Up the Irons! for 20 May 2010

I haven’t done one of these in awhile. If you’re new to Steff Metal, which I know some of you are, Up the Irons! Is an occasional shout-out to good things in life. I write mine here, and you’re welcome to add your own in the comments.

I am far too busy, which is a good thing, but also a bad thing, because I feel like I can’t stop, take a step back and appreciate what I’ve been doing.

My table at Crafternoon Tea, May 2010

\m/ a successful first craft show, where I spent the majority of my profit on gourmet cupcakes \m/ wonderful new writing clients with incredible imagination and passion \m/ preparing my new, uber-large size canvas for an upcoming art competition \m/ no more than five days away from getting rid of my novel (every time I think it’s nearly ready we think of something to make it better) \m/ Tickets to Bill Bailey and Sweeny Todd \m/ \m/ nearly being on top of my email (to all those wonderful people who I said I’d get back to and haven’t, I’ll be doing that next week!) \m/ finally, our first real, winter RAIN! How I’ve missed you! \m/ CDH, who hates all people equally \m/ hot noodle soup on wintery nights \m/ seeing my new website design come together \m/ hot water bottles and snuggle forts \m/ Being contracted to write an article about Wacken Open Air \m/ my dad picking up German hitchikers wearing Wacken shirts \m/ deleting heaps of sites from my Reader \m/ curbing my habit of checking my email 17 million times per day \m/ finishing my first steampunk painting (The Clockmaker’s Wife – available in the Steff Metal shop \m/ the way stressful things just seem to sort themselves out \m/ NZ Metallica fans sabotaging TradeMe (NZ eBay) auctions from ticket scalpers \m/ Cardamon cupcakes.

What are you loving this week?

Remember, if you like metal, you’re my friend. \m/
Steff Metal