Feeling Tuckered Out Today

I spent a great portion of the day yesterday hanging out with my friend, Andrea, and her two daughters Allisa and Elise.  Allisa had a class on the OSU campus so I rode with Andrea to help her find the place and also to offer her company.  Waiting for Allisa we hung out at the Panera on campus. That was a treat!  I hadn't been to that location before and it offered us the opportunity to see a little bit of campus.  It was weird seeing the college students.  I thought that most of them looked like kids which was so funny to me considering when I was in college I felt so grown up.  Leaving campus we headed downtown to peruse the Main Library.  That was an event.  Lots and Lots of people downtown!  We cruised High Street of course!  I couldn't fingure out why it was so busy.  We were literally sitting though traffic lights.  There were people everywhere not only in cars but walking up and down High Street.  After passing the Convention Center, it dawned on me that the Arnold Classic was in town this week.  No wonder why there were so many guys with "Guns!"  

We made it to the Main Library after I couldn't remember exactly how to get there.  I have only been twice and I've never driven there.  Anyway, Andrea happened to turn down the right street!  Whew!  We went in and looked around.  I went to the little kids section with her and Elise.  Elise is 5 and super energetic.  She wanted to see the Tree House and ran for it first!  I was so impressed with the kids section.  I would love to go and sit and hang out for a day.  The kids had so much fun.  But the one thing about the Main Library that impresses me is that they display a lot of artwork.  This is something that all the Art and Crafty people around the area should look into.

After leaving the library.  We headed over to Grandview to Noodles and Company.  I had never been before but had always heard that their food was Delish!  Andrea treated me to lunch for hanging out with her all day and I must say for myself, the food was Delicious!  I didn't know what to expect but the flavors were fabulous!

Andrea dropped me off at home and I then came in and waited for my Mom to eat and get cleaned up so that we could go to Andrea's house and hang out for a little while.  We wanted to share with her our treasures from Knit Camp this year.  We showed her our favors, our gifts from the welcoming committee as well as the projects we either started at camp or want to do as a result of getting patterns from camp.  So all was well and we had a great time!

With all that said, I'm a bit tuckered out from hanging out all day yesterday.  However, I am in need of doing some cleaning today because we might have a Senior Knitting Guest coming to visit us next weekend!  I won't mention her name because she is so Elusive she only does guest star appearances once or twice a year!

January 1, 2010

I woke up early today.  I heard a lot of clanging going on in the kitchen.  I believe Brandy, my dog, whined before I heard all the noise but I was trying to ignore her so that I could sleep in a little bit.  Funny, no one let the dog out or cooked me breakfast................whine......

I should have went back to bed, but I didn't.  I went into the living room, snuggled up on the loveseat, while my Mom and her boyfriend, Michael, watched the classic Looney Tunes.  I guess there was a marathon on today.  After they watched two cartoons, Mom went back to bed because she still isn't feeling well and about 10 minutes after that Michael also went to lay back down.  I stayed in the living room with Brandy and pulled out some of my Organizing books.  Yes, I decided I'm going to bring the New Year in right!  (lol)

I read and I watched some HGTV.  I started to get a little bored with it after Candice Olson went off.  She's my favorite designer.  I have not disliked one makeover she has done.  If I had the money to buy the house of my dreams I would hire her to do all the decorating!  After she went off, I kind of ignored the TV for awhile and did some reading.  I tried to watch this show on NatGeo about how the earth was formed, but it got boring so I did some channel surfing.  I found Criminal Minds, which I assume was another marathon and watched it for a couple of shows before I gave up and came into my craft room to get on the computer.  And here I've been off and on all day.

I watched most of the Rose Parade.  I did miss the Marching Band for the Blind School that is located here in Columbus.  I really wanted to see them as this is the first big parade that they have been invited to, or so my sources say.  I did get to see the Ohio State Marching Band, The Ohio U Marching Band and the Pickerington HS Marching Band - Congrats to all, you were fabulous! 

Since then, I've watched more HGTV, The Buckeyes win the Rose Bowl! Can I get an Amen! and read some more.  I'm watching The Outside Room with Jamie Durie right now.  He is a cutie pie!  And I love men with Aussie Accents.  Whew Hew!

I'm out...........I think I'm going to bed soon.  Too tired to even try and stay up.  Maybe I'll get up early tomorrow and do something more productive.  Right now, I'm just enjoying not being at work and it being a very laid back day.

Good Night!  Happy New Year!

What am I up to?

I've been playing on my computer since last night. Yes, I did sleep, not very successfully, but I did get a wink or two in. I'm trying to plan out my future as to what I am going to do with the rest of my life. Or at least the next 10 years or so.

I recently was laid off from my job working at Nationwide Insurance.....just a side note here....No job is safe...always be looking and try to be ready. This is my third layoff and I still wasn't prepared. This time though, instead of being completely devastated that I lost my job, I am fairly Happy! I liked my job for most of the people I worked with. I even liked the work I did, but there were always obstacles that other "busy bodied" people got involved with and it was almost a relief that I was laid off.

I think God wants me to do something more creative with my life and hopefully less stressful. My goals are to successfully have a work from home business. I have also always wanted to work for the Ohio State University (my alma mater). OSU is still in the works but right now, since that hasn't happened, I'm focusing on my creative skills and work from home abilities.

I am setting up a shop on ETSY. My site is created but I have not listed any products. I will keep everyone informed on when I do. Please go to the site and look around. www.etsy.com. You can do searches by areas, such as Columbus, OH. You can do searches by type, color, if you are looking for products that are specifically made for children, etc....You will be surprised and very happy to find that there are a lot of artisans from Columbus, OH listed on there with very beautiful products!

Stay tuned!