Well, no International Art Competition, but, it WAS displayed!

Well, so, there was a Stake Talent Show and I signed me and my two kids up to display something that we made. I displayed my art project based on Isaiah 1:18.

It represents coming up out of sin into righteousness.

I was happy to be able to show it off. (and be done with it. done.)

I want to crochet!

For Christmas, a couple of well meaning people saw yarn at All A Dollar and thought of me.
Wow! A Skein of Yarn for $1! I'll get my crocheting friend a whole bunch of it! She likes yarn...

Well, I saw that bin of cheap yarn at All A Dollar, and I know it was there on purpose.
It was pretty ugly!
Therefore, because of well meaning friends I got a whole bunch of weirdly colored eyelash/bumpy yarn (black, orange and red) and BRIGHT ORANGE soft wavy yarn.
Orange is my LEAST favorite color, next to yellow. Although I do love a soft pumpkin color.
But, that yarn WAS NOT pumpkin color.

Well, I decided that maybe I'll combine some of that bright orange yarn with some black yarn and maybe make myself some Halloweeny colored slippers. My feet are cold, I need some slippers and I have to use it somehow!

Yesterday I finished a little more of my Art Wall Hanging Project to display at the Stake Talent Show. I have one more week to stick the last sleeve-like thing on and add any embellishments that it asks from me.

I'll have to take a picture of it when I'm done. I'll have to take a lot of pics when I'm done. I DID spend a lot of time and energy on it... even though that energy petered toward the end.
At least there's a Talent Show to display it at. That's something.

I'll be back to craftiness soon...

I worked SO HARD (and ignored it too much the rest of the time) on my wall hanging for the Church International Art Competition... BUT, life got sooo crazy busy that I decided it wouldn't be worth it to stress out about it. The due date for entry was last Friday, but I'm feeling very ZEN about not entering.
There's a Stake Talent Show coming up at the end of the month. I thought I would finish it up and display it at that.
Not as prominent.. lol...but less stressful. And that was what 2008 was supposed to be about ... managing stress levels. I'm glad I did... If I were as stressed out and busy with non-necessary activities as I was last year, I wouldn't be able to handle everything that's come my way over the last few months.
Speaking of non-stress... I also got one of my three callings taken away! Yay!

Now, I want to make myself a nice pair of warm slippers, maybe a few tooth fairy bags, and I'm feeling a little more creative now.... just in time for Christmas stuff.

No one really reads this blog, right?

So, I might just repeat this on my other blog. roster007.livejournal.com

Referal to my other blog while I take a crafty break.

Go here:

http://roster007.livejournal.com/

to read about me and my life.

My craftiness is on hold for a bit.

Thank you.

sorry...

Been so stressed out, so busy, so sick every weekend for 4 or 5 weeks (I've been to church twice in the last 6 weeks!)... that this blog is getting ignored.
Come to think of it, I haven't even been very crafty over the last week or two either.
I REALLY need to get to work on my art hanging for the LDS Church International Art Competition... I'm halfway done and it's due in October!
So, I NEED to get out of this inability to focus, this inbalance... and get some order and focus and be healthy!!!
I DID finish a nest bag for SoccerGirl's little owl puppet today. That's something. I'll have to remember to take a pic and put it on here some time this week. eh?

Until then, read my other blog, roster007.livejournal.com at least I'm trying to keep that one updated once or twice a week.

haiku Wednesday

Okay. Haiku based on a current event in my neighborhood. A big water pipe broke in our elementary and school was canceled for today. Tomorrow they are sending 1 and 2nd graders on a field trip, and sending the kindergarteners to have class in the community center.
The grades that have their classes upstairs will be unaffected. Even though my son's classroom is upstairs they already had a field trip planned for tomorrow.
(I hope my daughter is okay in a new environment... crossing fingers....)


Water floods the school
Classes resume tomorrow
Today we are bored.

or

Water floods the school
Classes canceled for today
Splishy Splashy Sploosh!

or

Water floods the school
An unexpected day off
Watch movies, play Wow!

or

Water floods the school
No tears from students falling
A day off to play!

or

Water floods the school
Classes resume tomorrow
Soggy day at school...

Maybe I'll start writing on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

I've been thinking about making this into an lolcat pic. But, I need a good caption.
I've thought of: I luv mah teddy bear! or Hug teh feet! Hug teh feet!
or maybe, Stop right there foot! or The foot stops here.

I went Visiting Teaching the other day and I used the conference talk by Elder Ballard about mothers. I LOVE that one of his points was to find one or two interests or hobbies that ENRICH you and give yourself time to pursue them. (of course, he also said to not waste time looking at the internet :)
Of course, being a Jack of All Trades and Master of None makes me have TONS OF INTERESTS! It would be hard to only pick two interests.
I guess then I should say, Thank goodness for being chronically ill... if it weren't for that holding me back all the time I would have SO MANY pursuits! And perhaps my family would be left behind in my dust!

I would love to learn woodworking and build furniture. On big garbage days I look at all the
wood/old furniture people are throwing out that I could reshape and refurnish and make beautiful again!

Oh yeah, I wanted to learn how to shape stone too. And maybe weirdly, would like to make my own headstone. I want it to look like a stack of books, or an open book?

I REALLY need to learn how to can fruits and veggies. People say, "Oh, I just made freezer jam... yawn." like it's easy. I need to learn how.

I wish I could be an animal researcher and know more about cats than anyone else in the world.
I always thought it would be really awesome to volunteer at the zoo and work with the big cats and maybe the sloth!
AND THEN I could write a definitive book on cats and sloths and be rich and famous! :)

I would like to try my hand at being a psychologist and delve (with permission) into the psyches of people and help them FIX problems. (however, I've often thought I would worry too much about people and it wouldn't be a good job for me)

I would like to be the person who types in the INFO for the cable t.v. company. Whoever does it now doesn't know WHAT they're typing about! I'm such a t.v. person that I know a little bit about everything and I know a LOT about some things.

I WISH I could read every single book we own. (I'm going to need to count them to make that sound more impressive... I mean, I just counted the books I can see from here and there's at least 176 so far.... and there's WAY more downstairs and a book shelf or two in each bedroom too!) ALSO, at Barnes & Noble I made a list of at least 10-15 books I WANT to read.
Too many books, not enough time.

I've always wanted to rebuild a 50s car... and make it nice!

I've also loved to teach people. If I had enough energy, it would be cool to be a teacher.... but, in the younger grades when hopefully you have some influence on teaching them manners and kindness for each other.

I've ALWAYS loved languages. I'm sad my Japanese is going away, leaking out of my head drip, drip, drip! I wish I could learn: Spanish (would be the most helpful to me!), Chinese, Korean (so I can understand what Jin and Sun are saying on Lost :), Hebrew, German, French, Swahili (since we have a bunch of refugees in our ward who speak that), and the Burmese language too (since we have a bunch of refugees in our ward who speak that too).
Hawaiian would be fun to learn (popoki means cat in hawaiian), Russian would be interesting too.
I find myself gathering words here and there in all the different languages I come across.

I hate the down and dirty of politics so, maybe I could be the first Dictator of America and fix all the dishonest and crazy things that happen in D.C. and divert bribe money to teachers and poor people? In case that Dictator of America doesn't work out, perhaps it would be cool to be really involved in my community and perhaps run for City Councilwoman?

I wish I had enough energy to work on my house and get rid of my kitchen's stupid Dairy Cows border and hearts and sheaves of wheat wall paper! I can see how nice my house looks in my head. My kitchen in crisp Royal Blues and white and silver. SoccerGirl's room with Jungle murals like she wants. My shoe hall looking like a small forest. My room either Japanese or Medieval. Livingroom like a library. Downstairs livingroom with thick green carpet and the ceiling painted like it's tree tops and blue sky! (you know, to match the knotty pine on the walls)
Finishing the faux painting on my Dungeon room downstairs.
I have dreams! but, no energy (or money!) to fulfill them.

I have books I want to write.

I have cooking techniques I want to master.

Crochet techniques to master and a ton of wonderful things I could sell on my Etsy site.
(CrochetBagLady on Etsy) This is something I could be working on... just got to get going on it!

So, that's enough for today. I'm sure that after I get off the computer I'll think of some more things I want to do.... or could do IF I wasn't chronically ill.

Can you pick only two interests or hobbies to do?