Monthly Archives: May 2008

The more things change…

The more they stay the same.

My hook is *flying.*

I’ve been making a concerted effort to clean up after myself. I’ve started a huge number of projects and really, really wanted to start more…but I decided to kick myself (gently) and finish some of what I had before I started any more. So later today after I download pics I’ll wrestle with WordPress and get some FOs posted here. (The upgrade broke the image uploader. *headdesk*)

I’ve also been working on some charity projects, including this one. I’ve been working on squares for this month’s Charity Blitz at The ‘Ville, too. Past time to clean out my scraps, and what better way than to make something lovely for someone who needs it?

Work is going well. I’m really going to like this job, I think. Time will tell, but my first impression is very positive.

Now that I’ve finished a few things, I’m trying to figure out what else to start. Hmmm…maybe I should finish a few things more first, while I’m in the mood. LOL. I really need to start bringing this stuff to work. An hour at lunch is a long, long time when you don’t have to run all over the place. Yay for being too broke to eat out! Hee!

Back later. 🙂

Take-Tac-Go!

I’ve got a new pattern up! It’s here, and also at Etsy and Ravelry:

I’m thrilled with how this turned out. Big thanks to Tracie who was kind enough to test for me and help smooth out my wording.

Enjoy!

Behind and fixin’ to get more so.

I haven’t made a point of outlining my family’s financial situation here, because it has nothing at all to do with crochet. Well, unless you count the degree to which I’m annoyed by the vicious classist rhetoric surrounding the very existence of Red Heart Super Saver, but I’ve managed to mostly tune that out while mentally composing notes for the rant to end all rants over it, but that’s another post for another day.

In any case, things are tight. Hell, things were tight 6 months ago. They’re impossible now. My ventures have helped, but not enough. I haven’t found a job even remotely related to what I was doing before, and my husband is still hunting for something steady, too. So I’m starting a job Saturday morning stocking shelves. Doesn’t pay great, but it will juuuuuuuust cover the rent if the hours are as advertised and the taxman doesn’t help himself to more than Social Security. Which means I’ll probably fall short, but that’s better than we’ve been doing.

So I’m afraid that we’ll probably go from quiet to really quiet here with the additional time constraints. Though I wouldn’t be completely shocked if spending some of my time out in the world unleashed a bout of chatty, so who knows. LOL. I fully intend to keep the Etsy shop going, no matter what else happens. In any case, don’t be surprised by anything you see here during the transition. 🙂