Yesterday,
All my talents seemed so far away,
now my unpicker is here to stay,
Oh, I really sucked yesterday.
All my talents seemed so far away,
now my unpicker is here to stay,
Oh, I really sucked yesterday.
Suddenly,I'm not half the crafter I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, EITTTS* came suddenly.
Why it
went to shite , I don't know, I couldn't say.
I did, nothing right,
yes, I sucked yesterday.
Yesterday,
craft was not an easy game to play,
and my projects need to hide away,
Oh, I really sucked yesterday.
*E.I.T.T.T.S (Everything I touch turns to shit) Stay alert , my friends.
I have a touch of EITTTS today, too. It must be going around.
ReplyDeleteThat is horrible however good to see that I am not the only one with shitty luck at the moment. Hang in there. x
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid the picture of the shears next to the shorn tape measure made me laugh. I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm still giggling.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you need to watch 'The Knack... and How To Get It'.
Is it doing the rounds? Maybe I should stay in today just in case...
ReplyDeleteI knew I shouldn't laugh, but I couldn't help it. I have those kind of crafting/sewing days quite often. And then I went and read your links to old posts and almost died laughing when I came across the word "craftectomy". Here's to hoping you quit cutting up your measuring tapes. And your arrangement of "yesterday" was spot on.
ReplyDeleteOh crappity crap crap crap! Thank goodness your rhyming and lyrical skills are still working.
ReplyDeleteOoopsa. I've had a few of those moments this week. Cutting into things that shouldn't be cut! At least you have two work-free days to rectify the situation. Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry you had such a bad day, but I just have to thank you for making me laugh (and getting that song stuck in my head). Hope you are having a better day. At least you werent hamstered????
ReplyDeleteOh no! Not the tape measure. You really have it bad don't you? Well, have a little lie down and maybe a cup of tea and a scone and throw all bad crafty evidence in the bin. We won't tell anyone. I'm sure it will be gone soon, it is probably just one of those 24 hour bugs. :)
ReplyDeleteYou just crack me up.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear you've got EITTTS Jodie. I have it about 80% of the time.
ReplyDeleteI think I've got your crafting mojo because eveything I touch in the last 24 hours is pure gold. I even baked an edible cake. Last time that occured was about 2006.
So if you don't mind I'll keep your mojo for another 24 hours because seldom do the crafting gods smile on me. You can have it back Monday I promise.
Priceless! I'll never be able to listen to that song again without laughing out loud.
ReplyDeleteCondolences to your tape measure.
ReplyDeleteshit shit shit - sad to hear. hope it gets better very soon
ReplyDeleteit can strike any time anywhere. Hope you are better soon!
ReplyDeleteUgh! Sorry for the yuck-o day. BUT... being the crafter I am... I see that cute pink tape measure and think, "OOOH! That would make an awesome embellishment on one of my cards!" LOL! Maybe you should take up paper crafting & those 'oopsie' moments turn into something totally CUTE! :)
ReplyDeleteI so know the feeling - but I have to admit I was checking the verses for scansion ;-)
ReplyDeleteGuess I'll always be more of a singer than a crafter. LOL
I think the EITTTS is like a yawn, it's an ongoing affliction that flits by ALL of us every now and then. This is your little turn but before you know it, it'll move on to the next one of us.
ReplyDeleteWishing you un-cut tape measures.
Ab
Oh no! Days like that are so frustrating. But at least that was yesterday - tomorrow will be much different. (Your song was very funny, by the way!)
ReplyDelete-Holly
You crack me up! I loved your rendition of "Yesterday". It is such a relief to people like me that people like you (crafters/sew-ers whom I admire) have things turn to shite, too. Thanks for sharing the bad with the good - and for having a sense of humor! Love it!
ReplyDeleteOooopsy. I hope things get better soon, Can relate some days..
ReplyDeleteYou need to come up for a drink with us.....
Hey Jod,
ReplyDeleteDon't feel so bad.
You were made to be a creator
Remember don't let the EITTTS get under your skin,
and then you can start
to create much better ;-)
Hee!Hee! Don't think I'm a talented as you when it comes to writing lyrics!
Hugs
Jo
Oh I can so relate to this post! I've just spent several hours trying to get my oh so simple project right!
ReplyDeleteLove the lyrics!
Jodi, I think there is a major EITTTS going on, cos I have it too....
ReplyDeleteYou could take up song writing...don't know what I could do, cos I don't sing either!
Poor tape measure...you didn't tell us what it did to deserve that treatment...or did it just get in the way?
Chin up, better times are on the way...I can feel them!
Julz
Oh thanks Jod...
ReplyDeleteI needed a good laugh today... not at your expense of course, but in sheer skin tingling relief that I in fact am normal!!!
:P
If previous bouts are anything to go by, you'll get better soon and astound us with your craftiness...
ReplyDeleteI am glad you chose the song Yesterday, and not Today or the EITTTS might be there a bit longer, I hope it has all cleared up now. Wishing you a good Tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteBugger!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully tomorrow you'll be singing "good day sunshine"?
Considering how many good days you have the ratio is probably in your favour. Having said that, a shit day is a shit day is a shit day! Maybe it's time for a nice cold glass of something and a dvd? Or dinner out and a movie? Something fun to change the mood? Good luck Toots xo
ReplyDeleteI agree with Beck, the odds are still in your favour fior a good day tommorrow. x
ReplyDeleteSo what article can you make from previously prepared (cut) tape measures?
ReplyDeletePS Hope you get your mojo back soon.
You're too funny! Love your version of "Yesterday".
ReplyDeleteI've got the EITTTS today. I'm trying to foundation piece a block and it just isn't happening, I've spent more time unpicking than sewing and I've had ENOUGH!!! I'm going to sulk for a little while now and then try again!
Hope you had better luck than me today!
Hugs
Kelly :-)
At least you got a great song out of it. I know what I will be singing all day!
ReplyDeleteI hope the craft muze will be with you soon again.
g'day Jodsta... sticky tape fixes most things.. if not sticky tape then duct tape (its the force that holds the universe together).. I have 'those' days but I put on my big girly gruds and put my chins UP and get on with it petal!!!
ReplyDeleteLissa
whose unpicker gets a lot of workouts too!!
Yesterday
ReplyDeleteThose naughty gremlins had a place to stay
They needed a crafter on whom to pray
And Jod was that girl, yesterday
Today
Vik has got some magic gremlin spray
She will post some on its merry way
So Jod's EITTTS will go away...
Urm......insert instrumental here...
Have a great weekend Jod!
Vik xoxooxoxox
BAHAHAHHAHAH love it!
ReplyDeletesorry for laughing at your misfortune but your post cracked me up too. hope it improves for you from now.
Don't we all have those days occasionally.
ReplyDeleteTomorrows a new day Jodi.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
Sorry but I loved "Yesterday" as well. Hope "Today" is better.
ReplyDeleteDon't fret Jod! We all know it is just a passing bout of EITTTS and you will soon be in fine form again!
ReplyDeleteLocket xxx
There must be a strain of EITTTS going around now, I've been suffering from it on occasion lately too.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll recover and get your crafting groove back quickly!
Ummm...I'd love to be up to your EITTTS standards, my best efforts aren't even bloggable. Loved the song though!
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Your poetry was great though!
ReplyDeletein other news you were certainly awesome at re-writing a song to fit your needs, and be funny, and rhyme!!
ReplyDeletehang in there, seems your creativity may have just shifted around in your head a little bit, it'll work it's way back :)
It's a dirty story of a sucky day
ReplyDeleteAnd only a crafter can understand.
You'll soon recover and be on your way
But you need a little luck if you wanna be a Wonderful Crafter!
Or even a Paperback Writer!
You'll be alright Jodie, it's only one day and after all... tomorrow is another day as Scarlett O'Hara once said.
Had to smile when I saw your measuring tape. Mine hangs off a wall peg rack and recently I reorg'ed the room, placing my paper shredder under that rack.
ReplyDeleteYes ma'am - tattered end! Fortunately only lost 2.5 inches -exactly!
Thanks for the chuckle! Must print this out for the next time I have one of those days :-)
ReplyDeleteBuahhahhahhaa! ( x 100)
ReplyDeleteYou kill me. I locked myself in the bathroom today... Had to kick the door open. It is broken now and I wait for my husband to see it... The final nail to the coffin so to say.
Funniest.
ReplyDeletePost.
Ever.
:-)
LOVe it, and it's a total keeper, will stash it away for when needed.
ReplyDeleteROFL!! You are so funny! Doesn't sound like a fun day, though. I hope it turns around real soon :)
ReplyDeleteHang in there honey - the genius that rewrote those lyrics will return in the form of craft mojo I know it..
ReplyDeleteHi Jodie,
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just have to walk away (and do a little composing LOL) and read a book or go for a walk...it will be better tomorrow :)
lots of hugs,
Sharon
A sign of the times, I have been unpicking and tracking back, and the unpicker is blunt.
ReplyDeleteOh no, if i get like that i don't even unpick, take a deep breath & start from scratch again to see if it was a cutting fault/ brain freeze that lead me to screw up something i could normally do in my sleep. Good luck getting back the Everything I Touch Turns To Magic again. You can do Jodie, love your work, love Posie
ReplyDeleteIt's a phase. It will pass. For me, it ussually coincides with my machine turning to custard. Don't you love that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping it real. Gives me hope as I bumble along ...
ReplyDeleteoh dear!!!! hope the E.I.T.T.T.S leaves soon....
ReplyDeleteHugs
Jodie :)
A sense of humor goes a long way on days like that. As do strong drinks. And swearing. (Swearing while downing strong drinks is also recommended.)
ReplyDeleteYou're an amazing crafter/sewer/designer. In short, my hero. Heroes can have bad days, too. Remember Superman and Kryptonite? See?
Oh how I know those days. Perhaps a touch of Annie? "tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow you're only one bad crafty day away.
ReplyDeleteoh you always crack me up! you'll need a section to the right of your blog with all your jodie-ism's! they are hilarious!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletecorrie:)
Oh Jodie, cutting through your tape measure - tragic (if not just a little bit funny, can't believe you took a photo of it!). Hope things are better for you tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI hope your EITTS is better today, Jodie. Mind you, I think I have a touch of it myself - thanks for sharing (not)... Looking forward to Sew It Together and the Daylesford stitching day; hopefully I will not be bringing EITTS with me...Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteFunny - I had an issue with the blanket I was making yesterday. The flannel fabric wouldn't stop sticking to the cotton batting when I was trying to layer the quilt, and I ended up having to hand tie it because it wasn't taught enough to machine quilt. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! Not that you have EITTS... but that you have found a name for that horrid disease that strikes us all at some time or another... oh and the fact that you've been able to turn it into a song - that's brilliant!
ReplyDeleteSorry and also hilarious. At least all your days of crafting aren't shite like mine ;)
ReplyDeleteDon't worry - tape measures don't cost that much!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh dear . . . hope you found the right buttons
ReplyDeleteAs Judith Viorst put it so aptly: "Some days are like that, even in Australia." (You do remember Alexander, don't you?)
ReplyDeleteSweetness, if it makes you feel better, even when you're not half the crafter you used to be, you are still twice the crafter I'll ever be.
ReplyDeletepsst...
ReplyDeletehttp://somewhereknitting.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-award.html
It's the bloomin' moon. Or some such bloomin' nonsense. In the same bloomin' pickle.
ReplyDeleteI've just sang that out loud in it's entirety to my BF who now thinks I'm a little odd. Was quite impressed with the lyrics though!
ReplyDeleteHey girl!
ReplyDeleteDon't take it bad.
Take that sad song and make it bettererererer.
Remember, to let craft into your heart,
then you can start
To make it better!
(More apologies to those nice young boys from Liverpool.)
WendyBee
I always say if we don't laugh at ourselves or our situation, we'd just cry....(thats what we really want to do, but crying gives us puffy eyes and a red nose) ;)
ReplyDeleteHuh! I'm going to have that song in my head all day....
ReplyDeleteGuess what my Google word verifications is?
barwhee (no shit)!
See ya tomorrow night!!
Ohhhh!!! I know just how you feel. I went through a whole stack of wedged for a dresden plate quilt I'm working on. I sewed almost ALL of them at the wrong end. Sigh..... I feel your pain girl :)
ReplyDeletesomeone needs to come up with a craft project for cut tape measures - I seem to have a penchant for that bloody skill!
ReplyDeleteOh I have days like that...though it does seem like you had a bit of a doozie! Thanks for putting that song in my head too. I'm going to be humming it all day.
ReplyDeleteIf only the fab four had you on their lyrics writing just think how far they could have gone!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a good day.
Shirley.x
You got EITTTS, I got gastro. Which is EITTTS taken to literal extremes. Hmmm, it's a tough call which one I'd prefer frankly! At least mine was cureable with a needle in the but.
ReplyDeletePS you were in Notebook. I read it whilst convalescing. FaMOUS.
aw bless... I think my last few months have been like that but the last week or so things have turned around and I seem to be crafting for the love of it again... and feeling happier in myself too...
ReplyDeleteYou are too funny! I need to copy this and hang it up!
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