If we were having coffee...
...I'd be yawning because I was up late last night. The plan was to fill orders and then make some new stuff for the shop, but I filled orders and then surfed the Internet like any good mom with uninterrupted time on her hands.
...I'd reveal that my Etsy shopping cart is currently filled with some great new fabric, but in the interest of really starting to keep the books this year, I'm making myself wait until there is more of a surplus. It's tough! Those prints are calling to me!
...I'd ask you what book you are reading. I am trying to get into Friends Like Us, which I picked up at the library last week. So far it's good, but I'm having a hard time finding time to read it! I'm generally a fast reader and I'm only through the first chapter. Are you reading anything good?
...I'd tell you that since New Year's, I've seen a lot of bloggers post their "Word of the Year". I never really thought about focusing on one idea for the year, but I think it's a really interesting idea and I'd like to give it a try. I spent a lot of time this past year thinking about and trying to achieve a good balance between home and online pursuits and it was really tough, what with a new baby and the house overhaul in progress. Now that Greta is older and mobile and the house is mostly done of pressing projects, I'm hoping I can do better. So my word for the year will be "balance" and I will aim to do my best to keep the house clean while still running my shop. Did you pick a word for 2013?
...I'd tell you that lately I've been feeling kind of lost in this blogging world of having stylish, consistent content. In my head, I know what I what I want this blog to be, but I'm having trouble getting it there and I'm a little bit frustrated. I'm hoping that making a plan for myself and writing out those plans will help. I dug some old-school spiral-bound notebooks out of the back of the closet to help me keep my thoughts in one place. I've also been scouting out advertising opportunities to try and bring in more traffic. It's exhausting.
...I'd have to pause for a minute to reflect on the fact that those notebooks are from college. Which was...um...12 years ago? Jeez... I don't know which is worse: the hoarder-ish quality of that, or the fact that I was in college that long ago.
...Once I'd recovered, I'd reveal that I want to get new glasses soon. I have good eyes, but I have reading glasses to help reduce eye strain when reading for a long period of time or looking at the computer screen for a long period of time. As you can tell from above, the reading thing isn't happening, but the computer thing is happening a lot and after awhile I feel like I'm going cross-eyed from staring at the screen. The glasses I have now drive me crazy because they are from when lens sizes were really small, so when I put them on, I can see the rims of the glasses and it's annoying. I'm trying to decide whether I want to try out Warby Parker or just order something local. I like these.
...I'd tell you how happy I was to see you today and that I'm glad we had a few minutes to chat. I'd ask you what was going on with you and what your plans for the weekend are. Are you doing anything fun?
Happy Friday!
Linking up with Rags to Stitches today.
I would tell you that I'm reading Persuasion by Jane Austen, and that it's not as good as her other work. I'm having a hard time getting into it. And I would also tell you that we were looking at the Warby Parker website last night, and think the 5 pairs for 5 days sounds awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I would tell you that I want to put off my orders so I can fiddle with the new coffee table, but that would be horribly irresponsible of me.
Hi! I would definitely have some coffee today with you. I did not sleep very well and I might risk a crack-head episode to stay alert. I would probably mention how I was able to sew 3 pouches yesterday and cut out fabric for 3 more! I would also mention that I totally understand the feeling of having no direction for the blog. Sometimes its hard to know what would be interesting for people to read and wish that peeps gave more feedback but jotting down a list is a GOOD way of getting that together.
ReplyDeleteLovely idea for a post! You know, just being yourself, as dumb as that sounds, is what people look for in a blog I think. Inspiration, yes, but I only really just click through those blogs. I find that I tend to stay and read more often if I can get to know the person's genuine voice.
ReplyDeleteBTW, went to walmart looking for murphy's spray oil. As I suspected, they didn't have it. Surprise, surprise. Our walmart sucks. I did get some pledge oil spray though, so we'll see if that works ok.
I would tell you I just finished reading 'Practice Aloha' which I saw bumper stickers for all over Hawaii when I was there this past summer. I wanted to know what the bumper sticker led to (practice aloha.org). Good read. I'm ready to move to Hawaii.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah........just wait until you celebrate your 25th reunion.
ReplyDeleteyup. did that.
regardless of the 'wasn't that just yesterday' feeling, it rocked.
balance sounds good. i'd like be better at balancing.