Ain't got any! I have been trying to go to bed early...at least earlier than 2 am, but to no avail! Seem to think of more necklaces to bead and knit, to call my brother to talk about drawing names for Christmas, which my SIL does not like, How to best get compliance from our non-compliant school parents, how to get people to realize our worth as nurses, how to teach manners to girls without much home training, how to be the mean nurse at times.....the list goes on and on! I will read from an Amish novel when I go up to bring on the yawns.....hopefully.
Another self discipline point is food! I am sooooooobad at denying myself anthing food related. It is terrible to love to cook, read recipes constantly, watch the food channel and be vigilant about my type 2 diabetes....which I deplore! Using ww online does help and I pray each nigh for divine guidance 'cause God knows I need it big time!
Friday, August 12, 2011
So the room is finished!
Well the room is finished and has been for over a week. Still have to find a new place for my boxed wedding dress....not easy since the box is a bit bulky. I don't think I have to worry about my girls wanting to use any part of the dress.....they have never seen it except in pictures and think it is too old fashioned anyhow. Most of the brides today do the off the shoulder dresses even though their figures may not support that style. Go figure! Maybe a grand daughter will want to cut it up to use someday!
So now to the sleeping problem there-----it is getting better. New changes all around make for hard nights but we go on anyway.
Have to straighten up my third floor so that we can de-crap the computer/sewing room and dispose of a lot of old clutter. The computer desk has to be hauled down and outside to rest in the alley until our local street alley picker comes by and grabs it to stuff in his garage! At least then he has it and I don't. Then the rats in his garage will have something to play on and in! He was cited by the county but still had not de-crapped his place as of last week. Fortunately the county is coming through soon and should wallop him with a stiff fine! Geez!!! Would hate to smell his house!
My daughter is coming cross country with her friend to live in Arlington, VA while he goes to George Mason for his pHd in Economics. She HATES this weather here and would prefer to live in NM forever but will give it a chance. I expect to be hearing her tirades as soon as it hits 50 degrees here! She has two jobs and no benefits so we shall see how she fares after 12/31 when her health insurance ends. She is very resourceful and should land on her feet. But this will be the test as they embark on living together as there is only one bedroom and who will go elsewhere when they need a bit of alone time? Time to begin the process of cooperating and or compromising! I don't really think we will see her much more than we do now but hope to.....just have to be fitted in whenever and wherever we can.
I am having a really hard time with wondering how she will fare in this new endeavor. She is excited about her jobs just not the whole east coast thing. They are paying a huge amount for the condo but it is in a good area for young people with restaurants and bars near enough so that they can walk or use the metro. I just have to sit back, mind my own business and wait to offer advice when it is solicited.....hard todo with my big mouth!
So now to the sleeping problem there-----it is getting better. New changes all around make for hard nights but we go on anyway.
Have to straighten up my third floor so that we can de-crap the computer/sewing room and dispose of a lot of old clutter. The computer desk has to be hauled down and outside to rest in the alley until our local street alley picker comes by and grabs it to stuff in his garage! At least then he has it and I don't. Then the rats in his garage will have something to play on and in! He was cited by the county but still had not de-crapped his place as of last week. Fortunately the county is coming through soon and should wallop him with a stiff fine! Geez!!! Would hate to smell his house!
My daughter is coming cross country with her friend to live in Arlington, VA while he goes to George Mason for his pHd in Economics. She HATES this weather here and would prefer to live in NM forever but will give it a chance. I expect to be hearing her tirades as soon as it hits 50 degrees here! She has two jobs and no benefits so we shall see how she fares after 12/31 when her health insurance ends. She is very resourceful and should land on her feet. But this will be the test as they embark on living together as there is only one bedroom and who will go elsewhere when they need a bit of alone time? Time to begin the process of cooperating and or compromising! I don't really think we will see her much more than we do now but hope to.....just have to be fitted in whenever and wherever we can.
I am having a really hard time with wondering how she will fare in this new endeavor. She is excited about her jobs just not the whole east coast thing. They are paying a huge amount for the condo but it is in a good area for young people with restaurants and bars near enough so that they can walk or use the metro. I just have to sit back, mind my own business and wait to offer advice when it is solicited.....hard todo with my big mouth!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Ongoing Room Saga
So finished around 6 last night with only a few bugs: old nail spacings were not right for hanging pictures and mirrors so have to tear out nails and re-hammer to make it look presentable. Then there is the junk on the cedar chest that is resting there until I find a place for it. Fortuitously someone called from MS tonight who will get a big box when they come on Monday! I love places that call to collect your unwanted junk so they can inflate the value and sell it! Just the kind of help I need right now!
Meghan going upstairs to her roomlast night....stopping in the hall....looking into my room "Kind of creeps me out" she says! No doubt it will be awhile before I can sleep there without a problem too. Stayed up until 2 :30 am to assure quick sleep....no such luck. Tossed and turned , changed positions after my prayers like I usually do but still no luck. I guess Thomas is asserting his influence by letting me know he does not like the changes. Sometimes to lift a burden of sadness you have to try new things and like this change some can be rather unsettling for a time. You just have to lean into the wind and wait for the peace to settle in.
Meghan going upstairs to her roomlast night....stopping in the hall....looking into my room "Kind of creeps me out" she says! No doubt it will be awhile before I can sleep there without a problem too. Stayed up until 2 :30 am to assure quick sleep....no such luck. Tossed and turned , changed positions after my prayers like I usually do but still no luck. I guess Thomas is asserting his influence by letting me know he does not like the changes. Sometimes to lift a burden of sadness you have to try new things and like this change some can be rather unsettling for a time. You just have to lean into the wind and wait for the peace to settle in.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ideas when you can't sleep---which is often!
So of course I couldn't sleep and no, it was not from caffeine in the pm! Just had loads of things running in my head. Looking around the room and thought why don't I rearrange the furniture? Got a plan in mind then realized you have to de-crap the room first! First took all of the shoes, clogs, slippers and sandals from beneath the chair and found niches for them. Then put all the pictures in frames from my tall dresser on the bed, so i could move it. Took Mom's hats that had been decorating the old nursery lamp, dusted them off then plopped them on the Holy Family statue where they will adorn the heads of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Grandma Caroline's cedar chest also had to be de-crapped , moved it, then pulled and tugged the tall dresser into place where her chest was. Looking great so far but realizing there is so much more to do so will tackle the drawers and try to part with the things that I keep on keeping for who knows what reason. Best to take a huge garbage bag up there and just dump with a vengeance!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
So how do I get people to read this?
This is all so new to me! i do not know how to get people to even want to read my musings! Right now I am missing my daughters--the ones I birthed and my pseudo-daughters---the ones I sort of adopted from school. It is like losing your own child when they graduate and go on to university. You are left missing them or you are left missing your special ones each year!
So I should be putting my clothes away and trying to finish my sweater for the state fair but as usual I am procrastinating. When I make a garment which takes a long time I get very attached to it and kind of subconsciously create all kinds of delays and reasons not to finish it. I know that I will still have the sweater here but the knowledge of the pattern and my familiarity with it will leave with the finishing. I know I will have it to wear.......just always love the process of the construction and hate when it is over.
BUT I now have two Christmas stockings to make , have bought all of the yarn and now must unearth the patterns so I can get started. One is for Juliette, who is being born tomorrow and will be a baby reindeer on a red background. We have been waiting for her for almost a week now----her parents have about had it up to there! Will be glad when she is safely delivered. The other one is for my nephew's baby, Isla, who is to be born in December. I have a lot of time for that one, though, and may just make it a surprise for Bernadette and Todd.
This jewelry making is beginning o be an obsession! I think of it when I cannot sleep ( which is often and not always due to caffeine ingestion). What beads to use? Which wire or elastic cord? Knitted or just stringing the beads? Did not know you can use graph paper to plot your designs...but will get some and try. Makes sense as you use it to plot knitting designs too. I should be putting away my clothes but will go down and knit some more to see how the order of the bead colors look when knitted. All for today.
So I should be putting my clothes away and trying to finish my sweater for the state fair but as usual I am procrastinating. When I make a garment which takes a long time I get very attached to it and kind of subconsciously create all kinds of delays and reasons not to finish it. I know that I will still have the sweater here but the knowledge of the pattern and my familiarity with it will leave with the finishing. I know I will have it to wear.......just always love the process of the construction and hate when it is over.
BUT I now have two Christmas stockings to make , have bought all of the yarn and now must unearth the patterns so I can get started. One is for Juliette, who is being born tomorrow and will be a baby reindeer on a red background. We have been waiting for her for almost a week now----her parents have about had it up to there! Will be glad when she is safely delivered. The other one is for my nephew's baby, Isla, who is to be born in December. I have a lot of time for that one, though, and may just make it a surprise for Bernadette and Todd.
This jewelry making is beginning o be an obsession! I think of it when I cannot sleep ( which is often and not always due to caffeine ingestion). What beads to use? Which wire or elastic cord? Knitted or just stringing the beads? Did not know you can use graph paper to plot your designs...but will get some and try. Makes sense as you use it to plot knitting designs too. I should be putting away my clothes but will go down and knit some more to see how the order of the bead colors look when knitted. All for today.
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