Thursday December 19, 2019

Gorgeous, Dave!

These are great Dave. Look up our web site for the Trinidad CA art gallery. There is a wood artist named Kurt who does cool cutting boards. Guitars and whales and such. DS

I looked up your website and the gallery as well. Your creature pieces look like they could get up and walk off. Very beautiful work. I have just started making end grain cutting boards. They are harder to make but easier on the knife edge.

Utilitarian art is its best! Beautiful work! Your boards would sell for a small fortune here in California!

Greetings All

I am feeling fat fat fat. But I went to the pool and jumped around. I hold on to a pool noodle and kick; thereby not putting face in water.

Liz I hope you have fun on your night out. You deserve it. And I so hope a plan evolves for your DH. Sorry you had clean up duty.

Peps bet those puppies are getting mobile. Marauding puppies! What fun.

Diane O glad you have your windows and are happy with them. I can't fathom how you can move those pellets for the stove without a bunch of stevedores. But good on you.

And good for those of you who are neat and tidy. I am pathologically messy. I have tried to be neat from time to time but it makes me nervous.

Our friends who usually host Christmas will be in town after all. So we may have a gig. But that means I have to come up with gifts. Oh joy.

Bonnie your cookies are awesome. Works of art.

Cecily you may be right about junk accumulation and weight being related issues. Must consider this and maybe the book.

Take care. Diane S

Check for it at your library (where I got my audiobook download from). I'm not sure I would buy it for my collection (since I don't need any more stuff around!), but what he has to say makes some sense!

PS - I'm decidedly untidy. But wish I wasn't!

The creeping crud has been going around school. I feel like I've been circling the drain for days. Feel tired, then icky, then fine. Rinse and repeat. This has gone on all week. I'm hoping it's more just being tired.

I totally get the clutter, disorganization, obesity link. However, I know obese people who are OCD about their homes, clutter, etc... I think it's simply the other swing of the pendulum - can't control external so they control their environments. I remember as a late teen and young man in my early 20s when I was stressed I would clean. I often prided myself on the fact that the hangers in my closet were finger spaced and the shirts hung organized by the color spectrum of the rainbow. This was before I became obese (never more than 20-30 pounds overweight during those years).

Kiddos did their poetry recital today. They did a very nice job. Pulled it together more than I thought they would. My super at risk kiddo with heavy duty emotional problems did a FANTASTIC interpretation of a tradition Japanese poem that is only 4 lines. Her emotional depth served her well. Would be nice if she could channel that into acting or something. Tomorrow is a shortened day. I am looking forward to that, too.

So you all understand the joy of procrastination on my end, I have not a single decoration up. No tree, no lights, no nothing! And guess what? I'm totally okay with it! I really am. Yay me! LOL!

With work and the pups and my own inner thoughts about my eating and the general "clutter" of my life, I don't seem to have much left for caring for my friends who struggle during the holidays. I am hoping to find the recuperative elixir I need in some extra sleep and rest this weekend so I can be a strong friend for them both next week. The Christmas season is a dark emotional time for them both. I am gearing up. Part of my gearing up is telling you I am gearing up. It lessens my "have to" feelings to prepare with self care. I think I may get a pedicure on Saturday to treat myself to something a little luxurious.

Hopefully more tomorrow!