I had yesterday off from work and one of the 3 things I wanted to accomplish for the day was to pack up my beads, beading tools and work tables I have used to make my beaded jewelry. I did accomplish that task and it took me just about 4 hours since I wanted everything packed up in a very organized fashion.
Anyone who knows me well enough knows that my beading obsession all started about 10 years ago when I took up beading as a hobbie during a sad time in my life. I will forever be thankful to my beautiful friend Chris Sparks for introducing me to the world of beading! My beads got me through the most stressful and emotional plight in my life up to about 2 1/2 years ago. I honostly felt like I was saying good bye to a member of my family! 2 1/2 years ago is when we lost my brother, Chris, and ever since then, after so many attempts at sitting down to create a new design, I have realized it was time to give the "bead fettish" a rest. After thinking about the huge space I created in the room I had them set up in and how even though my beads are all so beautiful and special, my emotion wasn't brought up because of the fact that they were my sanity during a hard time in my life, but that in packing them up, I was closing the door on a lot of pain and sadness. I feel so good that I made the decision to make room for more "real life", like guests who will stay in that room.
Now I will continue on today and, together with Joe, go out and find a Christmas tree to decorate and enjoy with the rest of our wonderful family.
Ahhhh....oh, and now we have ants in the kitchen to tolerate until they decide to disappear. "The only good thing about ants is that they eventually go away and they don't leave a bunch of crap behind" - Joe Colgan. Life goes on.
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