TIME--where does it go, eh?

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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

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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.