Yes, I realize that Monday is almost over and that I have totally missed my regularly scheduled posting. Truth? I have had an emotional two weeks and the time that I normally set aside to write just didn't happen and so I got behind. Yep, it happens. So, this post is actually being written in real time and not ahead of time (as many of them are).
For the past two weeks, the media has been full of images and news stories about the deaths of Sandra Bland, Kindra Chapman and Samuel Dubose, and other emotional-filled events (including the very recent deaths of Bobbi Kristina Brown as well as Sherman Hemsley). The death of Sandra Bland has been particularly emotional as she was my sorority sister and I just feel some kind of way about the police violence. And I had all this stuff planned that I wanted to write concerning it, but I'm still sorting out my emotions. So, that's not this post. But it will come - soon. To add more emotions to the mix, I attended the funeral of a very nice older woman who I used to work with who died less than 8 weeks after being diagnosed with bone cancer. Add my regular assortment of day-to-day stressors to the mix and I needed a break!!!
So today, we won't talk about anything heavy. Instead, I'm just gonna share with you some things I worked on/got ahold of recently that made me happy and gave me a much needed break. So into Darvi's happy place we go:
1) Books. I've finished reading three more books: Seven Year Switch by Claire Cook, The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank, and Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close. Reading is one of my favorite de-stressors! Here are the books (forgive the dark photos, wasn't planning to use these photos here):
2) New crafty goodies: I got some new beads in the mail that I ordered from Dollar Bead and just the sight of them made me happy! You be the judge:
Yes!!! Can't wait to play with those babies!
3) Last week I spent a lot of time outside on the forest preserve trail. I try to go first thing in the morning after I've dropped the Teen off at work. It's 3.6 miles long, and I just put on my headphones and walk, talk to God, think (and sometimes sing out loud!). Another thing I do sometimes while I'm out there is take photos of interesting things I see. So here's what I saw last week:
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| Real live sunflowers! |
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| Bull rushes and a marsh! |
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| Random day lilies - I love those! |
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| Just liked these flowers! |
4) Helping my friend with her 40th birthday invites and using an old technique, embossing:
Preparing for my first cut...
Post-cutting and punched into circles...
Stamping my image with the embossing ink...
Pouring the embossing powder over the stamped image (it's been a long time, had to practice first)...
Testing out the embossing...
Success! I still have it...
And here is an actual embossed circle!
Last but not least, the finished product!
5) Worked on a wall hanging project for the grandbaby (got another one to do for the new baby):
I LOVED how this turned out!!!
6) I made sure to go to church yesterday. I really needed to be refreshed and my pastor gave a very inspiring message about friends. And oh how I do appreciate and love mine! (I'm sure that will be a post eventually).
Yes, this post was full of fluff, but the fact is that sometimes we just need to take a break from all of the bad news, bad times and just everyday stressors and find our happy place. Not saying that going to your happy place solves anything, but you should definitely leave happier, lighter than when you arrived. I needed a break and so I took one. What am I saying? Find your happy place, whatever strikes your fancy, and make sure that you GO THERE!
So what do you do when you need a break? Holla @ Darvi and let me know! As always, be blessed!
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