The Elfin Slipper Battle

The words "Finish Elfin Slippers" never made it onto paper yesterday.
The battle is over.
I defied the concrete importance of the written word for motivation.

**singsong**
Guess who feels accooooompliiiiished.
lol
**smug face**
Now to tweak my pattern so's I can make more of these without wanting to die.

P.S. I'm on Twitter now.

Life Lesson Monday

Today's Lesson is:

Set Goals

Sunday night, our pastor made note of how important it is to write your goals down on paper. It helps realize them. He cited some statistics saying people who clearly define and record their goals achieve exponentially more than those who do not.

I attempted a little research of my own just now and was unable to find any concrete statistics with which to impress you. However, I would have to agree that it's very helpful to make lists. There's something about a line of words on paper waiting to be "exed" off. (That's what I say. Exed. Like when you draw an X over something.)

Today, I had a mental goal:
To finish that stupid pair of slippers that has been haunting me this week.

Now I have a good explanation for not even attempting them today.
I didn't write it down.
Maybe I'll make a list tomorrow.

And now, I leave you with a picture of myself being sleepy and wearing my crooked glasses.

New Post!

I'm not read to write another post yet, but I didn't like knowing that grumpy post was the last one up.
I was still mostly grumpy til Saturday morning, but Saturday was lovely, as was today.

Current news:
Etsy sales are down. Way down.
I need a car. A lot.
Choir practice went well. The drama is soon.
I'm watching this documentary about a girl named Deborah.
I don't want to take a shower because it will undo all the hard work I did to straighten my hair.
This week is going to be CRAZY busy!!
I'm rather cheerful and optimistic. Probably because I haven't attempted to finish those troublesome slippers yet. Which I need to do before that dear customer gets upset.

I'm contemplating doing a giveaway, hoping it would promote sales.

Have a good week, people. :) I will be back for a life lesson tomorrow. If I can think of one. lol

Current Mood: Very Frustrated

Points of Frustration:

• I've been working on a pair of elfin slippers this week. (Why do I invent cool things that are hard to remake?!) I almost had them finished. I was very glad. Then I realized they're way too big.
• Disheartened, I began unraveling. After reworking one slipper, I found it much too small.
• I'm in the process of working this slipper for the third time. THIRD time. And by the time I've reworked something so many times, the tension of my stitches gets all wonky and then even if I get this slipper right, how will I ever get the second one right?!
• My eyes hurt. It feels like there's fuzz in my lenses.
• I'm seriously a caffeine addict. I need some caffeine. It's sad.
• We have to leave for choir practice in half an hour.
• I love choir practice, but I'm afraid I won't be able to kick off this discouragement and grumpiness, and it will make choir practice yucky too. Especially if I don't get a Coke or something.
• All my clothes are wrinkly. I need to change clothes and I don't want to iron anything.
• Last night I made a sale. I was so excited. Until I realized that I had listed the hat for $1.00 instead of $10.00.
• I took like 4 pictures on St. Patrick's Day before the camera died. I tried to upload the pics today. Gone. The card was blank. They disappeared.
• I need to go eat. I'm running out of time. I'm grumpy.

Grumpy, grumpy, grumpy.
**sigh** Be back when I'm feeling a little more chipper.

Life Lesson Monday

Today's Life Lesson:

If you order a small Earl Grey Latte, and end up with a large
because the barista messed up, be happy.
(not so very hard to do, obviously)

If you finish your large Earl Grey Latte and somebody gives you free pizza, be happy.
(also not so very hard to do.)

If you finish your pizza and want more Earl Grey Latte, be happy.
(hard to do. Because you really want more, since it was so delicious.)

If you go against your better judgment and decide to buy another small Earl Grey Latte,
and your sister picks that moment to pay you back for the drink you got her, be happy.
(again, not so very hard to do.)

If you get to the counter and the barista tells you not to pay because you can have their free drink for the day, be very happy.
(I don't even need to say that's not so very hard to do)

If you successfully consume this excessive amount of Earl Grey Latte within 2 hours,
you are probably going to have some side effects,
such as slight excitement and jitteriness.
This should enable your being-happy mechanism, and hopefully you can retain the joy throughout the rest of your day.

P.S. I love knowing the people who run Doug's Mugs! :D

Me at Doug's Mugs - only this picture is sort of a lie, because it's not from today.
It's from Saturday.
And Saturday I had an Apple Pie Steamer, and a Raspberry Cremosa.

The End.