In no particular order:

Visit all of the states in the US, these are the ones that are left: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

learn Spanish

learn yoga

make a coloring book

illustrate a children's book

play in a drum circle

make a kite and fly it

learn belly dancing

learn to weave on a floor loom

support myself with my art and crafts

take a long hike and carry all supplies in a backpack

own land and be self sufficient

(I will add more later)

My yarn and chainmaile jewelry will be available at One Stone Gallery in a week or two. Greg and I just happened to walk past there one day on the way to the co-op and tried the door because they had cool hand drums in the window but they were not open. The owners were there working on the place and let us in for a second to check it out. There is going to be a lot of cool stuff in there. The guy hand carves the drums and the girl makes jewelry. I am pretty excited to see what all they have when they open up. They are going to have a grand opening party with food and stuff, should be fun! We are supposed to sell some knit hats too but we need to make them first. She liked the ones I brought in for her to see.

Tuesday was my first day back to work at the good ol' Whole Foods for the holiday season. It was ok. It was nice to see my friends. My two least favorite customers came in and pestered me. After work I was really worn out. Today my feet hurt. I don't know how I did that every day for so long. Friday is my next working day. I told them I can work 3 days a week so hopefully it won't be too awful.

I am going back to work this week. Only 2 days but it is something. It will be nice to have a paycheck again and it will be nice to see everyone again. It will also be nice to eat lots of fruit and veggies!

Have you heard about steepster? It is a tea community, you should really check it out! My name is terryhadalittlelamb over there.

http://steepster.com/

Last Friday I went and spent the night at Mom and Gary’s house so we could get up super early to go to Lucasville, OH for “Chicken Days”. It is a crazy hillbilly flea market where you can buy anything from poultry to guns to antiques and used tires. They even had arctic foxes! If you want a puppy it would be a good place to get one. I petted approximately a thousand puppies. It is kind of a culture shock for me since I am not used to seeing people walking around carrying guns. The flea market is really fun but I do not think I can do that again. Getting up that early just makes me in a bad mood for the whole day.

Saturday night Greg and I walked over to the Rumba Café. They were having some kind of smarty pants literature event and they were raffling off prizes. Greg won some little journals. I didn’t win anything. We hung out on the patio and talked to some really smart literary students. I really enjoyed talking to intelligent people.

The weather has been crap here and that has made me depressed and uncreative. I have decided I need to drink a bunch of coffee to combat the weather.

Today I went for Tea at Zen Cha with Nathan since he was in town visiting family. I was late because I didn’t get out of bed until 11, the time I was supposed to be there. I had Dragon Well tea. I kept accidentally over brewing it so it was bitter but when I finally got it right it was good. I had Daal and a fancy desert with lavender ice cream. It was all really good. I also got an Iced French Latte, rose flavored this time. It was good but I think I like the lavender the best. We also got to sample a rooibos tea called Mirage. I feel like people are always pushing the rooibos on me. I thought about starting a tea blog but I can’t even keep up with my regular blog so I don’t think I will. It was nice talking with Nathan about zombies and music and stuff that no one I know wants to talk about around here.

While we were there someone made one of the displays fall off of the wall. Somehow it did not break and they were able to put it back together and hang it back up. The displays are glass or plexiglass cases with tea sets in them so it is kind of a miracle that it did not break.

After we were done we walked around the Short North for a little while and ended up stopping at Denise’s Ice Cream. I didn’t have any but I tried a sample of the the Thai Chili flavor and got a scoop of that to take home for Greg. It is like Pad Thai in ice cream form. I also tried the cucumber honeydew cayenne flavor and didn’t like it. The guy there said that Food Network was there recently to do a story about them. Everyone always talks about that place so it isn’t surprising that word got around.

I am sure I have done a lot more than that. I know one day we had to pay taxes and that was a very bad day of jumping through hoops and cutting red tape and we both got headaches. We also bought a bunch of food at the grocery so we can eat at home as much as possible to save money. Oh, and I have been working on chain maille. I have this idea that I am going to sell these bracelets but who knows if it will work out or be a total waste of my time. At least I am doing something.

I'm still here. I haven't done much lately. I am addicted to these stupid farm games on facebook. I spun some yarn the past few weeks, quite a bit of it actually. I sold a little amplifier.

Oh, oh, I went to see Passion Pit with my friend Lauren. I had never heard of this band before but she had an extra ticket so I went with her. It was a fun show, all of the kids there were dancing and someone was throwing tons of glow sticks into the crowd so the whole time there were glow sticks flying everywhere. We left early because she had to get up early the next morning. Before the show we ate at a yummy Chinese restaurant. So that was fun.

Also Greg and I went to see Zombieland! It was awesome! Greg even liked it and he is not into zombie movies.

The hardest thing about not having a job is that I still want to drink expensive coffee and I shouldn't but sometimes I still do.

I want to do collages but I don't have many magazines. I did come up with the above picture though. Maybe I can find a couple more if I dig around in my room a little.

It has been rainy and gloomy and today excessively windy. This makes me sad. I miss my Phoenix friends and I would really just like to be on my way there now. I do plan on coming to visit but not until January. I think I should at least stay here for Christmas with my family. I wish I could just be one of those people who lives in one place their whole life and loves it but I am not that person. No matter where I am I want to go somewhere else. I am a nomad.

Last weekend Julie came to visit us all of the way from Arizona. The first day I took her for a walk around the neighborhood and to Glen Echo. It was fun to walk around and look at nature with her because she was so excited about all of the green stuff. Later she made us some curry with chicken and veggies and some fish dumplings. Her curry is one of my favorite things to eat! It was all really good food!

Sunday we went to The Wool Gathering at Young's Dairy. I was very good and only bought 2 things of roving. I also had a pumpkin flavored shake. I can't remember what kind of ice cream Julie had. We checked everything out then went to Yellow Springs. We walked all around town then headed back toward home.

On the way back we stopped at Mom and Gary's house. They were happy to see us and gave me 2 pumpkins and a sunflower. Mom gave Julie a cookbook. We were pretty worn out when we got home so we just ordered a pizza and sat around watching bad tv.

Monday we went to Zen Cha for lunch. I had some amazing tea called "Russian Caravan" It is like drinking a campfire. I also had a yummy Thai rice salad. Julie had daal. We shared a dessert sampler that was really enjoyable too. Julie had a rubios tea called "African Safari". I never liked rubios tea until I had it at Zen Cha, they know tea! "Russian Caravan" goes really well with rich desserts! I also got an iced Jasmine French Tea Latte to go. I have now tried 14 out of 101 of the teas at Zen Cha. This has taken me 3 years, I don't think I will ever get to try all of them unless I really start going there a lot more. I usually try several teas per visit.

After that we went to The Franklin Conservatory and spent a long time walking around the inside and the outside. It was a fun day and I was really worn out at the end. We went to White Castle for dinner. I would probably never go to White Castle on my own but Julie wanted it since there aren't any of them in the southwest. I ordered fish sandwiches, clams, fish bites, and onion chips for Greg and I to share. I felt like crap the next day so no more of that for me!! I think it was really salty and made me dehydrated.

The next morning we took Julie to the airport and said good bye. I am really glad she got to come to visit! I miss my Phoenix friends!

Yesterday I didn't do much. I put a few drawings on etsy, read a book, and spun some wool. Then we watched a movie.

Today I mailed out some ebay stuff then we had a long lunch 11:45 until about 3pm with my Mom at Joe's Crabshack. It was a nice visit and some yummy food! When we got home we watched another movie. I think it was called The Visitor. It was pretty good. It has been kind of a relaxed week for me. I should probably get on the ball with selling stuff soon.


If you want to learn more about Russian Caravan tea go here: http://www.enjoyingtea.com/rucatea.html

Julie is here and we have been busy running around, I will tell you all about it when I have time later.

I don't remember what I told you guys last so I might repeat myself. Earlier in the week we went to Alum Creek and walked around I saw a lot of cool things like the milkweed above and milkweed with orange bugs on it and a tree that was totally in it's fall wardrobe.

We sold a bunch of stuff online then Greg was obsessed with a boat so he found a cheap one in Delaware and we bought it. It is a little bass boat with a tiny electric motor. It is fun but goes really slow. The day we bought it we took it out on the Scioto River. That river is really dirty. We saw a lot of nature out there and got some sun so that was fun.

The next day we had too much "work", meeting people to sell them stuff and shipping and whatnot. So we didn't get to take the boat out. We did get a lot done though.

Yesterday we got our "work" done in the morning including cleaning the entire house and painting and putting some trim in the bathroom. Then we took the boat out to Alum Creek. It was pretty fun. We went back to the marina where they keep the sail boats and looked at all of them. We saw 3 deer and lots of birds. There were fish jumping out of the water to catch bugs in the evening.

Now the boat is for sale. Greg decided that he should sell it. I don't really care either way. It was fun but if we sell it that is ok too.

Today I cleaned the inside of both of our trucks. I swept them and cleaned them really well. It is like we have new trucks. Then I did some more painting, mostly touch up stuff.

I also drew a picture of this old radio that Greg has with white charcoal on gray paper. Then I went for a walk and found 3 leaves and a pine cone to draw in black ink. I got a drink at the co-op and sat at their tables to draw. I think I am going to put the drawings up on etsy for cheap. If I don't they will just sit in a pile in my room like all of the rest of my drawings.

We are almost ready for Julie's arrival. I just need to clean the bathroom really well and we will be good to go. I can't wait until she gets here!

We finished up the trim on the outside of the windows we put in the other day and took care of some other stuff then headed to Burr Oak Lake. We rented a boat and rode it around the lake for an hour. My favorite part of the lake is where there are hundreds and hundreds of lily pads. I could stay there and look at them all day. We saw a lot of wild life today including a type of water bird that I cold not identify and a swimming squirrel! It was a fun day!

Animals we saw today:
Several great blue herons
1 deer
1 swimming squirrel
2 turtles
Lots of buzzards
2 chipmunks
Canadian geese
Blue jays
Several monarch butterflies
Several dragonflies

Also we found some blue rope lights in the trash and took them out. They work! The coolest part is that they are just like the blue rope lights that we have on the deck.

This leaf is painted with watercolor. I hope to paint more leaves this fall.

Yesterday I realized that they added "weaving" as a craft on Ravelry for your projects so I added all of the woven stuff I could find in my flickr photos. It was a lot of stuff! I was pretty excited about that.

My guitar sold already! I can't believe how fast it went. Tomorrow is going to be a day of trying to find boxes and shipping stuff.

My Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5198835

My ebay auctions:

Guitar(under Greg's name): http://cgi.ebay.com/SG-Epiphone-Gibson-Electric-Guitar-Metallic-Blue-g-400_W0QQitemZ180405241497QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item2a00fd8699&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Violin: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180405163498&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

HP iPAQ: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180403441930&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Anthropologie Koi fish collectible plates: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180405197253&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling

Saturday I went to visit Jackie and Travis. Katie was there too.She makes some amazing soap! It was a lot of fun! I got to use their picker to fluff up some wool I had. We played their Wii. I had never played that system before, it was a lot of fun! I also got to use their ball winder and swift. We did some knitting and I did some spinning. Travis showed me his cool solar set up for their camper. They fixed a yummy supper. Jackie made us a dessert that was 2 slices of pound cake with chocolate in the middle! Yum! We attempted some felted soap but that was harder to do than we thought. Katie went home then some other friends of theirs came with their doggie. I can't remember their names but they were fun to hang out with and had lots of fun stories about living in Newark and working in New York. We all spent the night. I slept on the couch. It has to be the most comfortable couch on the planet! The other couple slept in the camper.

In the morning Travis had to go to work. The rest of us went out for breakfast at a local diner. I had sausage biscuits and gravy with hash browns. It was yummy and really filling. Jackie's friend paid for our breakfast so I feel really bad about forgetting his name. That was really nice! I always have so much fun hanging out with Jackie and Travis!

Later Greg and I went to Music Go Round and he traded some stuff for a synth. Then we ate at Chipotle. Didn't do much else, I was pretty worn out.

Today was a day to put stuff on ebay. I am selling some plates from Anthropologie, my violin, and my guitar. The guitar ad is not done yet but it will be soon. I may still put some more stuff up, not sure. I am getting some cleaning done too. There is always so much to do even without a job.

Hope you guys that work are having a nice holiday off!

The other day I decide to go for a walk, I wanted to see if there was any good junk in those trash piles but I didn't find anything good. I did see this strange graffiti on my walk though.

On Thursday I painted the kitchen! It looks so much cleaner now. There is still a little bit of touch up and I couldn't get the window blind down so I need to to that but it looks really good! I am not sure what my next project is supposed to be, maybe the stairway. We need to take down the old paneling and patch the walls then paint it. Greg says it is not to hard of a job so I think I will probably be doing that.

I have been knitting a lot, more than I should be probably but I am excited to finish these socks I am working on.

Yesterday we went to the Greek Festival. It was not as exciting as I thought it might be. It was just a bunch of food, no entertainment yet. They had a stage but nothing was going on while we were there. We stuffed ourselves with Greek food then went back home.

A guy stopped by and bought my Schwinn Typhoon. We had 3 bikes in the shed so we decided to sell that one.

I have seen a lot of jobs and gigs on Craig's list that don't sound too bad though I don't want to work until next month it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to find something. The Quarter Horse Congress is next month and they need help but I would really like to do something next month that has to do with Halloween.

Now I need to get ready to go to Jackie and Travis' house for a little get together. Yey!

Man it is amazing how busy an unemployed person can be. :P Sunday I went to my Grandma's house along with a few of my other relatives. (Aunt Linda, Dan, and the Twins, John and his girl, and Aunt Chris) We went outside in the yard to check out the raspberry patch and I only found two. I had them in my hand ready to put them in my mouth when the twins came over with there hands out so I had to give them the berries. I never did get to eat one. I did get to eat some concord grapes and an apple from the yard though so that was yummy. The pears were not ready yet. It was a fun day!

We have been doing lots of ebay and Craig's list and cleaning and organizing. I just started my account but Greg is an old timer on ebay. I also made a sale on etsy. I hope people start buying more from there since the holidays will soon be upon us. Yesterday I mowed the yard and we took a bike ride to eat lunch at Cazuela's Mexican Grill, we have a VIP card which means we can get certain lunches for $4.99. Then we rode down the bike path to Chadwick Arboretum, it is part of OSU. I think it is a "learning garden". On the way we saw a bunch of turtles on a log in the Olentangy River and a great blue heron. We rode around the arboretum then came to a labyrinth. I have always wanted to walk a labyrinth so that is what we did. It was kind of fun and kind of silly. They also have a hosta garden. It is a very small arboretum but still very cool and worth checking out if you are into plants and nature.

This week has been the time of year when all of the college kids move. There are so many couches and so much trash on the curbs and in the allies it is amazing! I found an old handmade quilt in the dumpster behind our house! I could not let that get thrown out, it is in the washer now. I would have like to walk around and look in more garbage cans but there are just so many, where do you start? I hope they get all of those couches cleaned up before football season starts or the crazy fans will start setting them on fire. That is what they do here.

I have one Christmas gift done. It was kind of by chance. I made something then decided it would be perfect for my Step-Grandma. You may laugh at me for starting now but when it gets down to the wire, you will understand. I am working on a cool pair of chartreuse lacy socks for myself. It is one of the most difficult patterns I have ever done but I have it memorized and I am enjoying it quite a bit.

We have also been watching some movies. We watched Gigantic last night. We get our movies from the Red Box for $1 or free from the library. Sometimes we even catch a decent one on TV on channel 6 "this". They show a lot of Burt Reynolds movies on there.

And here is what I have for sale right now:

My etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5198835
My ebay auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180403441930&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling

Yesterday was my last day. of work. I got a lot of hugs. I got a very nice and thoughtful card with a gift card from one long time co-worker. I signed a paper so that I am "seasonal" which means they can call me to help them later or I can call them and ask to work later and I get to keep my discount card. So that is pretty cool. I told them I will help them during the holidays if I am not doing something else.

Today I woke up before 8am and couldn't sleep anymore. I have so much more energy already just knowing I don't have to work for awhile. Today I go visit my Grandma. Tomorrow I paint the kitchen. Though I am not employed I will still be very busy.

I am sure I have been busy, not sure what I have been doing though. I am working on knitting a really cool sock. I bought a book about trees so I can try to identify some trees around here. In the fall I want to paint some colorful leaves so it will be good to know what kind of trees they are from.

I decided to quit my job because I have really started to hate it. So my last day is Saturday. There was a time when I loved that job but now it is boring and painful. I am going to help Greg work on his house for awhile then hopefully get to do something fun in October like work at a haunted house. I have always wanted to work at a haunted house. Then I figure in November places will be looking for holiday help so I will find something. I am not too awfully worried about it since we don't have any debt and our bills are pretty low. Our total bills are less than most people's rent. I have some stuff I could sell on ebay and I have some savings. Hopefully since I should have more free time I will be able to go to some arty events and work on some art of my own. Just have to try not to get distracted like I tend to do.

I am very excited that Julie is coming to visit me from Arizona! I can't wait to see her! It will be fun to show her around here.

Sometime last week I went to visit my family. Mom and Gary have an amazing garden! Everyone was telling them that you can't grow anything in that horrible clay soil, boy did they prove them wrong! They have tons of veggies and marigolds that are somewhere around 3 feet tall!

My Mom, brother and I went to eat at a local restaurant then came back and hung out for awhile. Later Gary came home and we picked tomatoes so they would be ready for canning juice the next day. I just wanted a few veggies to bring home but ended up with two big bags full! I am still working on eating everything a week later!

So I think everyone knows I am kind of sick of my job but in this economy what can you do? Let me know if you find out about any cool job openings! I don't need a ton of money but I do need an income.

I think I have finally decided what I want to be when I grow up. I want to be some kind of naturalist or biologist. Basically I want to be paid to play outside with plants and animals and get dirty, possibly teaching other people something about nature and maybe I could even throw some art in there too. Now I just need to figure out how to go about making this really happen. I know I need to go to school. But I am not sure what to major in or how I am going to afford such a thing. I will figure this out, it might just take me a little while.