22 posts tagged “happiness”
Today I tested out my new underwater (and above water) camera at the barn and my parents' house. It did very well. Take a look at the pictures, and the super adorable videos:
How many DVDs are in your collection? What types of movies do you usually buy?
This is a pretty good question. I have very specific DVDs that I buy. They break into four categories:
1. TV Seasons on DVD: All the seasons of "The Office," "Fraggle Rock," and "Dinosaurs."
2. Elvis movies. I have every movie Elvis was ever in. Just in case you were wondering, that's 33 movies. I have about 10 that I keep out, my top 10 favorites that I watch over and over. The rest are just bragging rights.
3. Tim Burton Movies: Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, etc.
and finally:
4. Kids movies: Lilo & Stitch, Little Mermaid, Shark Tale, etc.
I'd say that with all that considered, I really only long for one set of DVDs that I'm sure would be super pricey to get: the entire series (every episode ever) of "I Love Lucy" - that has always been my favorite show. I love that you can turn it on at any point and it's always funny. I spent a lot of time in high school and college watching Lucy. In fact, every time I go through customs or see/hear a baby on an airplane, all I can think about is Lucy smuggling her gigantor cheese log back to the US after being on tour with Ricky. :D
I have tons of books and memorabilia about her. She was so pretty. And so funny. I try not to focus on the "after ILL" era of Lucille Ball's life, however. Sometimes Hollywood is best left in the state you last saw it on the TV screen. After all, the whole reason it started was to get people away from the sadness and details of their own life, and focus on the hi-jinx and happy endings of an imaginary life.
Show us your favorite variety of Girl Scout cookie.
Funny you should ask that. I have a literal trunk full at the moment. About $100 in cookies, $25 of that for me. And of course, *I* got the only girl scout cookie that exists as far as I'm concerned:
I was just thinking today how funny this time of year is. One day, everything is normal, and the next, brown boxes with green logos flood the streets, backs of cars and vans, office buildings, and the entrance ways of grocery stores with happiness, excitement, and deliciousness. Just thinking of this, I can taste my thin mints, in all their delicious glory.
And this year - I'll do a better job of hiding them, so that I can make them last through out the year as I had planned. :)
In other news - today was a great day. I think tomorrow will be too.
Today was the writing marathon.
What is that, you ask? Well, it was an event where people got together, sat silently in a room, and wrote. All day. 9 am to 5 pm. It was hosted and set up by my favorite writer/author, my Scott. :) I did a logo design and a suuuper basic site design for him to promote it.
Because I still don’t have a ‘real’ job, I attended because I need to write too. And organize. Part of this required going through my past blogs that I have transferred to here or otherwise and searching for things that I have said about a job I used to have at this really well known copy shop. I plan to compile these experiences with those that I have hand journaled and put together a book of sorts. Probably not to sell (though I bet it would sell, I have some crazy ass stories of the things that went on at all jobs I’ve worked, but that one was daily crazy), but more of a scrapbook with only words, LOL. Or, maybe I would design the hell out of it, and it would kick ass.
So, I went though old blogs.
I have to say, I used to be really entertaining. I was so full of life and all these things I would come up with were so entertaining! I guess maybe working retail made me long for creativity, and writing was my only escape. Now that I'm creative full time, I guess by the end of my days, I'm a little drained. :) I guess it also doesn't help that I have blogged every.single.day. this year.
I had a fantastic time today. Everything went really well, and I'm so glad I went. Today was the reassurance I needed to know that everything will be okay. Yesterday was good, but today was perfect. Enjoy the weekend, all, and I hope to blog from this happy place tomorrow as well.
Today, I spun up another 4 oz of roving with Stella today. It's about 96% consistent in width and there are only 3 spots that are over spun (I tallied). I'm totally excited about how much progress I've made, just since last night.
This evening, I decided to get in some real bonding time with my little wheel. And, after some time, we made so much yarn! Just look:
So, Thursday was Scott's grandma's birthday. We're throwing her a huge shindig tonight, and I thought that I'd show off to you all what I made for her:
Today is the greatest day of my life thus far.
My life shifted last night in a way that I needed so desperately to happen. Everything seems brighter today, and I'm sure that I'm going to make it. I cannot explain the way that everything has changed, but I just can't budge this "every little thing is gonna be alright" notion screaming out from inside me.
So... Not only was today my last day of work for the week, but I got free yarn! Yep. I won a door prize from the grand opening at Thi's store! I'm pretty darn excited about it.
