Imagination & Paint

It takes forever and a day for me to post something. I know I need a writing rhythm (rhythm is so hard to spell!). Like, every Wednesday will be my day to write. But no, that’s too much pressure. Deadlines. Yuck.

Today, I looked at my childlike rainbow-colored board posted behind my bedroom door that displays all the things I want in my life. A car (check), a dog (check), a cruise (in 18 days), a better job (applied), weigh 135 lbs. (psh) and a few other things. But the better job is something I really want to come to life. My creativity that has been put away in a box and collecting dust needs to be taken out in my next job I hope for. I need to have my ideas going. I want to feel like anything is possible with my imagination.

The other day, I was reminiscing how I entertained myself when I was a kid. My reminiscing partly has to do with seeing all these moms and their kids causing havoc in the stores for the summer. You can tell it really puts a strain on everyone else when the kids are out of school. When I was little, my mom was not able to leave work to me up and run errands all day. But she did make an effort to come home from lunch every once and a while, cook some cream of chicken with a side of saltines and watch All My Children. Plus, it gave her a chance to make sure I was still sane. She would then return to work and I was *gasp* home alone! But I loved it. For some reason, I liked being by myself. I had my pets, a closet full of blankets, and my imagination. Everyday I’d probably pop in a Disney movie and later, bust out the biggest blanket from the closet to wrap around my waist to make a gown. My dog would be my partner in crime, my cat would either be the villain of fairy god mother.

Today, I can tell that kids have little to no imagination and it seems like neither do I. But it’s not so much my fault, it’s the iPhone’s fault. Instead of brainstorming something, I’ll just look it up on my phone.

It’s ok, I have my creativity and imagination somewhere in the spiderwebs. Maybe it’ll come out when I finally paint my room. Yup! We finally got paint!

Adjust Dress

Lately, I haven’t written. Most of my free time is spent shopping for a dress. I have an idea of what kind of dress I want and of course, I can’t seem to find it anywhere.  While I was creating the collage above, I kept staring at one in particular and kept thinking, if only it had this instead of that and that’s how I am! I always try to figure out a way to alter something made instead of taking it as is. (If only I would be bold to apply that in other areas in life.) That’s probably why sewing class would be a good idea. I don’t necessarily want to create my own clothing (which would be cool, especially if I knew about awesome fabric stores) but I would rather alter certain things. I’m pretty sure by the picture, you can tell which one I am aiming for and I would probably change the “poofiness” at the bottom and shorten it up. While I was looking at it, I kept thinking how I could “adjust” it to be more like that dress that I ideally would like. Just adjusting is all I want to do. For now, the search continues and I will show the final contender whenever I find “the one.”