I'm back! Many apologies for the recent silence web-wise. I’ve recently moved into a new place with Robert and the past few months have been a flurry of apartment hunting,
apartment moving, boxing up stuff, unboxing stuff and gathering furniture which
has left my mind and my craft room in a heavy state of disorganization. Now that I am slightly organized I had been trying
to find a good place to start again without spontaneously just adding stuff when the lovely honeyed-rose sent me this challenge which I thought was a
lovely way to get started again and back again to the swing of things.
(Please note that there are no people on this list. I purposely chose to avoid using people
because the challenge was 5 “Things” that make me happy. Also it is a given that Robert, Gigi and the rest of my family make me happy. Not to mention
that I have been blessed by so many people that it would be impossible to put
them into a list of five.)
5.) Being Warm
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A strange one yes, but you see I am very cold natured, even
air conditioning makes me cold to the point that I tend to wear flannel pajama
bottoms to bed in the summer. I love to
lay in the sun with sunscreen on of course and feel the heat just seep into
my body. I also love the feeling of
being curled up in the covers early in the morning, cuddling next to my heater
of a fiancé, a warm bath or that feeling
when you drink a hot cup of tea and feel it seep down all the way to your
stomach.
4.) Water/Ocean
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As mentioned earlier I love soaking up the sun. There is no better place to do this than at
the beach. Growing up in Florida I was
jumping in the water long before I even knew how to swim. To me there is nothing more relaxing in the
world than laying by the beach and dozing to the sound of the waves crashing in
on the sand or lazily floating in the water in either the ocean or a pool. I feel like it is impossible to be sad or
upset when you are in the water. If I am
having a bad day and can’t make it to the beach then my next best option is a
pool or even to take a long hot bath and soak almost completely submerged with
my hair floating around me.
3.) Solitude
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Now I did state how much my family and friends mean to me
and I don’t consider myself a recluse. But I do enjoy my solitude from time to
time. When I was in school I often had
long breaks between my classes and work.
It was during these long breaks that I learned to enjoy spending time
with myself. Either by eating lunch on
my own, wandering through thrift stores, sitting in a coffee shop in a corner
booth, or simply enjoying the silence of an empty house. I have even once or
twice gone to a movie on my own. It can be a freeing experience. I think everyone should learn to enjoy some
solitude from time to time. As I get older I find these free moments rarer and rarer
and I’m sure in the future they will become even rarer so I savor them as they
come.
2.) Stories
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Ever since I was a little girl I’ve been an avid reader. Fiction, nonfiction or even useless facts
that I use to annoy people I enjoy it all.
Even now my book list has about twenty books on it. “Then why,” you ask “did I put stories and not reading.” Because I as I began
writing this I remembered how I love watching movies and most recently
listening to radio podcasts. Anything
that can create and amazing story. I love those books that just capture you and
keep you glued to the pages until suddenly you realize that it’s midnight and
you really should get to bedbutohjustonemorechapter. Podcasts and TV series that leave you begging
for the next episode. Movies that leave
you on the edge of the seat, biting your lip. I feel like people tend to over analyze books
and movies recently. In my opinion a
good story is based on how you feel while you are experiencing the story. If you are having fun while
watching/reading/listening to it then it’s a good story. And a good story builds who you are.
1.) Creating
It was a close call between this and stories for number
one. In the end I decided that making
things was top on my list. As mentioned
in earlier stores I’ve been doing various types of art since I was a kid and
creating something out of nothing always makes me feel good. I mean it’s amazing when you think about
it. One minute I have a bunch of wire,
some beads, a blank page, or a pile of clay, and I can take these things and
transform it to something new. Something
that people can enjoy. And though I’ve said it before it has opened up and
amazing new world for me. I’ve met so
many friends and learned so much down this path. When people come up to my
booth and tell me how much I love my stuff or I see someone wearing something I
made, it gives me a wonderful feeling.
