Christmas 2011 Crafting

Otaku/etc and mini bulb ornaments go on tomorrow~

Perfect way to end a long day-  putting the mini lights and garland on our miniature tree while my sister played Josh Groban's "O Holy Night"... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  What positively ethereal voice, my stress levels and general world-weariness decreased almost instantly.  <3

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ FOOD/SNACKS   ★★★★★★★

Sorry!!!  ; A ;  

The only flaw of panda bread- you feel guilty slicing and/or eating it.  (No, Habib, you're not showing this to Tori as proof that I'm a panda hater or eater!  >_> )  It was tasty, though.  

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ CRAFTING   ★★★★★★★

After getting up early to participate in my first serious bidding war (I came up short in putting in a final bid by around half a second) on eBay, spent some time chatting with Habib online before going outside to sunbathe and wander around in the yard for a while to recharge, get fresh air and sunshine.

A pretty Hawaiian flower plant in my yard, not sure what the name is
(even though I took a course in Hawaiian botany  ; w ;  Shame, shame. )

 Unexpectedly obtained and got to know a new texting buddy from Gaia a little better, then dedicated the rest of the evening primarily to working on my Christmas card list while wrapping up day 3 of my Words with Friends weekend marathon with Belle and bothering panda buddy #2 on Pingchat.  (Bother bother bother!... but in a dead-ish sort of way)

  By the time the day was over, my hair, skin, and chair all had glitter stuck in/to them, and I completed a total of 4 cards, the last of which required quite a bit of work (and the main reason why I still have glitter falling out of my hair ), but I'm very pleased at how it turned out.  I'm really hoping that my recipient will be pleased as well...  >o<

My Christmas list...!  o w o

My primary card-making supply list:  Assorted colors and patterns of cardstock, ribbons, glitter, tacky glue, assorted die cut shapes, glue dots, scissors, paper cutter

Tomorrow is another busy day...!  @ o @;; 

★★★★★★★★★★★★★ RANDOM THOUGHTS   ★★★★★★★

While I was getting to know my new texting friend from Gaia (I had talked to her a bit in a thread a little while ago, so she wasn't just a random person, lol), I suddenly got the desire to try and make/have a [reasonably] good friend in every US state.  Darn it, Teresa, if only we stayed penpals, I could say that I have one in Missouri.  But not anymore.  v_v  So what I do have so far is California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, and now Virginia.  Eight out of fifty.  I could include my high school friends to add more states, but I'd rather make new ones.  But that means 42 more friends? hmmm.  Maybe this can just be a life-long goal.  I think that my traveling journal project should take precedent.

Actually... when I was brainstorming about said project, it hit me that I could try to arrange it so that I could possibly make new friends - since my current number of contacts in different states is limited, I could have people who participate have any of their friends write something about themselves in my book and optionally leave some sort of  contact info (e.g.- email, etc) for other participants interested in trying to be friends with them.

But yeah, still brainstorming... I'm hoping to get this project off the ground by early next year!  =D

....Also, I need to make time to play Maple story!!! There's a Thanksgiving quest that I never got to do.  And my cash shop itemssssss...!!  Dx   Man, I'm so tired that my brain can't tell what I'm looking at for a long time.  x_x  Panda out.