Archive for January, 2009
Spending Money…
I’m ready to stop.
Today I spent $337 to fix my car. New ignition switch and a new Engine Oil Pressure Sensor.
I also went to Hobby Lobby and bought some stuff for Valentine’s. The light in the picture is funny, but…red and pink paper, red and pink sparkly heart brads, candy heart buttons, two heart punches and a some matching ribbon.
I also bought some glitter this weekend at Wal-Mart. It is Martha Stewart brand that I had been wanting, but they put it on clearance:
Hobby Lobby has also started carrying themed cupcake liners, and well, I must have them:
And finally, for Brian, because I’m sure he misses my ‘Salad For Dinner’ post…this is what I had for dinner tonight:
Pincushions & Cameras
Two totally unrelated things.
For Christmas I received a Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS camera (in pink!). It is a 14 mega pixel point and shoot camera. I’ve been pretty happy with it so far, but I’ve not yet printed anything off of it either. It came with a $55 voucher to kodakgallery.com for non-prints merchandise.
It has a ‘stitch’ feature to take panoramic pictures. My last Kodak camera did not have that feature, but I’ve been having fun playing with it:
This is a picture of my parents’ living room. In person it doesn’t look nearly this large…or fish-eyed.
Tonight I decided to make a pincushion. I ended up with this. The base is a paper mache-box painted a creamy color. The house and yard are made out of felt with embroidered accents. I’m listing it for sale in my Etsy store.
Tomorrow I’m going to make cards with my mom and contractor #2 is coming to look at the house. I don’t want to write about what contractor #1 said until I talk to this guy tomorrow. *crosses fingers that he has nicer things to say*
A New Year
So I don’t think I did too badly on my goals for the past year.
•I managed to decorate for all the holidays I have decorations for.
•Instead of finishing my dollhouse I started another, but the first is mostly covered in bricks, so that’s a plus.
•Blogging well…I was aiming for once a week, but I only managed 31 posts…21 short. Let’s chalk it up to life changes and move on…
What’s going on now:
•I’m now single after four and a half years. That’s not what or where I planned to be at all, but maybe it is for the best?
•I’m in the process of buying this:
Not the greatest looking house in the world but it will be -my- house. Plus I’m getting a home renovation loan, so that should help. The seller has accepted my offer and I signed a ton of paperwork at the bank today. Finding contractors to fix it is my next step.
•Gurney and Paul are still mine. The cat was never an issue, but I would’ve fought for this had I needed to:
•I spent the last month of 2008 in and out of doctor’s offices and the hospital due to a spider bite. If you’re not queasy you can click here. I’m warning you, they’re gross pictures. I am now released from the wound center at the hospital though and I’m told it should look normal again within six months.
For the future year:
•I’m going to try and blog, I really am.
•I want to create more things. I wasn’t so hot in the crafting sense last year. If I get this house though, I will have a permanent crafting room.
•Gurney will have a yard for the first time ever. He should be happy.
•Paul will have a house that is not on a highway, so he can go outside. He should be happy.
•I need to get serious about my diet and menus and start doing weekend cooking again. Weekend cooking=less stopping on the way home for something. I have also, for the most part, cut High Fructose Corn Syrup out of my diet. I’ve lost almost ten pounds by doing that alone.
I’m heading to bed now, but Happy New Year to anyone who reads this.
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