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Animals Don’t Get Time Change.

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Our poor critters are so lost.  The time change happened Sunday overnight, and we love it – critters hate it. 

They don’t get it and can’t understand why we are not feeding them at the same time as the day before.  Even after the change, going into the middle of the week, they are still very upset (or, rather, angry).

I am lost and confused, too.  I wish we could just do away with the time change junk.  My body said it doesn’t like it either.  I came down with an ugly flu late Friday afternoon.  Since I had COVID-19, I no longer get a “simple flu.” 

My flu used to be a quick 24–48-hour bug: fever, chills, sometimes vomiting, and then it was done.  No big deal.  Not anymore.  They start out with me freezing (WARNING WILL ROBINSON, WARNING!), then within about an hour, I get these horrific shakes.  After several hours of that, it turns into a wonderful warm fever (usually 101 degrees plus).  That lasted until late Sunday evening, and then it happened.

A frickin stye!!  WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?  I have not had a stye in my eye in over ten years, so what brought this on now?

Then, just for grins and giggles, God decided to throw in a cold.  A COLD!!??!!!  He must be really bored up there to decide to have such fun with me and my body over a 48-hour period (jerk!).

I swear, if I ever get to meet him, we are going to have several long conversations about this last weekend.

I hope your fall days are going better than mine.   (Maybe I am lucky and getting all this yuck out of my system at one time?  Ha, Ha – don’t be ridiculous!!)

All I need now is for one of the house cats to throw up, and I can pin a gold star on this week as the crappiest one this year.

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ARE YOU A LOST CREATOR?

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I am a creator, and I am lost.  I get so overwhelmed with the daily happenings that I have not had time to even step into my craft room (yes, I am in tears).  My crafts have been calling to me – LOUDLY!  I know that they all miss me, too.  I used to drift into my favorite room and get lost in there all day (sometimes several days – oops-haha). 

I have my yarnie stuffs that can keep me busy, but they are all for Christmas gifts right now and not as enjoyable.  Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE making stuff for loved ones for Christmas, but I have several other crafts I am longing for.

  • Card making
  • Beading & jewelry
  • Calligraphy
  • Drawing
  • Watercolor painting

Each of the above creativities pulls from my heart and soul.  I put meticulous moments into all that I do with them.  To me, they are my more creative endeavors. 

Don’t get me wrong, I do love my yarnie creations, but they all start with a pattern.  I say “start with” because I inevitably tweak almost every pattern I come across.  I thank the original creators for their awesome ideas, but it’s in my nature to make adjustments that just work better to me or for me.

When I am in my craft room (fyi – no yarnie stuff in there at all – not allowed!), my imagination soars!!

Lately, too many things have kept me away:

  • First, it was massive rains – I mean flooding downpours.
  • Can’t mow when it’s that wet, so had to hold off on that (yep, that came back to bite me in the butt).
  • Then, a major heat wave.  I am talking 100+ degrees – OUCH!  This, of course, caused the weeds to run amok.
  • Heat wave plus weeds equals more gardening requirements.
    • Special watering routine that now takes about 5-6 hours per day.
    • Special weeding to keep the bindweed away from the veggies.
    • Special pest control – the grasshoppers and cabbage moths are out of control!

I do have things we have done and installed this year to help:

  • Special driplines everywhere we can.
  • Natural grasshopper killer – only interests them and no other bugs (my ladybugs, mantis, and lace wings are safe).  We used to be able to order it online from a place in Montana (Planet Natural), but they changed hands, and with it, of course, went the good stuff.  I did find a very similar item online, but it has to be ordered in the middle of winter because by spring, it’s sold out.
  • Light cover cloth to keep the cabbage moths at bay.
  • We also installed five new plots this year to better target garden areas instead of having to handle a massive area.

Even with all the upgrades and helpful items, much of my day is still shot.  Noonish equals lunch and then the household chores: dishes, trash, setups for the next day, everyday day-to-day necessities.  By now, it is late afternoon and relaxing before bed (a whole other disaster-trying actually to sleep).  This is not the moment to try to pull out a creative mind.  This is also the time the yarn projects get worked on.  I can easily watch TV, relax, and work on a project without having to review the pattern continually.  Once I have the pattern down, it’s stuck.

That is one thing about being a yarnie I am thankful for, no-brainer pattern work. 

So, back to my original question: Are you a lost creator too?  What do you do to survive?

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