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Old lessons revisted
Feb. 4th, 2011 01:00 pmOpen the shades.
Focus on the things you can do. Let go of the things you cannot do right now.
I had to purchase drapes for my business needs, privacy specifically. I need to remember to open them when I'm not using them for that reason. I don't care about privacy. Not a need I have.
I am working on my sewing project for Wicked. Helps me feel like I am getting things done while my body needs down time. The construction of this project is a little eccentric. Outer fabric and lining for the whole thing. But the lining and the outer fabric had to be attached in one area before any other sewing could be done. Makes it a little unwieldy to work with but I'm managing.
I am also melting wax. Melting wax is really good for me. I have a date scheduled with others for whom this sort of project is good for. We will manifest new things out of old wax. Recycling. I have a LOT of cleaned up, recycled wax. All separated by color and type. I want to make things out of it. I need wicking. The others tell me that different types of wax work better with different wick types(?), size(?)...something. I apparently need to look into this. It might have contributed to the drippiness of some of the candles I made in the last batch. I am very glad I know by feel which wax is what type. I also need help with the taper molds. Some of them turned out really well. Some of the wicks were so badly centered that they burned really quickly and well...badly. At their widest they are only an inch. Makes it really difficult to deal with. I am working on a set up for dipped tapers of a reasonable length so I will have some I know I can count on. I will probably fuss with the taper mold some more. It does take considerably less hands on time per candle. Agronomy vs Horticulture. Hmm, mebbe that should tell me something about myself. I do tend to prefer intensive vs extensive. Dipped it is.
Focus on the things you can do. Let go of the things you cannot do right now.
I had to purchase drapes for my business needs, privacy specifically. I need to remember to open them when I'm not using them for that reason. I don't care about privacy. Not a need I have.
I am working on my sewing project for Wicked. Helps me feel like I am getting things done while my body needs down time. The construction of this project is a little eccentric. Outer fabric and lining for the whole thing. But the lining and the outer fabric had to be attached in one area before any other sewing could be done. Makes it a little unwieldy to work with but I'm managing.
I am also melting wax. Melting wax is really good for me. I have a date scheduled with others for whom this sort of project is good for. We will manifest new things out of old wax. Recycling. I have a LOT of cleaned up, recycled wax. All separated by color and type. I want to make things out of it. I need wicking. The others tell me that different types of wax work better with different wick types(?), size(?)...something. I apparently need to look into this. It might have contributed to the drippiness of some of the candles I made in the last batch. I am very glad I know by feel which wax is what type. I also need help with the taper molds. Some of them turned out really well. Some of the wicks were so badly centered that they burned really quickly and well...badly. At their widest they are only an inch. Makes it really difficult to deal with. I am working on a set up for dipped tapers of a reasonable length so I will have some I know I can count on. I will probably fuss with the taper mold some more. It does take considerably less hands on time per candle. Agronomy vs Horticulture. Hmm, mebbe that should tell me something about myself. I do tend to prefer intensive vs extensive. Dipped it is.