first…a ton of spinning fiber 
on the luxe site, and some amazing yarns…like what? well…
i know, i know, i normally take pretty good photos and these sucketh. sorry. what else? a few new things on the www.luxe.etsy.com site…
what else about etsy? i did a trade for this awesome pillow that she made me custom. she will do custom stuff and does crazy embroidery with her sewing machine. super cute. and! she writes a story for EVERY item. so adorable. i wasn’t surprised to see that she is from portland. we have to move there. have to. there is a super cool craft fair EVERY weekend. and john and diana live there. and the dandy warhols. and donuts filled with nyquil and…the list goes on and on.
i lurve poppies, they are my favorites…my neighbor has these in their yard, which i have been wanting to go out and draw, but it rains and it shitey, so i haven’t gotten to…
i did a trade with…
i got to do NO art stuff whatsoever again today. i had to list stuff and tag stuff and pack up packages and of course there was a new order as soon as i got back. i always feel bad that the person could have had their package by monday or tuesday, but it is only sent out monday instead. so, the big atlanta deal was pending on them getting their sample package from me. i sent it last thursday, priority. to atlanta. from here. packages to sanfranciso got there monday. this one never showed. so, i thought firstly that priority was faster…they told me that if the express truck has room on it, they would put the priority stuff on it. if not, it goes with the regular mail. meaning that it could take up to 2 weeks to get somewhere. and you can’t track it. i was told that you could. so, i am now doing delivery confirmation in addition to insuring it, although that just says that it got delivered to their house, not them. if i make people sign for it, i think people will get annoyed because they will have to pick it up from the post office which is a pain in the ass. hopefully nothing else will get lost, especially because i don’t know how nice they are about paying for insured stuff. you know?
also, the sock yarn is backordered because of the dye-o-rama thing, so i am hoping to get it next week, and then we leave for vacation friday, so fingers crossed. and make sure that you order your stuff soon, because the week after next, there will be nothing shipped. sad but true. there will be tons of new stuff when i get back though. i am bringing my wheel, which is super good because i never sleep whilst there, but i need to get fiber and get it dyed so i have stuff to spin. also, there is this awesome spinning/yarn store in savannah that i am excited to go see again. the have tons of habu stuff. rawk!
so, i packed orders, ran errands, got to see a friend at the post office and talk briefly to another friend on the phone about the constant drama crap around here that makes me want to talk to my cats, my inlaws, by hot husband and not many other people…other than my blog friends of course! ok, actually a lot of people, just not the two faced bullshitty people. i have no energy for it anymore. none. and the older i get, the easier it is for me to write things off. i have a limited amount of energy and i refuse to waste it on crap. i could be making something. why would i want to deal with crap? you tell me! whilst at the post office, i was greeted by a mailman driving by, by name…”hey! natasha!” my friend cracked up. i am a local celebrity. next stop…the universe! i headed home, started listing stuff and continued until i was done at which point i fell asleep with the computer on my lap and woke up when jake called to say he was heading home and we were going out to dinner with the in-laws, i fell back asleep, had strange dreams and he told me that he actually called twice before i answered. after dinner, we got to actually spend some quality time together. and you know what? i never cease to be amazed how much i adore jake. he is hot, sweet, thoughtful, strong, kind, understanding, easygoing, handsome, wears cute clothes, is tall, smells awesome, listens to great music (ok some of it is not my scene, but it isn’t crap) and loves me so much. he is so good to me and i never dreamed i would be with someone so wonderful. there is a saying about loving someone more everyday and that today i love him more than yesterday, and to-morrow i will love him more than today, and it is true. it doesn’t seem possible. i feel giddy sometimes. he will be sleeping and i will put my face into the space between his shoulder and his neck and just smell him and he smells like heaven. i feel like i will implode i love him so much. and anytime that i don’t take the time to just turn off the tv and put down whatever i am working on and turn off my phone and just be with him, sealed off from everything…it is just wrong. it is so important to appreciate every second that you have with the people you love. and i have an amazing anniversary present in mind for him…i am excited about it. i am not sure if i will make it or buy it, because have found someone who will make it. anyway, i have known him more than 10 years and i don’t know how i can continue to feel more intensely for him, but i do. he is my everything. i love you so much jake! i will send your mom 5 mother’s day cards just for producing the angel that is you!
i apparently bought two tattered gardening journals from ebay, they are from the late 70′s-80′s, which i wouldn’t have bought. i have no clue. i dunno if maybe someone just sent it to me. there was no invoice or anything. anyway, the woman cut out things from the newspaper, mainly about gardening, and i will be posting them maybe daily. we will see how that goes. oh shite! i forgot fiber friday again! off to do that.
who has heard about these crazy dudes …gnarles barkley i have only heard the one song, but i loooooooooveedd it!
i am getting really sleepy, so i need to get going but, i am thinking of running some special deals for people doing secret pal stuff…one of the options being that i will put in a cute card, wrap it up purdy in tissue, and put in cute little stuff and send it directly to them if you would like me to. nextly, you can request certain colors in either a commercial spun yarn, like laceweight or a sock yarn, for example, your favorite colors, or your secret pals’ and i will give you a reduced price if you are buying for a secret pal. the sock yarns come in a 1/2 lb skein that would make 2 pairs of superwash socks in fingering weight. if you request a color and get the whole skein, rather than $22 per 4 oz ball, i can give you 10% off so it would be $39.60 for enough for two pairs of socks. pretty good, eh? i will give you 10% off of anything else in the order, as well, as long as you are spending more than $35. i am open to other ideas, as well, so fel free to suggest away! ok? seriously. i am really interested. so get your secret pal something SOOOOPER cool that was made JUST for them! i am planning to start a club for regulars that gives you a perecentage off from each orders. i am still thinking about how it would work. tired and the letters are moving around…i wish i knew how to use this stupid spellcheck. sorry.
xoxo
n.
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The gardening journals – were they by chance sent by a seller that you’ve bought something else from recently?
I do a lot of eBay (selling as a side income, working with it because I’m employed by a company that lets you post listings on eBay). I have once received something by accident from a seller I’d bought from recently, and once sent something out by accident to the buyer-before-last. (Somehow the buyer’s address didn’t “take” when I printed out the shipping label, and I was too absent-minded to notice.) So it’s obviously not as uncommon as you’d think.
I never did get back the thing I’d sent to the wrong buyer. I had to scramble to get another one, because the REAL buyer got a bit irritated that I’d sent his package to someone else.
See if you can track down the seller who sent you the gardening journal, and offer to send it back. It’s good karma – sounds like you could use some, if your packages are going astray in the mail!
i did buy it. i guess. i think it was supposed to be from 1879, not 1979. ah well.
Nyquill Donuts. See those things don’t taste as good as they sound, at least not after a couple of bites and you have to eat it really late at night (like daybreak).
You and Jake make a beeeeaaauutiful couple.
nyquil donuts are more about the idea than the actual taste. i hate nyquil by itself, let alone in a donut.
i did buy the journals, but was told that they were from 1879 not 1979. not cool. ah well. i won’t feel so bad cutting it up. that sounded evil.