Week in review...

[hlmauera]

Last week was difficult.  There were lots of little things that happened that felt like slights and not being appreciated.  I'm starting this week fresh and assuming good intentions since no one has spoken to me about having any problems.  I'm trying to learn that someone else's lack of appreciation doesn't affect the value of my work, but that's really hard for me. I'm afraid I need that occasional pat on the back to reassure and encourage me.  That doesn't happen much here.

Saturday, I set myself to the task of shoveling out my crap craft room.  It had become a dumping ground for things I didn't know where else to put and there were several sewing projects in various stages of completion scattered with their assorted accoutrement about the room willy-nilly. I started by removing everything from the room except for the furniture and the things that were in good locations.  I then went about moving some of the things from good locations to better locations, sometimes in other rooms.  I moved my non-wool fabric from the sealed totes to the shelving in the closet so I could easily see what I had. I didn't have room for all of it but most of the totes are now clear ones so I can see them a little easier.  I cleaned out about eight totes.  Some were repurposed, so the total number didn't change that drastically.  I also moved several bins of fabric that I won't be using any time soon to the garage for longer term storage.  Some of these are scrap bins that I am not sure what to do with just yet.  I have a load of items for Goodwill as well.  It took me all day and there are still some small sorting tasks to take care of.  Pretty much every inch of wall space has furniture on it.

I managed to rearrange to get the six foot Costco folding table set up in a usable space so that I can do my card making and painting in there instead of in my dining room.  It is currently holding the few things that need to be sorted yet- like the pile of pattern pieces that need to be returned to their various packages. (I can't say why I dread this particular task so much but I do).  It took all day!  I should be able to run a vacuum through it tonight and finish the little things before relocating my card making and painting supplies to that room.  I'm sure I'll continue to sort and organize as I use the space but it feels great to have gotten this far!

It was back breaking work and Sunday I didn't do anything other than go to my church meetings.  I even went to bed somewhat early- my sleep counter says I got more than seven hours of sleep!  I've been operating on 5-6 hours a night so that was great.  I'm still really sleepy today but I think it's the rainy weather.

I'm hoping this week will be better than last.  I have a large project to work on and I'm trying to have a good attitude and to recognize my choices that contribute either positively or negatively to my days.