No Place Like Home

Today I'm going to move 100 things in my apartment to either a better spot or a different spot. That will renew the energy and clean out dusty corners and give me a chance to hold and appreciate everything I already own, and count my blessings. I want to start sewing some long over due projects so I can start with moving the things that are blocking the sewing machine. I also want to play my piano so I need to move the things that are blocking the piano. I'm going to give 100 items a new 'Home'.

Tues. Empty Out Your Head

Today's theme was to spend time alone journaling and reading and knitting and just hearing my own thoughts. To know what I really thought and not what was just being layered over my thinking by other people and the media. To work on my own inner psychology, if you will.

Plan a Recipe

I want to make cherry tarts so I got some Philo dough at the market so I would actually do the recipe when I have time. Right now we have too much food that needs to be eaten first, but everything is ready for when I get a chance to make them. I'm going to use a recipe off the Internet but I haven't found just the right one yet. Or I'll just improvise.

Making New Friends

Today's theme was making new friends. I knew I was going to a Stitch and Bitch and was pretty sure there would be new people there. I wasn't disappointed. I met Heidi, who was busy crocheting a wiggly cat toy, and Laura, who was knitting a wide scarf. I worked on some crocheting and then some knitting. My boyfriend worked on his gourd bowls. Marianne was making some socks out of alpaca and wool that she'd spun herself. I wish I'd taken a drop spindle. Oh well maybe next time.

Paint on Something

My theme today is to get little things and paint on them. Add embellishments like daisies or spirals or polka dots. Jazz things up a bit. Personalize some gifts. Make some stationary. Put a little liquid happiness on things.
Today I got some fancy paint, then couldn't find anything I wanted to put it on. Does that mean I was a failure or a success?

Write Something in Cursive (Long Hand)

Is cursive going the way of the dinosaur? My boyfriend told me about this article on the decline of cursive writing as schools transition to the world of keyboards and computer communication. http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2009/09/19/2009-09-19_cursive_writing_is_a_fading_skill_but_do_we_care_enough_to_save_it.htmlCursive It's going to be one more skill future generations won't have if no one cares enough to preserve it. So my goal today was to write a letter in cursive to my penpal Carol, but also to continue doing my 3 pages a day of journal writing by long hand whenever I have the chance. Today I realized my right hand became fatiqued quickly as I tried to write in cursive. The fine motor control required will disappear with lack of use. Try to think to when you wrote at least a page in cursive recently. I've always loved penmanship and it's not a skill I'd want to lose.

Friday: Brush Up on My Cursive Writing

Tomorrow's theme is going to be work on cursive writing. My boyfriend just read somewhere that cursive writing is a dying art and that a lot of schools aren't even teaching it anymore. That's because we are email and word processor junkies. When is the last time you wrote a letter by hand? I do make my hard covered journal posts in long hand, so I probably get more practice than most people, but it wouldn't hurt to brush up on my letter forms.