Good morning! Last week saw some extremely cold temperatures here in the Fort along with an extreme lack of sleep for myself. Sleep is sometimes a struggle for me, possibly a hold over from working nights cake decorating and taking care of Amanda during the day just after she was born. I was severely sleep deprived for a year and a half so not getting good rest now hurts more. Of course when you don't get proper rest or take care of yourself everything is hypersensitive. To keep myself from overreacting to normal life I did a lot of deep breathing and kept a portion of Desiderata in my head. Didn't realize that I grew up with the poem. When...
Everyone know what today is....The Big Game. Even my lovely friend Rebekah who I confound with sports knows what is happening today, although I admit to confusing her with the teams. Everyone in the country save the New England area and possibly a few in Michigan will be cheering for the Rams today. What you don't know is that I have dealt with the winning ways of the Patriots on a personal level. Not only am I a Steelers fan my best friend is a Patriots fan. Big Ben and Tommy Terrific play just about every year and even though my boys didn't make the playoffs this year they can take credit for one of the Pats losses during the...
Good morning! Girls are sleeping in and I'm sitting here at my dining table with an ugly bruised knee enjoying some tunes from my Ipod. I needed to take my own advice last week on staying positive and believing in myself, it was difficult to do. I have a hard time reminding myself that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be doing exactly what I'm meant to do. This week it was hard to remember that. Time is only a unit of measure and regardless of how I think about it time is going to do what it wants, either speed by like Tony Stewart used to do on the NASCAR circuit or drip ever so slowly like a melting...
Good Morning! When I woke up today I didn't really have anything to talk about but then hopping onto social media got the juices flowing. I've seen a lot of negative thoughts about making a living off of handicrafts and how and when to invest money into a business. I ran into some of the investing thoughts last week when I looked at the workshop listings for Interweave Yarn Fest. Something that I've always wanted to try is tablet weaving and just so happens that John Mullarkey the master is going to be here. Instead of instantly adding the class to my cart and squeeing with joy I debated with myself over the investment. How often will I use the...
Good morning Internetland! I can't promise that I will be here every week but I'm going to make the effort to try. Sundays are the one quiet day that we have around here and sitting down with you first thing in the morning feels right and gives me a bit of a plan for the week. Newest scarf in the works: Finally got Rapunzel tied on and started. I love complex patterns and this one has a fun rhythm to it when weaving. The next bit for 2019 has to do with hand dyed yarn. In the past I've simply followed where inspiration took me when it came creating colorways. Star Trek colors after Leonard Nimoy's passing and the last...
