Letter #30

Hi Dad,


Things have been a little tense around here.  I, for one, don't want another verbal explosion like last night.  You have to understand, I'm not afraid of Chris, I just don't want to set anyone off.  I hate walking on eggshells though.  It should all blow over soon.

I've been in a pretty good mood today. I made Beans & Weenies for dinner.  I tried to make a joke, "It's not a meal, it's a lifestyle."  But that didn't go over too well.  I thought it was funny.  I have to tell you the joke I made up last week, unless I told you already, can't remember.  Here it is.  You know the book, The Purpose Driven Life?  Well, there's a new book out about SeaWorld, it's called The Porpoise Driven Life.  I crack myself up!  Which is good, because everyone is way too serious around here.

I'm listening to a mixed CD.  Iggy Pop is singing "real wild child" or whatever.

I've been doing a little reading on stencils.  I have to get repositionable spray glue to use these stencils.  I already tried one, just holding it down and using oil pastels.  Worked pretty good.  I can see with all the details and paint seepage, you'd need something to tack the stencil down.  One more thing to buy.  Sigh.  Trust me, nobody here wants to here me wax on about stenciling and how I'd like a set of Martha Stewart craft paint, because of the high ratings.  You're sort of a captive audience.  Or not here at all, which works out to being the same thing.  Amazing!

from "Beautiful You":

Day 2-Pledge Allegiance to Yourself

There's this pledge to sign and date, called The Body Warrior Pledge.  It is long and involved so I'm not going to type it here. The author asks what parts of the pledge do you have trouble with and how you are going to work on that.

Here's my response to that:

I have trouble celebrating my body, to rely on myself for my confidence and worth, standing up for myself, having a more positive inner monologue and loving my body and myself.  I now have an awareness of the areas I need to work on and am more conscious of my negative and self-deprecating thoughts and words.

Here's the first set of postcards I made last week and the backs of the postcards:

I gave a couple to Mom to send to her friends.  The rests I already sent off.  I used different fonts and printed out Post Card a bunch of times, then cut them out and glued them on the backs.  I used regular stamps because they are thicker than a standard postcard.

That's about it for today.

Sleep well...

LOVE

Anne