Etsy Tuesday on Monday and Monday Monday Updates

How was your weekend? Mine was a mixture of emotions and adventures. We went to see Inception, which was an incredible movie with a fantastic cast, wandered a very small Berry Festival and started watching season one of Battlestar Galactica. (we are enjoying it so far :). I also made more magnets, which I plan to sell individually. My sets are still up in the store - and I'll be lowering the price soon - so keep an eye out.

Over the weekend I also received a belated Birthday Present - which was two lovely art prints by the very talented Kecky on Etsy. I can't wait to find a frame and hang them!

In Monday News, last night I made my Monday to do list and it's much larger than my lists have been the past week, but I feel very strongly that I can accomplish it all. One of the things to do is very exciting - load CS5 onto my computer. I have CS2, and the upgrade scares me a little because I'm afraid my old files won't work. But It's also exciting because of all the fun new features I get to play with!

What exciting things do you have planned for today?

Movies, Birthdays and Fresh Starts

 My birthday weekend was really really good. Actually, the most interesting I've had in several years. Saturday Matt and I went to see The Last Airbender in the morning before we met up with two of my friends. I really liked the story and the visuals in Airbender, although the dialogue and acting left a little to be desired. But the story and effects were incredible, well worth going to see in theaters.

We met up with the girls and wandered around a craft fair before heading to the mall for Despicable Me, which was everything I could have wanted from it. If you haven't already, go see this movie. It's funny, cute and really well put together. There are jokes in there for adults and kids of all ages and the Minions are ridiculously awesome. Also, the youngest girl is obsessed with unicorns and it's super cute. We had a delicious dinner at Archie Moores and finished up with a screening of Interview with the Vampire at my friends house.

All in all a really great day. Sunday Matt and I ended up watching the two Mighty Ducks movies and The Princess and the Frog with my parents, which was also fun and silly.

Today is Monday and a fresh start for me in many ways. I did some wii fit this morning and will continue to use that every morning. I'm also starting fresh with a new regime. I will make a to do list and then cut it in half as much as possible. I want to get things done but I want to stop stressing out all the time. I feel like cutting lists or time frames in half will help, we'll see if it does though.

I feel good about being back from vacation and refreshed. I have a ton of photos to go through and I feel like I can accomplish things. I am remaining as positive as possible and we'll see where this goes.

Birthday Ramblings

Every year my mom makes me a Lemon Cake. It is my favorite kind of cake. Sometimes there is also an ice cream cake. Mmmmm... just looking at it makes me want some, but I'm waiting till later.

Today I woke up when I wanted to, drank some delicious chocolate milk, played in the SuperPoke Pets game on Facebook and now I'm blogging. I want to accomplish things, but I don't want to go crazy working today. Mostly I want to sort myself out and slowly work myself back into the swing of things after my vacation. 

Tomorrow I want to see Despicable Me (I'm addicted to the Minions) with a few friends and I haven't really thought about what else to do. The older I get the more I just want to spend time with friends and not really do anything too crazy or special. I actually think I'd like to take some time and sit and read, maybe outside if it's not too ridiculously hot. I haven't had much time for reading lately and I miss it.

How do you celebrate your birthday? With drinking and parties or just hanging out with some close friends?

Fridays

Fridays always seem to move quickly for me. I didn't get as much done today as I had hoped to, but I did print a lot of bookmarks that I can cut out this week and get laminated. This is my last bunch to print prior to setting up my Etsy store. If they sell well then I'll print more :)

I made a banner for the store and am starting to write out policies and things, so it shouldn't be too much longer. Maybe late next week or early the week after the store should be up and running. I'm really excited about this.

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In completely random news I bought myself a swiffer for my birthday (I know, but the older you get the more practical your gifts become - even ones you buy for yourself) and it is fabulous. I love it. The one downside is having to buy refills, but to have something that my hair doesn't jam and cleans my room is a wonderful plus.

More fun birthday presents are to come, but they have to come out in stores first (::cough coraline on dvd :cough::)