I semi-recently went to a class on carnivourous plants and have acquired a venus fly trap. Here are various notes on the topic ( Read more... )

1. I went to a real live music concert for the first time in... years. It was a pop/dance music festival type show, with lots of hit artists coming on to do brief sets: Adam Lambert, Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Carmen, and Dev. There was definitely a lot of waiting around as all the sets were broken down and the musical instruments ( Read more... )

1. Got a haircut today. I usually get it cut in the summer, but I had a certificate for a free cut at a salon and my hair had grown to unwieldy lengths (at least 4-5 inches past my shoulders) so I got it cut to my shoulders just so I wouldn't have to deal with miles of static cling anymore. It is now layered and shiny and soft, and is very cute ( Read more... )

1. More news on the Etsy front: I got listed in my first Etsy treasury list (a seahorse), got invited to join my first Etsy team, and put up quite a few more listings including one for a bulk order of 10 for $20. I was thinking about doing a bulk order of 20 or even 30 miniatures, but I should probably just see whether anyone is interested in the ( Read more... )

1. I have made my first two Etsy sales! Selling the USA-shaped shadowbox as well as a the big rectangular one! \o ( Read more... )

1. At the advice of a couple of people and, due to my own current obsession with buying adorable things on Etsy, I have opened an Etsy Shop to sell vintage shadow boxes. I also have a bunch of figurines and miniatures to figure out how to bundle and sell, but I need to sort those all out before I get to listing them. If you are curious about ( Read more... )

1. Got back into the swing of cleaning today. Roombaed the study and used the carpet shampooer on it, as well as moving some of the things into the closet and furniture back into the room. I also organized all the cardboard boxes for recycling tomorrow (there are a lot) so soon the foyer should be clear of a most of the things sitting out there ( Read more... )

1. Last week I went to see King Lear for the first time. It's become an unofficial goal of mine to see all of Shakespeare's plays, a goal which is assisted greatly by living in New York, which is chock full of Shakespearean productions (including a whole slew of them by the Royal Shakespeare Company this summer, as well as Shakespeare in the Park ( Read more... )

Lazy weekend, thankfully! It's been a while since I've had that since I've had an unexpected flow of houseguests the past few weekends.

1. I caught up on various miscellany: laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, mail, and other sorts of errands. I also went to JFK to get my interview done for the Global Entry program. It's probably geared ( Read more... )

1. I'm finally starting to settle into my schedule again, but it's had the unfortunate side effect of causing me not to look at my palm pilot (I am old school like that) enough, which leads to me missing events that I had committed to going. Oops? So far, it hasn't been anything really important that I've missed, but you know. I need to get on ( Read more... )