the long winter
I find it very hard to believe that I completely missed the winter, but I have....
If you are visiting here, you are probably wondering what the heck happened. I stopped sleeping well sometime in late July/early August and by the time December rolled around I was in pretty bad shape physically, emotionally and mentally after getting only 3 or 4 hours of fitful sleep a night. My doctors (both alleopath and naturopath) could find neither reason or cure, so my naturopath ended up recommending acupuncture. Hallelujah, it worked!! After a couple of months of treatment, I've now had about 5 weeks of good, solid, normal sleep, and feeling about 75% back to my old self. Yay!
As of now I've got no interesting craftiness to show off, but I am working on some new drawings for fabric and hope to post them later this week. I still intend to open an etsy shop, and I'm aiming for a May 1 start date. I received a Gocco Arts for Christmas which should come in very handy. Speaking of gifts, the image above is from Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale - an artistic interpretation of one of my favorite books from my son's childhood - that I got for my birthday. Here's a post with a little bio of the artist, some more close-up pictures of the Mother Earth quilt, and some other lovely quilts. I don't often feel envious of other artists work no matter how much I love it, but this really made me feel "dang, I wish I had made that".
So after bloggily missing Christmas, New Year's, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day (which, believe it or not, I actually forgot about), Ira Glass' birthday (March 3), my birthday three days later (we were both born in '59), Saint Patrick's Day, and the first day of Spring, we get to today - Happy Easter Everyone!!
I have not been a complete slug. I've been working very hard for Barack Obama to get the Democratic nomination for President. In our caucus here in Washington, I was very pleased and proud - after a short "speech off" - to be picked as a delegate for the next level. So that's keeping me busy now and hopefully into the fall.
I'm going to try to post at least a couple times a week (I know, you've all heard that before) - even if I've got nothing to show except pictures of my messy garden - in order to get back into the habit. Thanks for checking in, and I'll talk to you soon!
Welcome back! So happy to see you post again.
Posted by: meggiecat | March 23, 2008 at 03:59 PM
I'm so glad you are sleeping a bit better. Obama is going to change our country for the better! Thank you for working so hard for him. Fingers Crosses! Take good care!
Posted by: Sonya | March 23, 2008 at 06:08 PM
yay!!! so happy to see you back. i drove by your house a few days ago and said hi through the car window.
sorry to hear about your troubles sleeping but so pleased to know that it is better now. i am looking forward to what is next - but, no pressure.....
Posted by: stephanie s | March 23, 2008 at 10:17 PM
welcome back!
Posted by: mimi k | March 24, 2008 at 05:38 AM
Oh, It's just so darn nice to hear from you!!
Congrats on getting those zzzz...
And thanks for working for Mr. Obama.
Posted by: bethany | March 24, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Oh, man. I can't function with just a couple nights of bad sleep. I'm so glad things are back on track for you. I totally thought you made that quilt until I read your post ... and I was *so* jealous. :)
Posted by: futuregirl | March 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Well, I clicked with no expectations whatsoever of seeing a new post. I was pleasantly surprised, but sorry to hear about your sleeping problems. I had no idea.
Glad things are looking up and I hope you had a good birthday and EAster. We actually had company for Easter and didn't get out to Mom's until the next day. Don't worry, she still had plenty of pie left.
Looking forward to your more frequent posts.
xo
Di
Posted by: Diane Duda | March 27, 2008 at 09:32 AM
So nice to have you back and even better that you're getting some quality sleep!
Posted by: Cassi | March 28, 2008 at 06:12 PM
Awfully nice to have you back ms. mcgee. I'm looking forward to pictures of your messy garden.
ann
Posted by: ann wood | March 29, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Welcome back. I am new to your blog. I just happen to peek in and I see you are back. So sorry to hear about your sleep problems. Glad you got help and it worked!! I know that feeling well. lol.
Diane
Posted by: Diane | March 30, 2008 at 11:56 AM