Big things are happening!

So, I almost had a chocolate emergency today...

I was down to this much of my chocolate bar before we went to town, and hubby bought me a bag of chocolate covered donuts (which are already gone)...then my awesome Anna bought me another big chocolate bar, but I gave half to my husband because he was also on a chocolate binge. Yeah, we both will be not wanting chocolate for a while but then all of a sudden we become some sort of fiend for it. He was just uncontrollably craving it so I shared. However, I have hidden my half of the chocolate so he doesn't eat it and get in trouble. Muahaha.

There's no photographic evidence to prove it, but I did wear these three on my head as some sort of ritual headdress earlier while I begged mum for chocolate. It didn't work though, so I fed them to Agnes...I'll have to get a picture of the carnage later.

I bought this little lizard as a Christmas gift to myself a while ago, and he sits on my sewing machine as a little mascot. When I get mad, I kind of play with the lizard for a bit instead of swearing at the machine, it works out pretty well for all parties involved. The sewing machine may be picky and sort of suck, and it sometimes smells like it's burning up and smokes a little, but hey, it's better than walking to grammas to use my nice one.

This has been me for the past....six months... :/

On a sadder note, I have given up crochet for an indefinite period of time, maybe for this year, maybe forever. I just can't do it with my wrists in the shape they are, I managed to sew these three critters this week, but that was it and I need to take a break for a couple of days because my hands are sore and they just...lock up randomly for a little bit and it scares me. And that was mostly machine sewing, so it's not a good sign for my wrists healing :( Maybe we'll see some crochet next year if I can swing it, and I'll still be making my unicorns which have a little yarn-work in them, but nothing major anymore. I can't even begin to say how sad this makes me, because I mean, those little octopidders were my biggest sellers and almost everyone would associate them with me, but now it's going to have to be my sewing and maybe drawing that gets their attention now.
I think though, if I limit my sewing time and also cut down on my computer typing/mouse clicking, I'll be healing up nicely. I know part of healing is resting, and another part is using gently, so I'm not going to stop by any means, it'll make my crazy. I don't know when I'll be able to do physical therapy due to us having no money (sigh) but hey, if I can help myself now, then I will.
Sorry to get so depressing there at the end...but I had to get that off of my mind.
Thanks to all of you that read my ramblings and have shown me support, I appreciate it very much. :) You guys are lots of fun.
Squid hugs for everyone,
--Jenn