On Monday I had off from work and had the pleasure of staying home with
Lily. Julian was home too but since he was sick and is currently grounded, we (unfortunately) didn’t see him much. I had a lovely day with Lily – we colored, played with playdoh, watched a bit of Cinderella, read a the Curious Buddies book several times, straightened up her room, and played with her doll stroller and push toy. I love being able to spend time with her, when it’s just us. Of course though when it was her bedtime I loved that too, because by then I was exhausted.
I’m in the process of re-organizing my work area, since I have recently purchased a wonderful craft table that is just perfect for my needs. It is the Sew Essentials Ultimate Craft Table, from Joann’s, and it’s going to allow me to get rid of a lot of clutter and arrange things in a more efficient, pleasing manner. As it is now, I have to dig around for so many things, and I hate having to dig around for stuff. I want it now! So here’s my work area before.
Pretty much a disaster. This was a not uncommon state of things. It really
wasn’t too bad before I got into the paper arts. But now I’ve got bins
and bags of stuff all over, and I hate clutter. I can’t think straight when things are cluttered.
I’m also working on updating my website with some new stuff, and I’ve started working on my Irina bracelet again. Irina is a bracelet that I am doing in silver and blue Czech fire-polished beads, with hopes of writing it up as a project suitable for magazine submission. I’m still working on the structure of the piece; I’m not sure how I want it to be, but I love the combination of the silver and blue.
I”ve been listening to Joni Mitchell’s The Hissing of Summer Lawns lately, and these songs are so stuck in my head. As soon I get up in the morning they’re already in my head having coffee and tea (I think some may even be having vodka). When Lily wants to play in the backroom I usually put some music on, for my sanity’s sake, so lately it has been this album. It’s one of my favorite Joni albums.