SuseADoodle's "Ant Thymes": July 2007

I had not intended that Ant Thymes would turn into a site of photos. But with the black background I chose for the set up of the blog, they look pretty good here -- well, I think they do, at least. :-)

Maybe it is good that photos look so good against the background, because not much has been happening to be worth writing about lately.

This week will be a bit busy for me. Today and tomorrow are scheduled to be spent getting ready for the FUNshop on Tuesday night at the home of my friend, Sherry. I've got the catalogue notebooks to prepare, all of the handouts, all of the project kits, plus figure out all of my demonstrations and which will be the make-n-take projects. **sigh** Feels like a lot to get done in so few hours.

It will be a great FUNshop anyhow!

Then Tuesday will be spent at Sherry's and I'll put her to work helping cut the cardstock for the make-n-take projects. We've been getting together for the last few Tuesdays to make cards and have fun.

Wednesday is my last dental visit to get all of the bridge work done! HIP HIP HOORAY! No more "under construction" signs hanging off my swollen lips. Well, it has been almost six weeks since I was there last and the temporary bridge was put in. My lips and gums were swollen and bruised for forever it seemed. All except one tiny spot, along the front of the top gum, has "returned to normal" -- and I hope that the finished bridge fits better and that won't be a problem anymore after Wednesday.

Well, maybe not so busy after all. Just seems like it will be looking at it from this vantage point.

And, the weird thing is, when I am in the middle of needing to get one thing finished, ideas for the next projects come into my head. They demand to be put on paper, at least, because they know that if I don't write them down, they will be forgotten and lost forever. Sometimes, it is worse -- it is not an idea for a craft or art project, but for a writing project. These demanding little nagging bits and pieces require so much attention to get them down on paper with enough detail that they aren't forgotten, or the main point isn't lost, that they often overpower the project at-hand that is under some kind of time constraint.

That happened to me this last week. I felt I needed to go through all my rubber stamp sets to see which ones are actually from The Angel Company (tm) and then, of them, see which ones are in the current catalogue/idea book. To use them for swap projects, for samples to show off at FUNshops, or to use for demonstrations or the A-N-G-E-L or Treasure Hunt Games, they need to be current sets. Every time I sat down with a pile of stamp sets to go through, another new idea would pop into my head for a story I have been working on and demanded to be put into writing so I wouldn't forget it. Does anyone know why that happens?

I have, jokingly, said that it is "avoidance behavior." There are times when it is. I've been working on some writing projects that are non-fiction and sort of mentally draining to work on. I'm not in the habit of consistency with my writing, but attack it with gusto in spurts. I overwhelm myself and burn out on it very quickly. I allow other projects or ideas or pressing matters (like vacuuming, laundry, dirty dishes) to distract me from getting back to work on those projects.

In the case of going through the rubber stamps, it shouldn't take more than half an hour or so. I don't understand why my brain is throwing up road blocks to getting that accomplished. Maybe it is just the concept of "this needs to be done" that just makes my brain rebel. I dunno ...

Well, as soon as I hit "post," I better go look at that pile of stamp sets and see what is what ... oh, wait, there are some dirty dishes in the sink I should take care of first, and then maybe I should run to the grocery store for that milk we need tonight while it isn't busy in the store, and then maybe I ought to see if my hubby needs any laundry done for work tomorrow and then ...

Have a blessed week, ya'll!