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mellymellLuckily I got all my tender sprouts and newly planted shrubs covered last night, since there's a fine, glittery frost on the ground. I suspect this will be the last cold snap before spring sets in full. Before we know it, we'll be looking at 100 degree highs again.
It's been difficult to fight the urge to take pictures of everyday occurrences. You get in a mode and a habit is formed. At least it wasn't 21 days in the life, then I'd really have trouble. At the same time, I feel a little more freedom to just do my tasks as they come. Strange how that works. It's not like I restricted myself, but I guess just having to remember to take pictures during the day restricted me in some ways.
I'm still having trouble balancing my focal points. I have yet to integrate 3 of the 5. Gardening has been going great, exercise is at least going (though I could do better) and the house is staying quite clean for the most part. But I'm just not finding the motivation to pick up on my spirituality, jewelry work or sewing focal points. A lot of it has to do with the room in which I do all three. In fact, I'd go so far as to say all of it has to do with that room and the complete mess it's in. I've really got to put it back together and get reorganized in there. I've gotten to the point where I just block it from my sight and mind as I pass it now. God forbid I actually have to go in there for anything. It's going to be a huge job and I'm just not feeling like taking it on right now. But I have to.
The though crosses my mind that maybe 5 was just too much. Or, maybe I'm trying to integrate too many at once. Get one fully integrated into my life and moving forward, then focus on the next one and get it working. The fact that Jonah is only taking one 2 hour nap now cuts into my time quite a bit as well (not to mention the fact that when he's awake, he's all over the place). But come fall, I'll have two full days per week to do stuff without him around. I guess by then I'll have no excuses.
I've decided not to try to take the silversmithing class at the end of the month. We've just got too much going on. The weekend of the 26th, we're going to Chicago for Dark Lord Day, then we're home for a week and flying out to San Francisco and Hawaii for two weeks. The class is April 29th, right in the middle of all that. It just doesn't seem practical. Not to mention, we could really use that $200 for the trips. Maybe after all the traveling is over, I can buy his instructional CD set (which is also $200, but it teaches more than the silversmithing class does). I'd just kind of prefer the hands on approach.
It's been difficult to fight the urge to take pictures of everyday occurrences. You get in a mode and a habit is formed. At least it wasn't 21 days in the life, then I'd really have trouble. At the same time, I feel a little more freedom to just do my tasks as they come. Strange how that works. It's not like I restricted myself, but I guess just having to remember to take pictures during the day restricted me in some ways.
I'm still having trouble balancing my focal points. I have yet to integrate 3 of the 5. Gardening has been going great, exercise is at least going (though I could do better) and the house is staying quite clean for the most part. But I'm just not finding the motivation to pick up on my spirituality, jewelry work or sewing focal points. A lot of it has to do with the room in which I do all three. In fact, I'd go so far as to say all of it has to do with that room and the complete mess it's in. I've really got to put it back together and get reorganized in there. I've gotten to the point where I just block it from my sight and mind as I pass it now. God forbid I actually have to go in there for anything. It's going to be a huge job and I'm just not feeling like taking it on right now. But I have to.
The though crosses my mind that maybe 5 was just too much. Or, maybe I'm trying to integrate too many at once. Get one fully integrated into my life and moving forward, then focus on the next one and get it working. The fact that Jonah is only taking one 2 hour nap now cuts into my time quite a bit as well (not to mention the fact that when he's awake, he's all over the place). But come fall, I'll have two full days per week to do stuff without him around. I guess by then I'll have no excuses.
I've decided not to try to take the silversmithing class at the end of the month. We've just got too much going on. The weekend of the 26th, we're going to Chicago for Dark Lord Day, then we're home for a week and flying out to San Francisco and Hawaii for two weeks. The class is April 29th, right in the middle of all that. It just doesn't seem practical. Not to mention, we could really use that $200 for the trips. Maybe after all the traveling is over, I can buy his instructional CD set (which is also $200, but it teaches more than the silversmithing class does). I'd just kind of prefer the hands on approach.
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on 2008-04-15 05:11 pm (UTC)All my plants are still indoors.