A full day and a full moon

Wow...today was certainly a full day. Up since 4:30 a.m. to get the hubby off to work and decided to be productive. I made the cognitive decision, LOL! How many days have I done that, yet found it hard to follow through. Not today!
First I started on a jewelry making frenzy - thus the picture with the fruit of my labor! Washed a few dishes, did some laundry, followed Twitter, checked Etsy, packed and sent 3 packages, went to the bank, washed and vacuumed the van, put dogs in and out, made more jewelry, twittered along with some of my Tweeps and now I am ordering out dinner because I can!

I drove my daughter to our friend's so she can tutor their daughter and on the way home noticed the full, beautiful moon just popping up over the eastern horizon - this at 5:40 p.m. Love the new time change - makes me want to hunker down at home and be cozy.

When I was younger I couldn't wait to leave this area, but now as an adult I have a much finer appreciation for the seasonal changes. I find it wonderous. God certainly shows Himself vividly throughout the year, but season changes are so evident of His work.

The dogs have had more privileges today and boy do they like it! The area where I have placed my workspace had always been verboten (mostly because they can sneak upstairs and eat cat food), but I figured out how to block off a couple exits and they have spent most of the day at my feet. They are so faithful.

So, I have a few more minutes before I have to go pick up the food and I will squeeze in a bit more beading. Another item on the agenda this evening is to list a few items on Etsy and eBay. Won't you stop by my shops and see what you must have? Christmas is coming, ya know!!!!

Peaceful Sunday

Yesterday was a lazy Saturday, had a Pampered Chef party in the evening which was a nice distraction. Met a bunch of really nice ladies. This morning we all went to church. The weather is a bit drizzly with the sun trying to peep thru. After church I took my daughter out for lunch, which we seldom do. We tried a new restaurant that served BBQ - it was delicious.

Lounging around right now, waiting for laundry to finish, to start another load. Plan to work on my work area in a bit - need to finish up my work surface and organizing my crafting/beading materials so that I can be more productive in the coming weeks. I have so much stuff I need to get listed on eBay and Etsy. Tonight I will getting together with my girlfriends and playing "Nerds" (card game).

Hope everyone else is having a peaceful Sunday as well.
Thanks for visiting my blog.

Today's musings...

These nifty pics were taken by my daughter a few months ago... she has a great eye for photography. For my birthday she had another pic of my jewelry framed ... it is treasured!

Today was a bit of a red letter day, in that I allowed myself to do some beading!!! Yeah!


Now that the fast has broken I won't be able to help myself and will be creating more this evening. The hubby has gone to work on his race car, so it's just me and my beads! I didn't even have to cook dinner --- I used my "don't want to cook" sigh and we went to the Kopper Keg for supper.

This morning I stayed up after Todd got off to work and did a little puttering. The dogs have been needy for some reason today and have required more frequent petting than usual! Mid-day I went and ran a few errands running to Wellsville and Alfred. I had to take Todd's computer to get worked on and it was a blast from the past being on the ASC campus again... the help desk happens to be in the Allied Health building. (ASC is my nursing college alma mater)

The sun has been bright and beautiful, perfect temperature, balmy breeze all day. My only regret for this day was not hanging any laundry out. The weather is supposed to be great again tomorrow, so that will be a good project for then.

Had some folks pick up 6 0r 7 garbage bags of clothes I had weeded out. Freecycle is a wonderful thing!

Well that's it for today... must bead ... must bead... must bead...

Where do I begin?

Yesterday was such a productive day...it was wonderful. It has been a long time since I have felt so good all day long. I did have intermittent pain but it was tolerable enough to do what I did. This may not seem like a big deal to most people, but good days with minimal discomfort are treasured. Probably not even treasured enough.

For those who don't know me, fibromyalgia is something I have lived with for years and have accepted that it will fill my future as well. However, that is not my main focus, merely a statement of fact. It colors each moment of each day and often causes me to lose objectivity, surrendering to subjectivity. Is that such a bad thing?

But today, it is like I paid for yesterday's worthiness. Not in a terrible way, rather, with tremendous fatigue. It almost makes it feel as if I shouldn't be entitled to any good days, not that I should feel entitled to anything.

Now that I have verbalized, I will move on!
It was exhilarating to follow thru with each next moment. The most enjoyable part of the day would have to be my walk. I enjoy my IPOD so very much and I can walk for what feels like an eternity as long as the power holds up! This part of my day lasted for about 45 minutes and encompassed much of the village. I could smell rain in the air and once again this summer we were obliged with further water from the sky. As all things, it is purposed by God, so He knows why we have needed so much. If the precipitation continues we'll sure have a lot of snow to shovel!

I swore I wasn't going to do it, but I surrendered and finally made a few new pieces of jewelry. These beads were in a dish next to "my chair" calling out to me. No longer was I able to hold off. Nothing especially amazing, but was able to stave off further longings to bead. Eagerly I wait for completion of some other projects around the house to liberate the workspace I desire for crafting and creating - soon, very soon.

There go those dogs again - ripping and snorting and panting and jumping, just because someone walked by the front of the house! Yesterday George managed to open the screen door by himself, off for another adventure. When I finally found him (accidentally on my way to Megan's) he was SOAKING wet and stinking. So of course he had to traverse the entire inside of the van, spreading his wealth of malodor.

If the rain holds off tomorrow, it will be back to the races. Theoretically it could be Friday and Saturday. Friday in Freedom and Saturday in Little Valley, with Little Valley running the larger track. It has been a couple of years since my going there. In fact I think it is the first track I ever saw Todd drive at back when he was driving a standard big block stock car. The bug bit me then.

Who knows what tomorrow will hold. Plans include seeing Dorothy in the morning and in the afternoon meeting with the principal at the school. It is my hope that tomorrow will be more like yesterday; additionally, a good night's sleep tonight would be helpful. Another day of household duties gets me closer and closer to the project area being ready. That is encouraging in and of itself.

Time to potty the puppies for the last time today. Thirty more minutes of television then off to attack "We Were The Mulvaneys". It is a great book and has been enjoyable. I am not sure what I will read next, I should probably finish the other book or two I had started prior to the Mulvaney book. Good night all...sleep well.

Not much later...

...than my last post.

The wind has been blowing and the rain has been pelting. We have had so much rain this year - surely the water table is restored. Todd is just wishing it was winter and this was all snow so he could be snowmobiling!

He has been up at the Laws' shop changing things out with his motor (he fluently tells me all the details while I nod my head in interest). He plans to run at Freedom Raceway, Late Model class if they aren't rained out. He hasn't gotten much racing in this season and is like a little kid with a new toy at the thought!

The dogs are all a flutter as Dad comes home from the shop! Pet me! Pet me! they plea.

No time for beading, crafting or posting today. Too much else going on. I did get started on organizing an area I can call my own for all my projects. Prior to now I had been working from my chair in the living room with supplies gathered all about me. I think having a table with my good light and supplies all organized I clearly will be more productive. It will be better ergonomically as well.

Gonna watch the news and find out about how the tornado warning has panned out. It was west of us when it was announced moving east. There has been much of that weather activity around here this year. Reminds me of when I lived in tornado alley years ago.