Lack of motivation.
This weekend was a lazy weekend. I really don’t have time to be lazy, but I could not find the motivation to do much of anything.
The kitchen is clean and the laundry is done, that’s something. Right? (It doesn’t seem like much if you would’ve seen my weekend ‘To Do’ list.)
Mom and Dad went to the camper this weekend, so anything I could’ve done on the house had to be something I could do myself. Saturday I could’ve painted, but I didn’t. Today it rained on and off. Tomorrow I am working. Ah well.
I have been working on this piece of embroidery for a friend, and I’m really ready to be done with it. He wanted a patch and I wanted to practice satin stitching-but I’m all practiced out. The holidays I decorate for are fast approaching and crafting holiday things is so much more appealing. I think one more week and I’ll have it done if I work at it. Here it is in progress:
Totally not my style, but he also seems totally thrilled with it. The black pen lines are where I traced it, the red pen lines are where I have corrected my tracing. A couple places like on the teeth, you can see a single stitch…I used that as a way to move from one area to another without knotting off and starting again. The eyes and very outer outline will be in black thread with a metallic blue mixed in. The teeth, the tear drop at the top and the circle below it will be gold metallic thread. Everything else left to fill in will either be light or dark blue. It is 4.5 inches tall. Lots of fiddly little lines…
After I finish that I am not sure what I will work on. I have quite a few projects in mind-but house things need done and holiday gifts need made.
I am so ready for Christmas. I have said that to Mom a couple times, but she says she is not. I want to get away from the whole lots of gift giving and that being the ‘point’ of the holiday. I want to decorate and bake and spend time with my family…gifts…eh. Half the time when someone asks me what I want, I can’t tell them. Generally if I want something a. I will buy it myself; b. I am too cheap to buy it myself nor do I want anyone else to buy it for me; or c. I will figure out how to make it. Mom has also wanted to know what I want for my birthday…I don’t know the answer to that either.
And it is late so I’m off to bed.
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