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brightbluegirlI put a new zipper in my favorite shorts yesterday evening. Oh happy day, I can wear them again!
I put that zipper in by HAND, because I don't have a sewing machine. I'd LOVE a sewing machine, but that's not going to happen any time soon.
Andrew talked to his family last night, and told them about our backup plan for if I don't get a job, so they can prepare his grandparents for it, should it need to occur (i.e. if all goes awry, we'd like to move to his grandparents house in Vancouver and live in the basement, give them some monthly money, help out around the house, I'll keep looking for work, he can get a job, I can temp in the interim, etc. This way the cats can live in the basement with us (and be closed off from the rest of the house), we won't have a lease, so if I find a job somewhere in Ontario we can just up and leave, and if I find a job in Vancouver we'll have a base of operations for apartment hunting and etc). His parents thought it was a well-formed plan, and made another (less good) suggestion if the grandparent one falls through (his Aunt and Uncle who live outside Vancouver - the problem there is it's 45 minutes or so to drive in, and we have no car). It's nice to know that's in place now.
We spent some time talking about decorating our new home. I know, it's crazy, we don't HAVE a new home yet, but I wanted to decorate this one, when we got here, only to find out it really wasn't accepted. So I've been waiting and waiting for the new one. I want to REALLY decorate. Paint, maybe a rug or two... lights and screens and pretty things. I want this, dammit, I'm almost 30. It's about frikken time.
He seems into it too, but I never can tell if it's because he's into it, or because he loves seeing me happy and wants me to do what I want to do.
We also talked about the life we want to have. There's a lot we want to start once we move.
He's excited about silkscreening (and, I admit, so am I) - we want to eventually start our own t-shirt business, but first comes the creation of the machine, the practice, and our own t-shirts. (And I want a sewing machine... we have visions of a whole online clothing store sprouting up)
I want to start writing weekly again. That involves getting an actual DESK and a COMPUTER to write on. We'll put that stuff in the second bedroom, with a door that closes, and a little ghettoblaster (that we already have), so I can close the door and be alone to write.
I want to start painting again - in particular, I need to spend time with myself and start practicing the stuff in that drawing book that Cam gave me. It scared me, so I stopped art altogether. Which is horrible.
I want to sew my own clothes.
He wants to practice guitar more. (We still sorta want to start our own band)
Of course exercise and eating well will always be high priorities in our lives.
If we move to Vancouver, there's a good chance we can get into some sort of routine, and do all these things. If we move to Ontario, friends will want to hang out with us (and we with them). Which will cut down on the time we have available. Although being social is important, I'd rather hang out with people less than once a week, to get all my things done.
It'll all work out, I know it will.
We saw The Italian Job yesterday - Andrew was leaning more towards that, and I love making him happy, so we went to see it. We can see Finding Nemo later. The Italian Job was nice, nothing exquisite, but there were good lines and good actors, and that really was all we wanted in the moment.
I put that zipper in by HAND, because I don't have a sewing machine. I'd LOVE a sewing machine, but that's not going to happen any time soon.
Andrew talked to his family last night, and told them about our backup plan for if I don't get a job, so they can prepare his grandparents for it, should it need to occur (i.e. if all goes awry, we'd like to move to his grandparents house in Vancouver and live in the basement, give them some monthly money, help out around the house, I'll keep looking for work, he can get a job, I can temp in the interim, etc. This way the cats can live in the basement with us (and be closed off from the rest of the house), we won't have a lease, so if I find a job somewhere in Ontario we can just up and leave, and if I find a job in Vancouver we'll have a base of operations for apartment hunting and etc). His parents thought it was a well-formed plan, and made another (less good) suggestion if the grandparent one falls through (his Aunt and Uncle who live outside Vancouver - the problem there is it's 45 minutes or so to drive in, and we have no car). It's nice to know that's in place now.
We spent some time talking about decorating our new home. I know, it's crazy, we don't HAVE a new home yet, but I wanted to decorate this one, when we got here, only to find out it really wasn't accepted. So I've been waiting and waiting for the new one. I want to REALLY decorate. Paint, maybe a rug or two... lights and screens and pretty things. I want this, dammit, I'm almost 30. It's about frikken time.
He seems into it too, but I never can tell if it's because he's into it, or because he loves seeing me happy and wants me to do what I want to do.
We also talked about the life we want to have. There's a lot we want to start once we move.
He's excited about silkscreening (and, I admit, so am I) - we want to eventually start our own t-shirt business, but first comes the creation of the machine, the practice, and our own t-shirts. (And I want a sewing machine... we have visions of a whole online clothing store sprouting up)
I want to start writing weekly again. That involves getting an actual DESK and a COMPUTER to write on. We'll put that stuff in the second bedroom, with a door that closes, and a little ghettoblaster (that we already have), so I can close the door and be alone to write.
I want to start painting again - in particular, I need to spend time with myself and start practicing the stuff in that drawing book that Cam gave me. It scared me, so I stopped art altogether. Which is horrible.
I want to sew my own clothes.
He wants to practice guitar more. (We still sorta want to start our own band)
Of course exercise and eating well will always be high priorities in our lives.
If we move to Vancouver, there's a good chance we can get into some sort of routine, and do all these things. If we move to Ontario, friends will want to hang out with us (and we with them). Which will cut down on the time we have available. Although being social is important, I'd rather hang out with people less than once a week, to get all my things done.
It'll all work out, I know it will.
We saw The Italian Job yesterday - Andrew was leaning more towards that, and I love making him happy, so we went to see it. We can see Finding Nemo later. The Italian Job was nice, nothing exquisite, but there were good lines and good actors, and that really was all we wanted in the moment.
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Date: 2003-06-13 09:03 am (UTC)decorating is so fun, making it your own. I love my house but I want to gut it out and do it all over again, just because I love it.