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Painting And Basket Weaving
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25 July 2012
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Hi there fellow bloggers!
I was on the Reference Desk this morning for five hours straight! I don't normally do that, but I covered the desk time for one of the other librarians, as well as my own. I'm sort of recovering right now!
I have been painting a lot lately, I find it helps me with my weird mood swings. I added a few more pictures to my gallery. I'm sorry some of them are blurry. I am not very good with a camera, and my phone camera is no exception. For some reason I have a hard time getting a focused picture!
I also posted pics of two of my baskets. I've made a lot of baskets! I have been weaving for almost 4 years now, and I make about one basket per month. I give them as gifts to members of my family, and I have a bunch of them around in my house! I made Market Baskets for my three sisters for Christmas this year. They are in each of their favorite colors. I'll have to take them out and take a pic of them to show you.
I also finished a client quilt and got it ready for quilting. I put a border on a vintage quilt, prepared it's back and have it ready to go also. I'm currently working on a wedding quilt that I hope to finish over the weekend. So, I'm staying very busy!
I keep busy on purpose. When I slow down, the sad memories intrude and I start to get very depressed. I am trying to look forward, but it's hard. I sent my former husband a birthday card (his b.d. is July 30th) with a short note letting him know how things are here. I like to update him on my parents. He loves my parents and is concerned for them. Their health is not good.
My headache is bad, as usual. Nothing different there. I'm working on trying to lubricate my sinuses and eyes in the hopes that will make a difference. So far nothing. The Ragweed is blooming right now, so I'm itching all over. I guess maybe I'm a hypocondriac. I have wondered if my headaches are psychosymatic, and it's all in my head. HaHa! Maybe my subconscious is making it all up. But the pain is real!
I feel like I'm wallowing in self-pity right now. Whenever I try to help myself I feel guilty about it. I don't feel I deserve to look at myself and my problems. I was taught from childhood to help other people, but not myself. I was told that doing anything for myself was an indication that I was selfish and self-centered. I never had a manicure until I was 40 years old for that reason. And boy, did I feel guilty! :-)
It's amazing how affected we are by things that happen to us when we were kids.
I was on the Reference Desk this morning for five hours straight! I don't normally do that, but I covered the desk time for one of the other librarians, as well as my own. I'm sort of recovering right now!
I have been painting a lot lately, I find it helps me with my weird mood swings. I added a few more pictures to my gallery. I'm sorry some of them are blurry. I am not very good with a camera, and my phone camera is no exception. For some reason I have a hard time getting a focused picture!
I also posted pics of two of my baskets. I've made a lot of baskets! I have been weaving for almost 4 years now, and I make about one basket per month. I give them as gifts to members of my family, and I have a bunch of them around in my house! I made Market Baskets for my three sisters for Christmas this year. They are in each of their favorite colors. I'll have to take them out and take a pic of them to show you.
I also finished a client quilt and got it ready for quilting. I put a border on a vintage quilt, prepared it's back and have it ready to go also. I'm currently working on a wedding quilt that I hope to finish over the weekend. So, I'm staying very busy!
I keep busy on purpose. When I slow down, the sad memories intrude and I start to get very depressed. I am trying to look forward, but it's hard. I sent my former husband a birthday card (his b.d. is July 30th) with a short note letting him know how things are here. I like to update him on my parents. He loves my parents and is concerned for them. Their health is not good.
My headache is bad, as usual. Nothing different there. I'm working on trying to lubricate my sinuses and eyes in the hopes that will make a difference. So far nothing. The Ragweed is blooming right now, so I'm itching all over. I guess maybe I'm a hypocondriac. I have wondered if my headaches are psychosymatic, and it's all in my head. HaHa! Maybe my subconscious is making it all up. But the pain is real!
I feel like I'm wallowing in self-pity right now. Whenever I try to help myself I feel guilty about it. I don't feel I deserve to look at myself and my problems. I was taught from childhood to help other people, but not myself. I was told that doing anything for myself was an indication that I was selfish and self-centered. I never had a manicure until I was 40 years old for that reason. And boy, did I feel guilty! :-)
It's amazing how affected we are by things that happen to us when we were kids.
