No Envelopes but Plenty of Kiwi

It's kind of hard to believe that February's almost over.  January always seems so long, though, so maybe February kind of picks up the pace a bit.  Either way, it's been a great month and I'm already looking forward to March.  A new month, new writing ventures, new craft projects, new places and people.  I can dig it.

Valentine's Day was great.  I got a very sweet card in the mail from my Valentine.  I gave him a handmade card with a cross-stitched picture of Wolverine from X-Men on it.  I didn't mail it, since I wanted to see his face when I handed it to him.  That, and we were out of envelopes.  C'est la vie.  The following weekend, I had the opportunity to meet his parents.  I was nervous as all get out, but things went well.  They're really nice, wonderful people.  I wasn't a stuttering mess and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Other than that, not much else has been happening.  I've just been writing and working on my handmade stuff business.  I've been keeping up with the whole "fitness" thing and that's actually going really well.  Lots of water and tea and fruit.

Just a quick update for now.  :)

Dance, puppet!

Writing can take quite a lot out of me and it's been doing just that for the past couple of weeks.  It's a wonderful feeling, though, since for months I had a terrible blockage thing going on.  Now, I can write and write and write until I have to force myself to do something else.  Definitely a double-edged sword.  I've been exercising for about an hour a day for about three weeks now and it feels great.  Kicking the soda habit feels even better.  Perhaps some running is in my future?

The weather's been pretty nice here lately.  I went for a walk earlier this evening and it was a bit cool for just a sweater, but a bit warm for a coat.  I got some coffee and walked around the neighborhood a while.  Most of the shops were closed, so I ventured into New Seasons and just browsed.  They have quite a selection of finger puppets and regular puppets in their kids' stuff aisle.  Call me childish, but I love seeing all the cute and weird little stuffed animals and whatnot they have in stock.  One of the puppets was a blue three-headed dragon and I had way too much fun with it.

So, my dad told me about this site called Polyvore.  It's a site where you make collages of stuff you like.  Most people use it to put together outfits, but it also has stuff for interior design and other forms of artistic expression.  It's a great mental palate cleanser, like when you have to stop what you're doing or else you'll completely burn out on it.  In my spare time, I'll put together a little outfit inspired by Batman, random famous people, or a certain color scheme.  It's a neat distraction, I guess.  It keeps my inner eccentric fashion designer in line.  Here's my profile.

Valentine's is the day after tomorrow.  Honestly, I'm looking forward to it.  It makes me sad when I read about other people totally hating it.  A Valentine doesn't have to be for a specific kind of relationship.  Remember the good old days when everyone would buy a pack of twenty or so little cards and your whole elementary school class got to swap them, even with the kids they didn't get along with, and eat heart-shaped candy all day?  So awesome.  As for me, though, I'm making something for a certain someone.

Could I possibly be any more vague?

Rolling in Polyester and Silk

For the past year or so, crafting has been hard.  Like, darn near impossible.  I just didn't have the energy and even if I came up with a neat idea, the motivation just wasn't there.  Fortunately, the spark is back and I've been making several things at once.  That's both good and bad since I'm getting things done but it's kind of bottle-necking, if you get what I mean.  I've been working on yet another iPod cover, a set of decorated hair ties, and a booklet of applique patterns (all for sale, of course).  I've gone from a terrible period of creative stagnation to...  This.  I'm enjoying it.  Writing has come easier, too.

So, last weekend was great.  I went out to dinner and to a little get together with Matt (boyfriend; I rather like him and stuff).  We had dinner at this cute little place that had the best house hot sauce and interesting produce.  The party was fun, too.  I hadn't danced in forever (senior prom to be exact) but it all worked out.  Saturday and Sunday I spent at home, finally getting around to organizing my closet and getting things in order for February.  I feel like it's going to be a good month.

In other news, I got two more boxes from back east.  They contained some shoes and makeup I left behind, a few skeins of yarn, a bunch of trinkets, and the rest of my scarf collection.  Call me easily amused, but the idea of more squares of cloth to tie around my head or neck makes me happy.  Simple pleasures for simple minds?  Maybe so, but this particular girl's noggin is doing to be nicely decorated.