week3

… what a crazy week it’s been. So much awfulness in the news…. and some really awesome things as well.

My response to all this stress, honestly, has probably not been a good one… but what I ended up doing was to essentially step almost completely away from the news and anything online. My sleep is still disrupted, and seems to predominantly happening in the late morning/ afternoon/ early evening hours. At this point in my life, I am not convinced my sleep schedule will ever be ‘normal’…. but hopefully, I will get to the point where it’s a little more regular and restful. In the meantime…. I have watched lots of crime shows (lots of ID channel).... lots of decorating shows (lots of Flipping Across America on HGTV)… and I even found some old episodes of The Partridge Family. whoa.

Tonight, the hubby was awesome and took me for a ride in the car. The clouds were amazing. We ended up on a mini-date-night at Barnes and Nobles, getting something to eat in the café, and browsing lots of great books. The getting of the groceries will have to wait for another night.

This weekend, I finally felt a little better (my back has been really bad this week)… and I was able to complete some ‘old’ projects on my ‘to-do’ list of jewelry things to make. I finished 5 necklaces and 5 bracelets… all on a Chakra stone theme… with stainless steel chain and findings, and matte finish beads. This is a project that I thought of and got the supplies for about a year ago… and just never got around to. I am hoping to have a jewelry “Trunk Show” later on this week. .. and these pieces will be part of it.

And finally, here is my collage of photos from my ‘snapshot for the day’ shots from this past week.