Anyone out there available next couple hours??

[LavenderMoon]

I want to just text talk for a little bit.

Thank you

[jimeka]

So you live in Oregon, how have the fires been ?

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

I only had one fire close enough to get level 1 evacuation warning. That was it and after that air is just fine.

[jimeka in reply to LavenderMoon]

I have a friend who lives in Washington state and she sent me photos of the smog outside her window from all the fires, so they must have been horrendous for you guys who actually live among it.

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

We had one smoke day that businesses had to close because it was really bad. I never had a day like that my eyes hurt outside.

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

Not bad compared to California. Over there is mismanaged, my opinion, since EVERY year they are saying no money to do anything. They know fire will happen, but do nothing.

[jimeka in reply to LavenderMoon]

That is so sad. We get the CNN news over here and they report on all the damage the fires are doing.

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

This year is particularly bad.

[jimeka in reply to LavenderMoon]

Wha kind of crafts do you do?

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

I do a lot of different things. My current happiness, if I can do it, is jewelry making. However I do felting, knitting, crochet, oil painting, watercolor, leather crafting, scrapbook to name a few. It is making me more depressed from not being physically upright to clean up and set up my art studio. I moved from California 3 years ago, and most of my stuff still in boxes. I have no energy to unpack.

[jimeka in reply to LavenderMoon]

Wow, you do quite a variation. Have you tried diamond art?

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

Absolutely. I got dazzling shiny 5D painting dots. I did a purple rose for my sister-in-law, and I am working on horse for my father-in-law. They are so fun except I can only do when my hand is not having tremors. I like blings. I can get patterns from China for vast varieties for a lot cheaper than from US. I think it is more popular than here in the States.

[jimeka in reply to LavenderMoon]

I love diamond art as i only need one hand so I can use my left hand. I do a bit at a time. I have done a portrait of Razor my dog and a portrait of me and my grandson Charlie and they turned out as good as a photograph. I have been busy doing Christmas cards for the family, and now I am doing a Christmas wreath. It makes the days go quicker once you get wrapped up in it. I used to do latch hooking and I did a portrait of me and my grandson Harry, which turned out really well. I buy all mine from China but I stopped during Covid. 😊

[LavenderMoon in reply to jimeka]

Sadly right now I have been low and lower past month or two and doing nothing but eating Sunflower seeds and watch NFL and MBL. I usually like to go Michael’s and Jo-Ann stores and walk around looking around and see what kind of new or unnoticed items are there for me to find and try. I have not been out for about a month nowhere not even grocery shopping. It is better to stay anyway, but reason I am not out is because I am like that and not because I should not to. Daunting. It is in that phase.

I am very very fortunate and thankful to have a husband who really do not care that I do not get out of bed and do nothing for days.

[Tinker-Belle in reply to LavenderMoon]

When you are able to unpack, please share pictures. I love admiring all those things. What sort of things do you felt? My mother used to make felted bags but I love the pictures I’ve seen of little felted animals, ornaments, and such. I always wanted to know how to knit or crochet but I doubt I could do it now even if I knew how. And leather crafting and painting...how truly talented and creative you must be.

[LavenderMoon in reply to Tinker-Belle]

I hope so. Thank you. I shall figure out how to post pictures. I am still very much lost using this app.

[Tinker-Belle in reply to LavenderMoon]

Awesome. I think you can only do it in a new post. At least I haven’t figured out how to do it in a reply.

[Amore55]

So glad you are reaching out, it is a life saver! I cannot think of anything else to ask, excep the same standard, do you have any family close to you?

[LavenderMoon in reply to Amore55]

No. I have been always not bonded with my family members. I like it that way still otherwise I won’t be able to stay sane that my parents are checking on me constantly over texting. I get it that they are concerned, but I have nothing really new to say about my condition so it is more weight dangle and drag to deal with them telling me “try this, do that, read about this and that, go get these, ask doctor, why your doctor not doing those, ahhhhh blah blah” you know what I mean, I hope.

I know my mother especially trying very hard to understand what depression is, but still says stuff she should not. At least I have geographical distance between us they cannot just come visit and kill me mentally traumatized. I sound like an evil person, but this is how I can keep my own peace.