Well hey...

A year and a half since I've posted here.  Thank goodness I'm not one of those craft blogger ladies who have monetized!  Yikes.

Anyhoo, since I missed NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) in November, I told my two favorite friends that I'd post every day in December.  And I almost missed today because I forgot!

Yeesh.

I've been unemployed since August, and you'd THINK I'd have a lot of projects done, but no.  Let me tell you a story about lack of confidence, illness, malaise, and general...well, let's just call it "enjoying my time of very few obligations," because it sounds better than laziness. :)

Quite honestly, I'm pretty sure I've been battling some mild residual depression from the last several months at my most recent job, so motivation has been hard to come by.  Also, I don't use this blog to impress anyone or to make money or to post tutorials, so it's easy to let it slide.  (Ok, I SORT OF use it to impress people...like how I made 6 pies for Thanksgiving and they all turned out really good except the lemon meringue got a tiny bit watery and the cherry custard pie didn't have quite the flavor it would have had I used the Grand Marnier it called for or some kind of reasonable substitute...but that's beside the point.)

I have a major project that needs to be done by Friday:  masquerade costumes for me and my sister.  Her company throws a massive Christmas party every year, and this year's theme is a masquerade.  They've even hired a great band and one of the best DJs in the state, and rented a local (new) convention center, so you know they mean business.  If they mean business, so do we.  I mean, we could have rented some pretty great costumes at the theater near our house, but NO.  We had to design and make our own.  Really, they shouldn't be too tricky to do--mine involves very minimal sewing, and hers is an easy pattern--but we waited to get the fabric on sale and it took me forever to decide my costume, so he we are, less than a week away, and nothing has even been cut out.

I'm going to pound out as much as I can tomorrow before going to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights, and Tuesday hope to be done with at least one costume before I have to set up and decorate a table for a church Christmas party.

Wish me luck...I could use it.