crafty neatness2!

so far on my costume for Witchapalooza! the broom is going to attach to a sash along with a tiny cauldron more photos soon!

crafty adventure 1

Witchapalooza is right around the corner!
Gardner Village, in West Jordan Utah has an annual witch festival with shows parades and food! I'm so excited, this will be my first year to go, and my friends and I will be dressing up! I've decided to do a bit of a steampunk witch vibe, and I've got the first step done for my costume, a tiny hat on a headband :) here is the half way point!

Anti Social Adventure

I have wonderful friends.
Many of them are even IRL!
I have a few in particular that i talk to every day, at least a call or an online chat, but very often, several times a week, i get quality time and fun with them. i have several friends that i see when schedules allow, and absolutely LOVE every moment in their presence

I have a husband too! He's fun, smart, and cute.

I have family within 3 hours, and a church where we have activities where I'm with amazing folks all the time.


But SOMETIMES all that appeals to me is my own company.
My perfect day is me, my Discworld or Dresden Files audio books, and my crafting station. A little gardening, and working on some new illustrations while not wearing pants.
Sounds great, right?
It is.

for as long as I remember, being alone hasn't bothered me. I'm good at being single, I love living in new places, and having that invisible feeling, where a smile and a nod when I'm in public is the only interaction I'll get all day. I never thought I'd be in the life I have now.

One day, I realized I'd gotten myself in a long term relationship, and had been in an area longer than 2 years! When? What? Huh?

I was gonna be that weird old lady, probably going in an RV cross country, reading palms, or selling hand thrown pottery, and then wandering back to my little house, to enjoy the peace and quiet. that's the life I was looking forward to, so maybe its still in my mind, when I look to the future. Now I see buying a house, paying attention to my credit score, volunteering in the community, and never being invisible again.
It's not a bad life. i enjoy a lot of it. It just wasn't my plan.

So today I sit in my living room, putting my list together for while my guy is out, and planning how I can bask in the silence and the space. It makes me a better person, and it keeps me grounded, so I feel fulfilled and not resent the life and the loved ones I have now. I'm so thankful for what I have and where I am, and I'm lucky that the people who love me understand when I don't pick up the phone, it's not personal.

I'm a lucky girl.

A lucky girl who just happens to price a lot of RVs.

nocturnal

I like the night life, as do my cats.


The kitty cats, Todd and Stacie The Cat, are watching me, probably irritated I'm interrupting whatever they usually do while i sleep.

Its kind of a let down.
Every night i hear at least one large crash followed my their teeny little feet tearing away from whatever carnage has been wrought, but when I join them, its back to business as usual.

 "What?" they seem to say.
 "We were just chillin'. You know, because we're cats."
"Purrrrrrr"


I KNOW as soon as i go to bed, its going to happen again.

I find some teeny evil part of me thinking, "mwahaha, I'm going to stay up ALL NIGHT so you can't have fun!" , only to realize I'm depriving myself of beautiful, precious sleep, just to be a dick to my cats, who will just wander off and do something else.

I am an idiot.

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Dear World,

How are you?

I am fine.

Love, Rachel