Here’s my problem with not knowing whether to vote yes/no or not vote at all (and I know that’s frowned upon as a person died so women could vote.) I don’t want the UK to separate and would like to think the UK would be better in one piece as we could work out the problems together. So if I voted yes I’d be annoyed at myself but If I vote no I’m basically giving the tories-(ukip-racists, discriminators)free reign because apparently over 50% of England have voted for the bad guys and that would make me want to leave the UK. I don’t want to leave people who didn’t vote tory in England/Wales/Ireland trapped in a worse situation than when we were there to support them. Everybody just plant trees as they take in carbon dioxide gases out of the atmosphere and purify the air. Make solar panelled roofs and use wind turbines/waves for power and this whole global warming thing goes away. I wish! I know the vote is over money and getting rid of the tories(no red underlined word, you don’t get a capital letter because you don’t deserve it.) but in my world this is what it’s about. All the clean air!
It’s freaking lightning outside!
It was sunny earlier and now it’s back to November looking weather. yay how fun. It would be better if it was sunny on a day that I’m off work in the afternoon. Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men! So nothing highly exciting is going on right now which is why I haven’t thought to write anything. My work is giving me hardly any hours at the moment just because it’s a quiet time of year so once summer hits I will be saying aargh I need a day off! When at the moment I’m saying ‘give me more hours dammit.’ At the moment I have my job and then I work in the cancer research when I have free days so I usually have half the day to myself and can’t wait for beach weather times. I literally cannot wait until I can buy jewellery materials and tie-dye materials and to fix up my house and to dye my hair. ALL the things. (bloody hell, there’s a thunder and lightning storm just started this second…I’m scared.)
I decided that there is no point in moaning about no hours as clearly there is nothing that anyone could do as there aren’t enough tourists around. So I figured I’d hand out some CV’s to some bars around town and get a second/third job during evening/night time as my jobs hours are mostly during the day. Yes my daily life is extremely riveting.
Options in life
I’m going to post once a week instead of everyday, saying what happened during that week. I realised last week that if I posted a blog everyday then the words would become repetitive, uninteresting, and tedious. There would be way too many posts on my page as well, over-crowding it. So starting Monday 12th I’ll have a post of the previous week’s endeavours. Aah a thesaurus, how useful you are.
I’ve been trying to eat slightly healthier so I can well live longer I guess, be healthier and have good skin. So I bought lots of nice veg from the veg shop and roasted them in the oven with herbs which was a tasty meal. I have lacked behind on the exercise but I’m going to do my skipping in the morning as I’m not in work until the afternoon. I started reading the 5th harry potter book again even though I’m mid-way through reading the hobbit. Poor Gandalf. The best part in the fourth film where madam Maxine says “Professor Dumblydore.” Also Fred and George are always funny.
It was a quiet day today at work so I had lots of time to wonder off to dream land. I’ve decided that if I ever save up enough money then instead of using it on a mortgage, I’m going to use it to travel and see the world. Basically I don’t like being tied down to a place if I may someday want to move to a different place therefore there would be no point in buying a house. I like options. Living on an island is pretty hard for someone like me. I literally cannot move off it due to no savings. Anywho also if you are on minimum wage then there is no way you can save up to buy a house in your life time. So one day I’m going to go on holiday with my friends/family/future family or live abroad for a year and create memories so I can look back and remember all the amazing things I’ve seen and done in my life.
F.r.i.e.n.d.s
These past few days I’ve been relaxing after work, watching ‘Friends’, reading harry potter and playing the game as these things always remind me of simpler, happy times and cheer me up. I’ve been getting back into my own happy space, Things have been sorted out with my friend so I’m back to normal, being content. I don’t need to rely on hanging out with my friends as I’m fine being in the house or out and about on my own seeing as it’s been over 2 years that I’ve lived alone. I have plenty of activities to entertain myself without being with friends such as art stuff, listening to music and singing along, watching my tv shows online, reading, going outside and of course going to work. If in doubt with what to do when feeling sad…watch ‘Friends’. Best thing ever.
2 crochet things I’ve made
A double and single crochet scarf
A headband with Labradorite beads sewn on. I’ve made several purple headbands too but haven’t got photos yet.
Jewellery update
Well my Microsoft word has given up. Maybe if I take advice from the guy from the IT crowd and try turning my computer off and on again. This morning I woke up late as I had stayed up late meaning no morning thinking/reading. But I did do my skipping and aerobic type exercise after work so at least I stuck to something. It’s probably not real aerobics, I just make it up. Why not? You may as well design your own life. Watched old movies up at nat’s. When I say old I mean whenever ‘She’s all that’ came out. Still waiting on pennies to buy wire for making jewellery with, can’t wait.
Here’s a photo of a plaited wire bracelet I made months ago. It’s made of silver-plated, copper wire and a polymer clay flower.
Here’s a plaited wire necklace made of silver-plated, copper wire and glass.
Another wire wrapped glass necklace that appears to be a present look alike.
Also wire wrapped glass and crocheted at the back.
A bracelet with faceted Labradorite beads.
Some crocheted wire bracelets with rose quartz beads.
A crocheted wire bracelet with Labradorite beads.
Crocheted copper wire necklace with polymer clay flowers, Labradorite beads, silver plated beads and pearls.
There are more images of the rest of my jewellery on my facebook page www.facebook.com/jera.edwards
This is apparently what I think a blog consists of
1st May
So far today I’ve not had much besides work going on but I am off to Nat’s house later as it’s Thursday which is our meet up day. This morning I tried a few yoga moves that I’d learnt last night only holding for 5 seconds as my muscles were sore from yesterday so I wasn’t up for it. Then I got ready for work. Also I saw a good looking electrician today which brightened up work haha. Crazy days.
I still need to sort out my house and make it more tranquil so I have a peaceful environment to come home to after work. I’m still making jewellery once I have more 0.4mm wire. I still want to dye my hair a faded lavender colour but I’m scared work won’t approve so probably can’t do it until the end of the season. At the moment I’m all talk until wages happen. Soon, soon. Something, something dark side…I don’t know. There isn’t much happening today. And yes I know I used the phrase ‘I still’ 16 times but it’s for emphasis you silly mews.
Morning routine
30th April
Well I’ve thought about it and I think getting a lumos tattoo might become a mistake by the time I’m 40 and I’ll want to at least appear like an adult. (never gonna happen) I’ll probably always love harry potter books etc but I think I’ll be happy enough with a lumos t-shirt or earrings. I still want a tattoo meaning light in the same place but something with a deeper meaning. Also since John from the help project is getting carpets for my flat I’m gonna have a clear out of my cupboard and move my art boxes in there so there’s room in my living room for a cosy art/book corner, with twinkly lights on the wall. I do way too much morning thinking.
After work I was feeling pretty active so I tried to do some stretches like the one where you balance on one leg with your arm out and lean forward. Then I tried to touch my toes with my legs straight and my hamstring was having none of it so I did a shoulder stand on my bed which I’d learned from school and I could still do it which is alright I guess. So after the stretches my body felt pretty good, which was surprising and I felt I could go running as well but instead I chilled out in my room and lit some jasmine incense seeing as it was hair washing day in the morning so I didn’t need to worry about bringing in the smell to work and contaminating food. (This would make more sense if you knew that we aren’t allowed to wear perfume at work as it can contaminate food.) I realised that after work seems to be when I’m more likely to exercise as I’m already active so I thought I might start doing that from now on.
I’ve been looking for a way to be healthier so I tried skipping but I was only doing it indoors because I was scared the neighbours in the garden would judge me and think I was an oddball. I got pretty lazy and barely did the skipping though because it meant moving all my furniture around. So now I’ve decided who cares what people think, I may as well start using the garden. I came across someone’s blog on thought catalogue about morning routines. There are some ideas in there that I can add to my morning routine just by waking up earlier. My new start of the day will be set alarm for 7, have it on snooze for half an hour, then a half hour for morning thinking as that’s my version of meditation, then half an hour for reading, then stretch muscles and use my skipping rope after work to get more active.
I went up to my friend, Nat’s house and we were chatting and she said she had just bought a Wii fit board and game so we were playing on that and she put me on the obstacle course game, the skiing/snowboarding, the balance games and the yoga. It was ironic that I had just been doing that yoga move at my house and suddenly Nat has this game where it shows you how to do it properly and I just could not balance properly. I fell off the board after 2 seconds…one day. I also tried ‘the warrior’ and ‘the chair’ yoga move which were far easier. So now that I know I enjoy yoga I might think about doing it at home. I used to think that it just wasn’t my thing as I’d have to be fit and flexible but some of the stances are for beginners and would help gain balance, tone muscle and inner body strength whilst making me more flexible as I’d be stretching before I started. The reason I enjoyed it yesterday was because my brain was more awake and my body felt active and limber even though I hadn’t been stretching for very long.
Sunny days
29th April
The sun had been out for most of the time I’d been at work. I’d already decided that I was going to go to my patch of pebbly beach near town and take along my music, book and crochet stuff to finish my headband. It was pretty warm so even though the sun had gone in for a bit, by the time I got home I figured I may as well get ready incase it was to come back out again. So I put suncream on my face, neck and arms seeing as I’m prone to freckling because the sun was quite hot even though it’s only april. Suncream up! As something Barney from HIMYM would say. The sun was still a little faded but I thought what the hec, I’m going anyway. I need to get outside to relax. Wandering down with music in my ears and for some reason my right shoe kept skidding on the ground whilst I was walking as if I had forgotten how to walk normally. Some sort of self-conscious walking going on. I got to my patch of beach and sat down all comfy on my jumper and watched the waves do their thing, flopping around, crashing onto the beach. Then I took out my book and read for a short time, wrote lumos on a stone for no reason but at least it has light now. I decided to switch things to do and pulled the wool out from my bag to finish the headband. I just chilled out there until half 6 as I didn’t want to waste the sunny day by leaving too early. It’s Scotland. We don’t get sun as much as other countries. Oh yeah, a big, cute dog wandered past me and gave me a fright cause I had earphones in. Funny times.
New Beginnings
I’ve changed my strategy for this blog (is that the right word to use? Oh well) anyway I don’t write consistently as obviously noticed by my non-existent readers. So I guess it isn’t noticed. I’ve got lots of thought processes going on at the moment and I don’t want to forget good ideas like jewellery, art or even what I’d done that day. I would love to make some tie-dye t-shirts at some point and some earrings that I was going to buy but then I figured I could learn to make them myself.
I’d like to write everyday about my daily life so I can see what works for me, if I’m making progress in my life, what motivates me, how to find happiness in life without relying on others, attaining a relaxing atmosphere and keeping myself sane. I’m really just writing this blog for my benefit rather than the entertainment of anybody reading. I write how I talk which is fairly obvious. It isn’t meant to be read as a novel so if words sound ridiculous, I’m aware but it’s there anyway so get over it. I have noticed that my thoughts seem scattered and unorganised on paper.
I dislike when people get their spelling for (their, there, they’re, your, you’re, to , too) wrong. It’s so irritating. If I ever find a misspelt version of that in my essays, blog or status updates, I’m like, seriously? How did I manage to misspell that? My mum taught me the difference when I was 5. How do adults not know the difference?
Sing everyday, it keeps the mind happy! I think I actually sing to Paramore every day, it’s playing on my phone when I’m getting ready, in the shower, making dinner, washing up. What even? I do listen to plenty of other artists on Spotify so it’s fine.
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