I’ve been doing a self-portrait project for the past year, and it’s been really eye-opening. I’ve basically been looking at photos of myself every single day for the past 332 days and counting (I’m trying to get to 365). One thing I’ve seen a lot of are the smile lines around my eyes. See?
But the more I’ve seen them, the more I like them. I mean, I know if I invested in the best wrinkle cream out there, they’d go away. But at this point, they’re part of who I am, and I like them.
Now, talk to me in about 20 years, and I may have a different opinion! 
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s Day, filled with all of the love and happiness you deserve.
OK, this is going to sound silly, but I know a lot of people who were born in November. I mean, a LOT of people. And it didn’t hit me until today, but I have to wonder – were they all Valentine’s babies? I mean, has there ever been a study to see if sales of prenatal vitamins increase in the weeks after Valentine’s day?
OK, I can’t believe I just went there with my “Happy Valentine’s” post. It must be all of the chocolate making me all sugar-crazy. Have a wonderful heart-filled day!
For the most part, I’m pretty good at small talk. For instance, I went to my jewelry class the other night, and managed to chat with the other ladies without putting my foot in my mouth. Well, for the most part. I mean, I know enough about small talk to know what subjects to avoid. I mean, while one might know the benefits of colon cleanse, it’s not necessarily a subject everyone wants to discuss over dinner. That sort of thing.
What I need to remember next time is that not everyone spends all of their spare time surfing the internet. So while I may know all about every detail the knitting interweb, other knitters may not care that much about online yarn shops. Just saying.
I’m very excited, because my jewelry class meets tonight! I’m hoping I find it OK – I know it’s at a local craft store, but I think they hold other classes on the premises. That would be just my luck, to show up for a jewelry making class, sit down and get ready for the lesson, only to have the instructor start talking about something completely different, like the benefits of finding a testosterone cream that works.
OK, so that’s a far-out example. But that would be just my luck, right?
I’m very excited, because I signed up for a jewelry making class at a local craft store. The jewelry isn’t anything fancy – just glass beads, not certified diamonds or anything. But I’m excited to learn how to make my own necklaces and bracelets and earrings. I don’t usually wear a lot of jewelry, but maybe I’ll wear more if I make it myself. I mean, when I make it myself, I can make exactly what I want to make.
I can’t wait! This is going to be fun.
When I have a few minutes at work, I sometimes kill time by looking at real estate listings. I usually start by looking at local listings on the Louisville MLS site, and checking out the available houses in my preferred neighborhoods. From there, I might look at houses in some dream locales, like vacation houses on the Atlantic coast, or what San Diego foreclosures are available.
Granted, we aren’t in any position to buy any real estate anywhere right now. But sometimes, it’s fun to dream and get ideas for the future.
The Super Bowl is this weekend, and everywhere you look, people are advertising Super Bowl specials. Or, if they don’t have the licensing rights, specials for the “Big Game.” I remember when I worked at a mall, I would see people buy huge TVs and with a special plasma mount, and then return them the day after the game.You just knew that they had watched the Super Bowl on those TVs over the weekend, and returned them bright and early on Monday.
People get crazy for their football, don’t they?
Right around Christmas, I bought a new (to me) Apple MacBook laptop. I love it, love it, love it to bits, and use it all of the time. This purchase brought the number of computers in our house to four: one Macbook laptop, one old (slow running, but not dead yet!) Apple clamshell, and two desktop computers (PCs). Add to that mix an iPod Touch, and we are officially outnumbered by computers, if you consider that Mr. Martini and I AND both cats could all get on separate computers simultaneously, with at least 1 left as a back up.
That’s kind of crazy, I know. But these days, when so much is done on the internet, I’d feel strange if I couldn’t be plugged in at all times, and able to surf, order, read, and communicate electronically whenever I needed to. Which is so, so different than life 20 years ago. It’s amazing how things change so quickly, isn’t it?
It never fails. We’ve been living at the new apartment for three months now, and just when I think I’ve changed every address possible, blam! There’s a letter in the mail with a yellow change of address sticker. Argh! Today, it was my term insurance policy. Last week, it was an old 401(k) account from my old job. (Which reminds me, I need to roll that over.)
I’m sure by the time we’ve lived here for a year, we’ll have caught all of the stragglers. Or at least, I hope so, because that’s when the forwarding order expires.
I need to get my knitting fingers into shape, because not one but TWO of the women I work with are expecting babies this fall! I have to wait to hear if the moms will be sending baby boy or baby girl announcementsbefore I start knitting, so I know exactly what to knit. Then again, if I knit something in, I don’t know, green or cream, then that would work for either.
I love knitting for babies! I can’t wait to get started.
