9/23/2009

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So it all started as me just wanting to get some caution tape from someone who seemed nice. then it turned into a blood bath. ok not really. but the first items that i made for her she flat out said that she didn't like them. i was crushed i spent all say making them



she didn't like the fact that i didn't sew them. she found them to be poorly made. i mean i could have put a little more time into it. but i didn't feel as thought what i was getting in return was that expensive so yea. but i got some tips from craftster on how to make them better next time. but they wont be giving to anyone out side of my family.

so i made her a toy that was also on her list



which made toy ask for a yoshi. i still have yet to find a free pattern i found one for 7.00$ maybe if i plan on making a ton of them or giving the pattern to other people.

i'm making gifts for jessica's birthday shes turning 21. i'm giving her my knit mini, because she wears things like that. so im making her matching gloves. she asked for gloves. and toby doesnt want me to work on anything else. but thats not how i work. i don't stay on one project at a time. i made the gift box yesterday



the gift box is made from strips of newspaper. i weave them together and tape the edges all together. i really like the flip top. i hope the box can hold all the stuff. maybe i should tape the whole thing. i don't know it only needs to last one day.

i also finished some crochet food. i started them months ago i had all the piece. sometimes i just don't like to finish thing. i added pins because its a pin cushion. and toby stabbed him self with it, so i took the pins out,i'll find some beads for sprinkles later.



oh yea toby is knitting again last time he only did it for two days. he has been at it for a week. he is making a gift for jessica, he just might finish it

a little down

I got a lot of WIP's out of the way. but now i've started more. i dont have as many going as i used to . which is a little bit of an improvement right

I got an order by email. Two fat bottom bags, and a pair of long fingerless glove. she hasn't replied back with the shade of blue that she wants so i can't start work on that yet.

i have a beret in the works. a barbie dress, but i've only done 2 row out of 100 so that can be put on hold. i'm finishing up a pair of short fingerless gloves. i should have those done if i give my self two hours or so to work on them.

i've been getting really into working with tape and making bags. i did a fused plastic bag which im very proud of. i've made a few other things with tape. mostly because i'm a little afraid of putting so much time and effort into sewing with my machine and it turning out bad like the skirt. but the skirt was my own fault with not mesuring right and then adding more fabric.

i was in Jo-anns today and sewing classes cost 40$ which i guess isn't as bad as i thought it would be. but i don't know i dont want to be the slow on in a class or the one that just doesnt get something. which is also why i still haven't learned to swim yet, and the fact that i freak out when water get in my ears.

I think i have my swap partners box all ready to ship. But just like every time i do a swap i feel like my box just wont measure up to all the others. even though were only supposed to spend 20$ i think that people spend more. but i just need to relize that everyone is great at different things. and maybe my swap partner wont be upset that shes not getting wool, bamboo or silk.

I still need to get around to typing up the letter i wrote or just rewriting it so that she can read it. because much like a blog when i start writing it only makes sense to me.

Toby was supposed to have his name change hearing today . but i guess the newpaper that he puplished the date to is to new. so the courts wouldn't take it. now he is going to have to wait another month or more.

but he did get his name changed at work and told alot of people to start calling him Tobias and use male pronouns. so yay for him.

i've kinda been in a rut about my hair. i've been in whats called a hair challenge.you keep your hair in protected hair styles for months at a time. and its to make and keep your hair healthy. but i got so bored that i was almost about to straighten my hair with a flat iron. but then i said hmm lets see what the curls are looking like i haven't had my hair loose for a while.

I took out the twist washed my hair. and fell in love with my afro again. I went out and brought some new products for curly hair. totally twisted shampoo and condtioner, and mousse. my hair looks amazing im just loving it. i dont want flat lifeless hair. i mean people with straight hair have to use products just to make their hair as full as mines. love what you got i guess.

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an eventful day

I got up at 8am, so late for me. and keep trying to wake Toby up so that he could get things done early. so at 9 he woke up. we first went to get our addresses change. i crocheted while waiting for toby. i just droped mine in the box i don't need it anytime soon. then this older woman started talking to me about how crochet is a lost art.

Then it was off to Ann Arbor or A2. We got to the court house. and i got in trouble for having a camara phone and not knowing that i was supposed to leave it out side. Toby picked up his papers paided his 160$. and now he officaly has a court date to change his name on 8/11 a few days before his birthday. i wanted to have a big party for him. but he really doesn't want to. now he has to put an ad in a news paper anoucing his name change . i don't know why, just has to. so we walked to the ann arbor new paper building. only to find out that the paper went under. and the ann arbor observer doesn't do that.

I went and put some money on Toby's rock band pre-order. which made him even happier. i was eyeing that the new mario bro for Wii pre-order.

later in the day we went to this park that was 20,000 achers . we drove around the darn park for atleast an hour before we found the beach. then we sat and read for an hour and a half. we dont know how to swim so we didnt go in the water. i just wanted to go because i haven't been to a beach in 5 years.

then we had some taco bell so good. there was a KFC in there too.so i had some potato wedges. i havent been in a KFC in at least 3 years. i felt kinda bad just eatting their mashed potato, and corn on the cob. because i've been trained by PETA to not even look their way.

Then we went to a trans support group. and i finished off 90% of a purse that i started in the first office.the group was really small and the group leader wasn't there. an thats who toby wanted to talk to the most. so we just left early.

Toby doesn't really know how to get people to start calling him by his new name at work. so he is stresting about that a little but im sure he'll figure it out.

oh yea i was sewing right. and i was taking pins a i go. and i don't know what happened but i stabed my self with the sewing machine needles. blood , pain, hate. i'm just now getting back to it. now that my finger is not hurting.