Katie and I sprang $2.50 each for pizza tonight. My friend asked on facebook if we have similar pizza topping preferences. I replied that we both like cheap pizza, so yes, our preferences are similar. We have spent the evening watching a movie and hanging out on our laptops. Katie has been working on e-mail and "cruising", I'm working on a pillow for my friend with pictures on fabric. It's one she hired me to make and I think it will look neat when I'm done, though, I will admit, as soon as I left her and the fabric store, I called my quilting teacher and friend for help. Usually I have little to no problem handling such projects on my own but with the cording, something I haven't tackled before, I thought the advice of one wiser than I would come in most handy. When the tough get going, the tough call Marjorie.
Did I ever tell you I draw stick figures? They are my therapy, kind of like poetry. They express things in images that might be difficult to put into words. I have a whole collage of them by my desk doing different things. They ice skate, hold hands, read, give presents, dance, pray, hold the Torah, climb trees, fall down, draw, receive oxygen, and all manner of things. One is even a story told in three progressive pictures. The first figure is holding a high stack of boxes, the second has been crushed by a rock and the boxes are strewn everywhere, the third is crying while trying to get up. I was in a dark place when I drew that one and it's one of my favorites. I still draw them when I need to, they have become like little friends who keep me company as I type.
Someone who keeps up with this blog has asked about employment since I haven't mentioned it lately. I am doing classified substituting with the school district right now. This includes things like classroom aid, special education, office, and library work. It doesn't help my income level since unemployment takes out of its check what I earn, but it blesses my hands with work and extends the time I can claim. God has amazed me with the work he's given. Thursday I was in classrooms at a high school and Friday I was in the office at a Middle School. As I am still congested in my chest, I was very grateful for these assignments. I like elementary but it nearly always means recess duty in the cold. God takes care of us and I am so grateful he does. I am still looking though, for permanent, full time work. There were three siblings in my family out of work at one time, my brothers have work, so I have been told it's my turn now. Hear that God? It's my turn.
Have a great start to your week!
365-09 #53Labels: 365-09 Challenge, Art, Quilt