Bleh, my stomach is having a little mood tonight, so I’m not feeling much like doing anything. But it was a decent workday, especially for a Monday. Did full morning pages, looked up some stuff about publishing my fictitious business name (required by the state, and alas, not free), posted photos of the apron I made on Halloween (see previous entry) — noting with pleasure that I’m continuing the trend of posting slightly more frequently each month than the last, since I had one more post in October than September 😉 — prepared an Etsy shipment for a customer I have been having a lovely time emailing with, received my satsuma charms from Mousemarket and ran around the house squee-ing about them…
and made Mousemarket’s cash apron, which was fun. It took me almost the whole afternoon, which is longer than I expected, but I did a lot of other stuff in between,
ow, ow, ow! I was sitting on my right leg and it has totally fallen asleep and is cramping and tingling painfully
and learned a lot from making it, so I don’t mind at all. I will post photos (and the reserved listing for M) tomorrow, when the light gets better.
I also discussed pre-Thanksgiving dinner options with Erik. We are having some friends over for a feast this Friday, and Erik is going to roast a free-range chicken for the occasion. I looked up the chicken farm and it looks all right; the chickens don’t seem to have quite as much room to run around in as I’d hope, but this is a poultry-producing operation, after all, not just a family raising some birds for fun. And we will probably be the only guests at the dinner who will even care. ;b
I’m enjoying November. Is it because we have three Thanskgivings to look forward to (our pre-Thanksgiving, Jason’s, and then the actual holiday)? Maybe… but I also just love the holiday season. It’s so festive! And I love festive!
Also, I realized yesterday before the yoga workshop that I am feeling better than I was all week. Maybe the week’s crummy mood was just a natural decompression period from the craziness of the craft fair and preparing for it. Makes sense… it’s like the work-life version of the bends; it’s never healthy to come out of any dramatic environment really suddenly. I haven’t done a thing to address my problem with crafting/art balance, and yet the balance feels like it’s slowly restoring itself, at its own pace and with its own logic. So. I feel better.
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The satsuma charms came out great! So cute! I like the fabric you used in that photo there too– is that a tote bag or the cash apron?
Oh you’re going to file your DBA! I went through Legalzoom.com to do mine. It does cost more than if you were to do all the paperwork yourself, but it’s super convenient.
i love the holiday season too!!! i love the feeling of fall as it gets closer to thanksgiving and then christmas and everything. i always joke with sean that we’ll have to have a 2nd house somewhere in the midwest (where he lived as a teenager) just to decorate with tons of kitschy holiday stuff that i would feel really guilty about actually owning “in real life” ;P
about your comment about it not being healthy to come out of any dramatic environment suddenly– my mom used to refer to it as “the low after the high.” when i was in middle/high school, i would get really excited and worked up about something (whether a dance or CTY or whatever) and then have a really great time and then the afterwards felt so poignantly mundane that i’d get all cranky and feel “low.”
Angelina — It’s the first reversible tote I ever made, and the one I use every day. 🙂 That purple floral fabric is a printed corduroy from JoAnn!
Wow, I did not know you could get someone else to do all the DBA work. 🙂 I drove out to Martinez a couple of weeks ago to file mine (bleh, but I wanted to get it done instead of waiting for the mail), but now I have to do the publishing part.
Tamara — Yes! When I was a kid I had this multi-CD Reader’s Digest box set that had basically every Christmas song anybody in the English-speaking world ever listens to. ;b I used to play it nonstop from Thanksgiving on. And I insisted on making mulled cider every year too. I haven’t done either of those in a while but this year I’m kind of feeling it again… maybe because I’m back in the Bay Area instead of LA where “winter” means 70 degrees!
I love your mom’s “low after the high.” That’s a great, concise way to describe it! And yes, I remember that particular “poignantly mundane” feeling after CTY and school dances. 😉
Heh, guess I wasn’t logged in, but WordPress saved me as Lisa. Strange… since I have Satsumabug and Lisa, I can comment on my own posts. ;b