Heat and Hope

Seems like this summer is going by fast.  Mia just turned 7 and she is soo grown up.  S is waiting to find out if he may purchase a short sale home a few blocks away from my house.  An adorable 30's or 40's place that is perfect for our family.  Whiskers is laying next to me, its already hot and his quick pulse shows on the sides of his belly.  I think it's suppose to be over 95 degrees today.

This weekend we are having a yard sale.  I have been gathering some of my unused craft supplies for sale as well.  I have also been making things to sell, hopefully they will.  It's going to be a yard sale/Jamie's first craft sale. 

People don't really know this about me but I feel like sharing.  I don't think I really have many readers anyway, ;).  I have lingering, awful anxiety and depression..the Dr's like to call it all kinds of names, PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, bi-polar...all I know is I wake in the morning and go through my days with fear and sadness.  I have taken lots of different types of meds, I started a new one last week, and cross my fingers, knock on wood, it seems to be helping.  I'm not as scared as I usually am, not very much shortness of breath, today I even feel hopeful.  And I feel full of love again!  I heard S's car coming down the street yesterday and leapt up, ready to jump into his arms.  I cried out a silly sound and did just that!  I wanted to take care of him, show him I am okay, because I am okay.  I brought him water and turned on the fan.  I just feel as if everything really is going to be alright.  And that, my friends, is a truly wonderful feeling.

It's been a while but I have been busy, sort of

So the mind of a creative can get hectic at times, as any of you fellow crafty friends probably know.  I have been off work, haven't started looking for a new one yet but have been busy busy busy trying to get my etsy biz running.  I just have so many ideas!  They just tumble around in my mind, most just stay there, some take flight.  Take these:

 

Security envelopes.  Lots of them.  I know you are thinking, "Jamie, have you lost it??"  No, I really haven't!  I have seen so many cool and innovative projects on the ol' www that use these humble patterns, I just want to use them too!  Ya know?  I just need to figure out how I'm gonna do it, ya know?  Anyway, let's look at some cute pics of Mia, these are from last month, Valentine's day.  I surprised her with a trail of Hershey's Hugs going from her room to the dining room table, which led to her handmade valentines, a heart necklace that I made her, a new dog stuffy (she loves dog stuffys!) and a heart rubber ducky because you know, WHO CAN RESIST, RIGHT? and some CANDY!

 I even got up too early with her to snap some pics, she seemed mighty happy with her loot.

Then she wanted to "show" the camera what she got as well as a couple valentines she made and one she got from grandma; the roses in the back were for me from my other love, S *sigh*

Ahh, I just love this girl!