Ugh.
Time to close my eyes and listen to music, I think. I can't stitch here in the d-chair, so I need to find something else to occupy my time here. The panic and stress and worry and fretting isn't doing anybody any good...especially me.
Come tell me that you're safe and well, Dearies. Come show me pretty pictures of your life, and what you're stitching, reading, eating, and doing to pass the time.
I know this will pass...I guess I'm just having a moment.
Hi Coni
ReplyDeleteWe’re all having a moment. We in CA and we’re under a shelter in place order and it’s hard to keep negative thoughts from intruding. Pleas know that we’re all in this together. Please keep blogging and letting us know how you are. We’re all pulling for you.
Coni, sending you good thoughts and positive vibes and many cyber hugs. Close your eyes and let the music wash over you!
ReplyDeleteSo many of us experiencing the panic at this level and so many experiencing it at an even higher one. Mentally, let us all hold hands and form a circle of strength, breath slowly, dropping our shoulders,and know we are all in this together. We can get through it when we know we are not alone in our fear of this scary time.Be safe & be calm.
ReplyDeleteI am trying my best to keep my act together as well. I am trying to learn to knit and sometimes it goes well and sometimes it doesn't. I pick up my cross stitching at those times. I am working on a beautiful piece by Teresa Kogut --- have you ever looked at her patterns? I hope your day has become a little more peaceful by now. Sending love and hugs!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Coni. You're not alone in that. I'm depressed today. Doesn't really help that it's been raining all day. But, I'm trying to eat regularly and well, get enough sleep, do some exercise, keep my mind occupied on something else, limit my internet time, listen to classical music. In N.J., we're on a Stay At Home order from our governor; I'm not working for a week & half, minimum; lots of businesses, stores, etc. are closed. Thankfully, we live in far southern N.J., and not central or northern N.J.!
ReplyDeleteWe'll all get through this, together.....
Lynn in southern NJ
Safe in Oklahoma living in the country. Need to venture to town today for a few things and mail. Appreciate the local businesses that are allowing senior shopping. Going to attempt to sew some masks for donations. Take care Connie!
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ReplyDeleteI agree that we're all having a moment. I never thought I'd live through something like this. It's so difficult to not panic with all the terrible news and continuing restrictions and alerts. I'm trying to limit my news consumption a bit and just focus on regular routines at home, reading some good mysteries and stitching. I think of you often; hope your day has become more calm. Take care.
ReplyDeleteMary
Do you listen to audiobooks? Immersing yourself in another world may help distract your mind. Right now Audible is making some classic literature available for FREE. Check out https://stories.audible.com/start-listen. This link is primarily aimed at people who are homeschooling right now, but you might find something in the teens and classic literature. You might even be surprised by what you find. Maybe a dose of Winnie the Pooh or Anne of Green Gables is just what you need. I've been using Audible for years and plan to take advantage of a few of these free listens.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting that link! I see many I'd like to listen to under the classic literature. I'm going to listen tonight after dinner, while stitching.
DeleteHugs to you!
-Lynn in southern NJ
Also many libraries offer ebooks and e-audio-books (if you already have a library card).
DeleteHello dear Spinster...
ReplyDeleteTo cheer and encourage us X stitch designers are designing and giving us freebies. Honeybee at The Copper Fox is listing some freebie sites and tells us we can find others by searching #bewellandstitch on Facebook or Instagram.
Honeybee has already completed a design by The Drawn Thread and has lovely pix up on her site.
Love the stitching community... we do what we can to keep each other positive, supported and loved.
Maggie J. Alberta Canada
If you can't stitch during chair time, can you at least watch flosss-tube or listen to something enjoyable and distracting? At the very least, if you can't watch your own screen, does the centre have a screen so you can watch something? I know how important being able to stitch was to getting through the chair time and how much you need some distraction to get you through. And yes, we're all having moments here in Oz, too. I'm fidgetty and irritable and it's only just starting.
ReplyDeleteHi Coni . . . I have my "good days and bad" with this virus stress and the daily up and downs we all have. I find that if I can keep my mind busy (reading, doing a challenging embroidery project, genealogy research, whatever) that my day passes without my mind "running wild". I absolutely cannot quit obsessing, but I have learned that I can choose what I obsess about by doing something challenging with my thoughts. I've recently completed two tiny embroidered doggies. The Shih-Tzu is ours, named "Cookie" and the Chihuahua is my Doctor-Niece's dog, "Romeo". I'll send you pictures via email. They are only about an inch high and will become glass locket pendants. - Marcia Hron
ReplyDeleteYes very stressed here - yet on a personal basis we are lucky to be remote. But we still have deliveries. My panic affects my asthma and then I cough. But because I cough, I then panic even more! Thank goodness for my inhalers - but even then some days are better than others. My worry is for family mostly. My daughter is still having to go to work as is her fiance. But they are healthy. Husband is set to close down our company - who wants carpets and who will want carpets when this is over - carpet isn't a neccessity. But hey ho, more planting done and the new duck house is up. The broody duck went straight back to her eggs while I had to round up the others to go to bed last night. Awkward little monkeys - I had plenty of exercise as we did several circuits of their enclosure! They free range during the day but are behind electric fencing in the evening and overnight because of Mistress Vixen.
ReplyDeletePlease try not to worry - it is easy to say because I can't practice what I preach - but we cannot do a thing about it - it is out of our hands so we must do our best to stay safe. The keep calm and carry on for the outward appearance and headless chicken mode in the head!
Happy to send you some pretty piccies - but they may end up in your junk mail because it's a carpet company address!
Hi Coni, funny you should feel this way yesterday. I did, too! Usually I am a very calm person, regardless of circumstances. Probably because my momma was the same, and I'm a retired nurse, wife to retired cop, mother of 3 daughters. Not much can ruffle my feathers, but I felt uneasy and a little panicky yesterday. My husband is away for work as are my daughters, my oldest is a police officer with 3 kids and her husband is a cop too. Their shift work has been all changed around to keep cops on the street buy protect them from exposure which will help with keeping their own families safe but also others they come into contact with on the streets. I live in NJ and we are on "stay at home" orders for at least another week. I can't help with the kids (over 65 and have hbp & asthma) & I'm by myself here at home with my puppy dog, Reilly. I've turned off the tv other than the daily corona virus task force update & movies. So far, I've made a baby quilt, knitted a pair of socks, completed one small EAster stitched piece by Lizzie Kate and I'm working on another larger piece to be framed. I feel more together today. I think tv was making me crazy! I'm walking the dog everyday for my exercise and checking out my neighbors from afar. Stay calm, dear lady. Pretty soon we'll all be out and about and safe from this crazy virus!! I would send pics if I knew how.....
ReplyDeleteWe are all in this together. Hugs!! I am presently down to about 3 loads of laundry and I will have conquered Mt Laundry! I am trying to "homeschool" my boys. I wouldn't have cut it as a teacher. I did find a great app for math, am planning on using Wheel Of Fortune for some spelling practice and found an app for downloading ebooks from the library so they have more options than just what we have at home. They might not come out of this any smarter than they are right now but hopefully they don't lose any skills they already had. Wish me luck :)
ReplyDeleteI have found calling my cousins and BFF's in different cities and just connecting brings me closer to sanity, no matter the conversations. One thing leads to another and I started sending letters afterward as I was going thru paperwork and would find fun momentos this one or that one would love to see or have. It takes the 'only happening to me' out of my immediate perimeter.
ReplyDeleteFamily and Friends, what a joy they bring us.