So…work has been keeping me pretty busy lately, but I finally got around to taking pictures of the projects I’ve been working on at home.
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Now that Christmas presents have been distributed, I can share them here! My goal was to make everyone’s present this year, and even though I didn’t make that goal (It’s really hard to find appropriate handmade gift ideas for men…), I think I did pretty well.
Since I’ve been off work for the past two weeks, I’ve finally had the chance to catch up on some projects. Of course, I have a dozen more projects I want to start, but I’m focusing on accomplishments for now.
Lately I’ve been feeling really overwhelmed by all the creative things I see every day on the internet. There are so many very creative people out there, all doing new things — all things that I wish I was doing instead of just sitting on the sidelines watching. There never seem to be enough hours in the day. (I blame my job, mostly.) And sometimes I just start to feel like I am the most uncreative person on the planet. There seems to be a discussion going on out there between creative-types that all feel this way, which makes me feel a little better, but it’s still a bit of an internal struggle with me.
First of all, many, many thanks to those of you that left a comment on my last entry, either here or on Facebook. Your support and kindness was really overwhelming and made Shawn and I both feel at least a little better. It’s still a sensitive subject around here, of course, but we’re working through it. Adding to the stress this week was the potential shutdown of the federal government. It was pretty rough, particularly toward the end of the week, not knowing if either of us would be furloughed and for how long. Luckily this has been averted for now, but who knows what lies ahead as the debates start for next year’s budget.
The past week and a half has been a little bit crazy. Approximately 10 days ago was the beginning of the first quilt show I have ever been involved with. Since it was put on by my quilt guild, there were a couple days of set up, and a reception, and work manning the show. In the middle of this, I had to go to Charleston, SC for work. Isn’t that just great timing?
Well, October turned out to be a bit of a crazy month, and November is looking to be pretty much the same. But since I have the day off (Thank you, veterans!), I’m finally going to get around to posting. Here’s a wrap up of some projects that I’ve been working on.
First of all, you may not have noticed on the last post, but I was included in last week’s roundup of Foreign Service blogs! I just discovered that this website existed a couple weeks ago, and I was amazed to see just how many FS blogs are out there these days. When Shawn and I started (has it really been almost 4 years ago now?), there were a few other blogs in existence, but nothing like there is now. And it must be an overwhelming job compiling these round-ups each week, but it’s been a great way for me to check out some new blogs.