Two posts in two days! Will the wonders never cease?
I have decided to tackle a supply of small tasks that have eluded completion for some time. I've knocked a few down, but have more to go. it's nice to keep one's self busy, particularly if that busy comes with sense of accomplishment.
I need to find a model for some of this stuff I make. For necklaces and the like my mannequin works like a charm, but for earrings and bracelets... Not so much. I'll have to dig round and see who I know who is amenable to such a suggestion!
I've had a lot of fun with the two younger kids, much more than i would have thought. They are so darn clever and observant. The fact that they process their observations in an ...unorthodox... fashion is not lost on me. It reminds me of my childhood, and how we were different than most kids around us. I think I need more work at channeling their cleverness and creativity. Beter than I channeled my own.
I expected the house to degrade into a horrifying mess without Lady Arat about, but I have had a great deal of successin keeping things orderly. Much of this has to do with the kids pitching in. Monkey has been invaluable, and a hearty thanks to the Mutti for her assistance as well. Nini and W have not argued (much) with me when I tell them that their mess needs cleaning.
I am so exceedingly grateful for my family. But I have been made KEENLY aware this week of how inexplicably grateful I am for my wife. I have not always treated her as well as I should. For this I will attempt to gain forgiveness and rectify my shortsightedness and foolish self centred behaviors. I'm getting better at this, and will continue to do so. I have come so close to losing her, and I will NEVER skate that line again. She has been the bright spot in my existence when all else seemed a gray, dark haze. She has pulled me back from the brink in some of my worst moments, and helped me back to the light, and to a better place. I love so many, many things about her. The way her forehead wrinkles up when she is disbelieving, the way her right upper canine sometimes catches when she smiles. How she takes care of our kids with a gentle, yet firm hand, how she is on top of everything in our household. The way she is supportive of my weirdnesses. How she tolerated my long hair, because, in her words, " I like it, because YOU like it". I could go on and on. Sufficeth to say, she is the light of my life, and without her... well, I don't even want to CONSIDER such a thing. Because it is worse than that dark place I have so often (and with less and less frequency) gone to.
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I'm enjoying these jewels more and more. I've been experimenting with them as of late, so more should be forthcoming. Huzzah!
