Sunshine can be deceiving.

 

I know, I know. All sorts of free time, but no time to write. Things have been uneventful... no word yet about going back to work, but the unemployment checks are keeping a roof over our heads and groceries in the fridge (including Haagen Dazs Vanilla Honeybee Ice Cream, OMG YUMMM) so I'm not worrying yet.  

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It's a beautiful day today. Makes me want to dig in the dirt and plant things! Except it's still 40 degrees out there, and still freezing at night, and I guarantee that as soon as we put plants in it'll freeze again. But I do have some seeds started indoors, in a sunny spot on my craft table, and I have my copy of the new Gardener's Supply catalog burning a hole on my coffee table. I keep telling myself to not go overboard this year, that we won't be here through the whole summer, and to save my money for new plants wherever we move to. Easier said than done...

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I took up a new crafty hobby a couple weeks ago (like I need another!) and tried my hand at crocheting. My first attempt was a bit wonky, but looks like a scarf. Unfortunately I used a tight stitch so it's a bit stiff - it looks like a wrap-around popped collar or something. I bought a new skein of yarn yesterday to see if I can make a lap blanket to match our bedroom. Yes, I know I'll need more than just one skein to do this, but I didn't want to buy 10 skeins only to burn out on the project. My craft closet is already overflowing with half-finished cross stitch projects, I don't need to add to that pile.

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I have this great picture in my head of what our next living room is going to look like. I want it to be centered around this photo my brother-in-law took.

It goes with our existing black & red decor, and opens up the color palette for new furniture. I want to make a quilt throw in plaids and tweeds to go with. Of course this is all months and months down the road, so I have plenty of time to oogle furniture (like this awesome couch!!) and change my mind a million times about the fabrics to use in the quilt.

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I spent a day last week sorting through our CD collection, reorganizing them in their binders and ripping a few more into iTunes.  I came across the very first mix CDs I made in college, when the shine was still on Napster and I'd rounded up a ton of crappy oddball songs that I thought I wanted.  Holy lord, is it ridiculous.  I actually had to Google the lyrics of a few of them because I not only couldn't remember the artist, but the name of the song escaped me as well (and some I still can't figure out).  That's how craptastic these songs were.  So naturally I added all of them to my computer.  

(Daggum narrow columned set-up...)
Yeah.  Awesome, right? 
I'm just bummed that I still can't find my "Monster Ballads" CD.  That thing had some kick-ass tunes on it, like the stuff you'd request to hear at junior high dances then get your friends to go ask your crush to dance.  Sad.