Sindie's Blog

Monday, October 03, 2005

A Little Update on My Life

I have to admit that I needed a break from most of my online activities. I was spending way too much time sitting in front of a computer every day, and because of it, I felt I was neglecting real life.

However, I did just spent most of this evening on the computer updating a site for some friends who host an apple butter festival yearly. The site is http://www.geocities.com/applebutterfestival.

That was one of the things I did over the weekend, which was fun as always. On Saturday, I hosted another candly party at my house, which was really enjoyable. I spent the earlier part of the day cleaning the house and baking two pumpkin spice cakes. Everyone told me how good the cake was, and between the candle party and the apple butter festival, it got all eaten!

I have never claimed to be a great baker, but with practice, I will improve. Baking is something I would like to do more of. I actually baked the weekend before last as well, making peanut butter cookies and blueberry muffins. With the holidays just around the corner, I'm getting more in the mood to bake.

I also have taken some time lately to watch some Felicity episodes on my DVD collection. I loved Felicity when it was on TV a few years back, and it's nice watching and reminiscing about those days. I was in college when Felicity was in college.

I worked on some Christmas cards this past week as well. Crafting is so much fun. I am making a lot of my cards this year, thinking it will be more personal. I'm working with stamps and construction paper and have made twenty so far.

I've also done a lot of reading. I finished Jane Eyre a few days ago and LOVED it so much! That is one of the most beautifully-written and beautiful stories plot-wise and character-wise I have ever read! I'm about halfway through David Copperfield and Pride and Prejudice right now. I've put aside Great Expectations for the time-being, as reading too many books at once tends to confuse me. :p Reading more "real" stories means reading less Harry Potter fanfiction, but that's okay.

Listening to CDs on my drives to and from work about "How to Understand Great Music." Good stuff. Right now it's comparing classical music to baroque music.

I have been extremely lazy where writing is concerned, and I swear that will be my next big project to tackle: working on my fic. Please be patient with me just a little while longer, 'kay?

As for the "feelings" aspect of my life, I think I have just needed to try to "stop and smell the roses," so to speak. I tend to try to do too much at one time and just wind up making myself miserable in the process, wondering why I can't do everything I set out to do. Well, I'm not Wonder Woman. Far from it, in fact.

On top of all this, I still work full time, and with only 24 hours in the day and requiring at least seven hours of sleep every night, I fear I have little time to spare for "everything" and everyone. I'm just going to take life one day and a time and try to stop getting so easily upset over the little things.

posted by Sindie 9:01 PM