Oh, Yeah… Blogging…
Uh, hi guys! Yeah, I, uh… I’ve been sucking at keeping up with this recently, haven’t I? What can I say? Life gets in the way sometimes. So… what’s new? Uh-huh, uh-huh, good-good. Over here… there hasn’t been a whole lot of exciting “creating” going on, at least not on my end (Monkeyboy Sr. is another story). But after the insanity of the Christmas craft sales, it’s been a nice reprieve. That said, let’s do a quick catch-up, shall we?
We are *finally* all healthy once more <knock wood>, so things are *finally* getting back to “normal”. SLOWLY. Painstakingly so. *sigh* I’ve been gradually working on my gratitude pictures from December, January, and now February. Oy. The gratitude photos have once again become a daunting task, but I’m attacking them in little chunks, so they’ll get done. Eventually.
The Monkeyboys making our annual donation to Toy Mountain.
Then, there are also show and vacation photos that I’ve been working on… sporadically, but still. They are a little bit more challenging to get done as I shot them RAW and am very inexperienced with editing them this way. <plodplodplod> But again, they’ll get done. Probably?
A shot from Loose Moose’s 2012 version of “A Chrismoose Carol”.
Monkeyboy Jr. enjoying the beach in Maui.
All of this photo-editing has been complicated further by my glitchy computer… and the demise of my second beloved spy-cam. *heavy sigh* Apparently, the 392nd drop by Monkeyboy Junior Jr. was the one to finally do it in. On the silver-lining side, it has resulted in me finally getting an iPhone (4S), and I am loving playing around with the camera + photo apps!
Valentine’s Day breakfast!
The various foods/bevies I’ve been enjoying lately. I am discovering that I photograph these a lot. I mean… A LOT. 😉
In between all of this photography (and eating), I have been knitting…
The second Doctor Who-esque scarf for Terra’s mother.
… as well as sewing and crocheting a few gifts for one of the gals who volunteers at Loose Moose, who is going through some ridiculously difficult times. They are still a surprise, so I’ll post some pics later, once she has received them.
I’ve also been keeping up with ETSY orders (can I just say again how much I love and appreciate the whole penny tee gravy train?!). This has included the addition of adult-sized penny tees!
I am also struggling to get through Susannah Conway’s “Unravelling” workbook. Still. In mid-February. Yeah. Thinking ahead has never really been an issue for me – I’m a “Boy Scout” planner all the way, three steps ahead of the game (at least in my head). But. There is SO much that needs to get done / I want to do, I think I’m suffering a bit of analysis paralysis. Looking back at all the changes I made last year, I am still trying to sort through which were positive, and which were ultimately more draining than they were worth… and into the future, which changes will likely be the most beneficial… and not just for me, but for the whole family. It’s enough to make my head explode just a little.
So, yeah. That’s where I’m at. Here and there, but also off in my head a lot. I shall endeavour to keep up better, but be forewarned that the next few months are probably going to be about getting my shite together rather than getting stuff out there… I hope 2013 has been treating you well thus far. Oh, and if you’re an Instagram-er, you can now find me here. =)
