Have you heard Santogold?

Wow, every time I hear something new from this girl, I love it. Right now I'm listening to "Lights Out"-- I caught it on the radio and was hooked. Her voice sounded familiar to me right off the bat, not sure why.

Checking her out online, I read that she's influenced by the Pixies, Blondie, Devo, and Siouxsie & the Banshees. She's being compared to Missing Persons. And she opened for Bjork at Madison Square Garden-- holy crap!! No wonder I like her.

Ok, can I just say?

that I think these girls are just the cutest??? I swear, I really enjoy hearing about them. Of course, there's always negative speculation, and that's annoying to hear. But when I read that they are doing well or see pictures of them together, I feel warm fuzzies. :) Seeing a happy, gay couple just being themselves, living their lives and loving eachother, in spite of the scrutinizing public. I'm just happy for them. That is all!

Beginning of free time...

Maybe? That's what this feels like now that the holidays are done. Well, there's just New Year's left, but since I have to work both the Eve and the Day, it's not going to be much of a big thing, and that doesn't take prep anyway.

So today was the first Sunday in a while that I got to veg out. My gf and I went to a local sports bar to watch the last Packer game and pig out on naughty food. Then at home we finally watched the documentary on the Dixie Chicks, "Shut Up & Sing." (Which, btw, was fantastic. I highly recommend it.) Followed by 2 episodes of Popular. We are quite addicted to that show, as silly and outlandishly wacky as it is.

Of course, my list of things I could be doing is always there. My room is still a mess, there are still boxes to be sorted through, organizing to be done. There is a bag of things that I need to list in my etsy store... I really do need to get working on the pictures I want to get ready for etsy, too. Need to check out mats at the store, burn some pictures to disc and get them printed... But tonite it seemed like the easiest project to get started on was to start on a couple more sock monkeys. Not for anyone in particular, just using the socks that came with the pairs that I bought to make the monkeys for the girls. I could sell these on etsy, too...
There's just so much I could be doing that it's overwhelming, in a way. Where do I start?

Sweet Sock Monkeys

Yesterday I got to give my nieces the sock monkeys that I made for them!

Somehow a few weeks ago, I decided that's what the girls needed for their xmas presents and then I had to figure out how to make them... I found directions online, then found even better ones in a book I already had, SuperCrafty! They each took me a night, altho I'm sure that 2nd one took less total time, since I had a better idea of what I was doing. Instead of the typical (but classic) brown and red socks, I used striped socks from Target in the girls' favorite colors.

I think they really liked them! Of course, the monkeys were swung around by every limb within the first 3 minutes, testing the strength of my stitches. But that's how it should be with toys and the children who love them!

My girlfriend wants one made with Packer socks now. :)