Clearing the decks before vacation…
They’re renovating the office area at the shop, so I worked from home today. At first I was looking forward to it, like, “Woohoo! I get to ‘work’ from ‘home’!” But instead, I found that without the random disruptions of calls from the shopfloor, I was able to slip into a disturbingly productive mindset. Other than two quick breaks (to eat a sandwich and Skype my nephew during his dinner), I worked straight through til after 7:00 without even realizing it. I managed to add 160 new products to the TC website, including loads of new Clover knitting accessories (and Chibis!). I think the award for my Favorite New Product is a toss-up though, between A Tatting Adventure and this disturbing frog.
I’m not going away anywhere for vacation. I’m just taking a week off. I haven’t had any days off in nearly a year. Needless to say, I’m REALLY looking forward to it.
crumpet
March 6, 2008 — 9:59 pm
The Tatting Adventure book looks really cool. I’m very tempted by the idea of tatting. One of my uni friends knows how to do it, and most of her printmaking work includes these amazingly beautiful etchings that are hand-drawn representations of tatted lace.
Kris
March 6, 2008 — 10:23 pm
While I’m in awe of actual tatters, I just found the idea of a “tatting adventure” pretty funny. Like, WHOA! Extreme tatting adventure ahead! Tatters jumping off cliffs with their shuttles clenched in their fists…
neek
March 7, 2008 — 12:36 am
Okay my eyebrows shot up a mile high when I saw that frog/dinosaur thing. Maybe it looks funny cos frogs don’t have limbs like that.. (ok ignoring the fact that frogs look NOTHING like that) I’m amazed at your productivity – when I’m all alone with a computer and internet access I seem to spend 5 hours on Ravelry “multi-tasking”. 🙂