Stuff & Nonsense

*brushes off dust forlornly*

Urm. Lately, I’ve been starting all my entries about how I have nothing to write, but I think the scarcity of my entries has been testament enough to that.

*shrugs*

There ain’t much new going on. We are still working on the house  – C mowed the grass for the first time yesterday, and it looks FABULOUS – he did a really good job. Our new countertops are coming in on TUESDAY *happy dance*, and once they are in, the kitchen will be DONE – hopefully we will finish the painting around the same time.

My garden is doing WONDERFULLY – It’s so cool seeing the little green things come popping out of the ground – and the strawberries are coming back! I saw my first flower when I got home Sunday.

I had fun over the weekend – out in the woods, playing with the pagan women – such wonderous fun! Two of the main women I wanted to see couldn’t come (boohoo) and I need to stop being a crappy friend and pick up the phone and call them. I made a confession, over the weekend, to the local women who I don’t get in/stay in touch with – it’s not that I don’t WANT to spend time – I jsut feel – intrusive – like I’m stepping into their life and taking up time that they might wish to use to do something else, but politeness bars them from that. Yes, I’m mildly terrified of ‘proper’ social interactions, because when it comes to that sort of thing – I’m – I’m vaguely uncertain of how to act. My friends are usually like family – and there are certain ‘rules’ with family – more comfort, more of a leeway – but with newish friends, who aren’t quite family, but who you want to be more than mere accquaintences? I don’t know how to purposely bridge that gap – and balance my natural intoversion/shyness. But – at least I put that admission out there, so that – it’s – clearer. Hopefully.

Another very sweet thing from the weekend – I finally busted out my sewing machine, and sewed a robe (that I wore all of once, but it tis okay). I REALLY want an accessory kit – I need the other presserfoots, etc, etc. Hrm. I think a trip to eBay is in order.

Speaking of eBay – I’m doing new decorative things to myself! *laugh* I picked this up from one of the hair forums, but I’m going to stretch my ears. So far, I’ve gone from pierced to 12g in the first hole, and pierced to 14g in the second hole. I’m pretty sure I want to go to 6g in the front – because the jewelry you can get – oh me god! It’s not CHEAP like the stuff I’ve been buying, but it’s gorgeous and handmade and UNIQUE and it’s not something you see much of round these here parts…..so I’ve been having eBay type fun getting cheap earring to get me to the right size, and then I’ll be able to get pretty/expensive ones that I’ll be keeping.

I played hooky from work yesterday – I ‘worked from home’ and it rocked! We really need to get me knocked up so I can have a firm deadline of getting the brightsunshinyhell out of this place.

And dammit, now I must go work, so any further trains of thought will be late getting to the station.