TIME--where does it go, eh?

[apple_pathways]

My little brother is getting married in LESS THAN A WEEK! With finishing school and the holidays, the event has just sorta creeped up on me.

Wedding to dos:
♥ Mani/pedi. (Whoever this task falls to will have their work cut out for them!)
♥ Purchase stockings to wear.
♥ Make an appointment to have my hair done. (The bride is doing her own hair! Don't I feel precious???)
♥ Make a wedding present. I'm thinking of fancying-up some photos of them and putting them into frames.
♥ Decide if I want to write them a poem/give a wedding toast. I don't have to, since I'm not the Maid of Honor, but...I dunno how self-conscious I'll feel on the day, and if my mom gets wind of the idea, not only will she make SO NERVOUS about it I spend the entire day dreading it, but she'll also make it impossible to back out at the last minute. Ugh.

General to dos:

* Job hunting, job hunting, job hunting. (Despite not knowing where to begin!)
* Finish my laundry/make more laundry detergent.
* Write my Baubles to It entry for pulped_fictions.
* MAKE AN EFFORT to call and catch up with friends, see how their holidays went.

Oh, 2011...you're gonna be a pain in the ass, aren't you?

Comments

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

That's a no good attitude at the start of the New Year!

All of these things should be easy-peesy for you.

I still have to write my Baubles To It too... or slap it into submission because I've been writing it in my head and now it's time to put into words, actual words on a page. :D

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I have an idea for my Baubles to It entry, but as with many of my ideas, I don't know if it's actually interesting enough to be a proper story. *shrugs*

I am positive, I am, I swear! It's just...every once in awhile....

[sabriel75.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Honey, you've an interesting brain... and any idea you take and make your own will find its place. Just remember though, at pulped, many times things don't get reviewed because we're still a small community and a lot of people get nervous reading long things.

Tell the story first and the rest will follow.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hon, you always have such sweet and encouraging things to say! (Also, I do think I whine A LOT...)

*HUG*HUG*HUG*

*HUG*

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

You make your own laundry detergent? How does that work?

Also! I keep forgetting that I owe you a counter-challenge in our holiday music battle, and I was going to write my challenge on a postcard and send it but it's New Year-related and, well, it's getting a little late for that so I'll send you a challenge via post sometime random and until then:

SURPRISE MUSIC BATTLE: COUNTER-CHALLENGE
New Year's resolutions, the musical! At least three songs you yourself would be willing to sing in response to "What is your resolution this year?" ^_^

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

You make your own laundry detergent? How does that work?

There's all kinds of recipes out there for laundry detergent; here's the one I use. You basically need three ingredients: a bar of soap, borax, and washing soda (different from baking soda, but also made by Arm & Hammer). I would have made the detergent today, but the store I went out to didn't carry washing soda, and I didn't feel like driving out to the Big Grocery Store to buy it.

That is an excellent counter-challenge! Oh man, I am excite!!!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

* Write my Baubles to It entry for pulped_fictions.

We have so many of the same prompts! :) I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I look forward to seeing what I come up with you, too... ;)

And you as well, of course! Great minds, and all. :D

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

LOL any ideas so far?

Awesome Red!team icon bb!!

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Thank you! My graphics skillz, they are improving.

I do have a VAGUE idea. I need to flesh it out and make it story-worthy, though. (I base a lot of my writing around little scenes/moods/thoughts that get stuck in my head, and then obsess over whether or not they're interesting enough to be the subject of a story.)

How about you?

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

That sounds like an interesting way to work, and I'm sure your idea will be a great story!

Yeah I have an idea, and I'm currently struggling to create drawings that will tell the story properly in two pages. ;)

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

[planejane.livejournal.com]

2011 is going to be great.

Just take it one day at a time, hon. :)

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

*deep breaths* Yep, gonna be great! :P

[roh-wyn.livejournal.com]

OMG, wedding polanning sounds like fun. Are you in the actual wedding?

I have not even started on my Baubles to It entry. *sigh*

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I am in the actual wedding! I am part of the fleet of bridesmaids! I do believe there are 8 of us, plus a flower girl. I'd like us all to carry batons and whistle the opening number from West Side Story, but somehow I think my fantasies are going to be disappointed.

I haven't started either! I'm just so relieved to be done with all the fic competitions/exchanges I committed myself to for December, I can barely bring myself to open up a Word document!

[roh-wyn.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, I still have an exchange gift fic I have not even started yet. The deadline is approaching fast, and I totally don't have any motivation. *sigh*

So your bridesmaid's dress is awesome? Matching shoes all done and stuff?

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Here is a picture of my bridesmaid's dress. I like it a lot, and the color looks very nice on me. The bride requested we all wear silver shoes, and I found a pair that I like quite a bit on clearance sale at Payless for 6 bucks! I also got a little silver clutch purse to carry around. The only thing I really need is some sort of shawl to wear over it if I get cold.

What sort of exchange is it for? Fandom or otherwise? (You could always bug your flist for ideas! I did that, and alt_universe_me helped me flesh out an idea for my recipient.)

BAH, html!fail! Stupid missing quotation marks...

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

One of my best friends got engaged yesterday so that's making me feel good. :)

I use a statewide job search - MNworks.net - and a Nonprofit board and Craigslist, among a few others that are unreliable. Maybe you have a similar version of the top two? Craigslist is really good.

How do you make laundry detergent? O_o

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

We do have something called the Michigan Talent Bank, but I've never had much luck with it! It seems a lot of jobs in my field get advertised by word-of-mouth.

To make laundry detergent: shave a bar of soap (like Ivory) with a grater. Heat a few cups of water on the stove in a saucepan, and dump in the soap; stir until dissolved. Pour contents of pan into 5 gallon bucket or other equally large vessel. Add one cup of Borax and 1/2 cup washing soda. Dilute with about 5 gallons of water. Let cool (mixture will gel slightly) and then pour into gallon milk jugs/empty detergent bottles/whatever. Voila!

It's super easy, all natural and environmentally friendly, and CRAZY cheap.

[jesterjoker.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for something in a field, yeah, would make the search harder. My field is freelance and the endless slog of spec submission, so I'm ready to take /anything/.

Wow! That custom detergent sounds COOL. Gonna have to try that.

[lemniciate.livejournal.com]

Aww, wedding! I love weddings :DDD

Urgh, good luck with the job hunting. Deciding where to begin is the hardest part, for sure. BUT YOU CAN DO IT, just put your foot down and start with one thing at a time. :S