Save me from a villainous imagination

trucking along.

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:46:09 GMT

I think everyone should use their free v-gift to send me birthday wishes :p or to send silveradept good luck wishes, whichever ;)

In crafting news, I started working on a few things for a FMS swap, and for a Craftster swap. Tomorrow I organize myself and mark off when I need to be sending things by -- I somehow got involved in too many swaps than I'd really like to be involved in. It was an accident, I swear!

Then I need to make a list of supplies I need to round up. Hopefully between me, my mom, and some other relatives, I'll have everything I need for the swaps.

I also need to get some fleece somehow to make SA's pillows for his housewarming that I promised him months ago. (I told him i'd make him pillows as a housewarming gift, but i'd wait til he moved so I could just mail them to him instead of making him transport them) I need about a 1/2 yard each of Green, Red, Purple, White, and some black felt. I shouldn't need more than a half yard, I don't think. I also am planning on stenciling the block M onto two ice cream bowls that are in Blue and Maize for him, but so far I haven't found a decent M to use,and I also haven't found the shade of blue I need yet, so he might get them undecorated. We'll see.

Photo Swap
Mail by: Aug 31
Picture CD
Picture Frame (almost finished)

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Birthday Swap

#1 Mail by: Aug 29
something Anne-related (bottle cap magnets)

#2 Mail by: Aug 30
something beachy (picture frame, I think)
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Full Moon Swap
mail by: August 28
making...stuff. Partner on Flist, so not posting details yet. (almost done)

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Cheer Me Up Swap
Mail by: September 15
making: Plush Pink mushroom
something beaded
magnets?

whatever fits in the envelope. keep crafting until I fill it!

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Harry Potter IYP Swap
Mail By: end of September, sign-ups haven't started yet, but I know I'm in this with Theatregirl25
making: Dept of Mysteries veil - headband, clay, lacey fabric
Photo frame (I think?)
scarf - but in Red & Black instead of Red & Gold, and made with eyelash stuff, so it'll be different
some other things, too that I haven't thought of yet. might stick in the buttons I didn't find a place for that ofenjen made as a something extra, too.

basically, I need to have four of the packages ready to go on the 27th, and I'm on track. I'm almost done my FMS swap to be honest, I've got the base coat on the picture frame - all it needs is whatever I decide to decorate it with, and then I have to do the photo CD, which won't take too much time - I can probably get it done this weekend. The other two photo frames I want to make I plan on making tomorrow while I still have all the paints and glue out. If I get my arse further in gear and print out my images for the magnets, I can also get started on those.

I did stop by the Rag Shop's going out of business sale this morning to see if they had any fleece, but they're all sold out of fabric. I did dip into my meager funds to spend $6 on a bunch of stuff that should have cost a lot more, most of which are for upcoming swaps. YAY for cheap ass swap stuff. Also, Rag Shop has patterns for .10/ea, so I scored a few patterns for some projects I have in the wings for certain people who are expecting a baby sometime in November.

Anyway. silveradept's given me something to do for him, which I think he's asking me to do so I still feel important (either that, or he's being lazy), and that's to map out his route to Tacoma, trying to avoid as many toll roads as possible, and getting him to at least visit Mount Rushmore on the drive out. It's fun. I told him I'll have a PDF for him by Monday with my route and stuff. I also did some research on an extended stay hotel for him, and found him one that's fairly "cheap" - $44/night as opposed to the $79/night one we had found first. It's the least I can do, since I'm not able to help him do the physical move.

While I was out at his house, he had me go through some of his old clothes and I was able to grab a few things for reconning. So...I now have A LOT of jeans and I want to create some kind of denim skirt out of it. I also got a hold of a few T-shirts. I might make some T-shirt reusable grocery bags for SA out of them, since they are his shirts, or I might try my hand at reconning them into smaller (tighter) shirts for me. We'll see which I decide to do. I also snagged two pairs of boxer briefs that SA said he never wore and never will wear. I was thinking I could wear these for bed, as I've been known to sleep in men's boxers. They're....odd. Makes me feel like I'm wearing spandex shorts or something. I'll try sleeping in them tonight and see how it feels.

I'm...doing okay, surprisingly. I think it's more to do with me having stuff to do over anything else, really. I still have a strong desire to just curl up under the blankets and have a good cry with the kitty, but I didn't give in to it, and that's the important part. It also helps that I did a lot of crafting today, and crafting keeps me calm and happy.

...I went to bed, and never pressed post. Oops.

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:22:11 GMT

Yep. Still in Ann Arbor. Why? Because a file SA and I are downloading to my external claims to only have less than a day left on it, so we figured we'd let it go and HOPE that it completes itself tomorrow!

Today I did more packing for SA. Well, and yesterday, too. I packed up his entire Kitchen and bathroom/medicine cabnet type stuff. I also cleaned out the microwave, because it's mineish, and I wanted SA to be able to take a clean microwave with him when he moves instead of something ikky and gross.

We also went out and did protesting at noon, and then back out for Ben & Jerry's ice cream this evening. We then stopped off in Dawn Treader, and I got a few books that are on my Amazon Wishlist (yay! Happy Early Birthday to me!) The one book I got is in hardback! Amazon wanted $11.98 for it in paperback, and I only paid $7.50 for it in hard! yay! I picked up two of the Doctor Who books that are based on older episodes. This'll have to do until I can get my hands on copies of the older series. And the last book I picked up is called "London Bridge" and is about some of the bridge's first inhabitats. All-in-all, I honestly paid LESS than what a brand new hardback book costs. Whee, I love used bookstores. Then, we went out for dinner at Za's, after witnessing SA walk the opposite direction through a fountain on campus (some type of tradition thing).

Still hoping SA will need/want me to drive out with him to Washington, cos I really want to go with him, but...ah, well. Told him he's stuck with me, even with his move to Tacoma :D

He set himself a reminder so he doesn't forget to call me on my birthday, too :).

It'll be okay. I mean, it SUCKS thinking about it, but really, it'll be okay. We'll work something out somehow.

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:39:20 GMT

Today, silveradept and I went to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in IMAX 3-D. The 3-D bit was pretty cool - basically as they're mounting the thestrals and to the end of the film, you have to wear those goofy glasses. Pretty cool. Daniel Radcliffe was practically in my lap! ;) Although seeing "the kiss" that big was kind of gross. We had to cover our eyes, to keep Ginny from seeing it ;)

And now we're playing We (heart) Katamari. I love rolling things up, but I'm not too good at it. I keep getting angry king! eep!

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:23:11 GMT

Huh. So my internet hasn't gone out at all since yesterday morning when I had to reboot. Does that mean the signal "got better"?

Anyway. Today is going to be a lazy day of grocery shopping and last minute cleaning up.

I have to get to bed early because _falnfenix_'s mom suggested I leave here at like 4am because of stupid beltway traffic. So, basically, I have to leave before SA even does. I hate rush hour.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:03:33 GMT

Ganked from bnlfanofed

Two Names You Go By:
1. Becca/Becca Jane
2. Anna/Becanna

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. "London Does it Better" T-shirt
2. Grey Lounge pants

Two Things You Would Want (or have) in a Relationship:
1. Respect
2. Laughter (ditto)

Two of Your Favorite Things to do:
1. craft - scrapbooking, beading, sewing, as long as it's crafting
2. shop - but little stores, like a downtown of a town (AA!), not malls!

Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. Money to pay of bills/be able to do stuff I want to do. (If I could somehow fall into about 10k, that's all I need)
2. For the piece of glass i stepped on to get OUT of my foot!

Two things you did last night:
1. read a book
2. watched Doctor Who

Two things you ate today:
1. poppy bagel
2. cream cheese

Last Two People You Talked To:
1. silveradept via IM
2. elusive_goalie via text messages

Two Things You're Doing Tomorrow:
1. grocery shopping
2. finish up cleaning

Two longest car rides:
1. Lancaster to Sudbury, but it was for a good cause!!
2. Lancaster to Chelmsford, MA - it was snowing pretty badly and took me FOREVER

Two favorite holidays:
1. Halloween for dress-up purposes
2. Thanksgiving for family purposes

Two Favorite Beverages:
1. Vernors
2. Dragonfruit Vitamin Water

Two Things About Me You May Not Have Known:
1. I was born with a dislocated hip
2. I was an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church when I was 16

Two movies I'd watch over and over:
1. Princess Diaries (yes, cheesy, i know)
2. Mary Poppins

Two Places I have lived:
1. Hightstown, NJ
2. Ann Arbor, MI

Two of my Favorite Foods:
1. Pizza
2. Poppy seed bagels

Two Places I'd Rather Be Right Now:
1. Ann Arbor
2. England

I know i said on syrg's journal that I was tired of reading all the "moving to greatest journal" posts, but I discoverd that I already had a greatest journal out there, as annaonthemoon. Beats me when it was created though. Anyway. I spent most of the day using LJ-Sec to move my entires from here over there. Am I leaving LJ? No. But some of you who write fic are, and I want to make sure I have a way of continuing to read your stuff. So..if you ARE moving over to GJ, please add me and/or let me know.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:08:44 GMT

crossing the chesapeake

FW:

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:08:39 GMT

Laci jayne 9lb 2 oz 21 .'' 5:40 pm

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:08:02 GMT

Driving in Lanco

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:50 GMT

I have to be awake late tonight because of HP, and my aunt calls me at 9 inthe morning telling m she's comin over because she needs help with her cell phone.

uuuugh.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:48 GMT

Happy ONE MONTH Anniversary to bnlmaggz and Carl! :D

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:24 GMT

too bad i don't have any marching photos to scrapbook

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:20 GMT

just for you tim

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:13 GMT

moon over the susquehanna

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:03 GMT

Home.

took nine hours thanks to construction zones of 40mph.

We go bed now.

*thud*

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:07:01 GMT

leaving at 6. would love to leave tomorrow morning, but that's just not possible.

suckage.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:06:51 GMT

cookies? I blame the flatness on the ugly baking sheets in this house

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:06:51 GMT

So, yesterday marked my official out of high school for 10 years thing...ouch. And so, SA and I made cookies...or, at least we tried. The oven is a bit wonky here and heats unevenly...so we had a batch withthe bottoms scorched and they all flattened out and attached to each other. they also were darker than I usually make, but I attributed that to the dark brown sugar instead of the light brown. the cookie sheets at this place also are pretty awful looking, so I contribute that to the partial failure. mind you, they ARE edible....they just look funny.

Today we went out into town and I did a little shopping - I picked up mom's birthday present at this mystery book shoppe (called Aunt Agatha!), and I picked up a few last minute things to include in the MYBs for piwacket and maa3120. As I wound them up tonight, I realized just how much I had managed to collect for them. hehe. There's a few things that didn't make it into either ball, but I still sent them along. I'll probably post the boxes tomorrow :) YAY. I forgot to mention it in the box, but each of you has a ziplock bag with a tin foil packet in it....just stick that in your freezer first thing for afew hours ,because that's how I wrapped the (packaged) chocolate I was including to make less of a mess in there...I'm sure it will be slightly melty, so I'd just toss it straight in and deal with it later. unwind the ball, then go check on the chocolate. ;)

I also made the bookmark for the book swap. I should have taken a photo of it, because for being tossed together at the last minute, it's actually kind of cute. wallpaper samples from ScrapBox paired with some flower stickers, ribbon remnants, and a scrapbook page cut up. Pretty darn cute/clever...though slightly uneven as I can't cut a straight line for my life and I didn't have my paper trimmer with me. Ah well. Packaed that up along with a few sheets of stickers for *that* partner...

...and then there's the for my mom swap on craftster that I'm organizing. I kind of HAVE to do that one since I'm the organizer, but I'm hoping I can find someone who just wants jewelery for their mom and be done with it.

Plans for the weekend may be back on track....looks like elusive_goalie will be rolling into town after all, and we've got a slew of plans - Pizza House, making sushi (since we skipped on it last time), and a trip to Wolf Lake for a day of swimming and fun in the sun. :)

That's about it. G'night.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:06:46 GMT

going away for the night....later folks!

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:06:25 GMT

I have't been able to get back to sleep since 7, so I might as well get up. I woke up at least three other times..one time shivering because even though I turned off the A/C last night, the room was still cold :(

I also had a pretty weird/bad dream last night about staying in a hotel, but I'm not in themood to re-tell it.

I'm going to shower, get my stuff together,and take advantage of the free breakfast, that apparently is better than just cold cereal and muffins, according to the website.

Off to Ann Arbor :D

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:06:24 GMT

This book is horribly slow paced! im so bored but i dont want to get out a project since thats im a different bag. bah. should have left later!

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:05:47 GMT

HOLY MOTHER OF HAIL!

Photos later.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:04:51 GMT

yep. still don't want to go home.

i think it's partially not having anyone in the car for company and part not wanting to leave Ann Arbor. Hmmm. Can I kidnap SA?

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:04:10 GMT

On Becoming a woman. I think i just fell of my chair....wait, it gets better

Anyway. I'm cold,I haven't eaten anything yet today,and I really want to go work out. But I can't until I eat. It's a catch-22. There honestly is'nt anything in the house that I want to eat right now....wait, there might be salad fixings, I'm not sure. Oh, and it's garbage night, so I really ought to do some more cleaning in that other room. Especially since I'm going away soon and need mom to feed the cat.

*sigh* not enough hours to myself today to do what I need to do.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:03:59 GMT

Ugggh. woke up slightly sick.

Change that.More than slightly sick. My nose feels like it's going to explode.

but I *have* to be somewhere at noon.

bugger.

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:03:41 GMT

They're now recallnig pet biscuits, too - article also says that Purina dry Dog & Cat food is SAFE. Thank goodness.

14-yr-old girl molested by 30-yr-old woman posing as a 17-yr-old boy - yikes.

The Tudors scheduled episode airing dates - mostly for my own knowledge, so I remember when to look to download the episodes.