5 Days Is Too Long

Between postings. Another thing to add to my list. I've learned that keeping myself as busy as possible during this unemployement bull is a great motivater. Today slacked a bit...

Did the stretching
Went on job interview
Sent out 3 more resumes
Talked to mom (trust me, this can be hard sometimes)
Will knit during "Heros"
Will do dishes
Will have monster salad for dinner with some fish on the side (eating well helps too!)
Will throw down a coat of paint on piece of work for spring's Art A Whirl (coming up SOON - May)

New goal - to spend less time on puter (except for chatting - limited to one hour a day at most - and sending out resumes).

Must. Stay. Motivated!

Yikes

Okay, doctor day today (thanks Melissa for the sweet comment - I didn't know anyone actually read my blog)! Will be keeping updates on what the hell is going on with my eyeballs!

Okay, goals for today (DAILY WILL DOS):

#1 Doctor
#2 Get Shepard Fairy and Coop signed silkscreens appraised
#3 Work on first painting for upcoming art show (first solid base coat on and sketched out already - time to color!), and ATCs

Daily duties (DAILY HAVE TO DOS):

#1 Dishes (moved this to everyday)
#2 Work on aprons
#3 Little yoga
#4 Art journal

Nothing too overwhelming. I can do this! Maybe by this time next week I can add one more thing to the WILL DO list!

Not The BEST Day...

So, I had total plans today to hit the road and go fill out a job application today for something that seemed fun. I got fussed up and poked my head outside to check the weather. I was nearly blinded, and not in a "golly, it's really sunny out today" sort of way. I mean it was BRIGHT and it hurt and things were fuzzy. This has been coming on gradually for a month, and I had no idea it was this bad. I have to turn down the brightness on the puter to read it, and dim lighting is best for me now. If I drive at night, I see halos around street lights and car headlights. So, I called my clinic.

Talked to a nurse for a while, and she told me they didn't really have the equipment to do a real checkup on my eyes. Basically, she told me to hit Urgent Care as soon as I can tomorrow (and since the hub and I are unemployed, talk to a Social Services Worker re: payment). This, my friends is really scary. I'd rather be deaf than blind (not to belittle either, but my painting and sewing are everything to me).

So, guess what I'm doing tomorrow?

Well, at least I can still paint and sew for now... Let's hope its something dumb that eyedrops can fix, and not something scary like, oh, cataracts or anything!

Good Day!

Okay, I didn't have time before I left home today, but these were my goals:

#1 Food Shelf Volunteer
#2 Clean off kitchen table
#3 Finish Dishes

I did all three!

My daily goals still are:

#1 Work on aprons (done!)
#2 Stretch (okay, a little after getting up - must do more)
#3 Sketch in art journal (I started working on my spring series for Art A Whirl, off of sketches, so that kind of counts)

Go me!

Ha - So Much For Goals

Well, it started out as a good idea, but I decided to take the weekend off. So, goals for today:
#1 Wash Dishes
#2 Watch Obama/Lauer interview
#3 Watch Cold Case
#4 Eat a lot of popcorn

Blowing off stretching, yoga, sewing (maybe), in lieu of nap.

Tomorrow, I get back to work. Even the unemployed need a day or two off. I send out 5+ resumes every day, work on the aprons/etsy shop every day, and clean. Today, therefore, I shall slack.

BTW: knittywampus

3 Things

Ladyjanewriter came up with this brilliant idea, but since I'm an oaf and a lazy ass, I shall downsize it.

3 Things That Need To Get Done Today:

You list 3 things that you should do, but don't really want to do and just freaking do them. Watching "The Martha Stewart Show" does NOT count. And, we're off:

1. Clean off the damn coffee table
2. Clean art supplies off kitchen table and put where they belong, not in a rubbish pile in the craft room.
3. Get thee to Ruby Tuesday's to apply for server job. I know it's not the dream job, but it will bring money in.

Okay, I'm actually going to go LJW one further. I'm making a list of 3 things I need to do EVERYDAY. I'm freaking unemployed, so I have no excuse of being "too busy watching Martha or Tyra".

1. Work on aprons
2. Paint/work on art journal
3. Meditate and a few yoga stretches.

Okay, right now I'm chatting with friends online and doing this blog, but I'm setting a time limit. At noon, I shall eat lunch, clean coffee table, do art journal, shower, hit Ruby's, and then work on aprons. I'm going to try my damndist to do it all, but we'll see...

New Year, New Hopes

Well, at the end of last year, I started busting out painting a bit more, thanks to Ms. Suziblu, the goddess. Please check out her site, if you haven't already. Oh, and send fur baby love for the late, great Mr. Pooh Kitty. My big thing now is working on the aprons for my etsy shop and hauling them around (via tupperware lady) town to pimp out. I've already sold about 10, but need to sell more!

Christmas was lovely in Milwaukee. My superfantastic in-laws got me a new Janome sewing machine and I was in shock. I couldn't stop hugging it. I still can't, but now that it's up and running and out of the box, it's a little more dangerous to do so. NYE sucked. I'm not going into it. Actually, Jan has pretty much sucked so far, but I'm trying to keep happy thoughts going and TCB.

So, I'm going to do a few more things on the net, and get back to ironing and sewing. I'd chew off my arm for a real ironing board (bending over a short dresser with a towel on it makes my back say OWIE), but a girl has to make due. I also want to paint something in my journal, but the aprons come first. Ka-ching!