I finished the desk!
Here’s the desk after an ungodly amount of sanding and scraping:
Let the finishing process begin! I can’t begin to describe the joy I felt when I saw that the stain was soaking into the wood, rather than beading up (which would have happened if I wasn’t successful in scraping and sanding away [...]
My life is going in a new direction. So, it’s only natural that things be under construction. Before you can straighten up, things have to get messy, right? A phoenix rising from the ashes, and all that malarky.
So, after getting my letter last week, I (at least somewhat subconsciously) started making a big mess.
First order of business? A new blog design. I decided that if (they say) I can’t write, the least I can do is have a prettier blog, with all the bells and whistles. That’s right: rather than working on my writing, my instinct is to gussy it up a bit. Kind of like shopping for new clothes rather than trying to lose a little weight so the old ones look good on you again.
I recognize that I have issues — I do. But its all part of my process. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself.
I didn’t get into Northwestern’s creative writing MFA program. I cried my eyes out for a few hours on Friday night, but I’m getting over it now. Not, however, after having declared that what I ought to do is finally accept my own mental vacuity and as yet unexploited fertility and unavoidable Trophy Wifedom, and to [...]
I’d like to say that I’ve been busy, and I have been, socially, I suppose, but not with work. In fact, even though its summer and I don’t have much to do for my business, I have let the few things that I should be doing stack up for so long that I’m beginning to [...]
I started the day out strong, dragging my lazy, so-called stay-at-home-wife ass out of bed at the crack of 8:30 to drive my bread-winning, bacon-bringing husband to work so he won’t have to wait in the rain for an L car that isn’t too crowded.
So far, so good.
Then Rob proposes that he come home for [...]
