Being Positive (multi-day post)

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September 8, 2017

I'm a little behind on my posts today- meetings and projects got in the way. I had a lovely conversation with my SIL last night and an email this morning from my brother telling me he's excited to see me in November. I had another RSVP for my open house. I had another encouraging text from Jaymie this morning. I have been busy all day, which makes the day go quickly. There is a new ordering system coming online that looks like it will be really handy for many things. Excel may hate me, but I won in the end. I'm looking forward to the weekend!

This video absolutely cracked me up and made me feel old at the same time.

This evening has been dreadful and I think I turned the air blue a couple of times. However, I stopped, ate some dinner and sat for a while. Then Mom came to help and things smoothed out. I think I'm ready for tomorrow.





September 9, 2017

This was another video that made me smile!

It's been a really awesome day! I struggled a bit to get going but I managed to get out and cut some dahlias for bouquets as well as organize and chorale my scraps by color family before my first guest arrived.

I had four (and a half) people come to my open house and we had fun. I taught the method of making the lighthouse image in about 15 minutes. It might have been a fast demo but the idea was to show you can make awesome art in just a few minutes. The child had so much fun playing with the punches and making drawings with them it was adorable. Her mom ended up ordering some supplies to make Halloween cards with the kids.
My house is looking pretty good, although I need to sweep under the side tables and love seat, I discovered.
My soup turned out well and was quite hardy.
I used 10 4.25" x 5.5" pieces of designer paper and coordinating card stock to make 20 simple cards, which I finished this evening after mom and I had restored the house to its normal order and she had gone home.
I worked on sewing after that while I watched a British building show on Netflix.
Really! Good people, good food, good environment, and fun projects. It was amazing!









September 10, 2017

My friend Marian (blue hair) is at Rose City Comic Con as a vendor.  It's her first really big Con and she was nervous.  I found out my first boss and long ago friend was also there and sent her to see her stuff.  They sent me this picture:

 

The day was mostly consumed by a nap! I had a lovely meeting and lunch then came home to take a nap. Woke up at 3:30 and couldn't get the fuzz out. I tried working on a card for the Stamp of the Month card but after making the same mistake three times in a row I decided to just finish the card as is and call it a day. But I got one card done and I worked on some hand sewing thereafter.