutzie and Pocket Buddha for a few minutes before I went to bed.
3. My brain is feeling creative, and I just might hit the craft store today.
4. I don't have to work today, or tomorrow. You "working-for-the-weekend" types may not understand why this is so wonderful, because you always get weekends off. I do not, and am grateful when I do.
5. Instructables is awesome, and just killed half of my morning.
6. There isn't much housework to do today. Phew!
7. I have lost another 4 pounds. So that totals 10 lost pounds in a month. Not that you can tell, but whatever.
8. Smyrish moved the cardboard out of the hallway.
9. It is not -50C today. At this moment, it is a summery -8C, and I am told it will warm up even more. Who wants to hit the beach?
10. My moccasins are my new best friend. Thank you, Knuckle Toes!
Apr 16, 2008
See You Soon!!!
Since I will be gone (and I just know you'll all miss me), and I most likely won't be updating until I get back (with many wonderful tales of The Great Canadian Train Excursion of '08) due to limited InterWeb access, and a hate I can't explain for most internet cafe's, I am leaving you with this run-on sentence, some links to posts by other bloggers, and sites I think you should check out, in my absence, 'cause they are A-OK.
Enjoy!!!!
Dangerous Toys: Dangerous, or Just Toys? - from {redacted}
Fat Free Vegan Recipes
Drinking Games - by the Webtender
Easy Cheeseball - via allrecipes.com
Laundromats - by Smyrish
A Post About Nothing - from Pop Culture Sculpture
Gotta Remind Myself - by Jonesalicious
Feel the Bra - via Citizen of the Month
It Makes me Feel Like a Kid Again - by the Nervous Axon
A Cup of Coffee - by The Palinode
Byokal - via zefrank
Enjoy!!!!
Dangerous Toys: Dangerous, or Just Toys? - from {redacted}
Fat Free Vegan Recipes
Drinking Games - by the Webtender
Easy Cheeseball - via allrecipes.com
Laundromats - by Smyrish
A Post About Nothing - from Pop Culture Sculpture
Gotta Remind Myself - by Jonesalicious
Feel the Bra - via Citizen of the Month
It Makes me Feel Like a Kid Again - by the Nervous Axon
A Cup of Coffee - by The Palinode
Byokal - via zefrank
Mar 11, 2008
Abigail's Archives Meme
The bloggiest of all bloggers, my pal Schmutzie, tagged thee in a meme. I was happy to be tagged, as I only have sad, pitiful things to write about today, and it is too darn nice outside to be depressing. Plus, doing this meme gave me a chance to go through my archives a bit, and find some happy posts that made me feel so much better.
The meme's rules:
1. Go through your archives and link to five of your favourite posts that you have written.
· Link one must be a post about family.
· Link two must be a post about friends.
· Link three must be a post about yourself.
· Link four must be a post about something you love.
· Link five can be a post about anything you choose.
2. Tag five other people to do this meme. Two of them must be people you already know so that you can get to know each other better.
Family: A Tribute to Big Bad Bob
Friends: Family Values
Myself: The Hot List, Continued.
Something I love: Camping Trip 2005
Wild card: The Recent Adventures of Abigail, Part One
I tag thee, and do what you want with it:
Wench
Madame Diva
Jonesalicious
Eat, Bitch and Whine
Miss Nicola
The meme's rules:
1. Go through your archives and link to five of your favourite posts that you have written.
· Link one must be a post about family.
· Link two must be a post about friends.
· Link three must be a post about yourself.
· Link four must be a post about something you love.
· Link five can be a post about anything you choose.
2. Tag five other people to do this meme. Two of them must be people you already know so that you can get to know each other better.
Family: A Tribute to Big Bad Bob
Friends: Family Values
Myself: The Hot List, Continued.
Something I love: Camping Trip 2005
Wild card: The Recent Adventures of Abigail, Part One
I tag thee, and do what you want with it:
Wench
Madame Diva
Jonesalicious
Eat, Bitch and Whine
Miss Nicola
Jan 22, 2008
29 Things
A list of twenty-nine things I still want to do, and hopefully will do,at some point in life, in honor of my twenty-ninth birthday.
1. Get a new bicycle. A really rad retro bicycle.
2. Go to Mexico with friends and family.
3. See Morrissey in concert.
4. Have a baby.
5. Own a cottage on the lake shore.
6. Be a size 12 again.
7. Sing in a band just once, even back-up will do.
8. Go back to Churchill, in the spring-time.
9. See New York City.
10. Have an adventure with my mom.
11. Find the perfect bra.
12. Own a piano.
13. Make enough money to do all of these things.
14. Tattoo over the ugly scar on my leg.
15. Move out of the House of Pain, to another semi-permanent location.
16. Make money on my Etsy shop.
17. Go to Africa.
18. Go back to Paris, with money this time.
19. Write a novel.
20. Get electrolysis on my upper lip. Plucking for the rest of my life does not sound fun.
21. Learn to crotchet.
22. Go to Thailand.
23. Live in a home with a huge bath tub.
24. Learn to budget and be more responsible with my money.
25. Pay my mom back all the money I owe her.
26. Quit smoking.
27. Take a class or two, in what, I am not sure yet, just for fun.
28. Go on a road trip/camping trip to Northern Saskatchewan.
29. Have my own garden, or even learn how to keep plants alive.
Vote for me, and I'll have you over for coffee.
1. Get a new bicycle. A really rad retro bicycle.
2. Go to Mexico with friends and family.
3. See Morrissey in concert.
4. Have a baby.
5. Own a cottage on the lake shore.
6. Be a size 12 again.
7. Sing in a band just once, even back-up will do.
8. Go back to Churchill, in the spring-time.
9. See New York City.
10. Have an adventure with my mom.
11. Find the perfect bra.
12. Own a piano.
13. Make enough money to do all of these things.
14. Tattoo over the ugly scar on my leg.
15. Move out of the House of Pain, to another semi-permanent location.
16. Make money on my Etsy shop.
17. Go to Africa.
18. Go back to Paris, with money this time.
19. Write a novel.
20. Get electrolysis on my upper lip. Plucking for the rest of my life does not sound fun.
21. Learn to crotchet.
22. Go to Thailand.
23. Live in a home with a huge bath tub.
24. Learn to budget and be more responsible with my money.
25. Pay my mom back all the money I owe her.
26. Quit smoking.
27. Take a class or two, in what, I am not sure yet, just for fun.
28. Go on a road trip/camping trip to Northern Saskatchewan.
29. Have my own garden, or even learn how to keep plants alive.
Vote for me, and I'll have you over for coffee.Dec 18, 2007
I Heart These Internets.
I spent a bit too much time on the Interweb today, but I did find a few interesting things. If you are like me, and have nothing to do tonight except whine about how sore your ears and head are and watch really, truly bad television for hours on end, take a break for a few minutes, and check out my blog crushes for the day.
Bob Lefsetz wrote a wonderful, heart-wrenching post about the death of Dan Fogelburg, and how his songs make him reminisce about his own life.
The Nervous Axon, got me thinking about my music collection, and what it means to me.
Miss.Nicola, has me thinking about getting my colon cleansed of the twenty pounds of compacted shit it is no doubt harbouring. If Jack Osbourne can do it, why can't I?
As well as perusing blogs, I also perused some Etsy shops, which in the end, just made me act like a big pissy pants, because I can't have my own shop too. The only one I'm going to plug here however, is my friend B-Rock, who has some amazing prints for sale over at brockphotography.
Come on, go buy some!
Well that's all folks, I'm leaving the 'puter for the night. The sex toys will be being delivered soon-ish, and hopefully, I'll be too busy to be playing around here.
Bob Lefsetz wrote a wonderful, heart-wrenching post about the death of Dan Fogelburg, and how his songs make him reminisce about his own life.
The Nervous Axon, got me thinking about my music collection, and what it means to me.
Miss.Nicola, has me thinking about getting my colon cleansed of the twenty pounds of compacted shit it is no doubt harbouring. If Jack Osbourne can do it, why can't I?
As well as perusing blogs, I also perused some Etsy shops, which in the end, just made me act like a big pissy pants, because I can't have my own shop too. The only one I'm going to plug here however, is my friend B-Rock, who has some amazing prints for sale over at brockphotography.
Come on, go buy some!
Well that's all folks, I'm leaving the 'puter for the night. The sex toys will be being delivered soon-ish, and hopefully, I'll be too busy to be playing around here.
May 29, 2007
Woo Hoo!
10 Things That Are Exciting to Me Right Now
1. As of right now, I have 2 days off from work!
2. The Canada Day camping trip plans are coming together nicely, and I can't friggin' wait to get out to the lake, and out of This City!
3. The Arts Festival went extremely well, and was a super duper funtastic day, and it gave me some motivation to get creating!
4. Mosaic is this weekend, plus, the JukeBox Hero is coming to visit!
5. Cable T.V rocks! Not only did I get home just in time to see Deadwood, I can set the timer on the guide so I don't miss Twitch City! Oh, Don McKellar, how I adore you!
6. For under $15, I bought 2 new books at Chapters tonight. Although I am already reading 3 books, I am going to start them tomorrow, as I drink overpriced coffee.
7. The Golden Dogs are playing at The Pub in July!
8. I purchased a really cute 2 piece bathing suit, that not only makes my boobs look boobtastic, but I am refusing to wear it to swim with the special people at work. It is just for me! (Believe me, this is the first time in years that I have been able to afford to buy 2 bathing suits, one for work, and one for play!)
9. My new digital camera makes me happy. I am learning that sometimes, it's okay to live in the 21st century.
10. My shitty mood of the past few days seems to be subsiding. Maybe it was just hormonal. Or maybe things are starting to look up.
2. The Canada Day camping trip plans are coming together nicely, and I can't friggin' wait to get out to the lake, and out of This City!
3. The Arts Festival went extremely well, and was a super duper funtastic day, and it gave me some motivation to get creating!
4. Mosaic is this weekend, plus, the JukeBox Hero is coming to visit!
5. Cable T.V rocks! Not only did I get home just in time to see Deadwood, I can set the timer on the guide so I don't miss Twitch City! Oh, Don McKellar, how I adore you!
6. For under $15, I bought 2 new books at Chapters tonight. Although I am already reading 3 books, I am going to start them tomorrow, as I drink overpriced coffee.
7. The Golden Dogs are playing at The Pub in July!
8. I purchased a really cute 2 piece bathing suit, that not only makes my boobs look boobtastic, but I am refusing to wear it to swim with the special people at work. It is just for me! (Believe me, this is the first time in years that I have been able to afford to buy 2 bathing suits, one for work, and one for play!)
9. My new digital camera makes me happy. I am learning that sometimes, it's okay to live in the 21st century.
10. My shitty mood of the past few days seems to be subsiding. Maybe it was just hormonal. Or maybe things are starting to look up.
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