Another List

blogging seems to have taken a back seat to life it seems.  it's not that i don't have anything to write about, it's just that i can't muster the enthusiasm to do so.   if i think about this whole blogging thing honestly, clearly i write for myself of course, but i also write for you.  because if i didn't write for you, i'd write all of this down in a notebook and leave it on my desk and not have anyone see it.  every time i post, i'm taking a leap, thinking that someone, anyone, would give a shit about what i care about.  or don't care about. 

thus concludes the navel-gazing portion of our program. 

i'm thinking that for the time being i shall blog using the list format.  i like lists.  and i don't have to come up transitional phrases to link my paragraphs together.  yay lists!

1.  work on the house has been going on at a feverish pace. friends and family have been here almost every day, tearing things apart and putting things back together so that by the end of today, the goal is to have all windows not only installed, but all exterior walls re-insulated and tyveked, prepped for siding.  this is very exciting news.  but it's also meant that between the work on the house and certain inlaws being in town (and only being notified at the last minute of their visit *cough*), that my original plans of fun and frolic for the labor day weekend, including a couple of dinner plans with friends, were put on hold, punted if you will.  it truly was a "labor day" weekend.  (if you knew my out of town inlaws, you would agree too.)   

of course i say that as if i actually broke a sweat.   yeah, my role on the project has been more administrative than anything else.  but someone has to make the runs to home depot and the sub shop. 

2.  on the crafty front, i have been working secretly on a little project.  and it's not yarny.  i'm a little nervous about talking about it here, since i go from really liking what i've done and then thinking it's lame.  but i'm more likely to think what i do is lame anyway, and then watch someone else do exactly what i've done after the fact and watch them succeed and me sit here cursing myself and calling myself a  big fat loser.

3.  i've got as far on the larger than life bag as i can.  i've sewn the squares together and crocheted on the bottom and sides.  now comes the sewing of the lining. well, the fabric purchase first.   yeah, i'll let you know how that goes.

4.  i got a haircut.  i actually took some "before" and "after" pictures in my bathroom but they're horrible.  partly because i used my crappo camera in an artificially lit bathroom with a dirty mirror while still wearing my pajamas but also because i look like shit (even with the new haircut).  but it is what it is.  let's just say that i really like my new haircut.  my roots have been taken care of, and my handful of grays are hidden away (it is still very important to me that i only have a handlful of grays.).  if you live in the boston area, and are in need of a new look., i can highly recommend the lovely danielle.  she does a great job.  she's charming and sweet.  she's a friend of elisa's (who she misses very much) and she feeds you snacks.  SNACKS! plus, how can you resist her super cute website?

5.  i  had my first class this past week.  there's nothing like the smell of chemicals like acetic acid and formaldehyde to take you back to your younger days.    what's been eye-opening is to realize two things:  1.  i love school, and 2.  i love biology.   who knew?   i'm not 100% sure that this class is going to help me prepare for the subject test, as i'm thinking that it might not be rigorous enough, but the discipline of studying may be all i need.  good news though.  i have an exam the wednesday  BEFORE going off to rhinebeck, not the wednesday after so at least the 50 pound biology text won't be eating up precious fiber haul space in my car.

6. that's all i've got for now. 

7. the end.