What's on your mind today?
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Yes @juliemouse83 Diamond painting IS relaxing ... almost zen-like. The emus that we dress up on High Days and Holidays are a large kit (full drill and squares)
Post us an image of what kit you are doing, and how it's going!
and I PROMISE ....
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I have never explored the MFP Blog tab before ... today I have started a list of hyperlinks to various specific ones I want to go back and really study - maybe research further.
One is the idea of "body neutral"
Another is the idea of converting micro-habits into healthy habits (I will probably have better success via thinking in terms of "fitting micro workouts" into my day than NEATs (even though they are much the same thing)
And some about working from home and keeping a thriving social circle despite distancing and other self-care in this "new-normal" not-so-normal world.2 -
@BMcC9 - I like the blogs. The body neutral one was good. They also have some really good recipes every now and then that I bookmark and make some of them every now and then.1
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@juliemouse83 - I am so sorry that you are going through such a hard time. I had my daughter young - at 20. When she was about 8, I was working at a firm that was terrible. I would take the train into work and sit on the wall in front of the building next door and cry until I had the courage to walk into my building and get on the elevator. I was always stressed out, on edge, and thought I would break at any moment. I was a single parent and I didn’t think I was being a good parent because I was so depressed and unhappy. But I needed the health insurance first and the pay check second. It stinks that our health care is tied to employment and so expensive. I searched constantly for a new job. It took some time (I did the biggest happy dance upon the completion of my last day) and it may take you some time due to the high unemployment rates. Hang in there. I’m sorry your boss is so terrible. Hopefully HR will help but everyone is so stressed right now. You are stronger than you think. It’s too bad this world is so full of small and petty people. Don’t give him your power. Be smart and use them the way they are using you.3
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@juliemouse83 - sorry one more thing. Do not quit. If you quit you cannot collect. Proving you were forced to quit is quite difficult and at this time getting an administrative hearing on a claims denial is uncertain.3
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@juliemouse83 Rooting for you! Try and enjoy your weekend! Are you on LinkedIn? Maybe you can send me a private message, and I can post on my network.
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@juliemouse83 Sending waves of encouragement and stamina. I know when it's happening to you it's tough to not take things personally. Remember people react mostly out of fear. So if you look at your boss from that perspective it may help you a little bit.
It's a good idea to continue to record everything that is going on. When taking screen shots be sure to keep really good records (the date and time) and email the screen shots to your personal home email address. Be sure to create a special folder for all of the back and forth. And, although we all hate printing things - it's always best to print and keep in dated order with additional notes as to the specific situation and your responses. If communication is via email, be sure to reply to all of it while copying yourself. Again, forwarding to your personal email address and printing it. If it comes before a board or court spoken word is just hearsay and it becomes a they said you said which is very hard to prove.
For your own personal sanity - when you leave work, leave work. 100 years ago a very wise co-worker told me (we used to work at a fenced-in factory), "See that gate right there, when I drive through it I pretend I am a duck and I let all of the water roll off my back". To this day, when I have a rough time I myself driving through a gate when I leave/log off from the work day. 99% of the time it works and I am able to enjoy my time.4 -
Yes @juliemouse83 Diamond painting IS relaxing ... almost zen-like. The emus that we dress up on High Days and Holidays are a large kit (full drill and squares)
Post us an image of what kit you are doing, and how it's going!
and I PROMISE ....
I love the spoiler!
I haven’t pulled the sheet all the way down to look at the actual image, as yet. The print of what it is is very small and kind of skewed on the insert, so I’m kind of surprising myself, lol. I do know it’s a crescent moon over what may be water. It was a gift, so I’m excited to see how it pans out. These are round drills, and I’m so excited to try one with the squares!
I ordered two more smallish ones to do after I finish this one. The prints were super interesting to me, so that will keep me busy well into the fall. I had no idea I would love it so much! It’s really been relaxing and is keeping my monkey mind occupied.
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@readyornot1234 @Chinkiri @SuziQ113
Thank you for the kind words!
I have a file with the printed emails in chronological order; there aren’t too many, but again, this all just started in late June, and he is being very short in his responses to my emails. Screen shots all have dates for each text exchange. I am really scared about throwing the guy under the bus, because things are already difficult, and I suspect they will get worse once I start the ball rolling, but I can’t let him continue to keep me on edge like this. It is starting to affect my health, and my relationships.
I’m fairly certain he’s going to say I should have come to him first, but I prefer to have THAT conversation with witnesses. Based on the tone of his recent emails and his inability to look me in the eye in the lunch room, he hasn’t made himself very approachable.
I do have a Linked In account, and will need to update it, as I hadn’t felt the need to keep up with it. I didn’t figure I’d be going anywhere until retirement.
Soooo, I’m just going to relax for the remainder of the weekend, and keep my head high tomorrow.4 -
juliemouse83 wrote: »Yes @juliemouse83 Diamond painting IS relaxing ... almost zen-like. The emus that we dress up on High Days and Holidays are a large kit (full drill and squares)
Post us an image of what kit you are doing, and how it's going!
and I PROMISE ....
I love the spoiler!
I haven’t pulled the sheet all the way down to look at the actual image, as yet. The print of what it is is very small and kind of skewed on the insert, so I’m kind of surprising myself, lol. I do know it’s a crescent moon over what may be water. It was a gift, so I’m excited to see how it pans out. These are round drills, and I’m so excited to try one with the squares!
I ordered two more smallish ones to do after I finish this one. The prints were super interesting to me, so that will keep me busy well into the fall. I had no idea I would love it so much! It’s really been relaxing and is keeping my monkey mind occupied.
Stick with the rounds for a while first... let me know either here or by PM when you feel you want to graduate to squares (or the image you want only comes in squares) and we can pass on some tips.
One other thing I would advise .... seeing as this "is NOT an additive hobby" ...
and you are doing small-sized ones .... as soon as you finish your current one, order ONE more (keep a list of what you like) so that you aways have one or two stand-bys for when there are mail slow-downs etc.
I can also point you at "considered more reliable / better quality by the regulars" companies by PM if you want to know.1 -
@BMcC9 yes, please! I have two arriving tomorrow to have on standby. I ordered them, an acrylic pen and some larger drill trays, as I’m going through the smaller ones fast, from Amazon.
Made a good bit of progress today. I definitely need new glasses! The first night, I had readers on under my progressive lenses, because I was struggling. My light pad arrived yesterday, and while it has helped immensely, I can tell my prescription is older than it should be. (I noticed this at work last month while trying to read the small print on our transport handhelds. I go to the eye doctor on the 17th.)
I’m glad someone else does this, too.
Thanks so much for the tips! 
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I will send you a test PM, You send me one ... and that should let us exchange PMs no problem.1
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I just did 15 minutes of pilates resistance-band upper-back work ... BEFORE morning coffee even!!! I am so proud of myself ....6
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Peach season! Just enjoyed .25 of a peach. So refreshing👍🏽4
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No time to catch up on all the posts here, but I decided to show up in this thread to let you know that:
😍 you are wonderful
👏 I congratulate myself for join the group
🌻 I appreciate not going unnoticed
As a thank you, I'd like to share what I recently discovered, which you can do any time of the day, when craving that ice cream or cookies, (provided that you work from home 😎):
https://youtu.be/FenSBprd1EI
I've been doing planks for half a year now and recently took up a challenge (not directly stated to me) to wall sit, so I had already tried some of these below, but I'd like to try some more of these no equipment exercises:
https://youtu.be/VH5F-dKoM98
Anyone in? 🌞3 -
I’m down 1.4 lbs YAY, ME!!!! 8
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I've been doing planks for half a year now and recently took up a challenge (not directly stated to me) to wall sit, so I had already tried some of these below, but I'd like to try some more of these no equipment exercises:https://youtu.be/VH5F-dKoM98
Anyone in? 🌞
I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I will pick something for core or upper back and do check-in challenge with you.2 -
@dewit (and anyone else who also picks up her gauntlet .... )
In relation to the above (and TWO days of Pilates upper back & shoulder resistance band work in a ROW!) and @RangerRickL 's August 11 post about moving past false self-imposed self-limiting beliefs
reposted inside this spoiler:RangerRickL wrote: »
Yesterday, I was able to do something that I have always thought I was too inflexible to accomplish.
Yesterday, I rode a horse at the slow trot and did not bounce up and down in the saddle. Rather, for the very first time, I could feel the side-to-side alternating rhythm of the horse and allow myself to move with him.
I have always believed that I was inherently too inflexible to achieve that movement, so I just refused to try.
After several weeks of active stretching exercises and helpful coaching, I did it! I rode a horse in a more relaxed manner.
I'll be 70 on Thursday. My false belief has held me back since I began to ride at 23.
Maybe you too believe something that is holding you back...
Your friend, Rick
with your help and encouragement and this kind of challenge maybe I can shatter MY self-limiting belief about potential to develop upper body strength and flexibility potential, instead of "nothing but cardio"
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Quick update...
HR meeting seemed to go well. She kept copies of a few of my emails. She is supposed to facilitate a meeting with the three of us so I have a witness to the conversation. Nothing, yet, but apparently she spoke with him, because I got the super cold shoulder from him in the lunchroom today. 🤷♀️🙇🏼♀️
Went to the urgent care doctor after work today, found out my foot is sprained and was told just to elevate and ice it between transports. When I am doing back to back transports for two and three hours at a time, it doesn’t leave much time to elevate and ice it, but he did tell me that when I’m not at work I should stay off of it. What?
Time to drag out the laptop, update my Linked In profile and keep looking on the job sites.5 -
great videos!1
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did the pilates again this morn BEFORE coffee ...2
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@BMcC9 curiosity got the best of me so I searched “diamond painting crescent moon” and found a clear image of my current project:
The second and third kits arrived today and I’ll show those to you when I get them started. 😁
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juliemouse83 wrote: »@BMcC9 curiosity got the best of me so I searched “diamond painting crescent moon” and found a clear image of my current project:
The second and third kits arrived today and I’ll show those to you when I get them started. 😁
Love it! what size? how many colours? is the whole thing diamonds, or only part of it?1 -
@BMcC9 , it’s 12 x 16 inches, full drill, 34 colors. I’m just a bit over half done. Worked on it about an hour and a half this evening. I was getting heavy lidded, so had to stop. I got a resin pen that feels better in my hand, but not loving the multiple pickers that came with it, so will probably just use the ones that came with the kit, provided they fit, lol. I started it a week ago tonight. 🤗2
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@ juliemouse83 even when the stylus had "multiple picker" on the other end, we always only used the one-at-a-time. we would sometimes use the multi-drill end just to straighten some already placed ones.
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I already had some (under-used) theraband type strips for Pilates resistance band work ... today I spent a whopping (less than $10 CAN including tax) for a 3-levels set of the closed-loop style as a supplement. I have seen youtube videos for both styles.
Not exactly braking the bank ... and i'm WORTH it !!
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@ juliemouse83 even when the stylus had "multiple picker" on the other end, we always only used the one-at-a-time. we would sometimes use the multi-drill end just to straighten some already placed ones.
Omg! The current project has hundreds of on color together line after line! It’s nuts!
Does anyone else in our group do diamond painting?2 -
I must admit, I had to google diamond painting. It looks therapeutic but my meds are diminishing my eyesight and I can no longer do things like that. I did find some bigger ones for children but they didn’t look as gratifying1
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Eyesight need not be a barrier! on amazon , search Formline LED Headband Magnifier Glasses.
Variations on this => https://amazon.com/Magnifier-Magnifying-Professional-Headband-Jewelers/dp/B071VZ4X6P/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=formline+led+headband+magnifier&qid=1597510705&sr=8-5
I use the head-strap rather than the "eyeglass arms". The magnifying part sticks out beyond your face, so that you can wear your ordinary prescription glasses underneath and there are 5 interchangeable level of magnification. Good for ANY craft that you "can no longer do"3 -
And @juliemouse83 there is a standing joke in Diamond Painting circles about how much 310 is in your picture (default DMC shade of black)
DH has just started a 90 x 60 (postcard orientation - ~ 35.5 x 23.5 inches ) with 26 colors .... 23 of them are various shades of blue ....1
