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The Ruffle Scarf Pattern And Magic Knitting
Okay, so it’s not really magic. I mean, I don’t believe in magic. But I don’t know how else to explain the Ruffle Scarf Pattern, and I’m . . . actually, I’m enchanted by it. I’ve always been, like...
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Creativity muscles: A-Z blog challenge
Tomorrow starts the A-Z blog challenge. As of right now, there are 1,498 people signed up, which sounds really exciting to me! I haven’t written in my blog for over two weeks, so looking forward to a...
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Courage to Change the Things We Can
Remember way back when in April or maybe the end of March some time when I talked about cleaning my car, Tweetybird? Yeah, I never did. Not until yesterday and the day before, until I was backed...
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Anticipation…..it’s making me wait!
It was hard to wait all morning to meet my new therapist, Dr. Walker. Anticipation and expectation had my mind going in all sorts of directions. “Will he want me as a client? Will he decide I’m just...
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5 Things Not to Say to Someone in a Mixed State
The art of conversation is fraught with land mines on a good day. When you have to deal with someone in a mixed state, you’d better be sure to speak to your higher power too. ;) Now, I can joke about...
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Gambling on Goals
Goals are so crazy popular, aren’t they? I mean, I went looking for one quote on goals for this post, just one, and they were all so contradictory. Some said set your goals high and don’t stop ’til you...
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Just Relax
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese...
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Smile and Hello Practice
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ~Phyllis Diller Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. ~Dr. Seuss They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in...
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The Reality About Anxiety
Take a long look at this sort of Justine Bateman Look-alike (or maybe it really is her). Do you think she has sand in her eye, or do think maybe she’s crying? Yet the message she’s sending out “to the...
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A New And Exciting Adventure
I am one of, as of right this moment (but that can change quickly), 1166 people signed up for the http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/. Some people have what’s known as “themes,” where all their blog posts...
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A-Z Blog Challenge Reflections
In retrospect, this month-long challenge was good for me. I can still say that, even after the whining, complaining, staying up at night thinking about topics, taking forever to write, obsessing,...
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Performance Anxiety Redux
All right. This is not an apology, this is an explanation. There’s a reason I have been so flaky lately with my posts . . . well, this whole entire month, specifically. Last year, when I tried to...
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Granny, I Think I Love You!!
Granny square, that is. I’m in love with the granny square, as you can probably tell from this picture. What we have here are two blankets that only need the squares to be stitched together, and one...
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Organize, Order, Originate
As I started to work on my wood burning project (which I won’t be able to share with you anyway, because it’s for a family member, and I can’t take any chances online), I got this panicky ache in my...
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Rejoining The Human Race
Amazingly, it’s been almost five months since I last posted to this blog. And I pay for it! LOL I’m not sure I still remember how to do it. Have I been through some struggles in that time? Of course,...
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Performance Anxiety Redux
All right. This is not an apology, this is an explanation. There’s a reason I have been so flaky lately with my posts . . . well, this whole entire month, specifically. Last year, when I tried to...
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Performance Anxiety Redux
All right. This is not an apology, this is an explanation. There’s a reason I have been so flaky lately with my posts . . . well, this whole entire month, specifically. Last year, when I tried to...
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A is for Acceptance
Acceptance is a difficult concept to deal with, even if we’re not talking about alcoholism. None of us wants to be unacceptable, or excluded from a group, whether we’re small children, adolescents, or...
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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
Let’s be honest. We all want/need to be loved. Newborn babies who are not held or touched, actually die. We all want someone to say “I love you and I always will. You are important. I’ll try my hardest...
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TV addict? 5 Ways to Know
Hey, look. My hands aren’t exactly clean either. I just thought it would be a good idea that if there is a problem, we can identify it and fix it. So, here are, counting down from the least addicted to...
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