It's been not quite a
month since I last posted. I seriously need to self-discipline and keep my
promise to post more often and to get my boo-tay back into the
quilt room, but I've been, in all honesty, depressed and stressed out, which
has resulted in my not wanting to do much of anything. I am a "fixer"
and a type A personality and those two seem to clash, causing me much more
stress than is necessary. I have been taking on the worries of not only
myself, but of my husband, my dad, my adult kids, and worries about my
grandkids and the world they are growing up in, not to mention the everyday
stresses everyone has of making enough $$ to pay bills, buy groceries and
necessities, and still try to maintain some savings to actually enjoy life,
because we can't take anything with us when we move on, right? So, when I'm stressed,
I often kick back in my recliner, heating pad on my back, soft blanket on my
lap, watch my favorite shows, read/listen to a book, or find myself mindlessly
scrolling and surfing the web on my phone, not really paying much attention to
anything. I very much need to get myself out of this slump and get back
to being me.
Anyway,
this morning I was going through my hundreds of quilt-related emails and saving
the tons of free patterns that I had flagged, or am part of QAL's, and found
myself, once again clicking and following links that inspired me, and as usual,
I ended up at Bonnie Hunters Quiltville InstagramBonnie K. Hunters Quiltville Instagram page.
I love her quotes on quilts images, not to mention the ahhhhmazing quilt
patterns she creates with her scraps, and often save them as inspiration to my
OneNote. Here are two that I recently saved that I needed at this time
and wanted to share:
How fitting they are at this exact moment in my life! It's like
Bonnie has a direct line of sight into my subconscious and posts these at the
right time. 😉 Thank you Bonnie!
I will say that to help me get out of my slump I have decided that when I
am mindlessly sitting in my recliner that I must be doing something productive
so I pulled out an old cross-stitch pattern and the threads to work on.
I'll share that in another post along with a photo of whatever I decide to sew
this weekend, because this is my weekend to do as I please. I went
fishing with the hubby again and quite enjoyed myself (photos to come) but my
real passion is reading and crafts.
On the book front, I'm now almost finished with A Court of Mist and Fury,
by Sarah J. Maas and I have to say, while I love listening to the audible
version because the narrator is so good she makes me forget where I am for a
while, I think I will have to read the entire series the old-fashioned way.
This is because oh my gosh I have gotten angry at this book,
and SJM for dashing my hopes and dreams from ACOTAR and I'm trying really hard
to figure out this trio of Feyre, Tamlin, and Rhysand. I don't want to
give anything away for those who haven't read the books and want to, but my
heart was torn into millions of pieces and I'm trying to heal it. 💔💕
Not much else to report at
this time and it's almost time to boot up the work laptop to start my day. I
wish everyone a bright, sunshiny day today!
May your day be productive!
Kerensa
Currently:
Listening to: A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas (Audible - 75%)
Reading: Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar (Kindle - 8% page 20/322)
Learning: My son says to start learning C# 😬
Finished:
Listened: A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas (Audible 4/2/24 - 5/2/24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Read: Incidents Around the House, by Josh Malerman (NetGalley Kindle ARC - read 3/3/24 - 5/8/24) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Learned: Three new Excel formulas!
