Projects

I am almost done.  It feels so good.  I have been working on a crocheting project and only have a few days left.  I will post pictures at the end of this week.  Its not perfect, but I am pretty darn proud of it!  I guess I don't have to worry about being bored.  I have found enough for me to do, which is so wonderful!

Next up, I am have some ideas for sewing projects.  I have had this sewing machine since I was 14 or 15.  It was a great gift from my parents for my birthday.  I really did want to learn how to sew.  Since I received it, I probably have sewed a total of 3 projects, as well as hemming and little things like that.  I regret not learning more and sewing more.  I have a master sewer as a mother.  She got her associates in Sewing, and sews like a true master of the art.  I should have taken advantage of the fact that she was right there, and I could have asked her to teach me how to do it, but alas, I did not.  So, I'm left alone (but at least a phone call away) to my sewing desires, with the hopes that someday I will become half as good as my mother.  So started my idea of some sewing projects.  I'm really excited.  Hopefully I will improve my lacking sewing skills, and increase my health.  I think anything that is goal related, will improve my health if I strive to accomplish it.  Sewing and crocheting are both good for my mind and body, my mind because I am still learning even though I am not in school.  My body, because it keeps my hands busy, less down time to hold food I should not be eating...  Its a win-win situation.  I just keep those hands busy. 

Another ongoing project I have is practicing the piano.  I've been playing the piano since I was probably 8 years old.  I have always loved playing it, but kind of put it on the back burner the last year or so because I needed to finish school.  I only really practiced the piano once a week, on Sundays, and the it was really only stuff I already knew how to play-just to try and keep my talent where it was at.  Well, I don't think I kept it where it was at, but I am working back up to it!  It feels so good to touch that beautiful keyboard everyday.  My mind is clearer.  My heart is more joyful.  I am humming music more.  Just like I used to.  I am getting as good as I once was, and it feels amazing.  Right now I am learning a piece by Rachmoninoff (sp?).  Its super cool, and super hard.  I had to work a whole week on just playing hands seperately, and even still as I play hands together, its pretty slow going.  Its fun to challenge myself.  Its been a long time since I learned a new song.  The only issue I have is remembering what all of the terms are (they are all in other languages, italian, french or latin, I don't remember).  So, I need to get my hands on a music dictionary.  That would help me a lot.  The search is underway as we speak (or I type in this instance!). 

Enough of my jabber.  I'm just so excited to be doing these things!  Being graduated from college is so liberating and so wonderful!  I'm glad I did it now!  Now, I can learn what I really want to learn, instead of what the University tells me to learn, and it is so liberating! 

Those are my projects for the week.  What are yours?

Comments

Mandy said…
Congrats on almost finishing your blanket!! This week, I will finish that t-shirt quilt (almost done!) and get ready for my family to come visit on Wednesday. Have a great week!

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