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I asked a friend (who just happens to be a writer), if she ever narrated her life in her head when she was a kid. Her immediate answer (much to my relief) was “Oh, all the time!” When I was a kid I used to compose a commentary on my life in my head. That narration voice was muffled long ago. I don’t know if I stopped doing it because I thought it was too wierd, or if I just got more caught up in the business or experiencing life instead of just comenting on it in my head. I’d never mentioned it to anyone before, probably because I thought it was way too wierd. Well, it was darned reassuring to hear that I’m not the only one with a personal mental voiceover.

Blogging has brought the voice back. Sadly, my actual posts are never as witty or interesting as the ones I compose in my head when I am going about my day. If I were more organized, I’d write things down as they occurred to me. Like that’ll ever happen! It’s kind of comforting to have that voice back, but it’s unsettling too. I think it underscores the fact that my days can often be kind of lonely. Don’t get me wrong, I love my life, but as a stay-at-home mom with both kids in school all day, I spend a lot of time alone. I like the alone time more than I would have thought when I was younger. I crave the solitude when the kids are home in the summer, all day, every day. LOL

But, I need social contact too. I really appreciate the smart, funny women I have as friends. If only more of them lived near by, or were free during the day. Whether in person or by e-mail or on the phone they enrich my life. And, thankfully, like my friend yesterday, they make me feel less alone and less wierd. hee hee

Onto other topics… My metalsmiting class is continuing to challenge me. I think this is the hardest thing i’ve tackled in years. I hope to keep it up though because it’ll be years before I am any good at it. My very first project (sort of a group assigned project) is complete. It’s a hollow pendant. Here’s my “bean”, side one textured with sandpaper in the rolling mill:

Side two, textured with mesh fabric:

It’s not high art by any means, but it’s a satisfying piece to have completed. Man, there’s a surprising amount of work that goes into something like this. Any handcrafted silver jewelry I own is worth ten times what I paid for it. The soldering mojo was definitely not with me on Tuesday. I may never get to set a stone in a bezel at the rate I am going. I would have been better off hammering wire into submission.

Knitting. I’ve got several mindless projects going, so I thought I’d try my hand at knitting the Falling Leaves Scarf from Morehouse farms. First of all, I was really pround of myself for just surviving balling the quad skein of laceweight yarn. That’s a LOT of yarn! Knitting with laceweight is very different. The progress might be too slow for me. The pattern is interesting with its cast offs and on again. I’m just not sure I like the look enough to be able to stick with it through a zillion rows.

I may just frog it and try something else. I love the yarn despite its resemblance to thread. Any suggestions for an easy pattern for an advanced beginner level knitter with craft ADD?

I’m still making snail’s pace progress on the studio. Most of the things I have left to organize aren’t fun, so its hard to summon up the oompf to work down there. I need to get over that! Here’s a photo of the current state of the studio:

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