The Gimmies

Lately I've been suffering from the gimmies. Long lists of things I want/need desperately pop into my head and I quickly become obsessed, researching different models, prices, etc. At least now a lot of the items are things to improve my quality of life, make my apartment less cluttered, although it doesn't seem right that buying a bunch of things will make my apartment more organized.

The things I've purchased will help me organize my kitchen, wall mount a lot of stuff I use to get the clutter off of the surfaces:

magnetic knife rack - bought one and hung it last month
grocery bag holder/dispenser - bought Tuesday
2-in-1 salt and pepper shaker - bought Tuesday
two stainless steel spice jar shelves - bought last night
mat to put under the cat dish - bought last night
Oh, and I bought a feather duster too. I wanted to get a static duster wand so that the dust wouldn't fly all over the place, but if I dust before I vacuum, that should take care of it.

-a plant for my desk at work (i have LOTS of plants at home, but I've been at this job almost 3 years now and have never brought one in. I guess it's something to do with permanence...)
-body fat scale
-treadmill - so i don't have to go outside or go to the gym (um, I live in a studio?)
-stationary bicycle (same)

things I've always wanted:
chess match clock
manual typewriter (had an electric one until my last move in September. I got rid of it because i never used it.)
metronome

People reading On the bus

People reading On the bus this morning- Angels & demons by dan brown. Red rabbit by tomclancy. Bo-ring.

Cross Stitch

This is the latest picture of the card I'm making. I know it is a huge file, I have to get my photo program out and edit a bunch of stitching images to post on here.

I originally started this card to send to my grandmother for Easter. Well, Easter has come and gone, and the card is still not finished. I took this poicture on the train ride down to my uncle's house to celebrate Easter.

Leave me alone!

Is it just me or is there some cosmic force at work this week that is turning evverything to muck this week? I am in the middle of yet another crisis at work. Apparently one of our consultatns just discovered that he doesn't have a flight booked from philly to LAX for the 15th. 3 days from now. And this is supposed to me my fault? I don't think so. So now I am scrambling to fix the mistake that was made and get him on a flight asap. Only he's not returning my emails or phone calls. Great. Just great.

Okay, Here is my third attempt at fashioning a blog out of template software. I have tried on tripod and msnspaces, but I have found that the majority of the blogs I read are blogspot, so why not build one here?



I plan to keep a log of the craft projects I'm working on, upcoming trips, what I'm reading, thoughts, etc. Whatever you'd normally find in a blog. I'm sure there won't be much traffic to this site, but that's not really the point is it.