Van Items? No. Relationship and Tatting Progression? Yes.

Hi, nothing van related happened this weekend, thus the silence. I did get to spend about 24 hours with my boyfriend (from Saturday night to Sunday night) so that was awesome but still, not very blog worthy. In addition, Maku attached on to my bf right away and even slept by his feet, which I thought was cool, but again, not of interest to those who have not experienced the awesomeness of my cat personally and up close.

Tomorrow I have to drive 2.5 hours one way for a doctor's visit and a discussion of my minor surgery on Friday. Whopee! That's always fun. On the upside, the VA pays me mileage and I'm in the red on cash so it could be way worst.

Other than that, I've been practicing my tatting. These freaking picots are driving me batty. In case you don't know, tatting is an old form of making lace with little knots. It's very calming and quite pretty when done correctly. It's frustrating and stroke inducing when first learning with a shuttle - at least for me. I hate the learning process. I hate not being able to do what I want to do. I hate practicing. However, after saying all that, I love been an expert on whatever it is that interests me. See the problem?

Tatting is one of the hobbies - there are many - I plan to use to entertain myself, and maybe make a dollar or two, while van dwelling across the US. While most of my creations will be needle tatted, I'm learning shuttle tatting because it's unique, it's difficult, and not many people can do it. I like being able to do what most people can't. Is it ego? Yes. Do I care? No. My motto: As long as no one gets hurt, whatever floats your boats or gets your rocks off is fine by me.

Anyway, while I got the flip without a hitch, these freaking picots are driving me mad. I've tried to hold my hands a 1,000 ways to make it easier and nothing really works. Every time I go to try and stop the thread I either twist it or drop it or do something else not right and it's aggravating the freak out of me. I'm going to get it eventually but until I do, AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! And I can't go on to make anything cool until I get the basics down. Did I mention I've been practicing off and on for over a month? AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Ok, whine over. I just had to get it out my system.

That's it for me. Hope everyone had a great weekend and an awesome Halloween. Stay cool and Be Blessed. Hugs.

i'm an internet page hoarder

ok, so i had over 40 tabs open of everyones blog that I wanted to read. over 40. i have a macbook pro which i adore but it's really temperamental, especially regarding safari. generally it'll only put up with my ocd and my internet page hoarding just so much before it shuts safari down and tells me to get a life. since that would freak me out to no end, because i HAVE to read EVERYTHING or the world as i know it will cease to exist, i have taken the necessary steps to reduce the number of open tabs to 10, 11 including mine. first, for everyone that's on blogger, i subscribed to their blog. then for everyone that's not on blogger but has an rss feed, i subscribed to their feed. then for everyone else, well, their tab is still open; however, i just created a blog folder where their bookmark will be safely stored for later reading, research, and comments.

while this really is a little thing, it is a great example of me and my need to know. some might say control but whatever. i'm just extremely curious about EVERYTHING and i hate not delving into the specifics. i'm one of those people who know a little about a lot because everything interests me - thoughts, ideas, actions, perceptions, reasoning, logic, results, consequences, just everything.  and when something slips through my fingers, it's aggravating or frustrating or something. it's like i was about to open a box and someone took the box away before i could see what was inside.  i'm also like that about the mail, just so you know. i love opening the mailbox to see what i have, what "santa" brought me. i'd rather get a bill than face an empty box. i find that interesting.

oh, i'm also a book hoarder. i have tons and tons and tons of unread books that i'm going to get to...eventually. hopefully before march of next year which is when i'm disposing of everything that's not going in the van, other than my mattress set. luckily once the kindle fire comes out, i'll grab that and worries about having too many books will be a thing of the past...for the most part.

ok, it's late and i'm exhausted. i've been practicing my tatting - both shuttle and needle - and i'm done. i love the artistry of tatting, but the videos leave a lot to be desired. i've seem slugs sleep with more enthusiasm and personality. (there i go complaining again, sorry. i'm working on the "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" principle to the best of my ability. it's just that me keeps getting in the way of I and then it's just a free for all).

anyway, have a great night, morning, sunday, or whatever. just be blessed.