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SPT 5.22- 1850
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Well, there it is folks. My SAT score. I did better than average. Average is 1500. I'm warming to it. I had hoped for higher. If I could only take the math sections again...

Didn't finish everything on my list yesterday but I did more than half.

I think I'm too hard on myself, an all-or-nothing mentality is fine in it's place, but it doesn't work all the time. Sometimes less than what you really want is okay. *learning to deal*

Rollin'

I've been making up tasks lists for myself on the backs of old pieces of paper and taping them, at eye level, to my bedroom door. I know there are things I should do everyday but when they're just floating around in my head, I forget or feel okay ignoring them.

Yesterday, I finished them all! :D This is a step up from the beginning of the month when I would finish only 2 out of 11 or so. *dances* And today, once I've posted this, I'll have done 6 out of 14 or so. Perhaps I shouldn't glory myself too much, but it's an accomplishment and I'm very happy with myself.

I'm going to cut out a lot of wristlet pieces, the outer part. I'm running out of lining (old shirts). I could scrounge around some more. I have three 'new' colors. I've always had access to them, but I
just didn't cut them. And I have a few new ideas for magnets. Shall see. I should also try to start writing shorter posts.

Post Picture: Box Top Photography- a tiny maple spawn 'helicopter'. I'm playing with Photoshop Elements. Desaturation at work here. And jonesin' for a D-SLR with a macro lens.

Now 5.20

I'm about halfway through my list of to-do's for the day. Threw in a couple extra. It helps me to keep track of what I've done and forces me to want to do. I don't like feeling like I'm wasting time...though I do enjoy surfing the Internet mindlessly.

I signed up on Seeking Designers. They emailed me first! O.o. Perhaps, I shouldn't show such shock. I guess I have been emailed before about my shop, but one turned out to be a scam and the other waaaay outside of my current price range. I asked more questions and will give it a shot.

Listed Sumeria and the alphanumeric magnets today. Listing always makes me feel so accomplished...provided the pics look nice.

I'm get dirty looks from my family again, okay not really. But I stay on the computer a lot, editing pics, emailing, listing. Now, my mom's found all this stuff she wants listed on eBay and I'm the only who knows how to list there. (if you're looking for a chocolate fondue fountain let me know.) I'm in between wanting a laptop or a D-SLR. I don't have the money for both. It's not my fault I need the computer or my fault that we only have 1. :/

Post Picture: It is the bud of an alium plant in my front yard. (Thanks to the Etsyans on forums for sharing their knowledge...I didn't know what it was before last night.) Here's what it look like in bloom.

Guess if I were to get psychological I'd say I chose this pic because new things are about to bloom. I try the therapist thing. :P

Monday

Do I have anything to say? Not really. But I had a list of things to do today and blogging was on it. Since I do actually like to blog and am doing it now to avoid the other things on the list, I should have saved it for later.

I'm reading this book and watching this movie on Youtube. The book isn't bad. It's got some LOL moments, a sort of romantic comedy in prose. When I think for myself and not what my mother would think of it, I like it even more. (We used to read books together, so I look for ones she might like.)

The movie, which I think I'm watching illegally, is a version of Sense and Sensibility, probably my favorite Jane Austen. But after seeing the latest BBC version this seems a cold rendition. There was more feeling in the BBC version and for some reason I don't like Hugh Grant or Alan Rickman...in anything. Kate Winslet is too old, I think, to be playing Marianne. Far-too much shrieking voices, over-played tittering.

So I'm off. Hope to list some things around. Trying to work harder on promoting and have an invitation to be in an indie business directory. *oooo* To work!

Post Picture: Bells that I destashed that I must now ship to France. For some reason, sending jingle bells to France just sounds to merry. I love online selling.

Finding Me 5.15 - [sumeria]

I go on creative kicks and just want to stay locked in my room, eschewing all else, to just churn out piece after piece. Of course, that can't happen.

I'm learning not to be so 'predictable' with my work. At the moment I'm not sure that's the right word. I cram myself in a box, this is the way it has to be. I'm learning to 'introduce elements of the unexpected'. (that's from a Jane Austen movie) Give into ideas I think will be boring. Rarely does a design stay the same from ideation to completion. And boring in my mind, isn't necessarily boring to someone else. There's nothing wrong with simple, not everything has to be elaborate and take days to complete. I'm learning, this process within a process. Growing up, becoming me. I'll get there.

Also, if you see a darkly colored wooden frame that is square please let me know. I bought a print ages ago from mlee and didn't frame it for a variety of reasons. I got a quote today of $130+, just for the frame. Uh, yeah. I tried eBay...almost nothing. I'll keep looking.

Post Picture: Me wearing my latest necklace-y creation. Will probably come to the shop on a made-to-order basis in the coming days.