Derailed ...

... sorting & organizing will have to wait til 'tomorrow' ...

... well, i'd had great hopes to be faithful about blogging .. the progress of getting organized. 

... but, OF COURSE,  God has had other plans... 

Mom, aka: "Nanny" ... has been in the hospital after a fall, with a broken rib .

.. she was primarily dealing with Bronchitis prior, which she shared with my brother and I.  

After piecing the events together ... we are certain a stroke was involved. 

 The bronchitis alone is brutal.

After nearly a week in the hospital she is now recovering in rehab 

- receiving treatment for her bronchitis and Therapy to get her strong enough to move back home -

This is one tough lady! I'm proud to call her my mom & my friend!

MOM OUT ON THE TOWN @GENESSEE KC MO 2/2014

.. One of mom's favorite memories - Learning to use the Ipad with Great-Granddaughter, Meia.  Hearing her tell it is priceless ... "she was very patiently teaching this old woman new stuff .. then she would just laugh! .. "

~ I'll never forget when the grandkids showed her how to download music;  we were sure she was going to go to jail for "stealing" off the internet!

 

so ...

in addition to  getting over this nasty bronchitis myself, 

my primary goal is to get this lovely lady healthy & back home!

lent 10/40

Who knew...?

Late 'night' homework with young procrastinator could be so... entertaining! Ah, poetry....
Jonathan Swift ..."I'm reading that one again! ... listen... " And on to Woodsworth & Hardy. Friday is going to be a long day.

Poetry, Just what I wanted to do after a great QUILT guild meeting, which on the drive home ironically listened about "sitting around being INSPIRED is not equivalent to being productive" ... basically.

Trying to treasure this moment.

Lent 8/10

~ Creative Chaos?

" The Lord is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices, 

and with my song will I praise him."  

Psalms 28:7

Spring 2012

Spring 2012...

...approaching Spring 2014

When we moved I had great plans for this space! ... and i really do Like my Studio - it's my 'Happy Place' ...
But I just know it could be SOoo much more functional, and I could be so much MORE creative ...

 .... SO, I'm dissecting my TO DO & breaking into manageable pieces... 

Winter 2014 ~ Truth: Scrapbooking supplies BURIED =(

It's been a SAD realization that i have NOT scrapbook in .. nearly TWO YEARS!

> GOAL: MAKE THIS AREA MORE FUNCTIONAL...

     When we moved in the guys graciously set up my shelves while i was @work.  {it took me/us SIX weeks to sort/Dejunk & MOVE}... They put my bulky machines on the shelves, and i'm grateful.  The fact is, the machines are taking up valuable space there (and i may even let ONE go?).
Fact: i MISS scrapbooking.  I miss working in Multi media .. also, handwork & altered books. 
   
I have enjoyed focusing on sewing and taken the advice of a fellow quilter:

"GO AHEAD AND CUT INTO THAT COVETED FABRIC ... IT RELEASES THE CREATIVITY!"

 ...  But, i also miss playing with the colors & textures of the Mixed Media

 .. the fibers, dyes, paints, embellishments! ...

I miss this setup, it worked for me ... 

REALIZATION: 

I like Vertical Paper storage ...

old basement ...

Dear Lord, give me strength, wisdom,
 ... to reconfigure this area in a TIMELY MANNER,

 so i can become more productive   CREATIVE! 

lent 5/40

I'd rather would have been Quilting!

... not exactly how I wanted to spend my Thursday! ...
Heading to work, jamming to a great song... that's right singing at the top of my lungs...
.. when I noticed the check tire gauges were FLASHING (!)

... and an unfamiliar shiny dot appeared...

"Well that's new & dramatic" thought I ...
so I proceeded with caution to the nearest exit ( within a few MILES)...
Phoned work ... "please don't die" I was informed...

Thus started the process of pulling up my big girl panties,
cussing the process of putting air in my tires
(some family member has permanently borrowed my tire gaugeS, eh-hum!)

... then, my car decided to pout & NOT start =( .
.. I truly had to consider if I'd forgotten the process

[apparently I would not have been the first person, 

by the arrogance of the tow truck operator]

... Got my cape out of the back, called roadside assistance....

 and totally handled the situation all the way up to securing my own rental &

getting to work in a less than fashionably late.
{Turns out there was an electrical short...} ?

EXHAUSTED but safe.

TGIF!!!

LENT 3/40

{Kinda} Wordless Wednesday

{ Seasons ~ Studio WIP ~ July '12}

... Every purpose under heaven...

posted from Bloggeroid

"All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return."

lent 1/40