Transitions

The past year seems to be a period of transition in my life. I left my job of 15 years last June and have been working various temporary jobs since then. My current job is in transition – I am learning a new position that I will be moving into possibly in June or July. I am working part time in two different departments with the Motorcycle Division. I am still working temporary and would like to transition to a permanent position either here or at another company.

I am going to be an empty nester soon. My son is going to be moving to San Francisco late this summer and I will have my three bedroom place to myself. I am looking forward to it, but dreading it at the same time. I will enjoy the freedom of having all the space to myself and redecorating – but it has been over 20 years since I have lived alone. What an exciting change! I plan to do some major decorating all over the house! I plan to put up curtains in both the living room and dining room, turn one of the bedrooms into a sewing room and the other possibly into a guest room, a media room, or a library.

I am trying some new things as well. I have been making a prom dress for the past few weeks, and am looking forward to finishing it this weekend. I would like to do some sewing and possibly alterations as a sideline to earn some extra money. I need to see how this project works out first before I decide if I want to pursue that further.

I am doing some writing here and there (besides on my blog) and have done a few articles for Helium.com. You can find their site here: I happened upon this site by accident and have enjoyed writing for them. I hope to find some time soon to look at the different channels and pick some new subjects to write about. I would like to find a topic that I could do some research on and write a really top notch article. I will have to look at the list of magazines that are looking for articles. I tried to participate in the National Novel Writing Month last November, but life got busy and I didn’t really get off the ground. I did purchase the book and plan to try again this November.

A different kind of birdhouse

One of the most charming things I found on my walk was this metal birdhouse. Not your "typical" birdhouse. My dad makes wooden birdhouses as a hobby and this certainly does not compare to his by any means - but I do like it for its uniqueness. I will be walking a different route tomorrow morning to see what other beautiful scenes I can find in my neighborhood.

More Flowers

Flower Walk in Redondo Beach

I went for a walk this morning and took pictures of the many beautiful spring flowers. Here are some of the pictures I took.

Freeform progress

Here is a picture of my progress on my freeform purse. This is side one. I am working on this in tandem with making a prom dress. The prom dress I work on during the weekends. The purse gets worked on in the evenings when I am too tired to sew - but somehow never too tired to play with my freeform shapes. This purse is very funky looking and I still need to pick out a fabric for the lining but it is fun to make. I want to add pockets and such to the lining so that after all the work I actually use the purse.

Prayer Shawl

This is a picture of the prayer shawl that I made for my friend, Linda, who is gratiously modeling it after I gave it to her. Linda is having knee surgery today and I made the shawl with lots of love and prayers for a quick recovery. Linda is very conscientious and asked her doctor all the questions she had on Friday and this made her rest assured both that she had the right doctor and that this is the time for her surgery. Please pray with me for a speedy recovery for Linda!