Amigurumi: Squidy May 24, 2008

To be honest, I never imagined I’d ever return to crocheting. My memories of it in Grade School Home Economics comprised of vision fatigue, exhaustion and frustration. The vision fatigue and exhaustion are still there, true, but it’s not as frustrating anymore. Now I’m a bit older, I find it rather calming and addicting. It also helps me pay listen better to my learners whenever we have a lesson.

It also helps when cute crochet critters are all the rage on the online crafting community these days. ^_^”

Home things: Lacey Divider Curtains May 24, 2008

Hello, everyone. I know it’s been ages since my last substantial post, but please do bear with me. My real-world teaching job has bee taking up a big portion of my time and energy these days. Nonetheless, it’s high time I shared with you another of my works. Time and creativity wait for no one, after all. (Yyyes, this is indeed an overdue post. ^_^”)

Teaching the French has its perks. The month of May gives you three reasons to love them even more: (1) Labor Day on May 1st, (2) V-day on May 8th, and (3) bridge leaves. (bridge leaves are applied for when a certain holiday skips a day before or after the weekend. In both cases, May 1 and May 8 fell on Thursdays. To make a bridge leave, you apply for an ordiany leave on the Fridays that follow after it, and voila! Instant 4-day weekend. Sweet. ^_^)

So, one one of those leaves, I decided to do something productive with the 2 yards of embroidered organza waiting in my stash. (Besides, when you keep your hands busy, it gives you less chances to tear out your hair in frustration over something like, say, a very very overdue broadband installation.) See? Crafting is therapeutic.

The conundrum of the disappearing pictures May 23, 2008

or AAAAARRRRGHHH!!!!! for short.

It seems the most recent of my Photobucket pictures in some of of my posts have been spirited away for some strange reason. What makes it so strange is that the same photos are still right there in my photobucket account.   *rhubharbrhubharbrhubharb*

I’ll be switching over the pictures to Imageshack, and tweaking my affected posts very soon.