Frosting Craze -- My Newest Distraction

It's after 11, and I'm still up.

What am I doing?

Watching Youtube videos on how to make frosting decorations, and reading reviews for red velvet cakes.

I don't even like frosting, but I'm reading about different flowers I could make, and different strategies. Silly.

I think I've picked a recipe for cupcakes, not for frosting, but I'm ready to practice a few frosting strategies--I think I'd like to do a whipped cream frosting that won't be too sweet, but I'll also try the one that is paired with the cake recipe.

Now I should go to sleep.

Some time this week, I will try to make some red velvet cupcakes and frost them in preparation for my sister's bridal shower. The cupcakes are going to the office though. I am not eating more than one.

Late Night Crochet

It's late, I should be asleep, but I am crocheting.

I started with working on finishing the blanket for Kerrie while I was watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Then an episode was over, and it wasn't time for bed yet, but I didn't have enough time for another episode, so I needed to do something else.

I had enough time for an episode of Arrested Development, so I decided one episode would be a good idea.

I switched to hat crocheting to go with the change of show. Now it is way passed bed time, but I am still crocheting and still watching Arrested Development.

Productivity?

Gettin' Fit

I went to bed early last night so that I could get up and work out. I also wanted to be better about riding my bike to work, but it's going to be rainy this afternoon. Boooooo rain!

That also means it is unlikely that I can take my fishing chair out to read by the pond on my lunch break. Blergh again. I might have to come home at lunch to crochet and watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Arrested Development. These are the two series I'm currently making my way through on Netflix.

I did actually get up and work out--kickboxing.

I had been making good progress on losing weight and getting fit when I first moved here. Three weeks in to my time here, I was about 5 lbs away from my goal. As of yesterday, I'm now about 10 lbs away from my goal. :C

Can I be 20 again? Everything was so easy at 20. Not that maintaining/losing weight is all that hard for me now. I do have a very user-friendly metabolism. I just want to eat ice cream and brownies freely again, though. By freely, I mean the whole plate. I still eat those things now, I just have to be careful to watch the portions.

Crochet Day

Right now, I'm streaming NPR while I dig out my yarn and begin to plan some awesome owl hats for my family and me. Sisters, Etc. rocking owl hats this winter. It's going to be awesome!

Who says these are just for babies? I want one. Don't you?

Ambiguity

So I need one of these t-shirts, and I think you do too.

"Ambiguity: What happens in vagueness, stays in vagueness."

http://www.mentalfloss.com/store/Vagueness-T-shirt/

This might be one of the best t-shirts I have ever seen.

Random Update

I don't feel like paragraphs today.

1. Still waiting on a person to give the okay on being used for a reference on my library volunteer application.
2. Last night I had pie for dinner. Tonight--coffee ice cream. Mmmmm Haagan Dazs.
3. Work was much, much better today. We made progress.
4. I haven't watch Netflix all week.
5. I got my first Swap.com trade for a book. Woot!

I am really feeling like an MLS is the way for me, and I think there is hope for going back to K-State to teach for a semester before I make all this happen.

Volunteering at the Library

I have been thinking about volunteering at the library since I moved here, but I just hadn't done anything about it. I finally filled out the application. I haven't turned it in yet, but I really want to now.

I can teach adult literacy classes, or tutor adults one-to-one. I can participate in planning library activities for teens. I can read to groups of tiny people.

I try to be helpful, so I checked every box that applied, meaning I also checked that I could help out with general library gruntwork-database entry, etc.

Who knows, maybe I will like it, and the next phase of my life will be getting an MLS and working in libraries? We shall see. Muahahaha! There's no real reason for the evil laugh. I just like it.

My life has felt a bit empty, and it's making me a bit depressed. Doing something constructive seems like a definite fix for such emptiness. Hooray for doing good things with one's free time!