Ok, first, I love birds. I envy them because they can fly and I cannot (without use of some dangerous man-made device, that is).

So while shopping at Goodwill for fabric to make my next batch of skirts out of, I found this adorable dress. With birds on it! And with a train down the back! The down side is that it is a size 6. With a zipper. Which makes it incredibly hard for me to make a skirt out of, even if I just hacked it off under the ribcage band. Plus, that would ruin the effect of the train.

I'm having a difficult time trying to cut into this little dress, even if it would make a cute skirt. I think it's just fine as a dress, but as it is, it does not and will not ever fit me. The last time I could wear a size 6, I was 6 (I was a very tall child). So it's doing me no good hanging on my dressform, mocking me, whispering to me at night "Ha ha, I'm so cute and you can't wear me!"

Any suggestions?

I love geocaching and when the weather is nice like this, I love to find all the newly posted caches in the area and try to be the first to find (FTF) because there's usually some nifty little present in there for you to say "Hey, thanks for finding this!" I love this concept, but in honesty, I've only ever been a FTF once -- a local cacher and friend here usually beats me to finding every single one (maybe I should partner with him in these mad hunts for Tupperware hidden in the woods?).

I am one sale away from my very first sale in my Etsy shop. So as a treat to the very first buyer, they will get a special handmade glass bead stretch bracelet (a $10 value) that matches whichever item they purchase. If they buy more than one item in that first sale, I'll throw in a bracelet for every item!

Blargh!

How do cats know exactly where you are going to step and when? And then, why do they look at you like you're the complete jerk for stepping on them when they run up under your foot, no matter how wide you step to avoid stepping on them in the first place?

Resolution for March: I'm going to stop feeling bad for stepping on my cat when it's his fault.

In other news, it's almost April. That means I need to finish and post my art journal calendar for the month of April, as part of the Art Calendar 365 challenge, from thekathyrnwheel.

I stumbled across her blog a couple of weeks ago, and bookmarked it, fully intending to get right on making an art calendar for March, but with birthdays and setting up my new Etsy shop , things kinda got away from me. But this time, for sure! I'm already halfway finished with April's calendar, and hope to have it done tonight or tomorrow.

I promise...
...no, really.