This has been a weird sort of week.
First, we have a house guest; a female friend of my son visiting from
Finland. Then, my husband who usually works a 2-day-on/2-day-off
shift schedule is in a class for two weeks. That means instead of
coming home after his 48-hour shift, he’s in class and only gets to
come home a couple of nights each week. It’s really messing with
my calm, especially since he’s the more social of the two of us.
But, our house guest is very shy, and I think she’s afraid of my
husband, so I guess it’s better that it’s just me here trying to
make sure she has a good time.
Strangely, other than spending a bit
more time each day keeping the house tidy, I have found myself
getting a lot more done than I usually do! I’ve met all my
deadlines for the month, when I usually am rushing to get done. I’ve
been working on quilting, embroidery and my writing as the
mood hits. It’s a wonderful feeling!
With all this energy for work, I’ve
managed to get quite a few machine embroidery designs
completed. I love digitizing, but it can be very time consuming.
This week, the work has flowed so easily. Maybe I should have a
house guest more often! My husband already works 72 hours a week, so
I don’t think I can ask him to work even more so I can work on my
embroidery passion.
Because my creativity has come so
easily this week, I’ve even tried a few new techniques and have
ordered some new embroidery supplies as well. I’m looking
forward to trying out my new embroidery designs on the
Mulberry Paper that’s coming. Embroidered holiday cards have
always been a favorite of mine, but I never had time to do them by
hand. Thank goodness for machine embroidery!
Once my son and his guest go out for
the day, and leave the internet to my sole use, I’ll upload a new
set of designs to the embroidery design gallery that I belong
to. While I’m there, I’ll also look over all the great designs
by the other digitizers. If I’m lucky, I’ll find a couple of
awesome free embroidery downloads or a couple of new
embroidery patterns. Although I’m a digitizer, I still
stitch lots of embroidery designs by other designers. We all
have such different talents and styles.
Now that the day is coming to a close,
I need to rush a bit to complete the embroidery projects that
I set for the week. Tomorrow, I’ll be getting my hair done (a
rarity) and then getting the house in order and making lasagna. My
husband will be home tomorrow night and Saturday, and I want it to be
as pleasant as possible for him. The embroidery can be put on
hold for him.
As much as I love machine
embroidery, I love my husband more. Actually, without his
support I wouldn’t even be involved in the art of machine
embroidery or the creative endeavor of digitizing embroidery
designs.
Maybe his favorite cherry pie after
dinner would be a good way to tell him how much I appreciate him. I
wonder if my Finish guest will like it.
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