In which journaling and creating come into conflict
I've been so busy creating that I can't write.
The new curtain rod is finally up on the bedroom, but I can't seem to got the curtains finished. Besides that, I requisitioned an idea from a place where we ate dinner in Myrtle Beach last week, which adds one more "project" for the bedroom. And pillow forms were half-price last night at JoAnn's, so, there is one more.
The curtains are getting slowly closer to complete. I have one sheer panel finished, and one that only awaits buttonholes. The solid panels will require some more time, since they will have to be finished on all sides, and have buttonholes. The swag is cut out, but remains laid out on the cutting table awaiting somnolent felines.
My non-sewing projects have had to share space on the cutting table, since the jewlery benches have largely been horizontal storage space for months. I sent Chris off to Lowe's the other day to fetch another shelf unit, and did a bit of a cleaning frenzy on the south east corner of the basement. The result is that I now have space just for jewelry. And I am re-stringing a necklace, so that space is heavily utilized right now.
And then there's Chriatmas to put away. *sigh* We did get the tree out of the TV room two weeks ago, but the growing pile of boxes in the "hall" have created an effective barrier - real or imagined - to getting the big tree down. If I could just get it put away, there'd be room in the corner for the boxes....
Of course, this all keeps me from blogging or working on anachronista.net, which desperately needs to have the medieval pages added. As hard as it is to do both at the same time, it's just as difficult to divorce journaling from making - I can't record what I haven't done, and if I don't journal, I obsess about forgetting something important. I think that if I didn't want to journal, I'd get projects done faster, and could move on. Because as much creative energy as I'm putting in and getting out (in many ways, the creative process contributes as much as - or more than - it consumes), there are other projects that I want to work on. Getting a period cooking demo scheduled, two or three Gothic hoods, or period furniture just for starters. Facing the majority of the spring in Kansas and Nevada makes me think about whatever I can get done for the garden in what little time I have at home.
At least I'm at home for the next four weeks.
The new curtain rod is finally up on the bedroom, but I can't seem to got the curtains finished. Besides that, I requisitioned an idea from a place where we ate dinner in Myrtle Beach last week, which adds one more "project" for the bedroom. And pillow forms were half-price last night at JoAnn's, so, there is one more.
The curtains are getting slowly closer to complete. I have one sheer panel finished, and one that only awaits buttonholes. The solid panels will require some more time, since they will have to be finished on all sides, and have buttonholes. The swag is cut out, but remains laid out on the cutting table awaiting somnolent felines.
My non-sewing projects have had to share space on the cutting table, since the jewlery benches have largely been horizontal storage space for months. I sent Chris off to Lowe's the other day to fetch another shelf unit, and did a bit of a cleaning frenzy on the south east corner of the basement. The result is that I now have space just for jewelry. And I am re-stringing a necklace, so that space is heavily utilized right now.
And then there's Chriatmas to put away. *sigh* We did get the tree out of the TV room two weeks ago, but the growing pile of boxes in the "hall" have created an effective barrier - real or imagined - to getting the big tree down. If I could just get it put away, there'd be room in the corner for the boxes....
Of course, this all keeps me from blogging or working on anachronista.net, which desperately needs to have the medieval pages added. As hard as it is to do both at the same time, it's just as difficult to divorce journaling from making - I can't record what I haven't done, and if I don't journal, I obsess about forgetting something important. I think that if I didn't want to journal, I'd get projects done faster, and could move on. Because as much creative energy as I'm putting in and getting out (in many ways, the creative process contributes as much as - or more than - it consumes), there are other projects that I want to work on. Getting a period cooking demo scheduled, two or three Gothic hoods, or period furniture just for starters. Facing the majority of the spring in Kansas and Nevada makes me think about whatever I can get done for the garden in what little time I have at home.
At least I'm at home for the next four weeks.
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