In response to Katie's last post in which she wondered where all that wonderful writing time and energy had gone . . . here's where mine has gone. Notice the pictures--pumpkin patch field trips, tricking up my house for Halloween, dirt-and-worms cupcakes for school Halloween parties, PTA newsletter, and the gi-normous, thirty-foot "shining stars" mural that I painted at Oxford Elementary School.
And, this all happened THIS WEEK. And, I haven't even mentioned the saga of the Halloween costumes--which involved more painting and driving and sweat and tears.
Katie and I recently had a great discussion about pruning--not our gardens, but our lives. I have noticed that when I'm using my creative energy to do anything--writing, painting, or volunteering--I feel pretty good. I loved, loved, loved painting all of those giant stars on the wall of my daughter's school. When I'm doing something that goes against my natural tendencies, I dread it--for example, the PTA newsletter was not so much fun and I had a pretty bad attitude.
New goal--prune out the stuff that doesn't fulfill. Somebody else is gifted in that way and will probably do a better job than I would, anyway.
Now, I'm off to my preschooler's Halloween party with my wormy cupcakes. This week was gonna be a wash anyway. I can't compete with Halloween!
Enjoy your pumpkin carving!! sf
3 comments:
Happy Halloween!
I wish this day came like 4 times a year... but then, I'm not a mommy, so... maybe I wouldn't if I had all that stuff to do.
:)
Great post SF! I loved all the pics! The mural looks great. And so does the playroom. My eyes aren't working right today cuz I went for the routine eye doc appt. and they said, "you have a hole in your retina. Let's do immediate laser surgery."
Huh??!! Needless to say, tears fell and now I am BAck in bed AGAIN!!!! Dang it! I am never gonna get back on track.
P.S. I called you from the docs and you weren't home! Probably out doing kiddie parties.
Later! K
Okay, I can't believe I missed the whole eye surgery episode. You need to live in a bubble, Katie.
Bill--I'm with you, man. I could do this every weekend. Halloweeen is the BEST! sf
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