Well that was fun. There is an app now for my windows phone thät talks to blogger. So I'm posting from my phone.
I don't think I can put pics in the post tho. That's a bit weird. But a simple text blog shouldn't be a problem.
I'll have no excuse now for not having something to say. . .
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
I read a sign today
It was one of those catchy little signs they stick up out the front of churches. Normally I ignore those because.. well, it's a church.
But the sign this time said.....
"A ship in harbour is safe - but that's not what ships are made for"
And I thought to myself, the rest of my drive home - how very true.
I don't know that it means I'm going to change right now from my 'safe' space, but I feel as though that particular saying will stick in the corner of my brain for quite some time.
Perhaps oneday it will sail.
But the sign this time said.....
"A ship in harbour is safe - but that's not what ships are made for"
And I thought to myself, the rest of my drive home - how very true.
I don't know that it means I'm going to change right now from my 'safe' space, but I feel as though that particular saying will stick in the corner of my brain for quite some time.
Perhaps oneday it will sail.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
wow, more than a month? Really?
Apparently so.
It's been more than a month since I last blogged. That's kinda typical given that I don't have a lot of time lately, and I can't find a decent blog app for my phone.
That really sounds wanky. But the truth is, I don't get a whole lot of pc time anymore. I'm not missing it that much either.
In fact, in just a few moments I'm turning this one off and going to spend some time with my hubby.
So the miniscule updates supplied via twitter and facebook have taken over from blogging - I can do those on the go and can pop in the tiny little bits of my life that keep my attention long enough to want to make them public.
A number of things have changed here lately. This week marks the beginning of me being home in the evenings again. I changed my work hours from evenings to days. This has had a number of positive outcomes already (even though it's only been three days!)
Firstly - I am home when my children come home from school. We have baked, I've done reading and homework and we've talked a lot.
Secondly - I get the work part of the day over and done with SUPER early, which means I don't spend all day dreading it.
Thirdly - other important things, like my kids parent teacher interviews, don't get missed any more.
and Fourthly - I feel like a parent again.
It's been an ENTIRE YEAR since I've been home for my kids in the afternoon. A whole YEAR. That's been - intensely difficult. It was necessary for the financial health of our family at the time, but if I could have it over again, I probably would. Oh well.
I'm here, I'm home at what feels like the right times again, and I'm very very ocassionally blogging.
Hell, I may even be able to preserve again at some point, given this new schedule of mine. Now THAT"S an exciting thought.
I'm knitting socks in between calls at work, and I bought a lovely fleece to spin.
That's me at the moment.
It's been more than a month since I last blogged. That's kinda typical given that I don't have a lot of time lately, and I can't find a decent blog app for my phone.
That really sounds wanky. But the truth is, I don't get a whole lot of pc time anymore. I'm not missing it that much either.
In fact, in just a few moments I'm turning this one off and going to spend some time with my hubby.
So the miniscule updates supplied via twitter and facebook have taken over from blogging - I can do those on the go and can pop in the tiny little bits of my life that keep my attention long enough to want to make them public.
A number of things have changed here lately. This week marks the beginning of me being home in the evenings again. I changed my work hours from evenings to days. This has had a number of positive outcomes already (even though it's only been three days!)
Firstly - I am home when my children come home from school. We have baked, I've done reading and homework and we've talked a lot.
Secondly - I get the work part of the day over and done with SUPER early, which means I don't spend all day dreading it.
Thirdly - other important things, like my kids parent teacher interviews, don't get missed any more.
and Fourthly - I feel like a parent again.
It's been an ENTIRE YEAR since I've been home for my kids in the afternoon. A whole YEAR. That's been - intensely difficult. It was necessary for the financial health of our family at the time, but if I could have it over again, I probably would. Oh well.
I'm here, I'm home at what feels like the right times again, and I'm very very ocassionally blogging.
Hell, I may even be able to preserve again at some point, given this new schedule of mine. Now THAT"S an exciting thought.
I'm knitting socks in between calls at work, and I bought a lovely fleece to spin.
That's me at the moment.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Financial issues
Well, not issues.
For the last few months I've been blessed with the abillity to do overtime, at double time pay, for 5 hours a week. That has been a two-edged sword - I've not seen my children for a long time. But I've been able to absorb the hot water drama, pay some other unexpected bills and still keep our heads above water.
Knowing, as I did that the overtime was going to be coming to a halt shortly, I applied for a full time position, a step to the side of the role that i am in currently.
I didn't get it.
Next week, all overtime is stopped. I will be down 20 hours a fortnight in my pay. This is not a good thing.
Should I go and find another job? Is it time to move on from there altogether? Or should I change my hours around if it's at all possible?
I don't really know what to do. My studio is getting further and further away though.
For the last few months I've been blessed with the abillity to do overtime, at double time pay, for 5 hours a week. That has been a two-edged sword - I've not seen my children for a long time. But I've been able to absorb the hot water drama, pay some other unexpected bills and still keep our heads above water.
Knowing, as I did that the overtime was going to be coming to a halt shortly, I applied for a full time position, a step to the side of the role that i am in currently.
I didn't get it.
Next week, all overtime is stopped. I will be down 20 hours a fortnight in my pay. This is not a good thing.
Should I go and find another job? Is it time to move on from there altogether? Or should I change my hours around if it's at all possible?
I don't really know what to do. My studio is getting further and further away though.
Friday, April 8, 2011
this week...
I've been feeling very flat. Very - down, I suppose.
Things have changed at work in ways that are making me feel... I dunno, it's a little hard to explain.
Just feel like I'm not supposed to be the kind of person that the job is making me be.
In the same vein, or perhaps not, I cannot leave the workplace. I just can't. I spent an entire day searching the job applications to see if there was something different out there that was, well, different. But I didn't find it.
I'm also feeling somewhat unsupported by those around me in my attempt to discover what the best course of action for me to take is right now. That's probably not helping.
Perhaps that's not true - not so much unsupported, but there's an element of unreality in the support I'm getting.
I can't make the same wage as I'm currently earning by going to work as a casual dishwasher.
Our household cannot survive on less than I'm currently earning.
The other earning member here cannot go and earn more to make up the difference.
Those are the facts.
Apparently the facts are destined to continually get in the way of what I wish I could do - which is just knit, right now.
I just want to sit and quietly knit. Maybe spin a bit. Then knit some more. Card up some lovely art batts, dye up some amazing fibres, and knit a bit more.
Maybe I just need a holiday.
Things have changed at work in ways that are making me feel... I dunno, it's a little hard to explain.
Just feel like I'm not supposed to be the kind of person that the job is making me be.
In the same vein, or perhaps not, I cannot leave the workplace. I just can't. I spent an entire day searching the job applications to see if there was something different out there that was, well, different. But I didn't find it.
I'm also feeling somewhat unsupported by those around me in my attempt to discover what the best course of action for me to take is right now. That's probably not helping.
Perhaps that's not true - not so much unsupported, but there's an element of unreality in the support I'm getting.
I can't make the same wage as I'm currently earning by going to work as a casual dishwasher.
Our household cannot survive on less than I'm currently earning.
The other earning member here cannot go and earn more to make up the difference.
Those are the facts.
Apparently the facts are destined to continually get in the way of what I wish I could do - which is just knit, right now.
I just want to sit and quietly knit. Maybe spin a bit. Then knit some more. Card up some lovely art batts, dye up some amazing fibres, and knit a bit more.
Maybe I just need a holiday.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
The truth about craft
Craft is awesome. It's relaxing, encouraging, inspiring, and it's one of the few things you can do in your spare time that result in a concrete reward - I MADE THIS.
There's an issue in that previous sentence. It's where I've said....
SPARE TIME
I seem to have less and less and less of that lying around in which to do anything.
For example. Today is Sunday. It is the one day of the week where I am not required to go to work outside the home. One would think that perhaps that might mean I have some spare time.
The truth of the matter is that I not only have my entire day already mapped out for me, not a single part of that day, except perhaps for after dark tonight once the kids are in bed, involves craft.
Most of it involves cleaning. I hate cleaning.
Ah well. I suppose there's really nothing for it but to finish this blog (which, by the way, isn't taking up any supposed spare time but is borrowing some of my morning coffee time instead) and get on with it.
End result of today is that the 'lounge room' is actually going to have lounge space available again. And I will no longer be in any danger of having lego-shaped tread imprints in the bottom of my feet whenever I walk in the room. That's the theory.
If I'm lucky, it might even last until this time next week.
There's an issue in that previous sentence. It's where I've said....
SPARE TIME
I seem to have less and less and less of that lying around in which to do anything.
For example. Today is Sunday. It is the one day of the week where I am not required to go to work outside the home. One would think that perhaps that might mean I have some spare time.
The truth of the matter is that I not only have my entire day already mapped out for me, not a single part of that day, except perhaps for after dark tonight once the kids are in bed, involves craft.
Most of it involves cleaning. I hate cleaning.
Ah well. I suppose there's really nothing for it but to finish this blog (which, by the way, isn't taking up any supposed spare time but is borrowing some of my morning coffee time instead) and get on with it.
End result of today is that the 'lounge room' is actually going to have lounge space available again. And I will no longer be in any danger of having lego-shaped tread imprints in the bottom of my feet whenever I walk in the room. That's the theory.
If I'm lucky, it might even last until this time next week.
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