catch up ...

from the drive out of the city a week ago saturday. it was plenty foggy that day.



the pirate i got at paper source. the bag claimed he was made from one continuous piece of string. i highly doubt that. but i love him anyway.



tonight's crafty endeavor. i'm filling the bottle cap with clear casting resin. never used it? it stinks. i'm not real good at following warning labels ... but i think they knew what they were talking about when they said to use in a well-ventilated area. yuck. of course, it might help if i put the lid back on the resin, too ... but i'm concerned about it sealing itself shut. so i have the plug back in the bottle, but the cap isn't on yet. i'm waiting for the messy resin around the threads to dry.

the past week has been ... full. work is busy. i don't like blogging about work, but it's been stressful & challenging. as in challenging my will to stay there. and challenging my desire to not be crabby all the time. but i've resolved to not let things bother me this week. i didn't make the decisions that put us in the situation we're in ... so why should i be the one who stresses out about it? i'm trying to breathe more & grumble less. i'm trying to laugh at the craziness of it all instead of growling everytime something new is added to the list of things to do. i'm trying to survive the work day & still enjoy my life outside of the office. i cannot allow my job to ruin the rest of my day. i will not allow it to do so.

i accomplished 4 projects at bead night yesterday. i will shoot a photo & post it soon. i may keep a couple of the pieces, we'll see. we've decided against doing the booth in july - we'll just do the popcorn fest in september. turns out 3 of the 4 of us aren't available the day in july ... so that was easy enough to rule out. that gives us more time to create. less need to stress. we're getting together in may for a crafternoon. the very word crafternoon makes me happy. a relaxing afternoon spent crafting with friends ... i don't care if it makes me a nerd, i love it. and hopefully it'll be nice enough i can open some windows if i work with this resin. :)

my weekend was good. game night friday night. a few good games of guesstures, followed by a lively game of spoons. as of friday night i am the reigning spoons champion. i have to say that having a game night at my place is one of the things i look forward to the most about getting my own place. game night at 'becca's. ladies night at 'becca's. bunco at 'becca's.

about bunco ... a little concerned only marlana, bethany & i have confirmed the 20th as bunco night. speak up, ladies. if we're not doing it, i'm leaving town after work.

saturday was mostly the garage sale. a saw a couple of you there - yay! it wasn't a bad time for working on a saturday. the hordes of people made the time go quickly. it's nice to wander around in a shirt labeled "staff" when the vast majority of people are pleased with the event. it also helps when you designed the shirt & the entire promotional campaign in acid green. :) and i do plan to quote parts of the newspaper article in my next performance review. things like it being the biggest event we've ever had. how could they not give me a good review when i say i was in charge of the promotional campaign for the biggest event we've ever had? go me!

i spent sunday with marlana. i love that girl. and i have to say it was fun to realize there's someone else who has to tell herself to put down the camera & just enjoy the moment. it's good to know i'm not alone in that. plus she's been so encouraging about me buying my own place. if i haven't used the words here, yet - i find marlana to be inspiringly independent. if you haven't realized that about her yet - i suggest you spend more time with her.

so there you go. a longer post that i usually give you. some photos. some actual words about my life. and now i'm going to cap off the stinky resin & see if i can sleep without passing out from the fumes.