Even More Boring

Than usual.

It's been extra dull around here lately. To the point where I am actually watching morning news shows for something to do. We haven't been going anywhere to save on gas, not that there is really anywhere to go, but at this point even a drive across town sounds good just to get out of the house. Except that we are trying to save on gas, so we aren't driving across town just for the heck of it.

The kitchen is still not finished. Surprise, surprise. I did ask Keith if he thought it might be done by the end of this week, hint hint, and he did get some more work done on it, but there are still the doors to be painted and hung and the back of the door to the garage to be painted, and it's already Wednesday and he has a class on Friday, so I guess I'd better not hold my breath in anticipation.

It's frustrating at how long it takes him to do something, he's a bit (well, actually a LOT) of a perfectionist and that is part why it takes him forever to finish a project. Plus, he gets easily distracted or bored with it, and then there you go, off to something else or a nap on the couch.

He is getting a little worried about job prospects, everyone he has talked to says they are not hiring right now. He did a lot of job searches on the computer yesterday and found one with the school district that paid a lot for an all around maintenance type person, but the job was at the community college in Ridgecrest. I didn't even know there was a college in Ridgecrest, which if you don't know where that is think desert. Desolate desert, the town is by China Lake out in the Mojave and is a long long long drive from Bakersfield. Way too long to consider commuting and who the heck wants to move to Ridgecrest anyway? If you think Bakersfield is a sucky place to live, Ridgecrest would be even worse. Except that the air is probably cleaner since the wind blows all the time there.

Anyway, very boring around here and I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do with all of our spare time. Yesterday I cleaned most of the house and then read a book on the couch. I've read a lot of books recently.

Mimi is doing her sit upon thing again this morning. This towel was on the counter from last night, where I had put the cat bowls to dry, and if it is there, she will sit on it.

Still Boring But Mimi is Cute

It's been kind of an odd week, I just can't get inspired to do much of anything and even my calendar schedule of events (chores) hasn't helped all that much. I just don't feel like vacuuming another floor right now. But, after I'm done typing here I will get my big you know what in gear and get something done today.

I spent too much time this week working on my shop, changing around titles and freshening things up a bit. Sales have been rather slow which in turn drains me of some of my enthusiasm for making more things. But, I do have some new old books that I've been cutting up for pins and some plans for holiday type pins that did well last year.

I've decided to close down the charm shop after realizing that I have spent way too much money ordering charms and way too much time painting them and then having them not sell. I just don't enjoy doing it anymore and almost dread someone asking about getting charms in certain colors because that means I usually have to order more when I don't really have the money to do that, and then I have to go paint them. And I'm just not having fun painting them. I went through my books and realized that the actual profit that I've made in that shop so far this year has been so incredibly low for the amount of money I've spent to keep the shop going that it is just WAY not worth it.

I don't think I'd ever close the Mimi and Lucy shop, though, I'd go crazy if I didn't have a creative outlet. Plus there is that workbench and workroom that I don't want to go to waste.

I've thought about doing some sewing again but that would mean a new sewing machine since my old one was a piece of junk from Walmart and I finally threw it away. They just don't make sewing machines like they used to, the big metal ones that just sewed a straight seam and worked for decades without any problems. I think the new plastic machines just have too many moving parts that tend to clog and break and frustrate. I don't think I'd try sewing anything to sell because I'm really not the best seamstress in the world and Etsy is full of real professional seamstresses and my stuff would look like 7th grade sewing class projects in comparison. But, it might be fun to sew a quilt or some simple clothes or something. We'll see.

Here is Mimi being cute. She has been 'catching' things out of my trash can again, pulling out pieces of scrap papers and then meowing and meowing as she brings me her catch and then drops it on the floor and goes away. She is still sitting on things, too. The kitchen towel was perfectly folded on the counter to just the right size for a kitty sit.

And then the last picture is one where she was sleeping so cutely and then woke up as I was trying to take her picture.