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AAARRRGGGHHH.
I'm trying to make a pair of khaki shorts and just spent half the afternoon sewing two pleated pockets with curved flaps buttonholes, and button attachments... Something I hadn't done before.
And then I noticed I'd sewn one of the completed pockets to the INSIDE of one half of the backside (the pieces aren't put together yet so I had to work on both back pieces separately) by accident. This meant that one of the pockets faced the outside, like it's supposed to... and one pocket, if I leave it the way it is, is on the INSIDE of the shorts. WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER. And so I spent the second half of the afternoon ripping out the stitching on the defective pocket and will have to try again on another day off.
It's times like this when I think of how nice it must be to be God. I mean, I'm sure when HE was creating things, He didn't stop and say, "OH FOR THE LOVE OF THE WORLD, I JUST PUT THE BEAK ON INSIDE-OUT!!!!!" Good grief!!!
The Bible says to ask God for understanding.
I think I'm going to ask for a double dose (obviously... one for each side.)
I'm trying to make a pair of khaki shorts and just spent half the afternoon sewing two pleated pockets with curved flaps buttonholes, and button attachments... Something I hadn't done before.
And then I noticed I'd sewn one of the completed pockets to the INSIDE of one half of the backside (the pieces aren't put together yet so I had to work on both back pieces separately) by accident. This meant that one of the pockets faced the outside, like it's supposed to... and one pocket, if I leave it the way it is, is on the INSIDE of the shorts. WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER. And so I spent the second half of the afternoon ripping out the stitching on the defective pocket and will have to try again on another day off.
It's times like this when I think of how nice it must be to be God. I mean, I'm sure when HE was creating things, He didn't stop and say, "OH FOR THE LOVE OF THE WORLD, I JUST PUT THE BEAK ON INSIDE-OUT!!!!!" Good grief!!!
The Bible says to ask God for understanding.
I think I'm going to ask for a double dose (obviously... one for each side.)
Please pray both my dog and I can make it through this next week. Dad is losing patience with him. I don't think he'd resort to getting rid of him. Neither would I. But I just am getting a bit worn out. It's just really not easy with him at the moment. He's VERY stubborn. Veerrrry. I should have seen it coming how hard of work this would be. I was just too blind in my grief. Now emotionally it's been costing me. Would it have cost me more emotionally if I put him down? It very well could have.
I just want to cry and freak out at everything.
I just want to cry and freak out at everything.
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Maybe it's an introvert thing, but I seem to develop a stronger bond with pets than with humans. My cat of 13 (human) years died alone, I grieved. Still years later, ever so often I would cry at night saying, sorry, that I wish I could hold you as you laid dying. She was a very devoted cat and saw me through my adolescent years, lay with me when I cried. I confess that I had mourned for her more than my own grandma, because of how deeply that bond was. She was with me every day 24/7 for 13 years. It's hard for me to let go of that bond.
And that type of bond is right outside next door, and I can't have it anymore. I just see Sadie ever so often outside. I don't know how to let go of something that is not actually gone.
And that type of bond is right outside next door, and I can't have it anymore. I just see Sadie ever so often outside. I don't know how to let go of something that is not actually gone.
i don't necessarily think i bond more strongly with animals/pets than people, but i do relate to what you're saying, and bonding very strongly with my animals. i'd do almost anything for my dog chloe - give my blood, whatever i needed and reasonably could do for her.
mya, my last dog has been gone about a year and change and i still miss her so much that that it still aches. i think of her every day. like, an amazing, sweet girl. here's a pic of her in my then-backyard.
p.s. if you're wondering why her head is turned, it's because she hated pictures. like seriously hated them. as soon as she saw me getting ready to take one, she'd start looking away. it was funny, because you'd almost have to catch her by surprise, and then she'd just look behind, or turn around.
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