Going Forward

Hi! I'm back after a day of relaxation yesterday.... a nice lunch out with my Hubby for Valentine's day and back home for a really long snooze..... I think the stress of the last few weeks finally caught up with me. Today I wasn't able to get my body out of bed.... my back gave out on me... go figure. Spending 15 hours a day over a loom, spinning wheel, or sewing machine will do that to your back. I'm trying really hard to get my train back on its tracks after the derailment of the weekend. It's hard. I'm pretty hard on myself generally and look upon my failures as just that.... failures... but like a Pheonix I always raise up from the ashes... not always better but at least up and running. I have a bunch of fleece washed for spinning for the sleeves that I screwed up and tonight, if my back can hold up I am going to spin a little silk for my knitted sample for my level 3 homework. I also need to do the write up for the silk woven sample which turned out to be a study of two different spinning techniques. I'm pretty happy with that actually.

We had an awesome day today, weatherwise. The temperatures soared. At one point the water was dripping off the eaves and snow was falling from the roof in clumps. Even now as it heads for 7 p.m. the sky is a lovely shade of blue and it really lifts the heart. It gives me such pleasure to know that we are having a lovely lull in the cold temperatures of winter. I've been watching the birds that have been visiting our bird feeders and I am really enjoying their antics. One day I watched a bunch of Red Polls on the snowy roof of our shed.... they were playing chase in the snow and it was really cute to watch.

It's been a strange few days though, as Hubby, being a wonderful man, has stepped in to allow me plenty of time to work on the big j.c. It's hard coming down off the ride and getting back to the schedule of a normal household, but indeed that is what has to happen and at the same time I cannot let the big j.c. go yet... I still have work to do.... I still am having trouble trying to get my pictures up and posted.... I just don't have the heart to look at them yet but maybe tomorrow. I think a little positive work on the big j.c. might spur me to have a better feeling about it all.... Hubby says baby steps, so baby steps it will be.... wash fleece that's a start.... I have to take off one pocket and resew it as I am not happy with it's placement.... it is slightly askew and while most people wouldn't notice I do and I am not happy with that.... so I will do that and of course I still love spinning so that is always something to enjoy. When you fall off the horse..... get back on and keep riding.... so I guess that's what I will do.... I guess I just need to wear a helmet!