healing – Joyful Healing, Dogs and Quilts

We are in!!!

Celebrate with me my wonderful fellow bloggers! A 40 year dream has come true! We are in our booth!!!!

My daughter and I spent more than three hours upstairs cleaning today. I have a plan up there. Fabric is being sorted by theme and, later, will be sorted into sub categories. We trashed a bunch including a broken fan, a cross stich book marker I started 30 years ago and a ton of scrapbookContinue reading “Upstairs Work”

Happy New Year

I use to hate New Years. This is not the case this year. I have always felt like a failure. This year, I know I have had amazing successes, experiences that I never thought possible and many, many, take my breath away, happy experiences! This year, I’m looking forward to the New Year. I wantContinue reading “Happy New Year”

Quilt Design

Well, I had an ego boost today. I have a quilt at the quilt shop and am told everyone loves it! That feels good.

Body Image

My cousin shared this with me last night. It is the first time I have ever been able to look at pictures without cringing at how ugly and fat I was. My biological mother had eating disorders and gladly shared with me. She restricted my food as a kid and even as a teenager andContinue reading “Body Image”

A Problem

Part of the problem with the trip tomorrow night is that I’m exhausted. The reappearance of the former roommate has rattled me and Husband’s asking if he could do the yard rattled me even more. I am feeling unsettled and not completely safe or secure. I knew husband wouldn’t believe me; even the roommate saidContinue reading “A Problem”

Huge Step

I just matched up socks. Huge step in healing. Never did this before. Socks were my hold out of chaos. Next huge step? I need to figure out how to organize my current books I use for work on my blog. I work mostly in the living room. My daughter will be home tonight soContinue reading “Huge Step”

Joyful Healing

The living room is better and I am getting excited. The sewing room is better, too. Husband says he’ll hook up the cable tomorrow and I will finish moving in. I have mass and Sunday school tomorrow. When I get home I’ll do some catch up cleaning and then some quilting. I honestly can seeContinue reading “Joyful Healing”

Chaos with a side of order day two

Made some progress at our clean out today. Tons to second hand, tons of trash and things found and repacked. We plan on going back next week and wash a bunch of clothes and blankets and second hand those. That will eliminate a bunch more. Husband has been ill all week so I may goContinue reading “Chaos with a side of order day two”

Finding Joy

I had someone ask how I find joy when something is wrong. Today, my feet hurt and we were going to Walmart which isn’t my favorite place to shop but I was with Anna and my friend. I walked in, took a moment to ground; focus on sounds and sights around me and the peopleContinue reading “Finding Joy”