One thing I have loved about etsy is the great crafting ideas I get. I found this cute idea for fabric birds that the seller was selling for around $40. I quickly whipped up the pattern, made one and am planning on giving it to my Aunt. I took some cute pictures of it but they will have to be posted later. I cannot find the cable for my camera to hook it to the computer because I didn't remember to put a card in it while I was taking pictures. We have about ten million cameras in this house that we are selling on ebay, and I can't find the one to our own camera! Figures. I will have to wait until I can ask Tone.
Another way to get out of a funk is to throw yourself into life. So I am. Today was the ministry fair at our church and I launched in. I am working with the youth group, volunteered to lead a mom's group at my house on Friday's (at home mom's can lead lonely lives at times), teaching children's church, and starting a monthly ministry to visit convalescent homes with our children. I was only going to do the Mom's group and youth group, but I realized that they were beneficial to the church, but what was I doing for my community in which I live? When I realized the answer was nothing, I decided to get proactive and asked if I could start a group for mom's to reach lonely shut-ins. The idea is to make a craft with their kids and then take it to patients once a month and visit. It's something easily done with kids too to get them involved with their community and to teach them to be giving and selfless. Plus it's easy and fun.
I also do a women's study at my Aunt's church once a week during the year, but I don't do anything there. I just get to show up which is nice for once. I learned a ton last year, and really feel like I learned a lot of life-lessons with how to better live my own life. It's my personal "meat-and-potatoes" deep study, so to speak. All that being said, I am hopeful about the coming year, positive that I will find friends in my new community, and feeling much better about my funk. It didn't really help me get time to myself, but it will help me get a support group around me to do "life" with, so to speak. *side note*: I can't even take a shower by myself. I told Tone I was taking a break from being with kids all day and I locked the door to my bedroom and tried to take a shower. Hunter went around to the outside french door and got in that way. Why didn't I think of that door????!!!! My shower door has handprint marks and lip marks all down the front from Ainsley looking in and shouting at me to get out. Oh the day I can take a shower without blowfish lips on the glass! *sigh*
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