I had my best ever jazz dance class tonight. I remembered all the steps (more or less) and hit things mostly on the beat. The instructor grabbed my arm at the end to excitedly tell me that I’m improving. I’m high on dance now

I keep buying clothes since I’ve moved back to Australia. Everything is just brighter, more colourful, and I’ve been able to actually try on all these items in person before buying. The plus size clothing scene here isn’t perfect but def having a better experience than Vancouver

I successfully stopped biting my nails (because I chipped a tooth!!) and I miss my little nubbins. My nails look so nice but I hate the sensation of having them.

Made a bear for my niece’s new baby. It matches the bear I made for her first baby, but a different colour

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

Found four four leaf clovers yesterday! There was also a palm sized clover on the other side of the fence that I’m very sad I couldn’t get

Embroidered a cardigan for my sister. It was such a soft and stretchy fabric that I needed to back it with felt so my stitching wouldn’t warp the designs I’d made.

Another item in my clothing kick. I made this shirt aaaages ago, but recently cropped it and added some iron on vinyl.

Another item in my clothing kick. I made this shirt aaaages ago, but recently cropped it and added some iron on vinyl.

It feels so ridiculous to be walking around with a burn on my forehead from oatmeal but here we are.

Dropped a piping hot bowl of oatmeal this morning and it got everywhere, including my EYE. It was less funny at the time but it’s a bit funny that I a have a blister on my forehead because of oatmeal. I could only get so much of my face under the tap of cold water and my eye took priority.

I should add that when we watched Yentl, we were in a discord with our partners, who were not watching. So now my partner has experienced Yentl but only through our commentary as we watched. Also she dressed as Yentl again today.

Last night I watched Yentl with a friend because we’re watching a bunch of old musicals. Today I’ve found out that she’s dressed in an outfit inspired by Yentl’s boy look, which is very funny to me

I see so many videos about people pressuring women to have kids, or asking invasive questions about why they aren’t etc. Even though I’m 37, I have experienced this so rarely and so little. I think I’ve so successfully branded myself as Obviously Not Having Kids that people don’t even bother with me

Embroidered a cardigan for my sister. It was such a soft and stretchy fabric that I needed to back it with felt so my stitching wouldn’t warp the designs I’d made.

Saw Weapons the other day and yes I definitely will be one of the many low effort Aunt Gladys’s this Halloween.

Juan surprised me with the Animal Crossing jibbitz the other day so now my crocs are truly a thing of beauty.

I love this shirt but it has always been so low contrast and I feel like it’s been fading lately. So I got some screen printing ink and painted over it! If this shirt thought it could clock off on my watch, it was wrong. It’s done when I say it’s done.

I love this shirt but it has always been so low contrast and I feel like it’s been fading lately. So I got some screen printing ink and painted over it! If this shirt thought it could clock off on my watch, it was wrong. It’s done when I say it’s done.

Working in some embroidery for my sister

Working in some embroidery for my sister

Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans

Aldi was selling iron on vinyl so I got some and up cycled this $5 jumper. I cropped it, put in a draw string, then cut out all the pieces of vinyl by hand (since I don’t own a cricut) and ironed them all on piece by piece. I loooove how this came out.

Instagram has figured out that if they show me ads of big ladies wearing clothes, towels, etc I will click on it. This is very useful but also terrible for my wallet. This app truly knows me; a big lady who lives in Melbourne and loves musical theatre (all my other ads are for Melbourne musicals)

I do embroidery animation, a rare enough medium for people to follow me

If you completely ignore the cost of my time, this jumper (aka sweatshirt) only cost me $11 :P

Aldi was selling iron on vinyl so I got some and up cycled this $5 jumper. I cropped it, put in a draw string, then cut out all the pieces of vinyl by hand (since I don’t own a cricut) and ironed them all on piece by piece. I loooove how this came out.

Got a surprise day off so I went to an extra ballet class. The word “beginner” was in there but so was the word, “intermediate” 💀 Good thing I’ve been taking beginner ballet classes because that’s the only way I survived (it was fun tho!). Also all of the encouraging older women were such gems.

My Instagram reels have started showing me videos teaching Spanish, hoorah! I got rid of Duolingo a while ago and this can be my replacement

Finishing work at 5pm instead of 6pm is honestly such a gift and I am really treasuring it right now

I had a hard time going to sleep last night because I was busy obsessing about Jesus Christ Superstar 😂 The Hollywood Bowl cast is obviously amazing but the Australian cast that I saw recently was just completely perfect to me so I was ranting to Juan about how that’s the version everyone should see

Gotta say…

Sometimes the crafting side of me gets out of control. I’m seriously considering collecting all the hairs that shed from my head so I can make some Victorian style mourning jewellery with my own hair lol

My only participation in the Labubu trend was to buy some Labubu glasses for my childhood teddy bear.

I think it still needs more time pressing, but flattening it has made it look even more clover like! The iconic heart shaped leaves are here :D

Found my first ever four leaf clover and it’s HUGE!

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!" Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.

Happy International Embroidery Day!

This skeleton cushion is the best thing Pottery Barn has ever made

Happy International Embroidery Day!

Saw this amazing purse on the weekend, although there’s not much you could put in this. My friend said it’s perfect for carrying a tampon and a breath mint.

I love heavily graffitied bathrooms. The sticker over the eyes was accidental and perfect.

Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.

Instagram keeps showing Juan and I cute little videos of pet birds so now we keep saying, “What if *we* got a bird.” (But also we have way too many belongings that we don’t want chewed up so we can’t actually get one. But imagine!!!)

My printer is crying out for ink but also printing dozens of pages just fine? Buddy, you’re not getting ink until you’re printing whispers onto the page.

It’s so nice to be back in Melbourne and I can’t wait to get back to my dance classes that I love (unlike the one I walked out of in Brisbane)

My budget tracking app has been so happy with me until I came home and booked four theatre shows last night lol. Two musicals, a play and some ballet!

Looking forward to going back to Melbourne tomorrow and seeing Juan again. Not looking forward to how early my flight is D: But maybe I’ll have a snooze on the plane.

;)

Went to a dance class today and hated it so much that I left after fifteen minutes. Nice to have the free will to just leave if you don’t like it.