43 things
The pedicure post is from the new fun tool I just discovered (being probably the last person to do so).
I always liked
All Consuming, even when it took forever to open, and last week, they sent an e-mail announcing they had joined up with
43 things.
And I can post to the blog from there.
Me likey.
Home Made
Well, my first step to getting a REAL pedicure was doing a home pedicure. I have never (until today) even owned a pumice stone, much less known how to use it (still not sure if I did that right).
So I was hoping to find a kit that would have different things in it to do a home grown pedicure, and amazingly enough, I found one today!
For ten bucks, I got foot scrub, toenail clippers, cuticle clippers, a pumice stone, file, cuticle shover, something I don’t know what to do with, and those things you stick between your toes when you’re painting them.
I had the paint I was going to use, so didn’t need to worry about that, and also bought a fairly cheap two-step soak/lotion set, and soaked my feet first of all. That alone felt great.
I think it’s all about actually taking care of ourselves. ‘Cause it’s so easy to take care of everyone and everything else, and not take care of ourselves.
I feel 10 times better, now that my feet feel smoother, and I have paint drying and my toes still separated.
We all need and deserve a little pampering!!
First Day of School
I was one of those kids who always got nervous the night before the first day of school. I loved school, and never had any problems, but I would still get nervous. I liken it now to more like a night-before-christmas or opening-night-jitters nervous, not actually scared.
So...
tonight I'm fighting with those butterflies, trying to relax and get ready for sleep. Tomorrow is one of those 'today is the first day of the rest of your life' kind of days.
First day on the new job.
I'm feeling very confident about getting the job. And so relieved to be gone from a bad situation. And I love to learn new things! So it's all good.
But, will I remember everyone's names? Or remember where the bathroom is?? Or will I show up naked, and have to give a presentation that I didn't prepare for????
Glad to be gone
Well, Thursday was my last day at my old job. Even though I consider this blog mainly about creativity, I have broken down in the past to vent about the poor work situation I was in. Nutshell: I really enjoyed most of the people I worked with, of course, there were some I got along with better than others, just like anywhere, but there was one specific person that just completely made me crazy. (no pun intended)
The new job is still with the State, still administrative-ish, so that means same regular hours, holidays off, and I keep earning those benifits. But the new job is a couple steps up the 'food chain', so that means a little more money and a little more responsibility.
So all-in-all much better.
And this weekend, starting yesterday since I took it off, I can just relax. The stress of the last year is melting away.
And I think I'm actually going to get out my sewing machine today, too.
;p
Hazaah
I am officially 'between jobs' right now. Yesterday was my last day at my old job, I took today off, Monday's a holiday, and I start the new job Tuesday.
More on all that later, but just wanted to post that it feels sooooooooo good to be moving on to bigger and better things.
Done
Creativity and Procrastination
For reasons that are not important to the point of the story, I have to make a pair of earrings tonight.
HAVE TO.
TONIGHT.
This got me to thinking about procrastination, or at least got me thinking that sometime soon I should start thinking about procrastination. ;p
I remember in high school and college, when I took art classes, just like any other class, I had a tendency to procrastinate. All of us do, right? But I did often wonder if there was a marked difference between putting off studying for a test, forcing an all night study session, and putting off a creative endevor.
Does the pressure of finishing help or hinder?
And on the other hand, with no classes to finish projects for, I don't have deadlines on most projects, and often projects go a long time without being finished, so maybe deadlines help.
Things to try
Here's two things I like/want to make/find craftily inspiring that came to me in my e-mail today:
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DO IT!
OK
There's at least a little color.
Weavin' the Dreams
One of the changes in my computing life lately, was not being able to get onto Dreamweaver with the computer I was using from about last November until just this last month. I was disappointed, because I had some good things in mind site-wise, and couldn't figure out why I couldn't connect to Dreamweaver.
The computer I'm on now, I've been on for the last month, and I hadn't tried out Dreamweaver yet, fearing not being able to hook it up still.
So finally, today, I tried it, and horray! it works. I'm loading everything right now.
Normal
You know how you sometimes think 'I'll do such-and-such when everything gets back to normal?' Like, when you're busy with things, a change perhaps, and you keep thinking about what you might do after things are back to normal.
Well here's the big secret...you can't get BACK to normal. Normal keeps moving. Keeps changing, just ahead of the horizon.
All we can do, is deal with what we've got. Because the old 'normal' is now history, and the changes are now the new improved normal.
