Busy, Busy, Buzz Buzz Buzz

1.  I missed another day in the blog yesterday. This will get to be a habit if I'm not careful. 

2.  Late webinar the night before, early med school yesterday, and lots of irons in the fire < ---- an idiom I had to explain to somebody yesterday.

3.  Spent the afternoon videoconferencing with my web designer, and we came up with this as a good solid start. More content and maybe just a bit of color and design tweaking to come in the next few weeks. But I'm very happy with the result and to have my website live so quickly and professionally, thanks to Kathie. 

4.  Did I ever show you my awesome new business cards? 

(See the cool steno keyboard at the bottom?)

This is, of course, the springboard for the design of the website.

5.  Didn't run yesterday, because I still had some soreness in my legs, groin, back, and feet. I wanted to be fully recovered before my next one, because it's a biggie, and the whole point of this program is not to get injured. I am just not going to go there. So my third run of Week 5 will be today.  

6.  The shoes that I really love have OF COURSE been discontinued. So I got another pair, the only ones I could find on sale:

They are kind of bright. 

I think I might become known as That Lady With Those Running Shoes.

7.  It has been SO FLIPPIN' FREEZING HERE! And the poor little seedlings are shivering. 

I'm pretty sure they will not have survived the night. It was predicted to get down into the teens Fahrenheit.

8.  I wish I could say that the ones in the coldframe look better, but I don't think they do.

9.  There has been a little bit of knitting. 

a) I made one little black felted bag with a flap that I did not like at all. I was considering cutting off the flap.  The lovely thing about felt is you can cut it. Years ago, I cut the ugly straps off that all-time favorite burnt orange bag that you can see in the photo, and had someone put a zipper in, and I put the vintage brooch on it. It's been the best bag ever! But then when I was setting up this photo shoot, I noticed this fuckin' AWESOME starfish (or whatever that is) pin that was lying around, and stuck it on that flap, and now I LOVE THIS BAG. I need a heavy-duty(ish) purse magnet to close the flap nicely, though. Anybody know where I can get one? I am trying to make as close to an exact copy of the orange bag as possible... sort of... and then I just made a flap. I think I wrote down somewhere what I did, but I cannot put my hands on it. I might have thrown it away because I did not like the way it turned out at first. Silly me. 

b) I'm working on an olive green one. For this one, I am following (for now) the Sophie Bag Pattern, available here.

But with all the other stuff that's going on in my life, including trying to get snapping turtles off my hand -- I mean Yorkiefishes off my line... or whatever you want to call it....

... the knitting has been going quite slowly. 

 

 

 

Comments

[auntiemichal]

Nice bags and cute fish! I've seen purse magnets at Joann's and maybe at Michaels. Or one could hit the thrift store for a cheap purse with magnet/snap to harvest.

[Martha]

That cute starfish pin is fabulous and really makes that bag. You are so clever!

[DebbieB]

I love that you used that pic on your new website - it's one of my favorites. You look great!

[gayle]

Your seedlings may yet survive. They can be pretty tough.
I don't think the pin is a starfish. Maybe some kind of lily. Or the ass-end of a squid...

[margene]

We had a hard freeze a couple of days ago and lost what the geese didn't eat. Smith has enough seedlings in the house to restart everything so no big loss. The website is awesome! I love your shoes. May be in the market to buy a new pair, too! Good shoes make or break the day, no matter the color.

[Leslie Sharr]

Wait! Those shoes are great AND they appear to coordinate nicely with the jacket Mr. J is wearing. If Mr. J wears it, it must be a cool color, right?

Yeah, it's flippin' cold all right. I'm back wearing a sweat suit and a shawl in the house.

Cart in VT -- nice catchy name too :)

[Becky]

Great website with the picture of the cool dame! And, love the bags! You might have inspired me to get busy, maybe..... You know, every time I find shoes I like, they discontinue them, every time. What's up with that? You are allowed to skip a day on the blog, but I always miss you.

[claudia]

I would totally wear those green Nike Frees.

[Joannah]

Thumbs up on the shoes. They totally go with Mr J's outfit + chicken! The running thing -- It's all about the fashion statement! Right?

[marianne]

Website is looking fabulous and I love your cards. The shoes ;^) I rather like the lime green and yellow! LOVE the bags, both of them! ass end of a squid, heh, sparkles ass end :^)

[Carol]

I saw my first asparagus poking out the ground today!!!! Are yours coming up yet?

[Robin V]

Love the fish! (Fish with knitted sweaters; who knew!)

I'm always surprised by the idioms I use and take for granted, that other people have never heard of. I once said, "we're not dead in the water yet" and got blank stares all around. Ah well.

[Cookie]

Congratulations!

[elizabeth a airhart]

goodie gumdrops for you

[Julie]

Oooh! A Sophie sighting in the wild. It has been so long since I designed anything that it's rare to see someone making one of my bags on the blogs. I hope you are having fun making it :)

[Manise]

I wonder if the seedlings would be better off with tomato wall o'waters? They would be a bit warmer in there. Just a thought.

[iPod touch docking station]

Missing one or two days of blogging is quite alright and quite normal. It happens to the best of us. Keeping your blog updated everyday can be a real chore. It's good to take a little break from time to time so you don't get burnt out. Oh and your dog in his little jacket is so cute!

Lora Miller
Audiocanyon

[Seanna Lea]

I definitely need new shoes. I want my half marathon this year (no matter how slow I end up being) to involve shoes that are already broken in! Your green is pretty festive. Maybe a nice blue for me would be better.