Tangled Stitch

Well, the sciatic is gone. The creative drought is over and my wonderful friend Cheryl got me into a store that she works with so starting next early next week my work will be available at the Katbird Shop in Downtown Schenectady. I am so excited and looking forward to working with a purpose again. I had a wonderful lunch with Cheryl at Pinhead Susan's if you are ever in the Schenectady area. Wonderful Irish fries which are sweet potato fries. But spending time with my friend Cheryl was wonderful too. She is an ever so talented bead and glass artist. Her work is in the Katbird Shop also and she is in an artists coop in Cambridge called Valley Artisans so if you are in the neighborhood please go see her beautiful work. My friend Judy as some wonderful new work at her website which you can find a link to on the side. My friend Emily belongs to the Quilt guild and she is making quilts for charity which are beautiful too. She doesn't have a quilt blog or a website but she d...

Blogging that is. Today was a good day. I have sciatica(not so good) but because I was only comfortable in one position I got a lot of embroidering done today. Made my life happy. It has been a little bit too drive by with the working. Still pondering doors opening and closing. Realized I have not been working enough nor blogging enough but if embroidering can make a sciatica pain a little less who knows what it can do for my heart. Just checking in. Hope you are all well. Think I'll go blog visiting. PS if you have any suggestions for sciatica that don't include going to the doctor let me know.

Closing one door and opening another. For the past few months I've been taking stock of my life and what doors to keep open and what doors to close lately. My son is now 17 and looking at colleges, so the mom door is closed a bit more then it used to be. I'm still trying to find an outlet for my work and still trying to get my butt in gear to work in the first place. I've decided to close the craft show door except for just a couple of them I don't really enjoy them all that much and well I don't really seem to sell anything. It also takes time I don't have to make work I don't sell. I'm still working on my big project, it's almost finished. And most of all I'm trying to live my truth and close the door on my mask. I'm reading Eckhart Tolles book and it's quite interesting and quite introspective. I think the idea is to just open the door to the moment and let the past and the future take care of themselves. I guess middle age is ...

Well folks this is the conclusion of the leap. Finally finished it and finally, finally got it in the frame, which was harder then embroidering it. I did the fiber art craft show last week and met lovely lovely artists and my friends Pat and Carrie were there too. I had a good time but no moolah so I'm gonna take it easy on the craft shows. I'm gonna do one that my friend Carrie is running and the Albany Shaker Museum which is my favorite all time craft location. Such a wonderful peaceful feeling when you in the meeting house. Life has been just a wee bit topsy turvy. I'm still getting used to being the mom of a few days short 17 year old. It's mostly an objective observer at this age as they don't really need you unless they are hurt or they want something. He took his SAT's this morning and he is looking foward to his birthday. And I am waxing nostalgic about his life and what a difference my life is since I've had him. Not much else to talk abou...

Where do I start? I won't start from the beginning but suffice it to say there have been a lot of things going on in my life. I think I am going through the big M. My son is almost 17 and has gotten to the point where he doesn't talk to me unless he has to. I'm just a wee bit aggravated that the Democratic nominee hasn't been chosen yet and the Republican one has. I hit a block in my creativity which I think(finger's crossed) has worked itself out. I did finish the Leap, but I mounted it on poster board and can't put the frame back on. Perhaps tomorrow. I have to go back to the Y and find my self AGAIN. And back on the diet too, not so much for the weight(although that is a problem) but for my health. And I've been kind of stuck in a rut for a while now. When I look at the calendar I realize just how much of a while. I've completely checked out except for a few outings with my friends and a weekly coffee outing with my best friend Emily. But ...

I probably mentioned a while back that I am a huge baseball fan and a huge Mets fan. I grew up in New Jersey with Met's fan(dad) and a Yankee fan(mom) and straddled the fences and supported both. I'm probably dating myself but my favorite players were Thurman Munson(god rest his lovely athletic soul) and Rusty Staub(I had a thing for red haired men). So then I married my Met fan husband and the Yankees just got a wee bit too successful so now I'm a Met's fan. Why am I talking Mets? Because I'm watching John Maine give up two hits in the first inning. I'm not worried though he's great. I'm very excited that baseball is BACK, today is the first day in my little town that feels like SPRING and well Obama has basically won the Democratic nomination(if Hillary doesn't steal it, sorry Hill fans). I worked a little bit on the leap, just putting on finishing touches which are background I'm not sure I should have bothered with, boring as watching ...

Just been taking a break from the blogosphere. Not really fishing but I've been working and hanging. I almost finished the Leap. And I took a jewelry class with a few friends. Learned how to make a bracelet, next week we learn necklaces. Was fun and then we went out for a few drinks so a good time was had by all. No news on the work front. I have a craft show at the end of the month. I've been working a bit more, not as much as I'd like but more then before. Still have my blocked days. So I can't believe it's the end of March. Time is certainly flying by. Will be back in a more businesslike informative mood soon. Miss you. I'll take a look at your blogs next time I'm here. Keep stitching