180 Degrees of Turkey

I’ve been making cards lately. It’s a lot of fun, and I have, in my head, compiled a list of several reasons why this is.

Firstly, it’s easy. There isn’t a lot of prep work involved, and the possibilities are endless.
Secondly, it’s got all of the compositional elements of creating original artwork, but with a whole lot less pressure. I mean, the goal is to have the whole piece be one flowing work, which is pleasing to the eye, but you don’t have the anxiety of actually creating the elements you’re using.
Thirdly, you get to build new and exciting designs each time. It’s like legos, but for grownups. And girls.

Speaking of girls, I realized that going to Tar-shey and looking at makeup without the intent to buy any is a very silly, and girly, thing to do. My boyfriend is a kind, and patient man, though, and he mm’d and yes’d at all the appropriate times.

I don’t mind this 100-degree-+ weather we’ve been having, but the humidity is making me very upset. I bought the boyfriend a nice pair of running shoes today, and on the way to the mall after we left the sporting goods store, it started to rain. This is not normal activity for my area, and so I was left grumpy.

The running shoes have suction cup sort of things on the bottom (in imitation of mountain goats, I’d imagine) and so they make funny sounds on the tile in the kitchen. The boyfriend is most pleased. He is going to be running with his dog and a mutual friend of ours. The dog is one of those squishy faced ones, so he doesn’t do too well on longer jogs. We’ll see how long this arrangement lasts. I wonder if the dog will end up being carried along instead.

Also at Target today, we had a pita thing with turkey, and it actually ended up being quite tasty. Though it does not feel classy to have lunch there, I probably will again.