Accidental Ambivalence

Bits

Driving home from work just now, I saw someone's pro-McCain bumper sticker. In my head, I snickered. I'm happy, but I'm that my reaction to seeing these things means that I'm at least a little bit evil deep down.

I urge you, the next time you are in a bookstore, to take a moment to appreciate the amount of time it takes to make that many tables and displays look perfect; I would also remind you that doing all of those displays within a week's time is not an easy task. It is stressful and frustrating and it means that Nic had to be awake before 6 am for five days in a row.


Lately, I've been drawn to creative, artistic projects. I'm not a terribly artistic person. I went through a scrapbooking phase in high school, and while what I got through doesn't look half bad, it isn't the impressive sort of things that you see from a stereotypical stay-at-home doting mother. I can't draw, I don't paint well, and sewing doesn't really make me want to jump up and down. Perhaps the most artistic thing about me, visually, is my handwriting (which is lovely if I do say so myself). Walking through Hobby Lobby, however, is a dangerous endeavor for anyone who is as prone to making Grand Plans as I am. I find myself drawn to beads and rubber stamps and pretty paper. So this weekend, I have decided to devote myself to creative endeavors. I'm going to stamp and cut and paste and write - both physically and in the creative sense.

Of course, I'll be doing these creative things between napping and eating and maybe cleaning my kitchen. (There I go again with those Grand Plans.)

Labels: everyday musings

posted by nicalyse @ 5:00 PM