Since August I've been going thru a lot of periods of depression. I'm not sure why I've been on such a rollercoaster of moods - I've been taking my meds. Was playing a lot of Evony, but I was before August too, so that's not why I haven't posted. I've been trying to keep myself busy with mah jong, gaming, reading, watching TV (now there's a real mental vacuum if ever there was one), and other time wasters.
I went on one quilt retreat in November and finished one quilt 'Lucy in the Garden' for my friend Janet. It was a surprise for her birthday, and she loved it. I need to get a new photo of it however - this one was taken prior to beading and other embellishments.
I made one tablerunner, which I'm in the process of quilting right now. Don't think it's gonna be done in time for the holidays, so it won't be the present it was intended to be - I will give it as a 12th night gift.
I am working on designing a new quilt (really not designing, more adapting) for my guild's fabric exchange. Designing something entirely new and different is hard - every time I think I've got something cute and original, I see the same or similar pattern somewhere on the web. Very frustrating. This time I am merely adapting, so I know from the outset that it's not original.
I did manage to get through Chanukah without major upset. I thought it was very sweet that my son's fiance, who isn't Jewish, followed along with the candle prayers with us. Since we are a multi-cultural household, we also have a solstice tree for the holidays - and that is finally up and decorated with Star Trek ships for ornaments. They all light up and make sounds, so it's very festive (and noisy). The cats are fascinated with all the wires and dangly things. Lovely.
On an upnote for me, we are expecting a week or so of rain... I LOVE rain! So far we've had a full day of drizzles - tomorrow should bring some real rain coming down. I am looking forward to it.
Today I am grateful for family and unconditional love. I suppose even among family, love is conditional, but so far, in our small nuclear family unit, while sometimes we aren't thrilled with each other's actions or decisions, the love remains unconditional... gotta love it!
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