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Time is doing that thing where it is going slow and fast at the same time. I can hardly believe it's Friday already, and yet it feels like forever ago since it was Monday.
Anyway. Maybe it will settle down soon, I don't know.
Things:
# I have bought my nephew an Xmas present, and it is nothing he wants! (It's a tree ornament with his name on. He will want Transformers and Lego because that's what he's into). I don't know what to get him, and I even less than usual know what to get my brother and sister in law, although I've been told nothing is an acceptable alternative but I don't like that! I like giving presents, even if it is a cop-out of "here's some money/a gift card".
# Jazz has become a real cuddlebutt since it's got colder. I don't mind too much, because she keeps me warm as well. It's only when I'm trying to do something and she keeps getting in my way with headbutting or whatever (but she is cat; getting in the way is what they do). I also don't mind because Jinny wasn't really a lap cat, even when she started sitting with me last year, so it's nice to have another cat who wants to sit on me from time to time.
(Also I've only had her just over six months, and already she stretches out along my legs like she's lived here for years. I'm taking that as meaning she's relaxed and happy, as I worry sometimes that she isn't happy because everything's been so upside down ever since she arrived).
# I've spent a lot of the last two weeks doing sewing while watching Outside Xbox videos/some stuff by art Youtubers/random music videos. I really like the stuff I've made, so hopefully I can frame it and get it up on Etsy before too long (I need to overhaul my store something chronic, as I haven't used it in two(?) years). I'm also thinking of charging more what I think the product is worth rather than, oh, can people afford this?. Because if someone wants it and they've got the cash, they're going to buy it, right?
(I know, I know, this is a thing every creative person struggles with. In fact I have even been watching videos about it on YT just this week!)
I also need to scan some stuff. Hopefully, I will get that done this weekend.
# I sorted through most of my mum's embroidery stuff. All I think I have left now is the kits from magazines to deconstruct for useful parts. I feel horribly guilty about even thinking about it, but I'm not going to make most of those kits, and mum never got around to it, so I might as well recycle the useable parts, right?
I felt guilty enough sorting out the threads, even though I'd actually said to mum that I might do that one day, and she didn't object. The worst part was finding projects she'd been partway through, and taking out the threads from those. But again, she can't finish them now, so why spend my time tying myself in knots about it? (I ought to go back and pull all the useable needles out of the fabrics, too, actually, before they rust or likewise). The only one I didn't take the threads from was a big embroidery she'd designed herself and worked on, but only got about a fifth done. I ought to take pictures of it some day, because I think it's really cool, and some of the embroidery on it is amazing.
But I felt guilty sorting out the art supplies and stationery. I doubt I will stop feeling guilty about the sorting for a long time yet.
Anyway, like the art supplies, I doubt I'll need to purchase many embroidery (or general sewing) supplies any time soon.
# Sorry if this entry comes across as slapdash or whatever. I've not been sleeping well again, so everything is urgh, brain, and I've not wanted to do much except curl up with the cat.
Anyway. Maybe it will settle down soon, I don't know.
Things:
# I have bought my nephew an Xmas present, and it is nothing he wants! (It's a tree ornament with his name on. He will want Transformers and Lego because that's what he's into). I don't know what to get him, and I even less than usual know what to get my brother and sister in law, although I've been told nothing is an acceptable alternative but I don't like that! I like giving presents, even if it is a cop-out of "here's some money/a gift card".
# Jazz has become a real cuddlebutt since it's got colder. I don't mind too much, because she keeps me warm as well. It's only when I'm trying to do something and she keeps getting in my way with headbutting or whatever (but she is cat; getting in the way is what they do). I also don't mind because Jinny wasn't really a lap cat, even when she started sitting with me last year, so it's nice to have another cat who wants to sit on me from time to time.
(Also I've only had her just over six months, and already she stretches out along my legs like she's lived here for years. I'm taking that as meaning she's relaxed and happy, as I worry sometimes that she isn't happy because everything's been so upside down ever since she arrived).
# I've spent a lot of the last two weeks doing sewing while watching Outside Xbox videos/some stuff by art Youtubers/random music videos. I really like the stuff I've made, so hopefully I can frame it and get it up on Etsy before too long (I need to overhaul my store something chronic, as I haven't used it in two(?) years). I'm also thinking of charging more what I think the product is worth rather than, oh, can people afford this?. Because if someone wants it and they've got the cash, they're going to buy it, right?
(I know, I know, this is a thing every creative person struggles with. In fact I have even been watching videos about it on YT just this week!)
I also need to scan some stuff. Hopefully, I will get that done this weekend.
# I sorted through most of my mum's embroidery stuff. All I think I have left now is the kits from magazines to deconstruct for useful parts. I feel horribly guilty about even thinking about it, but I'm not going to make most of those kits, and mum never got around to it, so I might as well recycle the useable parts, right?
I felt guilty enough sorting out the threads, even though I'd actually said to mum that I might do that one day, and she didn't object. The worst part was finding projects she'd been partway through, and taking out the threads from those. But again, she can't finish them now, so why spend my time tying myself in knots about it? (I ought to go back and pull all the useable needles out of the fabrics, too, actually, before they rust or likewise). The only one I didn't take the threads from was a big embroidery she'd designed herself and worked on, but only got about a fifth done. I ought to take pictures of it some day, because I think it's really cool, and some of the embroidery on it is amazing.
But I felt guilty sorting out the art supplies and stationery. I doubt I will stop feeling guilty about the sorting for a long time yet.
Anyway, like the art supplies, I doubt I'll need to purchase many embroidery (or general sewing) supplies any time soon.
# Sorry if this entry comes across as slapdash or whatever. I've not been sleeping well again, so everything is urgh, brain, and I've not wanted to do much except curl up with the cat.
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