Polymath @ The Safin Hold

Good news

I mentioned on Tuesday that I had some good news that was potentially better news. Well, good news! It’s the better news! Best Buy/Geek Squad offered me a full time job with more pay and benefits. So…that’s pretty awesome. Michaels has, ironically, been dragging me down so much that crafting has seemed more a choreContinue reading “Good news”

I dream of doctorates

<waxing philosophic> How important are dreams? How much stock should we put in our personal ambitions and goals, even when they have no evident value to others, no obvious real-world potential? At the end of the road that is comprised of our choices, all of the forks in the road where we turned right insteadContinue reading “I dream of doctorates”

It’s October!

And that means one month left to NaNoWriMo! They reset their site every October, though, and that means that I spent about an hour today writing a synopsis for my novel idea this year. And I am not exaggerating, by the way; it really did take me that long. I think at one point IContinue reading “It’s October!”

Lazy Saturday

I kind of just woke up from a two hour nap. Eric and I went out for Mexican food for lunch, then wandered around one of those season-only Halloween shops. But I am getting ahead of myself here. So let’s take it from the beginning. This morning was unusual in that Eric woke up atContinue reading “Lazy Saturday”

Birthday time

Fall is a busy birthday season for me. I have my bff/college roommate’s birthday, dad, Eric, mom, grandma, and a few others interspersed. There goes my Christmas crafting time, no? Especially with November’s focus being writing fantastic fiction stories. Hopefully I’ll have birthday gifts done completely soon. Today is dad’s birthday (Happy Birthday, Dad!), soContinue reading “Birthday time”

Once a blogger…

I spent my day watching football – what an exciting day for football, by the way! I also made beef stew, which came out very delicious and didn’t even require flour to thicken. I put together a sort of outline for my NaNoWriMo project this year. And somehow, I ran across my ancient online journal.Continue reading “Once a blogger…”

Winter is coming

I grew up in Georgia, and the one winter I spent in Pennsylvania was their mildest on record (at the time. Not sure where it stands now). When I was ready to spread my wings and fly North for 2 years of summer, I was in Seattle, which is a temperate city. Granted, we hadContinue reading “Winter is coming”

The problem with showers

I had the day off, and despite that, I felt rather productive today. I got some painting done (more on that later; the project is hush-hush at the moment), got some writing done (fiction, primarily, and now this post), got a game of C&C set up for when my honey got home, and I evenContinue reading “The problem with showers”

How becoming a crafter destroys Renaissance festivals

I have been writing this post in my head all day, and every time I wrote it in there, the title of this post was “Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?”, but I thought it might be a missed reference. I’ve seen the Avengers 4 times now in theaters, and it’ll be on myContinue reading “How becoming a crafter destroys Renaissance festivals”

Asphyxiation: what a yarn

I have kept quiet about some recent developments in one of those superstitious attempts to not jinx things. To be honest, I don’t know if it’s worked because I haven’t heard back yet anyway. All week, I’ve felt as though I were holding my breath, and with a holiday weekend upon us, I think theContinue reading “Asphyxiation: what a yarn”