The next few days will be quite busy as my husband and I will be assembling a gazebo and laying out some pavers in the backyard. We already picked up the pavers a couple of days ago and had to make two trips. The gazebo which was delivered yesterday also came with some extra work,Read More
Month: July 2022
Mental Health
The Quest to End My Current Adventure and Returning to the Grind
Tomorrow I’ll be going back to work after my week-long staycation. It was really nice to be able to take this break, not just from work but also from my projects as I have been going a bit hard just to get some things completed. I spent this past week catching up on a fewRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Realize that Happiness and Not Growth is the Purpose in Life
Last few days I have been experiencing some anxiety and unexplained sadness despite the fact that I am on vacation and I have tons of time to myself to do whatever I want. Despite this, I have still been trying as I always do to focus every day on the things that make me happy,Read More
Health
The Quest to Try to Visit Fond Memories
2003 was a rough year for my family, it was the year I lost a father and my mother lost her husband. It was a year of great sadness and many changes but also many fond memories. After my father’s passing my husband and I moved in with my mother for various reasons but mostRead More
Being Creative
The Quest to Build the Haunted Mansion Dollhouse…Mostly Complete
The dollhouse is complete with the exception of a few minor things. After the new wing was added and the wallpaper installed I changed my focus to completing the interior scenes. I finished making and painting the rest of the furniture and spent a lot of time making all of the tiny accessories that wentRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Take a Break
It’s time to take a break, between work and my latest art project (The Haunted Mansion Dollhouse) I have been non-stop for the last few weeks and it is time to rest and relax. Sometimes I get so involved with such a big project that by the end of it I just want to getRead More
Sadness
The Quest to Not Get Frustrated For My Lack Of Progress
Today was not as productive as I would have liked, I meant to not go out and focus all my time on working on my project. Ended up having to go out twice. By the time I completed some chores and arrived back home after running all my errands I finally got started on theRead More
Being Creative
The Quest to Build a Haunted Mansion Dollhouse…A New Wing is Added
So thanks to a seller on eBay I was able to acquire a third Dollhouse to add to the other two I have already been working on. I think I got lucky that I was able to find another Ashland Tiny Treasure dollhouse from last year’s Christmas collection from Michael’s. Lucky that this seller hadRead More
Mental Health
The Quest to Enjoy the Second Half of the Year
Now that the Fourth of July is over my mind is now straying toward the coming Holidays. I am looking forward to decorating for Halloween and even for Christmas. The Month of October through December has always been my favorite time of year. I get great joy in decorating for Halloween and my husband canRead More
Health
The Quest to Gain New Perspective On the Fourth of July
As we get ready to celebrate Independence Day in the US today my husband and I spent the morning looking over some of our antique books in our library that we collected that give a historical account of the Revolutionary War. We have a two-book volume set that was published only 60 years after theRead More