Altered books... here I come!

Well, so far this week I have had 3 days off. It has been very strange, I won't lie, not to be at work all the time. Since I have had the time off I think my body is finally catchin up with itself and I have been kinda sick the last day or so. With the extra time, when I wasn't looking for more work I have been gettin down with my artsy self. I am making what is called an altered book. Its when you take a book that is pretty old and you either add, or subtract to the insides of the book. Generally this is done with ripping pages out, adding pictures, stamps, wire, random stuff and pretty much whatever else you can think of to put on the pages. I am doing one right now that is kind of a collage documentary of the last few years of my life. Haha. So far it is going well and I am enjoying having some time to create. I used to do it all the time but haven't for quite a while. I will have to add some photos of what I have so far, but it wont be today. Hope all is well for everyone out there in the world. Just keep on truckin.

Let Us All Eat Lettuce!

I think this might just be a record for the last while, two days in a row. Ha Ha. Mostly I just wanted to say that my hours have been cut a bit sooner than I anticipated... like 3 weeks sooner... Crazy! Im kind of in panic mode suddenly on trying to pay bills and what not. In fact that kind of leads me to my story for the night. I went to Wal Mart to get some vegetables and other food stuff that I use on a regular basis with this diet that I am doing (which is awesome!). Anyway, I was in line at the check out and was mentally calculating what my purchases SHOULD total because I am on quite a budget and, I won't lie, Im a little obsessed with budgeting things. Anyway, so my total came up and it was about 14 dollars more than I had planned. So I was going back and trying to think what I missed. The kid who was my cashier was trying to rush us all through so he could go on break so I just paid for the stuff and started to leave. I was lookin over my receipt just in case I really did miss something and found that the kid had charged me for not 1, or 2 heads of lettuce... but 11... Ha ha... what am I, a rabbit? I do eat a lot of lettuce, I always have... but not 11 heads of lettuce. Maybe 4 or 5 a week but not 11. Ha Ha. So then I had to go through the whole customer service thing and tell the lady that I got charged for 11 heads of lettuce. She had pretty much the same reaction and actually asked me... what are you? A Rabbit? ha ha. Anyway, so I got that all figured out and it was nice to know that I really hadn't under calculated things. My bubble that was burst has been reconstructed and the world is right, now... well, sorta. ;)

Winds of Change

As sands through the hourglass... these are the days of our lives... Or at least my life. The winds of change are coming... or am I just mistaking that for the winds that seem to blow so frequently in this area at this particular time of the year. Haha. Either way, things are changing. Some for the better and some not so much. Some of the things that are changing for the better are: I am losing weight. Yay. It seems to be a constant battle for me. I have gone up and down so much the last few years I think I have been mistaken for a yo yo. Well, I am back on the decline, thank goodness. I feel like I have found something that finally is working for me and is something I can live with cause anyone who has been there with weight loss knows it is a lifestyle change.
On the other side of the equation however is the not so great things that are coming up. I currently work like a mad woman, but since I do technically work at a seasonal job my hours are going to be cut for the winter. By cut I mean reduced, but by reduced I mean... significantly reduced. I generally pull about 60 hours a week and for the end of December, January and the beginning of February I will be reduced to about 16 hours a week. I am trying to find work for those few months but I also have to be prepared just in case I don't find anything. That is what I am trying to do right now. Get as many of my bills paid and debts paid off or at least ahead that I can right now while I still am makin some money. There always seems to be something but all in all I am content with where I am right now and foresee good things to come... or at least I hope they are good. Haha. Anyway, just givin ya'll an update. Catch ya on the flip side! ;)