obsession Posts

18Jul
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Obsession With ‘Stranger Danger’

I think it is great that schools go through the ‘Stranger Danger’ plan with children.  Every school should have this plan and it should include parents (alas, us parents haven’t been included).

The problem is I now have a 5 year old who is obsessed with ‘Stranger Danger’ awareness, to the point she is having nightmares about strangers coming into our house at night and trying to kill us all.  This is now a nightly occurrence, and very frightening to witness.

Willow wakes up screaming, convinced there is someone in the house and they are trying to kill her.  Naturally, it is me who gets up to her (Les sleeps through the fire alarms which can be heard a block away), and I calm her down and get her off to sleep again, explaining that there is no one in the house and that she is safe.  This peace lasts for only a few more hours before I have to get up again.

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23Dec
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Sewing And Why I Do

Sewing For My Life.

My journey into the sewing world began when I was 12 years old, and my form of sewing is cross-stitch. I remember that my baby sitter at the time got me into it, and from there it has become an obsession.

I am able to take my work with me just about everywhere I go, and when I can, I pull it out and begin my ritualistic stitching. Road trips, weekends away or just a lazy night on the couch, you can find me with needle and thread in hand, making that picture come to life.

My stitching is stress relief. I find that it helps to soothe my mind and help me to not think of the troubles in my life, although it can also help me to justify the obstacles I find in my way. The up and down movement of the needle through my fabric, the criss- crossing of the stitches and the evolution …(more)

Ah yes, there is nothing better than grabbing my cross stitch out and just stitching away while watching tele or listening to music.  I’m an addict, I’ll admit that, though I collect more than I sew these days. (more…)

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