Yawn.

Oh so very sleepy have I been lately. It’s been go go go. And now that I have two gloriously free days, I’m still exhausted and, even worse, bored!

Today I have gone grocery shopping, done 5 loads of laundry, cleaned the apartment, hung out with a friend and watched two movies. I’m now done with entertaining myself and would like someone else to do it! But unfortunately, Mr. Circus is down for the count with the plague today.

Oh, I also started my little bird project!

Yup, it’s a little orange birdie! My friend E gave me a kick ass book for my birthday and this is my first project. Yeah, not a fantastic picture, I know. But as soon as it has eyes and a beak it will look much more bird like. Also, something for me to remember for later: buying towels at the Army and Navy for a loonie really isn’t a decent replacement for going and buying fabric. But I do like to try things the hard way.

Am currently working on a list of 29 things to do before my 29th birthday. Turns out I’m not really goal oriented so this is kind of difficult for me right now. Also because all I can focus on is finishing school, aside from the wedding it’s hard for me to really think about life post school. But hopefully I’ll get that out here soon so I can start crossing stuff off it!

Corner.

Having so much time off between the end and beginning of semesters has felt a little strange. Normally during the Christmas break, I work my tail off, but I did so much shift switching before Christmas that I’ve only got one shift (thus far) this coming week. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a complaint. But there have been a few times over the last week that I’ve been sitting at my computer or at my table/craft area and found myself thinking “Oh man, I should really be doing readings for class”. Only to remember that no, I have no homework right now.

So while taking a break from homework, I’m enjoying a period of super domestication. Receiving a wonderful  Husqvarna sewing machine from my parents, I now want to have a space for it.

New storage shelf for sewing machine and random craft stuffs

About half of my buttons. These are inherited from my Great Aunt. Now to find the others from my Grandmothers and I should have a jar full.

My first sewing project on the new machine was a voodoo doll pin cusion (incidentally, he is made from 30 year old orange/white checked gingham fabric).

It has been fun, creating my little craft corner, learning how to use my camera and testing out the sewing machine. I’ve done some sewing here and there over the years, but have never had a machine that made it easy. This machine actually comes with a lesson where you bring your machine into the store and they show you how to use all the settings and in which situations, and teach you how to troubleshoot. Fantastic, as I tend to run into mechanical confusions often with these getups.

I have also started a ‘wedding bin’, which is fun. In reality it’s a large, grey Rubbermaid container with a “Wedding Stuffs” lable taped to the lid. But in my mind, there’s a little light that comes out of it. It’s full of laughter and dreams and projects to come. It’s full of family and music and memories that have yet to be made. It’s full of scraps of paper, receipts and magazine clippings. It’s full of love.

Christmas has come and gone for another year, and it just felt so easy this year. The Christmas day gatherings were minimal. With my brother still living in Australia, and family friends celebrating elsewhere, the morning consisted of just my parents, myself and Mr. Circus. Christmas dinner wast at a family friend’s home (the man who will be performing our wedding ceremony) and after dinner was at our place with some wine, a couple friends and Hellboy 2. It was relaxed and, aside from some dog allergies, stress free.