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Post by wonderwoman on Mar 27, 2017 17:14:14 GMT
Mine is stress. When I'm stressed out, I can't sit still and focus on any one thing...I need a constant distraction and scrapbooking is too quiet, leaving me all this time for my thoughts to creep up on me and stress me out even further.  |
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Post by don on Mar 27, 2017 19:06:15 GMT
Anger. It's hard to do anything when your jaws are clamped. Being 76 helps because I don't let things bother me like they used to. I can say no and not feel guilty.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on Mar 29, 2017 20:46:55 GMT
I thought of another one: injury.
My x-acto knife just slipped and I sliced my finger. I can't scrap for awhile now or I'll bleed on everything. Ugh. I was just getting started too. Direct pressure and internet for half an hour should do the trick.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Mar 29, 2017 21:34:26 GMT
I am a single mom of one son who is 15. This means that most of my scrapbooking is about him/us. When he is moody and obnoxious, it is very difficult to put myself in the mindframe allowing me to enjoy scrapping.
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msliz
Drama Llama
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Post by msliz on Mar 29, 2017 22:33:17 GMT
I am a single mom of one son who is 15. This means that most of my scrapbooking is about him/us. When he is moody and obnoxious, it is very difficult to put myself in the mindframe allowing me to enjoy scrapping. I have moody teenagers too. I'm with you on that one. |
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Post by don on Mar 30, 2017 1:04:07 GMT
I thought of another one: injury. My x-acto knife just slipped and I sliced my finger. I can't scrap for awhile now or I'll bleed on everything. Ugh. I was just getting started too. Direct pressure and internet for half an hour should do the trick. I just rip off a piece of paper towel and secure it with duct tape. It works pretty good, unless The Queen happens to notice, then it's off to the medicine cabinet for "proper medical treatment". |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Mar 30, 2017 5:01:42 GMT
I thought of another one: injury. My x-acto knife just slipped and I sliced my finger. I can't scrap for awhile now or I'll bleed on everything. Ugh. I was just getting started too. Direct pressure and internet for half an hour should do the trick. I just rip off a piece of paper towel and secure it with duct tape. It works pretty good, unless The Queen happens to notice, then it's off to the medicine cabinet for "proper medical treatment". LoL! I would expect to see this approach in a garage with tools, not paper crafting, but it sure as heck can be dangerous. I am finally forcing myself to use my spring and lock fiskars scissors because my daughter is obsessed with grabbing any pair she can get...and at 2, I can't have them easy to figure out...at least these give me a chance to grab them from her before she does. So many sharp things to keep track of! |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 4, 2017 16:36:14 GMT
*sigh* Just when things were starting to go right.
We're optimistic about everything that's going on behind the scenes, but the knot in my stomach just returned. Pretty sure the meeting hubby is about to walk into is going to be what we sort of expected (which makes me nervous and stressed out...and completely without mojo...which sucks because I have a spread I was excited to dive into started right next to me)...
Upside is that he had his interview at the new place last week AND we know they started to call references yesterday...so a job offer could be on the table very soon.
We have been planning to take our first vacation in 5 years (first ever for 2 of our 3 kids) for months...after this whole work issue shows up about a month ago, we've been sitting in limbo. Last night, we finally booked hotels and carefully checked when the cancellation for free dates are so we can cancel if we need to. There is still a chance we can go, but if what we expect to happen is about to happen, until/unless he gets a job offer by Friday, we'll have to cancel it. And even if he gets a job offer to the other place next week, we won't be able to go on a vacation until next year because of him being on his probationary period there. We need a few things to go right...I'm keeping my hopes up (a week and a half ago, I had zero hope and was preparing for the absolute worst, so this is certainly an improvement), but I'm glad that we made sure to be careful when we booked things so as to not book any rooms that were non refundable.
It just sucks that all of this up and down is hurting my creativity...especially given the fact that I was ill for a month and was just now getting back to feeling like myself creatively.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 4, 2017 17:13:48 GMT
...and it happened. Just to wait for that other call now. So heartbroken for my husband right now. 2 days after his 16 year anniversary.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 4, 2017 18:54:27 GMT
Tired and interruptions for me. I just can't get anything going when I'm tired.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Apr 4, 2017 20:06:52 GMT
...and it happened. Just to wait for that other call now. So heartbroken for my husband right now. 2 days after his 16 year anniversary. I'm so sorry to hear it. I was laid off on Oct 4 2014. I'd been with the company I worked for since Oct 3, 2003. It's such a let down, even if you know it's no fault of your own. I'd gotten 4 promotions in those 12 years, but it still felt awful. Enjoy your time with your family, vacation or not. And don't discount the happy power of little mini trips during that probationary period. |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 4, 2017 20:16:28 GMT
...and it happened. Just to wait for that other call now. So heartbroken for my husband right now. 2 days after his 16 year anniversary. I'm so sorry to hear it. I was laid off on Oct 4 2014. I'd been with the company I worked for since Oct 3, 2003. It's such a let down, even if you know it's no fault of your own. I'd gotten 4 promotions in those 12 years, but it still felt awful. Enjoy your time with your family, vacation or not. And don't discount the happy power of little mini trips during that probationary period. Thanks! They are in direct violation of the union contract. So we are definitely going to be fighting them on it, regardless. Just wanted him to be able to leave on his terms...he needed that feel good experience. |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 5, 2017 21:24:29 GMT
...and it happened. Just to wait for that other call now. So heartbroken for my husband right now. 2 days after his 16 year anniversary. I'm so sorry to hear it. I was laid off on Oct 4 2014. I'd been with the company I worked for since Oct 3, 2003. It's such a let down, even if you know it's no fault of your own. I'd gotten 4 promotions in those 12 years, but it still felt awful. Enjoy your time with your family, vacation or not. And don't discount the happy power of little mini trips during that probationary period. He got the job offer! When he interviewed, it was for 2 positions (they asked if he wanted to interview for both even though he formally only applied for one), but relatively similar in terms of job duties...he was offered the job for the one they added at the time of the interview, he is so happy he said yes when they asked because it looks like someone barely eeked out ahead of him for the primary job he was going after. I am so relieved and proud of him...I keep going between smiling until my face hurts and trying not to cry (even though they'd be happy tears). I am hoping for up, up, up from here...it's been almost 5 years of stress and anxiety from his prior job and them getting rid of him will now FOR SURE hurt them more than it will hurt us (they got rid of him for personal reasons in spite of the fact that no one else in his prior office can do his job). After everything we've been through, we needed this!!!!!!!! |
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