Tired, Scattered, Thoughts…

326 words…That’s what I’ve writte by 9:34 AM today towards The Witch Stones. [So some people who may be worried that I’ve abadoned it for other things…Don’t worry, I’m still working on it.]

Despite not getting to sleep til 4 in the morning, I was awake around 8. *falls over* I don’t feel too bad considering. I do have things I have to get done though…Ornaments to finish…Things to pick up at the store…But as I’ve pointed out, as I write this currently, it’s some unGodly hour in the morning.

Okays here’s a question that was asked me, and I thought I’d get other people’s ideas as well.
From what I gather, some guy looking for a gift for his girl, and being utterly clueless about what to get posed the question of what he should get her on a message board. Someone on said message board suggested a CD compiled of songs from the beginning to the present of their relationship. [I.E. the ‘modern’ equivilant of a mixed tape.] Now…Is this a viable gift?
My thoughts? I think it is a sweet sentiment. For someone to take the time to compile a list of songs that they associate with the one they care about, and put it on a cd for them is nice. Granted, this does tend to be a materialistic world, and some people wouldn’t think something as such a very good gift. My answer to that delima…Get a piece of jewelry to go with it…A necklace, a pair of earings, or something little. I’m still of the thought that one might appreicate the thought of the cd, if the one was worth going to the effort of making it for to begin with.

Did more shopping today…As I have to do the Pet’s shopping now. *rolls eyes* Have everyone except Katie (his youngest full sister) and Sonja done, and wrapped. Sonja decided she wanted to get something for the lot of them. Which now means I need to take Harley out to the dollar store to do some shopping. I’m sure he’ll enjoy that though.

Got the last packages I was waiting for today. So hopefully I’ll manage to get Raya’s package out in the mail Monday.

*sigh* I still haven’t figured out what to do about Grim…I know he told me not to get him anything. I guess I’ll just have to send off what I have currently…Though as he said, he won’t be at the place I have the address for at some point…Guess I’ll have to actually wait until after Christmas to even mail his to him. *frowns* *hugs Grim*

I put the names on Sonja’s classes ornaments. I’m not sure I’m going to bother with top coat this year…I’m afraid it won’t dry in time and be too sticky. I still need to put the strings on them so they can be hung up…But I can’t find my fishing line, so I’ll have to get some more.
I painted all but three of the ones for Harley’s class. I didn’t get the favorite colors for those three kids…I’m going to see if I can get them Monday, that way they all can have their favorite colors (they are getting stockings this year).

Going to do Sonja’s hot chocolate first thing in the morning, before we are allowed to do anything else…So we don’t run out of time, or get too tired to do it. It’ll be fresher that way too…Don’t know about the video yet…I haven’t managed to check to see if I can get it to work. *headdesk* I’ve been so scattered…Stretching myself too thin.

Did get the make-up done on Katie’s doll…Plus picked up another little decorative thing to go with it…Plus I got these really cool looking wooden bookmarks for her as well. I’ve got to hook the fan I got for the doll to it’s hand…And it should be done. I will have to take pictures (As I’ve forgotten to take pictures of the one things I was making. *headdesk*)

Thought about making cookies…But thus far, thought is as far as it’s gotten. On top of that…I’ve managed to make some more work for myself, if I want to have things done by Christmas. I picked up the material today to make myself, my Mum and Sonja, and Harley kimonos. Mum’s is a purple background with some odds and ends for patterns on it. Sonja’s is pink, and floral…Her’s is actually a diffrent kind of material than the rest of ours, but it’s the design she wanted…Plus it’s pink (though she had a hard time choosing between it and a gold color material that was there). Harley’s is a dark grey, with lighter grey things that resemeble thin leaves…Like bamboo leaves maybe. Mine is a blue-ish color, with a very busy pattern…But I like it. I still need to get contrasting color(s) for the collar, and the sashes. I think I’ll pick a neutral color that will go with all four of the colors I’ve already got, that way I don’t have to get a bunch of diffrent colors. *shrugs* I guess it depends on what I come across…I need to do the measurement for that piece first though.

Looking up some things from Avatar I came across this "Civilization reduces spirituality" in relation to why there were more benders among the air nomads than in the other nations. I can’t help but think that’s true though. Civilization and society tend to focus more on material goods/needs/desires…Leaving the spirital needs forgotten. *shrugs* Just a random thought.
*blinks while reading more Avatar stuff* *pokes at herbs Latin name* ‘Artemisia vulgarius’ Tis mugwort. But for those of you who look at Raven’s front page, you may have noticed her middle name is ‘Artemisia’ taken from serveral herbs…I just find it a bit odd that one of my favorite Avatar characters names (Iroh), when put on a wanted poster, and his name was translated into Chinese it translates into Chinese Mugwort, ie. Artemisia vulgaris.
What does this mean? It means I should of been to bed at least an hour ago probably. *laughs* *falls over*

As that is the case…I think it’s time to give up writing this, as I’ve already given up on rpg’s entry for the night…And most likely head off to sleepy time soon.