Weekly Wishes #23

 

 

Greetings Friends!

 

 

 

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..


 

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

 

 

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Welcome to a new week peeps! I for one am having a great week so far and I hope you are too! Over the weekend while I was out and about it was raining, so I finally got to wear my rain boots! I swear it rained every other day.... Up until the point that I actually got the fecking boots! It's been weeks since I've bought them and now I finally have and will get to wear them again today. Yippie! :) They're cute, right?

 

 

 So let's talk about what happened Last Week...

 

 

Last Weeks Wishes

• I was able to work on the baby blanket pretty much every day last week and some on the weekend. It's a slow process right now, because my wrist tendons are somewhat inflamed right now. I do a little bit everyday and it's exciting to see it grow. I even went to my crochet group on Friday and hung out with the ladies at Starbucks! Crochet... Pumpkin Spice... Laughter.. Can't beat that, right?

• Writing out a schedule for my meals really worked for me last week! It was great! I mainly focused on dinner as far as what I was going to cook and/or eat on a certain night. I stuck to it all for one day. This is still a total success in my book. The ultimate goal here is to stop eating out so much. Plus I'm just really tired of fast food. Cooking at home forces me to eat different things and maybe throw in a vegetable or two. :)

• I wanted to exercise at least 4 times last week and I ended up doing 3 or of 4. I'm still happy with this. I was really tired last week, but I'm totally feeling the benefit of the exercise this week thus far. It always seems to take my body about a week to catch and realize that I'm exercising more or eating right. Are you like that too or do you see results right away?

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This Weeks Wishes

•  I really want to make a concentrated effort to get some studying in this week for coding. I tried to yesterday while I was on my breaks at work, but the internet on my phone didn't want to be agreeable. I plan on studying at least two nights this week. 

• As sad as I am to admit this, I really need to de-clutter my living room. It's one of those situations where you have a series of days where you are knackered and purse, yarn, shoes, lunch bags, and laptops, just get thrown on the couch and/or tables with promises thrown over the shoulder to put them away soon. Soon hasn't really come yet, but I want to remedy that this week!

• I've felt a little on the non-creative side lately and so I've decided to make it my personal business to find some art that inspired me and gets some juices flowing.

What's in store for you this week? I hope you accomplish everything you set out to do! What keeps you inspired?


Ciao!

 

October Goals & Stuff!



Greetings!

I thought I would do something different for Weekly Wishes and start out with monthly goals! It’s been a total minute since I’ve done any Wishes and so, let’s wipe the slate clean and start anew with things to accomplish this month and then start back in to Weekly Wishes.  Just like in the Spring, I feel a need to start things fresh in the Fall. Maybe fresh isn’t the right word? I think I mean more so restore. For me it’s a time to restore balance into my life and daily routines.  Let’s make some monthly goals!


Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

1.      Clean out my closet and bookshelf ~ I just feel like I have too much stuff and need to purge. There are plenty of clothes that I don’t want or can’t fit that just need to go to Goodwill. (I just can’t bare to throw them away and who has time to wait for stuff to sell on eBay?) As far as books go, my shelves are overflowing and I don’t like it. I’m that person that believes that everything has a place and it should go in it. (Ideally anyway.. ha!) So time to let go of some books.

2.  Find yummy scrumdiddlyumptious recipes and then actually cook them ~ I haven’t cooked on a consistent basis in a while now (Oh, the horror!) and now I feel like it’s time to get back at it. I really want to cook twice a week and then eat out maybe just on the weekends. How often do you cook?

3.  Do some Major Etsy Maintenance ~ I want to add at least 4 new items to the shop, get my EtsyFu going, and retake some pictures on a couple of items. I also have a new project to start on and finish by January. So it’s time to get cracking!

4.   Go to a Coding Meetup ~ Classes are now done and it’s time for the next big step in my training. I’ve joined a Ruby on Rails group with only women and I think it’ll be a nice change and a refreshing experience to kinda go at my own pace. From the reviews I’ve seen, new members really like going and people are friendly. I just gotta be brave and get on out there and go! Wish me luck!

Well now, I have one goal for each week this month. I think that should suffice! J What have you been up to? What are your goals for this month or week? I’d really like to know… Hope everyone has a great week!

Ciao!

Weekly Wishes #20

Salutations All!

 

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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Happy Labor Day to all of us in the US. I for one am grateful for the additional day off from work. I used to hate working on Labor Day, because it defeated the purpose of even having a Labor Day to celebrate. I digress though.. lol. I'll be taking this time to take advantage of all the free time I have to clean house and crochet. What are you planning to do today?

Last week was pretty busy for me, so no posts got written. Let's talk about the past couples of weeks wishes, shall we?

Last Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude towards class - I did better this time around than I did before. We are now into building our own projects and that's rather exciting. Only 3 more weeks left and then I'm on my own for good or worse.

* Crochet! Crochet! Crochet! - I did work on a few more projects and I'm starting a new one right now. I'm not following a pattern and I'm just kind of winging it, because I'm making something for myself that's experimental. I'm excited to see the results when I'm done. I'll take pictures of course. :)

* Clean Up My Etsy Shop - I didn't really get to clean it up like I wanted to. I did take away a few things, and I've taken pix of new products to list. Now it's just listing them and doing promo.

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This Weeks Wishes

* Promote Etsy Shop - I've done a little bit so far, but now I want to go full swing. I need to re-activate my EtsyFu. If you are a seller and like to promote on Twitter then using EtsyFu is an awesome tool to use. It will tweet all of your shop or just certain sections for your shop for you and will spread out the tweets anywhere from one hour to eight hours between each tweet. I love it! Takes all the manual labor out of promoting things yourself.

* Write My Own Code - This is a very ambitious task. In class we are doing group projects and so I may or may not have to write any code, but I think I'd like to try my hand at it. I may succeed at it or I may not. The point is, that I will have tried.

Those mosdef are enough for this week! I also kinda have a secret project of sorts going on too.  More about that much later though. :) Here's hoping you have a great week!

Ciao!

Weekly Wishes #19!!

Salutations All!

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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Hey Hey Now! I do so hope that everyone accomplished their goals for last week. It looks like I'm becoming a Weekly Wisher on Tuesday instead of Monday... That will change as soon as my class is over over over!! Which thankfully will be mid-September! Yay! After I finish my coding class I'll be doing some graphic design training online and at my own pace. Accelerated programs are not for the faint hearted. In between class and studying, I've been crocheting my little heart out and loving it. I want to be fully prepared and ready for this upcoming Fall. The weather is already cooling down quite a bit here in Atlanta, which is very unusual but I'll roll with it. It's better for business.. Ha! So let's talk about what happened last week..

Last Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude towards class - er.... If anything it got worse!! I keep thinking about how lost I feel and how I'm not understanding what's going on. At this point my mind just has a wall up and it's not allowing any new information in. I'm just ready for it to be over basically.

* Meditate - I knocked this on out of the park! I love to meditate. I didn't get a chance to meditate everyday, like I wanted to, but the fact that I got some in is good enough for me. :)

* Plan Etsy Stuff - As I mentioned above, I've been crocheting my ass off mainly over the weekend and I've made some plans about what I want to add for the season. I'll have quite a few headbands (like pictured above) available as well as cup/mug accessories. #I'mgeeked!

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This Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude - I'm gonna keep this one on the list. I just must simply have patience and get over this mental block. I have no choice but to succeed!

* Crochet! Crochet! Crochet! - This won't be hard at all!! I'm in such a crochet mood right now it's all I want to do with my free time. I may even start back to taking my supplies to work and crocheting on my breaks. We shall see.

* Clean Up My Etsy Shop - I want to take away some listings as well as decide on which ones will be on sale. Maybe a pre-Fall sale? A give away? I dunno. I'll think of something.

I think this is definitely enough for now. What have you been up to and trying to get done? Good luck on your wishes this week!

Ciao!

Weekly Wishes #18

Salutations All!

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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Well hello there! I really did plan on writing more this past week than I did, but I ended up feeling sick by the end of last week. I just gotta tell you it was not a fun time. Now it's a new week, with fresh possibilities and I'm hoping that many great things come my way. Speaking of great things, I was sitting and watching Project Runway the other day and as always, my hands were itching to create something. (I get inspired by watching others create awesomeness) So I decided to make something simple and mindless where I didn't have to count stitches and behold a coaster was born! 

 

Then I figured why stop there and then a cup hat was born. Now I have both at work and I'm full on inspired to make more. I'll be adding some to My Etsy Shop for the fast approaching Autumn season. Yay! Let's talk about what happened last week shall we?

      Last Weeks Wishes

* Faster Homework - Meh... Because I was feeling heinous when I had the most free time to get homework done, I didn't get any done! When I was feeling better I did try my hand at it and got about halfway through it before I hit 'The Wall'. After that I just slowly closed the laptop and sneaked out of the room, before my homework found out I was leaving and tried to persuade me to take another stab at it. It just wasn't gonna happen.

* Track Food & Eat Better - I did this one about halfway. I started out good tracking everything in my little phone app and taking pictures and everything. Then it got a little harder to look at the truth of what I was eating, when I wanted a delicious fatty burger instead of the healthy leftovers I had waiting on me. I'd say overall, I'm doing better than I was before AND I'm drinking more water and less caffeine! That counts for something, right?? Oh yeah.. And I'm down one pound.. Yippee!! 

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This Weeks Wishes

* Better Attitude - As you know, (maybe you don't if you're a newbie) I'm taking a class on how to do some coding. Plain and simple, It's kicking my ass!! To be honest I get really discouraged sometimes, because I feel like I'll never grasp the information and it all becomes very overwhelming. But! I have to remember that I'm smart, that I can do this, and I'm not the only one having a hard time grasping certain things. The plan is to write down a couple of mantas and read them whenever I'm feeling puny about my level of understanding.

* Meditate - Yep. It's back on the list. Not because I haven't been doing it (when needed), but because the Chopra Center 21 day meditation Challenge has finally started! Whoop! Whoop! I always seem to start out doing good and then fall off and won't meditate everyday. I'm trying to go all the way this time baby!! WHO'S WITH ME?!?

* Plan Etsy Stuff - I really wanna sit down and look at what I want to make for the Fall to add to my Etsy Shop. I have an idea of what I wanna do, but it's time to start making decisions on what is what and then get to crocheting. 

So what have you been up to? Did you get what you wanted accomplished last week? Let me know!

Ciao!

Weekly Wishes #17

Salutations All!

Its that time again for weekly wishes! Did you set any goals for last week? If so, how did they go? Are you just joining me? Let me explain what happens for Weekly Wishes..

The Happenings: You share your weekly, monthly, or yearly goals/wishes/achievements and you get to be a part of this big group of people that are doing the same thing. Yay! Wanna join in? Check out The Nectar Collective and add a link to your blog!

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Happy Monday all! I hope everyone is having a great day. 

      Last Weeks Wishes

* Use the Singing Bowl - Done! Most days last week I would come home from work and practice making my bowl sing. Some meditation happened with it too, but I was mostly playing around and enjoying my new toy. This week, I really want to meditate at least 3 days this week. I will consider it a warm up for next week when The Deepak & Oprah meditation will start on the 11th. You can sign up here, if you want to try it out too!

* Eat.Sleep.Drink.Coding - True to my word, I did just that! I swear every Single night I dreamt about coding and when I wasn't actually coding, I was thinking about coding freaking out about coding!! Hopefully this week I can not freak out and just be open and receptive to what I"m learning. :)

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This Weeks Wishes

* Faster Homework - When I tell you that I studied alllllll daaaaay loooong on Saturday I'm totally not kidding. I really want to start using my time more wisely and get the homework done. It will be a little easier now that I have the know-how to get help when I'm stuck.

* Track Food & eat Better - I've been eating really poorly for probably the last two weeks and now my body is making me pay for it, by giving me stomach problems. If you've ever had those problems, then you know they aren't fun. At.All. So, my action plan is to track my food in my handy phone app and make sure I'm getting some more fruits and veggies into my diet. The biggest way I'm gonna obtain the fruit & veggies is by putting them all in a blender and then Ta-Da! drink them all down all at once. So I'll have that in addition to whatever I eat. :)

It's gonna be another short-ish week of wishes for me. Good luck with your goals this week!

Ciao!

Weekend Rambles...

Greetings & Happy Sunday!

 

 

 

Are you just joining for Weekend Rambles? I like to think of this as a non-judgment, free flowng thought kind of space. I'm curious about and welcome your rambles and thoughts for today. Enjoy!

 

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I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I can't say that I've done anything terribly exciting, but I can say I've worked my butt off trying to complete homework!! Yesterday was spent on the floor, with a pillow, my MacBook, and my notes. I feel good about the work I've done, and that's all that matters. What have you been up to this weekend? Did you have fun? Let's ramble for a little bit and then I'm off to get back to studying.

 

 

 

* How do you shop for towels? I've avoided buying towels for years in fear that I will get the ones that leave little lenty balls all over you when you're trying to dry off.

I.Hate.Lenty.Towels!!

Why I've never Google'd how to shop for towels, I don't know. Or even bothered to look at reviews for that fact. I swear WikiHow has the answer on how to do everything in an easy 16 step process. Lol. There is even one on 'How to be a Hipster'... And it has pictures to help! Ha! 

 

 

* I don't know how and haven't the foggiest idea as to why, but me and a co-worker were talking about bathroom tissue... Or rather the lack thereof. She was saying how she hates using the bathroom at someone's house and not knowing where the extra tissue is. I too hate this. It's awkward enough using someone's bathroom, but then to have to ask for tissue just adds insult to injury. Especially if you didn't look first before you sat down. (I suppose this is more of a woman problem than men, because we need tissue for everything we do) Do you keep tissue out in the bathroom for your guests? I was always taught that you keep some out for your guests, be it in the cabinet underneath the sink, in a cute basket, or just on the back of the toilet. No on likes scrambling to find some and I personally feel very weird about looking through peoples bathroom stuff (if they aren't available to ask) or trekking to the linen closet to explore for some damn tissue. You knew I was coming to stay... Just put some out.

 

 

* Although I'm not excited about the cold weather coming, I am exited about Fall! The scarves, beautiful falling leaves, apple picking, corn mazes, and rain boots... I love it all! There always seems to be an energy that crackles in the air when Fall is here and I definitely want to get out and enjoy it. Plus, Fall means Yarn Season!!!! I don't need an excuse to crochet, but Fall just makes it more appropriate. :) I can't believe school is getting ready to start too, which means football games and Homecoming to attend. I'm so ready. Do you have a favorite part of Fall?

 

 

 

I'm keeping it short and sweet today so that I can get back to coding. If you're curious about how it's going, you can check it out "here"! Have a great day peeps!

 

Ciao!

 

 

And On the First Day, I Felt Like a Dunce!

Salutations all!
 

If you've been following along, then you know that I've been talking about taking some classes. Well, I just started this week and the classes I'm taking are to learn how to code or in other words, learn how to built web applications or websites. Yay! I've been looking forward to it for a while now, so I was excited to get started.

I've had a little experience with HTML coding, because waaaay long along when MySpace and BlackPlanet was still popular I used to play around with adding different pictures to my profile, making words glow or show in bold... That kinda thing. I enjoyed it then, so I figured I would enjoy it now too, plus I could hook myself up with some new digs for this blog.

I consider myself a pretty smart person and I pick up things pretty quickly so I thought class would be okay. Let me tell you something...

I felt like a complete D.U.N.C.E.

This class is hard.. Info was being thrown at us so fast I didn't know what to do! For me it was kinda like listening to someone talk in another language. You feel like you're supposed to know what they're talking about, but you don't. The words come hurdling at you like a fastball, but at the last minute they miss your head, swiftly moving to the side and there is nothing but white noise going on in your mind. Picture how the TV would look when television used to go off! Haha.. 

While I'm in class, I feel overwhelmed, but when I get home and I can take my time and things start to make more sense to me. In my mind this is similar to taking a math class. (You even deal with numbers sometimes) 

I'm only in class two days a week and the teacher is pretty heavy-handed when it comes to homework. That means for the next two months, I'll be studying my ass off and staying in on the weekends. Don't let movies fool you. Getting your life together is no walk in the park! The way I figure it is, this is a means to an end. So far, I'm really liking what I'm doing and I look forward to being proficient soon. After these classes are over, I plan on learning even more programs and then it's off to offer my services for monies. I mean.... who doesn't like getting paid for their skills and knowledge, right?

I feel like this is my season for change. It's that time where I actually get up off the couch and accomplish the things I said I've  wanted to do!  Are you in a season of change too? Do you know anything about coding?

Until the next time..

Ciao!