snow.in april.w.t.f........

yuck. this stinks. it's supposed to be all green and springy and lovely out. but its grey and dreary and chilly out. what is the deal?

Haven't written anything here in a bit, so I thought I should. Lets see....I spun a new yarn, pics to come soon. Can't decide whether to keep it or try to sell it.
I'm taking some time off the last bit of this month. Gonna hang with my pally Marty one day, try to organize and simplify on the rest, however i imagine that shit will go right out the window as soon as i fire up the coffeepot and turn on the tv. Maybe I should make a no tv rule. maybe.

tata for now...will follow with a better post soon.

retail therapy

had a bad day. sent kids to movie. sat at bar with friends and had 3 cape cods. went home. drunk shopped on etsy for the kids.

Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm broke as hell, but i felt like they needed a little present. We have a plan for the whole mess, and will be tackling it all day Saturday, and then I work Sunday. I feel a bit better about the finances too. everythings caught up but the gas bill, and i've made arrangements to pay that off. It's amazing what a bit of booze can do for your optimism. My glass is half full of vodka. yay.

whimper.

I'm so disappointed in myself. Just feel like crying right here at my desk. I wanted to go to yarn school so damned bad just to learn something new and to get away for a bit, but I let my brain talk me out of it. Life is just poopy sometimes. Poopy and unfair. Why don't my brain and my heart ever agree on anything. I wish they'd get their shit together.

On top of that, my slobbery has gotten out of hand in the last month, and I'm having trouble catching up. I was doing so well, but with two jobs and class and being tired and "blech" feeling, I just let it go. I almost need a couple of kid/work free days to get shit back on track, but my ex will only take one kid at a time because he likes to screw with me like that. poop poop pooooooop. WTF. I gotta get back on track, but I'm just not able to see how right now.

whew!! that was a long damned week.

Willie Nelson is the coolest old man on the planet. My mother jokes that he's my real dad. I've seen him probably 5 times to my mom's 16, and have inherited the obsession. The cat is 74 and puts on a helluva show. We went Sunday night to see him, just mom and me. It's one of our bonding things. We drove down to Topeka, fabric markers in hand just in case. Margaritas at Carlos O'Kelleys for old times sake. (Several to be exact.) Then off to the expo center to try and sneak in. Nothing worked. We tried "Candygram for Mr. Nelson" and also tried telling some radio folks that I was his illigitimate love child. Shucks. No luck. Oh well, it was an awesome show, I was completely and utterly inebriated and danced with a whole mess of men in overalls, young and old. I believe one of them tried to pick me up with the line, "Sugar, I've got 180 acres and some damned fine tractors. Come on home with me." I said, "Nope, I'm going home with my momma."

It's presently friday. yay for fridays!! I'm working at the bar tomorrow, then out for a dinner with the fam and the boyfriend. Sunday is my K8's birthday, she's going to be NINE. OUCH. She's already smarter than me and could probably kick my ass if she wanted to. Thank goodness she's easily bribed with craft supplies.

They are off to their dad's for a few days starting Monday (spring break.) I love my babies an awful lot, but I'm finding that one of the perks of divorce is that you get a little time to yourself. I'm hoping that the fiber I ordered will be here soon. I'll stick some pics up here of what I ordered. I think that the two fibers will be very pretty together. I want to spend some time spinning and watching tv, maybe rent a couple of movies and just be alone. I'm kinda liking that whole alone thing.

Sent off my first package for http://www.swap-bot.com/. That sure was fun, and I'm signed up for a few more. Can't wait to see what I get.

swamp thang headed to its new home.

YAY ME!!!

made my first sale today. WHOOOOOHOOOO!! i'm so excited that i actually did it.

learning the ropes

I'm trying to figure out this whole "etsy" thing. i spent a lot of time on the forums today learning, and being critiqued, which helped, i think. I've got a lot more views and some more people "hearted" me. I changed my banner to reflect what's in my store, and am thinking about trying it with my avatar. I hope i get a sale soon because these poor yarns i have lying about are in danger of being turned into a scarf.