I saw this “Currently” post on sweet Danielle’s blog this week. And, I’m always down for a little themed blog fun. 😀 It’s what I’m currently doing… Wednesday night.

Obsessing over: Crafting! Pretty much… non-stop (seriously). My current projects: finishing touch ups on Ruari’s thrifted $25 play kitchen for her birthday… and, starting her handmade doll for Christmas! 😀

Working on: SO much. Thanks to EVERYONE that purchased ad space and blog banners so I can go to Alt Design Summit in January! I made my goal! HURRAY! CAN’T WAIT! But, now I’m super busy with orders! So, I’m working on that… and, of course Ruari’s birthday/Christmas presents. And, I’m drawing! A lot. Love it. 

Thinking about: EVERYTHING. My mind is sort of a messy jumble these days… so much to do in very little time. Orders, crafting presents, just breathing…. I have a goal for myself this next year: breath more. Relax. Take a moment… OR, find someone to organize my days for me. 😉 Next holiday season I will be more prepared with my shop and I will not stress so much. I refuse! 🙂

Anticipating: Christmas. I LOVE Christmas. My favorite holiday. The last couple of Christmas years were a bit hard for me…. I was still dealing with almost losing my life during Ruari’s birth one week before Christmas in 2009. Then, the postpartum I dealt with throughout 2010 and into that Christmas. I’m doing really well now and cannot wait for the holiday year! It’s like I’m a kid again and have so much to look forward to! Reading The Night Before Christmas to Ruari… Baking cookies for Santa with her… Everything. I cannot wait. AND, I’m so freakin excited go to Alt Design Summit this January!!!

Listening to: Ruari breath on the baby monitor… and the background noise of the Grammy’s concert on CBS. Wow… it’s past 10. I should be in bed…. listening to my hubs snore!

Drinking: water… I had a glass of wine earlier. It’s gone.

Wishing: I had more time in the day… Or, maybe I just take on too much? Hmmm…. 😉

How about you? What are you currently doing?

All the links I’m LOVING this week!

– The BEST paper dolls EVER. I love each and every one!

– Yes! Finally a good tutorial on how to make your own .gif in Photoshop. 😀

– I make bean dip for every party I go to… and, I always buy the store bought taco seasoning… not anymore!

– Well, this artist’s work of paper cut silhouettes is pretty awesome.

– This wreath is BEAUTIFUL.

– Thank you to her and her for donating towards my trip to Alt Design Summit!!!!

– You guys…. this cake is AMAZING! Holy moly.

– OMG… could someone please please please please make these and invite me over.

– This lady is my new neighbor! Ok, not really… she just lives in the same state now. 🙂 She’s so sweet!

– AND, I’m doing a little “What’ in my bag?” guest post over here today. 🙂

– ONE MORE THING: don’t forget to enter your sweet Holiday Photo’s into my photo challenge! Prizes to win! Yay!

So… I have a pretty lame and crazy fear of spiders. Its not so bad that I’ll pee my pants at the sight of one… But, if surprised, do expect some sort of fabulous jumpy/crazy/squealy/flail arms in the air move. Fact: I have no control over this reaction. Fact: this does embarrass the hubs. 😉

A special spider story to share: I’ve mentioned before how blind I am without glasses… But, I need to mention it again: I can barely see ANYTHING without some sort of contacs or eyewear. This brings me to a little spider story… I was 12… And, had just lost my glasses (umm… I did not lose them. I “lost” them on purpose. But, that’s another story). I was getting ready for bed and, of course, everything was a big ‘ol blur. I was about to get in bed and saw what I thought to be a piece of bark dust (from my pet rat’s cage) on my brwon blanket. I picked it up to throw it away… and, it fell out of my hand. I picked it up a second time and again: it fell out of my hand. So, I’m determined to remove this crazy bark dust piece from my freshly cleaned room and picked it up one more time. Finally. It didn’t fall out of my hand… Wait..  Something’s weird..  Why did this piece of bark dust keep falling out of my hand? I moved my hand closer to my fuzzy eyes for inspection… OMG: it was the biggest bark dust colored spider I had ever seen (and, had ever held up to my eyes)!!! I threw my hands up in the air and ran out of my room dancing and screaming like a maniac. I had to get my mom to help me find the spider before I went to bed… Since I was too blind to find it.

Special spider story two: A couple years after the bark dust spider incident…. here I was again… sleeping so innocently in my bed. I opened my eyes to a lovely morning… still a little blurry… wait, what is that? My sleepy eyes focused on a spider chillin’ on my pillow about 6 inches from my face… with his 2 front legs up in the air! Oh man! I jumped up so fast and freaked the -hoo ha hey- out! I have no idea what ever happened to that spider… but, I assume he was maybe just dancing… or, trying to say hello? Maybe? Sometimes I like to pretend that maybe he just didn’t know what to do with his hands in this awkward situation. You know… watching me while I sleep. Spider: “Hmmm, I don’t know what to do with my hands…. ummm, pockets? Dang, I don’t have pockets. Throw my hands in the air? Yeah. That’s good. Heeeeeey, good morning!”

And, most recently: I tweeted about this a month or two ago… I picked up my glass of water to drink it… and stopped when I noticed a spider in the dang thing! Why? Why, spider, why?

Any lovely spider stories to share? Wait… don’t share…. I may not sleep tonight! Ok, wait… tell me. Oh, no. Don’t. Ok. Do. 😉