Cabbage Patch Kid Rescue Part 1 (November 8, 2010)

So I was at my parents' house yesterday, and came across a bag filled with my sister's and my own old cabbage patch kids.  Unfortunately, it seems several generation of mice also made their home in the bag....ruining some of the clothes.  For some reason, they left the dolls alone!  But of course, the dolls are probably ridden with mouse excrement and disease.  GROSS!  I found a couple online articles about cleaning up old CPKs, but I have no idea how successful I will be.

It's a Stump Pin Cushion! (November 8, 2010)

Don't feel bad.  I had to explain it to my husband, Justin, as well.  This project came out of Aimee Ray's first Doodle Stitching book.  I needed a pin cushion (not really) and since I'm poor and I like all things woodland, I tried my hand at this.  I'm sorry that I didn't take pictures while it was in progress, but I promise to do so in the future.  (I have a baby, so don't hold me to that.)

If I were craftier, I would have made some little mushroom and leaf pins using polymer clay.  Alas, I am lazy above all else.  I'm also hesitant to introduce those fumes into the same oven I use to cook our food.

Deer Dish Towel (November 8, 2010)

This took a surprisingly short amount of time!  The basic deer with leaves and stems is a Sublime Stitching pattern.  I didn't feel like cutting up the transfer, so I traced the design onto the fabric using a wash-out ink and a light box.  Of course, I could barely see the design through the towel...but this is what I got.  I added the mushrooms at the top and the dots at the bottom.  I didn't wash it yet... so I'm HOPING the blue marker washes out.  =)  I will update the post after I wash and iron it.  My husband wants to frame this instead of use it as a dish towel.  Go figure.

Embroidery Practice (November 8, 2010)

So I'm a week into learning how to embroider.  I'm surprised how much I am enjoying it!  It's like painting but without the mess.  Ths is an old pillowcase I chopped up.  I wonder who it belonged to.  Oh well!

The basic circle design came from Aimee Ray's Doodle Embroidery book.... but of course I embellished.

Multiple Blog Disorder

I was *JUST* going to start pulling in my Wordpress posts.

Then I saw how many private posts I had.  And realized I could not post private posts HERE.  WHY NOT, BLOGGER?  WHY NOT?

Sometimes, I just gotta say stuff and know no one can see it.   I really DO like blogspot best,  Though I suspect my main love stems from the bug background with the lime green topping.  I am shallow like that.

 Yeah, I am sticking with blogger. I'll pull my Wordpress entries over tonight!! I'll just use Wordpress for private ones. I feel better. That was a huge decision.

Feeling frustrated.

I understand that I have it pretty good, relatively speaking.  But that doesn't make me immune from getting annoyed about petty things in the grand scheme of life.  I'm not a saint. 

Being home all of the time sucks.  It's for a great cause, so I suck it up and rarely complain.  I feel like I spend 80% of my day in the kitchen.  Which I hate.  I hate the floor, the dark, low cabinets, the stove, the refrigerator, the counters, the sink, the missing window, and the lack of preparation space.  I'm at the point where the kitchen makes me ill when I think about it.  At all.

So what can I do about it?  Well, the dark wood is sacred due to Justin's dad making them.  Can I have a small kitchen island?  Nope, there's never been a kitchen island, and therefore it can never happen.  Can I buy one?  Nope, it's not my money to "waste."  Can I get a cheap one from Craigslist?  Nope, "they're ugly" and/or "a pain in the ass" to pick up and since I can't drive the truck, I'm powerless to get it myself.  Oh, but he'll "make me one when he gets around to it" sometime after I've shot myself in the face, no doubt.

Probably the worst part is the powerlessness.  I am not used to having to ask for something.  I usually just go get it or do it.

I am mediocre.

I am full of lose tonight.  I am fairly certain that I used to be good at things.  I haven't a scrap of ambition left.  Anytime I feel it or get excited about something, it is immediately extinguished by a lack of finance, lack of mobility, or lack of confidence.  I can't spend 6+ hours driving to skate.  I can't travel.  I can't afford classes.

I can't follow through on anything, anyway, since I know it would be mediocre at best.  I envy people who seem to be good at everything.  Hell, I would like to be really good at just one thing.