Swap #1! Singapore

This was my first swap and was very excited to do it with Kai Shi from Singapore (read about her end of the swap here!).



I will try to describe it all from left to right. She sent me:
Lovely tourist postcards, as well as Grandparent's Day postcards and children literacy bookmarks!
A "Happy Virus" notebook & mini "Natural Cheese" notepads. Hahaha!
Teas: green tea & Lychee, Lime & Passionfruit infusion. I am looking forward to that one!
Sweet palm seeds. They are the clear things in the front. They are squishy and that makes it a little weird! But they look really sweet and good, I will keep you updated!
Candies: Milky box of chocolates and M&M look-a-likes in the foil
Buddhist CD. I CANNOT wait to listen to it! I am so excited about it!
Buddhist bookmark! Awweessooommmmeee
Pencil: Has a jewel on top!
Cute stickers of pink people and food
Chips: Crispy Seaweed and Oki Doki BBQ stars. I can't stop laughing about the Oki Doki chips!
Bangle bracelets. And they actually fit my tiny wrists without falling off! =D
A super cute lollipop hair barrette. Serious. Freakin' awesome cute
Gorgeous yellow travel bag set. I kept pulling a smaller one out from each one! Another and another and another!! Hahaha
And paper lanterns! Pink and green, on either side of the box

And Tilly loved the Singapore Post box the most.

Week 10/21

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A cemetery marker that is a giant structure of coral!

Blood Type Awesome

Donate blood is #2 on my 101 things to do list.
This was my first time donating blood. I even got vegan cookies with my OJ afterwards. My goal is to give at least twice, but I think this will become a life long habit.

Photo 1 & purse

One of my goals to do in 1001 days is to take an "artistic" photo every week. I decided I'll post them here!

Watch out!

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I like all his bandages.

I also accomplished another goal of learning how to use a sewing machine*. To accompany this I wanted to make a purse. A nice purse. I did make a purse, but it isn't up to my standards. Of course, as a FIRST purse as well as my FIRST sewing machine project, I think it turned out decently. I gave myself a C+.




*It's about time! I grew up around sewing machines, have hand-sewn numerous things, along with doing crafts of all mediums, etc. Actually, I haven't worked with metal, maybe I should put down welding as a goal!

Amy Sedaris

Last night I saw Amy Sedaris at a free library talk. The place was packed and had to put people on the stage! It was very entertaining.



(The dress is modeled after Date Night Barbie's dress!)

Amy Sedaris recently wrote a book, but is most well known as Jerri Blank from the TV show Strangers With Candy. It's extremely hilarious and you should watch it.


Jerri

101 things in 1001 days

I have slyly added this to my projects list to the side. I have not finished my whole list, but I'm starting to work on the ones I have.

So what is 101 things in 1001 days?
The Mission!


Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.


So, what would you do 1001 days?

Nanowrimo

It's that time of year again to sign up for NaNoWriMo! NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, which doesn't makes sense since people all over the world do it. But NaNoWriMo is snazzier than IntNoWriMo.

Starting November 1st at midnight through the whole month you are given a goal to write your own novelette with at least 50,000 words.

I have participated since 2003 (sans last year) and have never reached the goal for various reasons (didn't save correctly, too busy, I hated my characters...). I feel good about this year though and I am happy about my plot so far. 4th time's a charm right?

So sign up and let's become writing buddies! I plan to keep a current word count off to the side.

Because of so many people going to the site, you may get errors until they work it out. Just keep trying!

Autumn!

It's definitely Fall!