new projects

Here are a few of my latest sewing projects...

Huzzah banner for my mothers graduation

Apple tote bag

The pictures are all I have energy to post this evening, so until next time dear friends. Hope you had a wonderful weekend :)

Words of Wisdom

B.
This position is not open but I thought after looking at the job description it might give you ideas about what you might like to "do with  your life".  Maybe your life isn't about doing but living?
love you
MOM

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I know that I have not been a faithful blogger, but sometimes I just do not know how to express myself. Or possibly it could be the fact that I'm afraid to express myself. I do not have a way with words, and what I try to say usually comes out wrong or is misinterpreted. That's why I'm a contemplative observer.  I'm not good at verbalizing, which leads to my nature of internalizing.

I know that many of my thoughts this year have been about change and hardship, and maybe some are sick of hearing about it but this is the season I am in. For the moment. This is a time of refinement. The purpose of which I am not sure, and where I will go from here only God knows. Praise the Lord for that. While I continue on this journey, I rest in the comfort and peace of the most Holy One.

"See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another."

hmmm...

I'm perplexed by what to write today, but I know it's been a while so I feel as though I should put something up...

I have a co-worker that will sometimes share the word of the day with us at lunch. Do you know what todays was? Akimbo. Do you know what that means? We always take turns trying to guess (some people come up with pretty ridiculous definitions) Anywho....akimbo.

Akimbo <is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent/bowed in a more general sense>  such as...

23

Ah birthdays...I don't mind getting older, but 23 just has a certain ring to it. 22 sounds young and fun, while 23 sounds grown up and figured out. There's just something about it, but like I've been telling everyone who asks, "It's like nothing I've experienced". So here's to another year, of which I'm anticipating great things to come :)

I still cry.

Today I took a different way home from work than I usually do. This new way ended up bringing me past the radiology clinic where I had my first CT scan telling the doctors there was something seriously wrong with me. As I drove past, tears came to my eyes as I thought back on the entire experience of my appendix rupturing. The time leading up to and following my surgery are still a blur and I continue to realize how much of a toll it all took on me; not only physically but emotionally.

Yes, I'm still tired and the scar where the incision was made is still sensitive but I'm healing and making great progress. So, I suppose that I am healing emotionally as well. Yes, I cried multiple times in the hospital but that can be expected. Since being hospitalized, there are times that just thinking about everything that took place makes me cry. I think I cried myself to sleep almost every night for about the first week after being discharged. I don't really know why...maybe it was thinking about the total invasion of any personal bubble I once had, or the fact that things could have been much more serious than they ended up being, or my perspective on life being completely changed.

The tears become more spread apart as time goes on, and I become less of an emotional basket-case.  But just as the physical aspect of healing will take time, so will the emotional side of things.

one week completed!

I survived my first whole week back in the real world. Though it was exhausting, it's been good getting back into a routine and keeping busy (after being MIA for 3 weeks, there's a lot to catch up on). Part of my time was spent organizing my room and hanging up a few things, including the curtains I made. That's right I made curtains. I feel like it was quite an accomplishment, but to be completely honest-if I ever want curtains again...I think I might just buy them. Anywho...things are coming together and life is starting to feel somewhat normal again. Still looking forward to the day I can wear jeans though :)

The final product!

I decided to combine the fabrics I liked...

The wavy mirror I had above my dresser fell and broke
 while I was gone, so I made some changes.

The blue fuzzy blanket still sheds...

It's all coming together!