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Decluttering to calm my cluttered mind

 It's been a minute! Nearly 2 years since my last post. It's very strange, I just had a quick read of the last post and I am in the process of doing exactly the same thing that I was in that one - sorting out the craft room.  Only this time, it is in OUR house that we bought together.  A bit of updating first.  I have been with my partner (or should I say fiance) now for 3 years. For the most part, life is good and I love doing life with him. We laugh a lot and just "get" each other. The house we bought needed a lot of work and we have been slowly renovating it after replacing carpet with vinyl floating floorboards before moving in. We have been here nearly 18 months now.  It has 3 bedrooms and the third bedroom will eventually be my craft room. We had to fix the ceiling, which had sagged, and paint the room before anything else, which was done after moving in.  We then had to turn it into a spare room at Christmas time in 2023 for my Mum to come and stay, ...
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Remembering those we love.

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 I was supposed to be at the Pyrenees Hideout Festival with my partner today, and it was such a beautiful day for it too.  He has been unwell with a cold/flu since Wednesday and shared it with me and I came down with it yesterday.  We were so looking forward to it as well.  The tickets were a gift from his parents as an early birthday present to us both, so they got passed on to his son to take his girlfriend instead and they thoroughly enjoyed it. I got stuck into sorting out my craft room, which has been out of action now for nearly 12 months I think! I have a bungalow out the back which a friend and I used as a make shift craft shop, but I needed it for my partner's son to live in.  As a result, all the "stuff" that was out there got moved into my craft room in boxes.  Every now and again I go in there and do a little bit of sorting, but mostly I go in, get what I need and shut the door because it's a bit overwhelming.  I'm happy to say that I am al...
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New Keyboard!

 I got a brand new keyboard as an early Christmas present from my boy, so I had to try it out!  It is very special - it has rainbow keys and a I got a rainbow mouse as well.  Admittedly they are gaming ones but I don't even care! It's been a while since I've blogged, and there is one main reason.... LIFE IS GOOD! Yes, I still have bad moments - it's not very often I have a full bad day anymore - but my life has changed a lot over the last 12 months.  There has been more of a focus on me and what I like to do, and for creating new memories with my loved ones.  Work has been crazy busy this year which hasn't left a lot of time for adventures, but we have been making the most of what time we have.  A couple of weeks ago, I had a "moment". I was laying in bed thinking, overthinking and stewing on things in my relationship.  I couldn't just lay there so I got up and cleaned up the outside of my house... at 2.30am. This reminded me of the time I did this at ...
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Bring on Spring!

 Spring is here, and thank god for that - I need some sunshine! I like winter better than summer... physically.  I do not enjoy being hot at all and prefer to sit inside on a rainy day and craft than be out in the hot sun in summer.  Mentally though, is a much different story.  Winter has never been good for my mental health.  I have got through most of winter unscathed by not seeing much sunshine and getting enough Vitamin D, but the last couple of weeks the doldrums have set in. There's a lot going on and I just feel physically not great and mentally drained.  I tried to go shopping with my boy yesterday and didn't even pull into a parking spot before turning around and going back home.  The thought of going into the shopping centre and having to deal with people was just too overwhelming. My partner has a few issues going on with his ex-wife that are tough to deal with and one of my best friend's is having some issues in her relationship.  I'm ...
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Punctuation is key

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  This little guy “.” when used on his own, means full stop, the end, period.   Yes there might be another sentence to follow that one, but the previous sentence has been finished. What if he has some friends? What happens then? Put a curvy squiggle over the top of him and you are asking a question and inviting others to have input on that sentence. You are opening up a dialogue.   Whether you take on board the input that others have is completely within your control.   If you don’t like their answers, then maybe find different friends… Maybe find your own tribe and people that you can resonate with.   When you put one “.” with 2 more, it now becomes, “to be continued”.   Stay tuned, there’s more to come, all those exciting things! Put a straight line above him and he is now very expressive and exclaiming how he feels.   How liberating that can be! If we put another “.” on top of him like this: ·         Now we have option...
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Checking In

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Goodness, it's been a while!  Which is a good thing because it's means I've been in a good head space. So, what's been happening? Well, I mentioned in my last blog that 2022 had started with a lot of potential.  This was mainly due to meeting a lovely man who I had already connected with a few days in.  We are still going strong and he gets me.  I don't have to hide anything from him, I can just be who I am and talk to him about how I'm feeling and it's awesome! My walking started off strong, but I have been feeling a bit disheartened about it over the last month or so and even really down about it the last week.  There is a lot of nasty "bugs" around at the moment, that everyone seems to be getting because our immune systems haven't been exposed to them over the last 2 years. Now that we are all allowed out and about without masks, we are suddenly exposed to things with low immune systems.  As a result, my son and myself have had a bit of time...
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Happy New Year

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  Happy New Year everyone! As it turned out, I had a lovely ending to 2021.  I did end up getting home to see all of my family for Christmas and it was just what I needed.   At the last minute, the SA government changed the rules so that I only had to get a test and negative result in VIC, and I didn't have to worry about getting another one once I reached SA. I have a frame that used to be my Nanna's that holds specific calendars, and my sister now buys me the calendar every year.  She picks the best ones.  The pic above is the January picture.  It's a self care calendar by Lily & Val.  I'm sure I'll share a few more of the months as the year goes on, but let's not wish it away. For New Year's Eve, I went out with 2 friends for tea and then headed over to one of my best friend's to see the new year in with her and her partner.  It was really lovely. 2022 has started with a lot of potential.  I will talk about this more in future blo...
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