If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Opera, e-bay, warps and ceu’s. what do these have in common? They have all been pulling at me when I should be reading My Antonia by Willa Cather  for the book group I formed – women reading women authors. I don’t generally have a problem prioritizing.

 

 

Now the opera I had no control over, ticket nights are set by the company and when Jim reminded me at 3 pm yesterday while we talked in the bathtub that we had opera tickets I blinked because I had completely forgotten. So I washed my hair, got out the aveda phimollient to set the funky messy hair he loves, actually put makeup on my newly unreddened face  ( I had the second laser treatment and it’s great) and dressed in black mohair and silver earrings. I even wore real shoes instead of clogs for this event.  Sadly the perform it in the largest and least acoustically fine house in Portland so they can sell tons of seats and so some of the voices get lost- but not the mezzo lead- she was spectacular. And this Rossini opera has a lot of comic relief which helps when there isn’t a lot of plot line.

 

Then today I want to finish wrapping the warp for my next project- an uncharacteristically me brown tweed fabric. Colors I never wear but that would make a great skirt. I am making three yards of it and lets hope I get something useable. If not I have another tote bag – duh-

 

And my ebay sweater was sent to the wrong person and I got her trashy purple robe. So I mailed the robe to the correct purchaser and she was supposed to send me the sweater but has not done it. So that is a small twist.  But what calls tome mostly are the continuing ed units I need for my national certification. Which only require a cozy sofa, time to read the materials and take the tests and maybe a fine to keep me cozy and in one spot.  They let you see the test first and you can skin the book and answer Q’s as you go along and then I sell the book on ebay- unmarked and practically new. Works quite well. But what I really want to do is read My Antonia and weave or finished the sleeve for a soft pink bed sweater I am making so I can then crochet the edges and add pom-poms.

 

Are you all seeing what a large part of my life is spent  in bed or the bath? They are two of my special joys. A long hot bath and then to get into bed with lots of down pillows and comforters and my cat and a good book.  I am old enough to have deserved this small indulgence and feel it makes me a much nicer person than when I go without.

 

And I have been meaning to tell you that I spell quite well but type badly and hate t proofread my own stuff. So suck it up. ( I typed that with a smile)