little butterfly

one of my facebook friends mentioned she'd like a butterfly for her niece's room. i didn't promise her anything, but i did start looking for butterfly patterns. i really like this one. it's worked flat, folded in half and then secured with a chain that forms the body. i worked it up with thread thinking i might end up with something small enough for earrings. i think it's a little big for that. he's just under an inch from antennae to base, an inch and a half across his wings. a good pendant on a necklace, maybe. although i really think a group of them would make a really cute mobile.

it's just annoying, really.

if i was picking pet peeves, being ignored would be at the top of my list. i'm not talking about the i'm-in-a-room-full-of-people-and-everyone-is-talking-amongst-themselves-and-not-to-me kind of ignored. or even the i-just-had-a-coworker-walk-right-past-me-in-the-supermarket-without-saying-hi kind of ignored. no. i mean the i'm-actively-trying-to-tell-you-something-you-need-to-know-and-you're-talking-over-me-instead-of-listening kind of ignored. it just grates at me a little.

although, the i-told-you-i-wanted-to-upsize-my-combo-meal-at-the-speaker-and-you-still-rung-up-the-smaller-size kind of ignored rates pretty high on the list, too.

more to come

i've been working on a secret project lately. it's my first commissioned piece, and i'm quite pleased with how it came out. i'm also pretty excited for it to make it to its new home.

i'm also enjoying working up some of my smaller balls of yarn into flowers. the one in the front of the photo? it's made of that beautiful variegated thread i bought a couple of weeks ago. loving how that one came out. and once i finish up the dodecahedron i started three months ago, i'll have some fun brown & pink yarn to turn into flowers, too.

feeling good isn't all bad

if compliments can be divided into categories, i think the best ones come without intention and as a surprise from someone you know is being honest.

last night at work i received a compliment that took me completely off guard. it came in the middle of a conversation and wasn't said with the intention of making me feel good. it was simply stated as a fact that was related to what we were talking about. and while it didn't take long for my brain to confirm that i had indeed heard what i thought i'd heard, it made me momentarily lose my train of thought and stop short.

after which i'm pretty sure i grinned like a kid in a candy shop and maybe even blushed a little. ;)

why limit the options?

if you only give yourself options A and B, you're probably missing some great opportunities.

just sayin'.

the importance of motivation

if you help someone change a flat tire - does it matter why you helped?

note: no one helped me change a flat tire in the recent past. it's a fake situation. don't get hung up on it.

but whether you helped them change the flat tire because you thought they couldn't do it themselves, or because you needed to feel like a hero, or because you enjoy changing flat tires, or because it's your job, or because you're a nice person who can't pass up any person needing help, or because you're friends with the person who had the flat ... does it matter? in the end, the tire gets changed. let's even assume the person you helped is grateful.

does it matter what the motivation was?

random bits

- i have two bug bites on my right leg. they're mostly just big red bumps, but when they itch it's a little ridiculous.

- i picked the first of my jalapenos today. i should go buy an onion and make salsa.

- i'm trying to not spend any more money than absolutely necessary before next friday. but i'm pretty sure that "buying complimentary ingredients so the jalapenos get used before they go bad" counts as absolutely necessary.

- there's a full moon. i knew this by the actions of the people around me but looking at the sky confirmed it.

- being able to access facebook on my phone is only mildly entertaining, at best.

- i could buy limes & coconut instead of an onion and make cookies instead of salsa.