I was doing some cleaning the other day and I found this stuck in a book. A statement from 2008 for my biggest, ugliest student loan. I have these set up on auto pay so I usually just chuck the statements as they come in, only opening them once every few months to see how far The Number has gone down. I was pretty excited when I got a statement this month so I could compare it to this one from a few years back. I still have a long way to go, but seeing the numbers get smaller is heartening. This feels like a weird thing to post publicly, but I was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about my student loan debt in the fall of 2012, so it's not that big of a secret, and I know that this number is not nearly as big as it is for some people.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
First Shop Update of 2013!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Everything was possible in 2012
Embroidery project by Cookoorikoo
2012 was a busy year. It feels like these past few years have been expanding at an exponential rate, especially since what seemed like a lull in the post college/first years of adulthood. I really got stuck in a rut during 2006-2010. Sure, big things happened, but it really feels like I got more involved with my own life in 2011 and 2012. Things worth thinking about happened. Things that make me look back and think, wow, I really got a lot of mileage out of the year.
In no particular order, here are a lot of firsts and other random events that happened in 2012:
- Ran my first 10K (in half a foot of snow, no less)
- Started a new job (career, perhaps?)
- Traveled to half a dozen new cities for the first time, and visited some I hadn't been to in a while:
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Albuquerque
- Boston
- Memphis
- Atlanta
- Portland
- Washington D.C.
- Houston
- Baltimore
- Went to a casino
- Flew first class
- Knit a sweater (for my nephew)
- Became an Aunt (and met my nephew)
- Completed my first Olympic distance triathlon, finished dead last AND still managed to place third in my age group (proof that showing up and trying is all you've got to do sometimes)
- PR'd in 2 sprint triathlons, one of them by a whopping 19 minutes
- PR'd a 10K
- Went through two rounds of physical therapy
- Marched in a Gay Pride parade
- Lost a pet, adopted two new pets, and lost another pet. File under: realized just how precious those furry little lives can be, and just how much they effect us.
- Rode the Santa Train
- Knit my first hat (seriously) and my first cables
- Wore the color orange
The embroidery at the beginning of this post is by Shana aka Cookoorikoo, a gift she sent to dozens of friends at the beginning of the year. Mine has been hanging unassumingly in my bathroom, just above the light switch, for the past year. To me, it's been a daily reminder that every day of the year is its own adventure.
One of my goals (resolutions?) for 2013 is to try blogging again. I always got bogged down by the process because I didn't feel like I had anything cool to say, or didn't have the neat picture to go along with the post, blah blah blah. Well, I still feel that way, but I'm starting to learn to see the value in my daily living, and I've got a handy iPhone to capture it all without a lot of fuss. No excuses.
I'll write more about 2013 later. I don't want to burn myself out all on one post.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
March 22 shop update!
I know, it's been a while. Too long, in fact. I do have a post planned to (kind of) explain where I've been and what I've been up to, but in the mean time- here is the next shop update preview! These lovelies will be going live in my BigCartel shop on Tuesday, March 22 at 2PM CST.
I also wanted to let you all know that 15% of all my sales made during March will be donated to the Red Cross and their efforts to help Japan recover from the tsunami. In addition, 100% of all profits from my Sakura colorway (which will be listed in the upcoming update) will be donated as well.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Shop update - 11/23 at 2PM CST!
All of this and more is being added to my BigCartel shop on Tuesday, November 23 at 2PM CST. AND, for a full week starting today, get 15% your order by entering code THANKGIVING15 at checkout! Happy Turkey Day!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Shop update 10/18 at 2PM CST
It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm adding these and MANY more lovely fibers to the BigCartel shop at 2PM CST on Monday, October 18.
There will be two NEW base fiber blends available, both are superwash: one is 70% merino, 20% cashmere and 10% silk and the other is 50% silk, 30% merino and 20% sea cell. They are both amazingly soft and a real treat to spin!
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