Feeling very frustrated with all of my projects at the moment. I have a lot of stuff that I started a long time ago and part of me is just not that interested in finishing them, but then I hate that they are sitting there, undone. I did a bad thing and started a new project because I was bored with all of the stuff that I was working on...only the project I chose to do is also driving me crazy. Here is an item that I have come to the conclusion that I am never going to finish. I have no interest in working on it. But I hate to throw it away. The finished item would look like this: 

I have done this much: 

Any suggestions? I started this piece forever ago as a present for my niece...who is now 17 and no longer really into this sort of thing. Oops. I'll probably finish this one anyway. It's sparkly.

And here is my damned fall cat, which has way too many colors. And they're all orange. Sigh. 

What I have so far:

 Okay, I'm done ranting now. Thanks for listening. I think I am going to go wind floss, or something equally mindless.

When you dream that all of your teeth fall out, it is time to make an appointment with the dentist.

Celtic knot in green variegated floss - trying to get the shading to line up when starting a new thread turned out to be a pain, but I am happy with the results.

Today's fortune cookie:

The best times of your life have not yet been lived.

Well, thank the gods for that, 'cause that'd be pretty sad.

Blah blah blah blah blah blahblahblah blahblah blah. Blah. Blahblah blahblah blah blah blah blah blahblah. Blah blah blah. Blah blah blahblah blahblahblahblah blah. Blah! Blah blahblah blah blahblah blah. Life. 'Nuff said.

Why am I awake this early on a Saturday? Is it because I don't want to miss a minute of this glorious day? No. It's because a cat jumped on my head and then stood on my chest, purring and demanding affection. This happens fairly often at home, but one of the perks of not being at home is that the cats are supposed to want affection from someone else. It's a good thing she's so cute.

 Things that made me smile today: Gwydion being so affectionate that he fell off the table. The person who answered the phone at 8:34 am by saying, "Good afternoon..I mean, uh...Hi." The co-worker conga line. Eating lunch in the sun. Driving with the windows down.

Can't sleep. Got to a point in my stitching last night where for some reason nothing was lining up the way it should. My counting is off somewhere, but though I counted and counted, I couldn't figure out where. I hate to throw it out after I've put so much work into it already. So I woke up, and started thinking about it, and now, here I am, counting again. Grrr.

Quote of the Day

"So, what have you been up to?" "Nothing. It's too cold to get in trouble."

Craft fair today. Yay! I am looking forward to seeing everyone (and their crafts). And then a little bit of partying planned for later on. Should be fun. At some point this weekend, I really need to do my laundry. I am very tempted to bring it to my dad's house when I go tomorrow for Easter. This will be the first time in years that I'm not working and can go eat dinner with the family. That should be interesting. I worked more on my celtic knot, so that is coming along pretty well. Speaking of my cross stitch, here are the two little projects I've finished:

   

 I am thinking of altering this pattern to create additional images for the other seasons and then framing them together.

   

Hee hee. A dragon in a teacup.

Haven't written in a while, so I thought I'd make a quick entry. Have managed to be busy, mostly with work, and watching X-files and crafting with gossamer_gull. I completed 2 small projects now, and will probably take pictures of them soon to show everyone. I made a dragon cross stitch from a pattern ladygwyn lent to me, and it is really little and cute. Now I am attempting to do a Celtic knotwork pattern bookmark with green variegated floss...I've already screwed it up once, so we'll see how it comes out.

Quote of the Day

Quote of the day, some dieting advice: 

"I need to lose weight; my pants are too tight."

"You should buy some jogging pants." (points to guy passing by with very loose sweatpants on) "See, like that."

"You buy jogging pants, you grow into jogging pants. That's how I got in this mess."

I had Chinese food at work today. Strangely enough, I had the exact same message in my fortune cookie as the last time:

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

I'm still not sure what that means, but I guess it must be true, since the cookies have told me twice now.

Today is a quiet day. I had planned on working on some craft stuff, but I was doing one of my little Christmas ornaments, and after having to pick out and redo about half of the design twice, I figured that maybe my head is just not in it. I obviously have counting issues today; maybe I'm still a little tired.

Today's horoscope: You are sociable and entertaining.

Who? Me? Nah...you must mean someone else. Sociable, entertaining...right.

From my fortune advice cookie:

"Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."

Someone was singing this at work today, and it got stuck in my head.

"Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people..."

Anybody else working in the customer service field will be able to testify to this fact.

Motto for customer service professionals:

When in doubt, make stuff up.

Quote of the Day

"I have a voice like a dying cat."

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