Mental Health Awareness – Atelier Whootique

Realistic Resolutions

I took the owl doodles and threw them into my “resolution” list. I wasn’t planning to make a list, but during my therapy session, my therapist urged me to at least pick a few things to work towards this year. After a bit of contemplation, I think the above is a decent amount of goalsContinue reading “Realistic Resolutions”

Crochet Therapy

I’m having a bit of a manic episode right now. I couldn’t sleep last night. Instead of having screen time, I sat up and practiced a new crochet stitch. I used to puff stitch. I had a good therapy session this afternoon. I acknowledged that I’m having a hard time, but it’s okay for thatContinue reading “Crochet Therapy”

First Snow of 2022

On Saturday, we had mid-70’s weather. Today, mostly 30’s and some upper 20’s. Welcoming in the new year with a freeze, depression, and snow. The cats thought it was great at least. Fire in the fireplace and zoomies on the back porch. A friend shared sad news. I feel useless being unable to offer aContinue reading “First Snow of 2022”

Finch: Self Care Widget Pet

For the longest time, I’ve had Daylio as the application that was “supposed” to track my moods. I bought the app when it was very new and cost very little to get the Premium version (It’s still only a few bucks, but you know…). I just honestly haven’t been able to use it regularly. I’llContinue reading “Finch: Self Care Widget Pet”

Gokyū

So today my SO and I are testing for our green belt in Uechi Ryu. This is an older photograph of my SO and his wee one, my stepdaughter. Some of the things we’ll have to cover during our testing include the first three kata of Uechi Ryu: Sanchin: Literally translated as “three fights/conflicts”. FromContinue reading “Gokyū”

Decluttering and Cleaning

I can’t show pictures of the room. I’m too ashamed of exactly how crazy my room looks right now. I’ve got everything that’s not in storage crammed into our small little bedroom. We have two desks, a desk with a television on it, a queen-sized bed, and a ton of shelves. How exactly do youContinue reading “Decluttering and Cleaning”

CHAOS and the Weekend

So what did you do this weekend? The cats keep jumping up on the buffet where the television is located. That’s not a great location for them so we’ve been trying to cajole them into moving to a better spot. New cat beds were one attempt. Now we’ve got a new cat tree. It isContinue reading “CHAOS and the Weekend”

Tell Me Something About Buddhism

Found another gem at the library! It’s almost time for it to be returned so I thought I’d take some photographs of the artwork and give a bit of a review. I really liked this one. It’s short, simple, and to the point. The name pretty much summed it up. Questions and Answers for theContinue reading “Tell Me Something About Buddhism”

Sometimes You Just Need To Sleep

The boys were exhausted after the vet trip. We’re like 20 minutes away from the office and apparently it just really took a lot out of them. We came home and let them go free. I had to run around and do some Christmas shopping for the smaller human then pick her up from school.Continue reading “Sometimes You Just Need To Sleep”

Healing Soul Damage

In the tabletop roleplaying game that I used to play when I lived in Atlanta, there used to be different categories of Traits. Physical traits, mental traits, and soul traits. I know that the creator of the rules still runs sessions of this game, but I don’t know if the game ever was published intoContinue reading “Healing Soul Damage”