Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Day 17 (last night) Repaired the sash to my red dress
Start Time – 6:30pm
End Time– 7:00pm
In the beginning of our relationship I used to love the nights I slept alone. I traveled for work quite often, and while it was trying in some areas, I loved spreading out in my hotel bed all alone. I loved being in bed with Walrus, but I also loved not having someone toss and turn beside me and being able to flail my arms about.
Now I sleep better feeling his weight in the bed beside me. I tried to nap today and couldn’t. It’s harder for me to relax and slip off without him. I still glorify in having the bed to myself if he has to get up early, but if I wake up in the night and he’s not there, I’m immediately sit up, filled with terror.
I know this feeling will ebb and flow. There will be years when I’ll want a King bed so that we have as much of our own space as possible, and there will be years that I can’t sleep if he’s not home.
I think the best thing I can wish for us is that with each ebb of independence in one aspect of our relationship, there is a flow of self-discovery from another place. And one of the best things I can do for our relationship to make sure as a need for companionship ebbs in one area, I work to bring affection and partnering flowing in another way.
Bluto tried to fill in, but it wasn't quite the same
Every year as we get to the end of the summer, I start to hear the clock ticking and then begin to freak out:
I NEED TO MAXIMIZE MY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO EAT FRESH CORN ON THE COB.
Seriously, I freak out and then I whine about it. I’m not proud.
It’s taken me until this summer to perfect my corn on the cob cooking skills, but I believe I’ve discovered the key. So now I will share it with you.
Corn on the Rooftop Garden at my work. Best.Place.Ever.
Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Day 15 (two nights ago) Added flowers to Project Abandoned Embroidery
Start Time – Don’t remember, but I set my timer to ensure it was at least 30 minutes (we have a houseguest who can be very distracting – it was a true test of discipline!)
End Time– 10:20pm
Day 16 (yesterday) Got highlights! I’ve dyed my hair darker or left it natural since I was 18. Blonde is a weird, scary place.
Start Time – 10:15am
End Time– 12:00pm (it took forever!)
Today I’m continuing to talk about things that make me feel old. My “meta” reflections on why will be in italics at the end of this post.
Here are three things that made me feel old today (JUST TODAY!):
1. Grinding used to be an occasional thing you saw and if someone did it seriously in high school they were kinda weird. Now apparently it’s all up in the clubs, and not the bars that me and my friends occasionally get drunk enough to turn into a club.
Apparently tutorials on how to avoid grinding have gone viral:
(By the way ladies, should you enjoy grinding – there is an ehow to help you do it right, I wish I were joking.)
Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Day 14 (last night) Continued the seaweed on Project Abandoned Embroidery
Start Time – 9:50pm
End Time– 10:20pm
Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Day 11 (last night) Project Abandoned Embroidery – seaweed
Start Time – 9:00pm – Break for Dinner – 9:40pm
End Time– 10:18pm
Before:
After: I never said I was fast at this.
Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Lucky Day 13 (yesterday) Bangs!
Start Time – 10:00am
End Time– 10:34am
Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Day 12 (last night) Got embroidering for Project Abandoned Embroidery
Start Time – 9:30pm
End Time– 10:00pm
I actually worked on the actual embroidery part of the piece!
Before:
After:
Note: Did this while watching “There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane“, probably stopped me from turning into a blubbering mess.
Every day for the next 30 days I’ll spend at least 30 minutes making something prettier (or admiring beauty and therefore making my mind pretty!).
Day 11 (last night) Continued with Project Abandoned Embroidery
Start Time – 10:30pm
End Time– 11:00pm
Continuing to post pictures of the hem isn’t that exciting. I’m not very crafty (more life a crafter wanna be). Most of my friends are surprised I can sew, and a little intimidated to try themselves.
Basic sewing is very easy. If I can do it, anyone can do it. So if you’re sew intimidated, here’s a Youtube How To!
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