Fawn

written: Dec 27

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I was dicking around in Hobby Lobby today and I think I’ve found The Cloth I want to use for my Gammé. Originally, I was planning on just plain canvas and having Linda P. painting some designs on there. But then I found this gorgeous deer hide print upholstery fabric and fell in LOVE with it. I would love to use this for Gammé. It’s pricey, at $21 a yard. But I think it would be a good investment.

David is mostly done in my bathroom. Thank goodness. I’m about ready for it to all be said and done, and I can move my stuff back into my bathroom. I swear, my bedroom has never been THIS completely and utterly destroyed. I still haven’t moved everything back since we got the windows done. And then working full time is putting a serious kink in my free time, so most of the time, I’m only in my room to strip and get changed or sleep. ::laughs:: So clothes everywhere. Books everywhere. Everything out of my bathroom. Bathroom door sitting in my bedroom. Plus all the random shit it had in it to begin with! ::sighs::

I seriously may have to take a few days off just so I can do a massive de-cluttering and organizing. I’m seriously itching to toss out about half of everything I own. ::chuckles:: It’s rare that I feel so stifled, but I feel like I’m drowning here in STUFF. And most of it is stuff I don’t even need or use or want. I need to separate everything out into Keep, Chuck, and Sell piles. Chuck everything that needs chucking. And then photograph everything that needs selling and put that up on eBay.

Honestly, I think this decluttering desire is being spurned on by the desire to make my Gammé. I HAVE to clear out the super neglected “art table” to make room for the Gammé.

Co-Conspirators

written: Dec 26

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Awesome wolf mug that Annette sent me. I need to get a photo of the rest of the items she sent me in an AMAZING goody box. She always sends THE BEST goody boxes.

And now we are into the downward roll to the New Year. Hopefully the last days of 2019 will be calm and quiet. I’ve done the bulk of the work for my Tabula Rasa ritual. I’ve been working in my new Grimoire (and loving it thus far).

David’s been on vacation, so he’s been painting my bathroom. When it’s all done, it will have dark gray trim, light gray walls, and purple cabinets and door. I’m seriously so excited about it.

I am thinking of offering to friends the Sage Goddess oils I don’t like. I would ask them to cover shipping for sure, and maybe $5 an oil? I dunno. I’m just ready to really clear out some serious clutter. Or maybe I can offer multiple oils that I have in exchange for ones that I really want, in the Sage Goddess oil trading group. I’ll ponder this a bit more. I wouldn’t even be ready to start shipping them until January anyways.

Which reminds me, I need to mail out the wisteria seeds and seed pods to Weldon soon. AND, I still have two oil samples to send to pen pal friends as well. They live out of the country which is why I’m dragging my feet on it. I don’t want to fill out the customs paperwork and then stand in line at the post office to mail them. ::chuckles:: So I’ll do that in January as well.

Mom came up to visit today. She took David and I out to lunch, and then I got to give her a tour of my library. ::smiles:: Very cool.

After that, Dustin and I spent an hour making a model volcano. Not a bad way to spend a work day. ::chuckles::

Around 5 pm, my director came over to my desk and inquired if my Mom had been by to visit. I had told her that my Mom was going to visit, and that I needed specific hours off desk so I could go to lunch with my Mom. Denise (director) was seriously bummed that she didn’t get to meet my Mom and asked if she lived nearby, so maybe she could meet her another time she came to visit. I really do work with amazing people. So I’ve told Mom the next time she’s up visiting, she HAS to meet my Director. ::chuckles::

And things between me and Dustin are worlds better. I definitely feel more like we are co-conspirators now instead of Lord and Serf. We are definitely teaming up better for the various crafts and ideas on how to tweak them if they aren’t working out the way we expected it to. It’s really nice.

Dang it. I just realized I left the book I’m currently reading up at work. That’s one of the nice things about working IN the library – we have access to early releases of books. They’re housed in our Staff Lounge and we are HIGHLY encouraged to read them before they come out so we can talk to patrons about them. The one I’m currently reading has already been released, but I’m enjoying it thus far – The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup.

Purple and Green

written: Dec 25

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Progress on my bathroom. David has done all of the work, as this is the type of thing he does while on “vacation”. The purple cabinets were his suggestion and I just LOVE them. And the door will be purple as well.

I drove David over to my Library today, so he could have an understanding of how to get there. Hopefully he and my mom won’t get lost tomorrow! ::chuckles:: He was quite impressed with my little library. And we said hello to all the friendly ducks. Though, I did point out the Canada Geese and told him to stay away from them. All geese are evil creatures.

AND, I found three gorgeous feathers from the Muscovy Ducks (also called Quackless Ducks). They are seriously beautiful. They look black until you get them in the light and then they have this gorgeous emerald sheen to them. I personally can’t believe I’ve been working at the library for almost a month now, and haven’t gone feather hunting. Crazy!

Pins

written: Dec 24

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Super cool enamel pin from my Canadian Twin, Brandy. It apparently is from a book themed loot crate and is inspired by the book Sorcery of Thorns – which she recommended to me and I LOVED! And she said it was even MORE appropriate for me, now that I work in a library.

I plan to get a large embroider hoop and some fabric to make a place I can display all of newly gained enamel pins. It seems this year I’ve been flooded with them. ::chuckles:: So now I want a way to display them and I think the fabric and embroider hoop is the cheapest and easiest way to do that. Then all I’ll have to decide is if I’ll display them at home or at work.

I have today and tomorrow off from work. What makes it even nicer is knowing that I have these 2 days off WITH pay. Woohoo! This is the first job that’s ever offered that. ::chuckles:: While it doesn’t make up for having a couple of weeks off (like when I was at the after school program), it will be nice to actually MAKE money during the Winter Holiday season. Now I just need the paychecks to finally start hitting my bank. I feel like I’ve been there forever and haven’t gotten paid yet! ::laughs:: They do have weird pay periods though. Pay day is on the 10th and the 26th of the month. ::shakes her head:: I have never heard of a place doing that. ::shrugs::

Nicer

written: Dec 23

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Steam coming off the neighbor’s house this morning. Our roofs were covered in hoarfrost and when the sun came out and started warming everything up, there was so much steam. ::smiles::

Apparently, Denise must have read Dustin the riot act, because he formally apologized if he had been overbearing or pushing too much. Like, I legit felt bad for the guy. BUT, he does want to give the postcard idea a try. I have until the end of the month to get it mostly figured out and written up because that’s when we have to turn in our plans to LS&S (who officially employs us). He’s said that would be my sole focus for right now. We’ll do some more training on story time and a few practice runs early in January.

Ribs

written: Dec 22

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Hmmm, ribs.

I got the log finally cut down to size to be usable in the fire pit! I had plans of having a fire this evening, but then David suggested we eat at Texas Roadhouse. Texas Roadhouse won that debate in a heartbeat. And it turned out to be awesome, because I ordered the half slab of ribs and they accidentally gave me a full slab. WIN!

Other than that, it was a nice, quiet day at home. I spent it working in my Grimoire, my journal, and watching YouTube videos. ::smiles::

Witchfest

written: Dec 21

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Fabulous Yule gifts from Linda P. We met up at La Madeline and hung out for a while. It’s always enjoyable to be able to talk witchy stuff face to face with another witch. Though, I think the guy sitting next to us side-eyed us more than once. ::chuckles:: At least he had the good sense not to say anything.

Inside the coffee cup (which is PERFECT for work) is a bunch of teas and chocolates. And there are two flavored honey spoons attached to the handle.

The Wolf artwork is actually a book box. Initially, I thought it would make a good mini altar up at work. But I have since figured out it will be PERFECT to keep my 2020 Grimoire in when I’m not working in it. ::smiles::

And Linda might be going to Witchfest Austin as well. April is planning to be down here at that time as well, so this could end up being a really cool weekend. I’m still trying to get ahold of Hazel and see if she wants to tag along. At the rate I’m going, I may need to rent a van! ::laughs:: I’m seriously excited about it.

Fort Witch (a new pagan store in Fort Worth) is talking about doing a Witchfest Fort Worth. That would be awesome as well. They are just now mulling over the idea and trying to figure out logistics, so I’m sure it will happen later on this year.