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i could write a post about the intense stress level in our house. there may have been some fighting yeterday morning caused by that stress. FedEx did not bring something important we were waiting on and the to do list was looming. it was a rough morning. blah, blah.

but i had a haircut scheduled. a haircut i was in desperate need of. it seems going from purple hair to red is not, um, good for your hair. my hair, even when unnaturally colored, normally looks pretty healthy. so, a haircut. even though it was taking time away from the list. thank god for that. matt, my stylist, is great,  shawn made us both laugh a ton, and i forgot just how awesome a good haircut can be. if you're having a bad day, i highly recommend it.

i made yoyos today. just because i hadn't made anything new in awhile. i pulled fabrics and just made some things. not piles and piles of the same necklace for upcoming shows. not multiples of the same barrettes. just a few new things. my to do list was as long as my arm. i didn't really have the time to do it but i had to. i had to make some yoyos. and it was totally fun. its been so busy the last couple of weeks that i think i'd forgotten that. i just really love making yoyos. 

this weekend:

• there was sunshine. lots and lots of sunshine.
• so much sunshine that crafty wonderland was slow. SO. SLOW.
• crafty wonderland was still totally fun though. i can't really wrap my head around how many womderful people we've met in the year and a half we've been here. crafty people are the best.
• also fun? hanging out with donovan.
• we saw waterfalls, mountains, drank some beer and cocktails, visited a photobooth, ate donuts, browsed powell's, played some videogames and pinball. we also had a really nice time at donovan's pen pal meetup. 
• at the pen pal meetup, i met jennifer. she's one of donovan's totally delightful pen pals and we've all decided to be friends. 

and it was good.

for the week of may 6 - 12:

• exercise - yoga or otherwise: 2 (shit. again.)
• walks with monkey or bike rides (yeah, yeah. this is exercise. but its fun and doesn't count as exercise in my head.): 2
• number of smoothies: 2
• number of glasses of green juice: 4
• meals involving pizza: 1
• meals involving piles of vegetables: 5
• i cooked: 3 times
• letters written: 2
• packages sent: 14
• things made: many, many things. i stopped counting. 
• photos taken and edited: 0
• best thing i watched: tv - the avengers. 
• books read: none. craft show head is not conducive to reading. fire bad, tree pretty.
• days i wore socks: 0
• days i wore no socks: 7
• living room (and kitchen) dance parties: 2  

i posted a few tweets yesterday that had my friends a bit concerned about my stress level. here's what was happening:

• the house was (and is) still in chaos, as you can see.
• i'd called shawn an asshole as he was leaving for a meeting. i was laughing while i said it and i don't really think he's an asshole. it was the stress talking.
• my printer decided to be all temperamental when i sat down to print tags and cards for the shows. tagging, carding and pricing is kind of, you know, important for craft shows.
• i needed to work on my display but shawn needed to finish up something for it and i hadn't realized it wasn't done.
• i needed to make pixelparty earrings but found we had no jump rings. i'm not even sure how that happened.
• the smoke detector fell on my big toe. i could explain how that happened but it still wouldn't make any sense.

i had a list. there was nothing on it i could accomplish at that moment and things were falling on me. nothing disastrous but my day had been planned out pretty much to the minute. there was no wiggle room. and there i was, stuck waiting for shawn to come home until i could make any progress on the list. so i tidied a bit. i finally folded the laundry. i did the few things i could. then i made a skirt. because, well, why not? i had the fabric washed and ready to go. i had a zipper and bias tape. i had the time while i waited. from start to finish it took me just over an hour. everything went smoothly, including the zipper installation. let me tell you, the successful installation of a zipper is a magical thing. once it was finished, i felt almost instantly better. that is, until i had to get back work on the real list again.

sleep is overrated. a-line skirts with viewmasters printed on them? completely awesome.

1. maurice sendak. in this interview, he said he was in love with the world. i think the world was in love with him. i know i was. if you haven't seen tell them anything you want, do. be prepared for tears.
2. joss whedon. when we saw pheonix at lollapalooza a few years ago, i was thrilled for them. they said it was the biggest show they'd ever played and you could tell that they were really excited to be there. they were having so much fun. when we went to see the avengers sunday night, i felt the same way for joss whedon. yes, cabin in the woods was awesome and may be in my top ten favorite movies now but the avengers was SO BIG and SO FUN. he got to work with all the people and play with all the things. its clear he had fun doing it. 
3. planning adventures. kateri's move to portland is around the corner. we've been talking about the adventures we'll take since before i left chicago - places like thor's well and the sea lion caves. first up though, the redwoods. i can't wait. (in truth, there's a long list of places i haven't been to in portland yet that i'm saving for when she gets here.) 
4. my old job. i've been thinking a lot about my almost eleven years at the synagogue. maybe because its been two year since i left and my brain is finally letting the walls i'd built collapse but i'm remembering things, good things. working for god may be hard but i did learn a lot - about myself, human nature and yes, god. maybe its finally time to start writing about it.
5. my parents. tomorrow is my mom and dad's 31st anniversary. impressive, isn't it?
6. hats. there are big ideas brewing for new hats. i think that will be at the top of my list for when we return from bazaar bizarre at the end of may.
7. these shoes. they're kind of wacky but i love them. plus, i feel like they'd go with everything in my closet. although, these are the shoes i'm saving myself for.