CardCaptors and The Cake Brigade

Wind, rain, shadow, wood,
Sword, thunder, power, sleep
Cardcaptors of the clow,
Expect the unexpected now!
The secrets of the clow,
Were all a mystery.
But when this mighty book was opened,
The powers were set free.
Cardcaptors!
A mystic adventure!
Cardcaptors!
A quest for all time!

(................................ I edited the Theme song ................................)

I used to love this show when I was younger, and today, I have spent my afternoon rediscovering this love :)

My sister always used to make fun of me for liking Li, but now I'm thinking Tori is pretty hot, actually. You know, for a cartoon and all.

I love all the costumes. These sorts of things, anime and all that jazz, are always so inventive with their design. How cool would it have been to have school uniforms like that? Well, actually, I bet if that had been the case, it would have been really embarrassing. Not to mention somewhat inappropriate. I mean, look at the length of those skirts!?! Having said that, have you seen school girls skirt lengths lately? When I was that age, we all wore our skirts down to our knees! Wow, now I know I'm old.

Moving on, I guess I just wanted to link anyone who may be reading this to the Cake Brigade blog. My friends and I make cakes in our spare time cos we are all old women. We may set up a knitting club for when the cakes are baking. That's a joke. I doubt any of my friends can knit.

I will get it up to date as soon as Cake Brigade Member Polson gets round to sending me the photos of our previous creations. So for now, just keep an eye on it.

In other news, I can request my first payment now for doing the surveys! Its from Ciao, and its not much so I figure I'll let it build up some more first, but still, its exciting! I got money for sitting on my laptop!

Ooo and I also got £20 off my sister by letting her rummage in my wardrobe, so what with the alterations I did for my aunt, and the decorating I have been booked to do at my Gran's house next week, things aren't looking so none existent on the money front anymore. Yay!

<3 x

Heather here, with an update!

Now let me see, where did I leave you, blog?

Ah yes, I was aiming to be more productive. Well, my progress on the productivity front has been interesting to say the least.

1) STOP SPENDING MONEY
This has been a bit hit and miss, as I have been making a conscious effort, but sometimes, when we go on midnight road trips to tesco, I like, you know, get hungry.
So other than that, I have done okay ... but March is a hard month for me. Lots of birthdays, mothers day etc etc.
So we will just leave that at that.

2) DETOX
Hahahahahahahahaha. That was never going to happen.

3) MAKE MONEY
This one I have made progress on!! I am signed up to two different online survey sites, and probably get offered one every few days. I went for Panelbase.net, and ciao-surveys.co.uk in the end, and get more emails from ciao, even if they do pay less. Still, its slowly building up! I might sign up for some more, then hopefully when I get a pay out, it will be more.
The eBay thing isn't going so well. I'm having issues selling my first item, which I put up as a test run, so want to do that all the way through before I put anything else up. Its been re listed, and the price lowered, so look here if you so wish.

4) STOP WASTING MY DAYS
See 2)

On the plus side, I have just this minute finished 20 designs for the web series, which is awesome, so going to send them off now, and have spent the day listening to the genius that is ALL CAPS, The Oceanic Six and The Ministry Of Magic. I LOVE NERDY MUSIC XD

Ooooo and I made a bag! Like a proper clutch one with a frame. It was for a present, and I didnt take a picture, but I was pretty happy with it! For a first attempt anyway, and it was good enough to give away, so that cant be bad! I need to make my sister one for her birthday on sat, so Ill try to get photographic proof of that one to put up. The site I got the stuff from, and all the hints and tips was fantastic, so if you should ever feel inclined to make a bag, I would definatley recommend u-handbag. *and they send you sweets with your order :)*

<3 x

Resolutions

You may remember a few posts ago I told you about how I always have to have a 'to do' list. Well, I do, and this time I have decided I need to share it in the hope it will inspire me to actually achieve my aims, rather than keep putting them off until the next day, which is what I have been doing a lot lately.

I know what you are thinking. There is probably only one person, beside me, who reads this, so its not like I'm really sharing it with the world.

However, I am remembering how posting my word count on the Nanowrimo site kept me going through November, even though I knew that no one even knew I was doing it and I didn't really have any pressure, apart from what I had placed on myself, to complete it. I call it the Nano Effect. Therefore, I am hoping this will keep me going in this case.

So, here goes.

1) MUST STOP SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY.
The only money I have coming in at the moment goes to paying the rent. Everything else I spend is coming straight from my account, which is already overdrawn by a considerable amount. To be frank, I need as much money as possible if I have to go to Leeds for this job. Therefore, all unnecessary spending stops here.

2) DETOX.
This sort of overlaps with the previous point. I have eaten an extraordinary amount of crap over the past week or so. I had been slowly but consistently heading toward my ideal weight, but now I see the scales rising back up again, and this is not a good thing. Hopefully, the 'not spending so much money' thing will stop me buying the obscene amount of crap I have been doing. Therefore, from now, I will drink a hell of a lot more water, and eat more fruit and vegetables.

3) MAKE MONEY.
I have had numerous ways of doing this planned out for a few months now, but have yet to put them in place. Firstly, I will get selling on eBay. Secondly, I will talk through the National Lottery plan with my friends, and get started on that (this does not affect the 'stop spending so much money' plan, as 25p a week is hardly breaking the bank ... well, yet). Thirdly, I will complete online surveys, and while I hear this is very dull, its not like I have much else to do. I have other plans too, but I'm going to see how these roll out first.

4) STOP WASTING MY DAYS.
Plain and simple. I will get up earlier, be more productive, and spend less time constantly refreshing the same sites again and again. I have a lot of things I want to do other than the above, such as the preparation for Primary Faction, and to finish my book, which if I was less lazy and more productive, I would be able to achieve.

I think that's it. WISH ME LUCK.

EDIT: Day 1 did not go well ... I didnt get up earlier, I didnt drink more water or eat healthier, and I didnt start my money making plans. Instead, I slept in, baked a cake, and did nothing productive. I suck.