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I've finished my second plush bee. :):bee:

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This one was made with the pattern at 150% size. The only real change made to the pattern was that I reversed the antennae so they would look less like horns. Here's a comparison of the two bees:

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I won't be posting the pattern in my blog right away because I still need to make a tutorial for it, but I'll try to do that as soon as I can.

Cute, Miss Multi. ^-^
 
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Yes, I totally get that and I can relate. We can be our own worst enemy. Just keep filling yourself with God's word. If you don't know where to start Psalms is a good place. That got me through one of my darkest times back in 2006, I was 33yrs old. Praying for you dear.:prayer::angel:

Thank you again, sampa! Psalms and Proverbs are my favorite scriptures. Definitely helpful, that's for sure. :hug:
 
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Thank you again, sampa! Psalms and Proverbs are my favorite scriptures. Definitely helpful, that's for sure. :hug:
Keep us updated with how God is working in your life. And keep pressing into Jesus! I will be praying for you.:amen::hug:
 
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Keep us updated with how God is working in your life. And keep pressing into Jesus! I will be praying for you.:amen::hug:

Thanks sampa, just started following you, hope you don't mind! :blush:
 
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So, to be honest, I do not really know. I have just been like super emotional recently and feeling like a total failure.

I too feel like that at times but reminding yourself of what God thinks of you,and how much he loves you is helpful.
 
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Some people aren't sure whether they even like the person that they're dating, yet continue to date them anyway. Or they allow themselves to be strung along, waiting for a chance or commitment that may never come. Granted, the process of getting to know each other can take years, but I think there should be a genuine fondness for each other at the beginning of a relationship. If not, don't waste each others' time. If you've already been on a few dates already, or hung out together long enough, you should have a pretty good idea. You don't know what the future will bring, but you do know the present.
 
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Some people aren't sure whether they even like the person that they're dating, yet continue to date them anyway. Or they allow themselves to be strung along, waiting for a chance or commitment that may never come. Granted, the process of getting to know each other can take years, but I think there should be a genuine fondness for each other at the beginning of a relationship. If not, don't waste each others' time. If you've already been on a few dates already, or hung out together long enough, you should have a pretty good idea. You don't know what the future will bring, but you do know the present.

Freudian slip?

Joking aside, people are an impossible combination of awkward, indecisive and stupid. I just stick with my painting now immerse myself with things that make me happy.
 
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I too feel like that at times but reminding yourself of what God thinks of you,and how much he loves you is helpful.

Thank you, sunshine; love your username!
 
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I'm watching this program about Harry Houdini, and Penn and Teller are giving commentary. I'm finding it so strange for Teller to be talking because he never does in his stage act or comedy shows.
 
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Freudian slip?

Joking aside, people are an impossible combination of awkward, indecisive and stupid. I just stick with my painting now immerse myself with things that make me happy.
I think I'll leave that one alone. lol

It's good to have hobbies and other interests. Find things that make you enjoy, like painting, and make time for them.

It was raining yesterday, so I couldn't go mountain biking. In lieu of that, I decided to paint a new body for my old radio controlled car. The new kit came out well enough that I decided to upgrade the appearance of the old one. Last time, it was all black with a clear wing. No logos or manufacturer stickers. After all, why should I advertise for them if they aren't paying me? Well, that was my rationale. It sat on a shelf like that for most of its life. This time around, however, I gave it a multicolored paint scheme and added decals to represent the various component manufacturers. All electronics, wheels, and other features were recently upgraded, so most decals were purchased new for this project. It now looks like a proper race car. I just need to figure out a better way to mount the rear wing. The reissued body kit is slightly different than what came with it.

In other hobby-related news, I've been working on two new drawings, and figuring out how to use Krita along the way. Krita is a versatile open source art program. If I can replace Photoshop with a free alternative, I will. This is the best I've seen so far.

Also, I need to finish preparing a demo VR app for a meeting tomorrow. The main project doesn't need to be completed by then. It just needs to be working well enough to show the PI my progress, and maybe get some constructive criticism. I'm still out of my league with this side job, but I have learned a great deal. They keep me around, so I must be doing something right.
 
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I was always annoyed by the dream-within-a-dream trope when I saw them occur in movies or books. You know, where someone's having a dream, wakes up, gets scared by something, and then they scream themselves awake from that.

... It actually happened with me twice last night, thankfully without being so frightened that I screamed myself awake or anything like that. But two times I actually, seriously found myself waking up in the car that I own IRL, in pretty much the same location, a block or so from my grandparents' house in Tennessee where I spent a great deal of my childhood, as though I had just dozed off through the night in my car while the radio was softly playing, while taking refuge from something that had happened previously in my dream. I think it was Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" that was playing, actually.:mmh:
It seems two times upon "waking up" I had gone back just a block to my grandparents' house to investigate if the supernatural events that had just occurred there were real or not, if they'd truly happened to me. And then I just opened my eyes again, finding myself curled up in the seat of my car like I had simply dozed off in there while hiding away from something or someone.

It wasn't until the third time that I actually awoke in my apartment in Magnolia, still taking a few moments gazing all around to discern whether my surroundings were real or not. This had quite literally been a dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream. :puff:
 
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It's an important topic and shouldn't be ignored. You need to ask questions. Everyone's conception of intimacy isn't identical. Appetite is one of them. Marrying someone with a strong libido and yours isn't is a mismatch. You'll need to compromise. That happens on both ends.
Yeah, but it rarely gets discussed upfront, and even less so in Christian circles. Even among non-Christians, typically people are already invested in a relationship by the time they start discussing that kind of stuff. Then they get married, and find they're totally incompatible in that respect.

You should ask how often? What's your ideal? Before you agree! And interests too. What do you want your wife to wear and so on. Paint me a picture. It gives you something to go on. Are you able to meet their needs or not?
LOL. Well, let me know when you find a Christian dating site that has options and check boxes for all those things.

You know if you're shy or adventurous. Like routine or trying new things. You don't become a different person in the marriage bed.
Maybe women get a better reception when they try to raise the topic. I expect most men wouldn't get another date, email, text, PM, phone call etc.

Wake up earlier. Locks are best. You don't want to traumatize them.
LOL. I'm not sure how many couples would want to keep trying after repeated interruptions. And none of this helps if one person is too exhausted to have any interest.

I couldn't live like that. We wouldn't make it three months before I insisted on therapy.
Therapy sounds awful. I'm British. As far as I'm aware we don't (yet) have the same enthusiasm for therapy as in America.

The bible addresses the subject. You can't opt out. If there's physical reasons you can't perform that doesn't prohibit you from pleasing your partner. They shouldn't be starved. It opens up temptations.
Yeah, but an entitled attitude for this (or anything else) is never attractive. Try being nice loving, patient, sensitive, and kind, and if all that fails then you've probably married the wrong person.

You can find it. If they don't like them beware! She's a handful. ~lol
LOL. Well, there's different levels of submission. And there's probably a few Alphas who like the idea of submission, but couldn't actually live with it, because the desire to seize control is too strong.

And this is all rather academic for me. It has no practical application. I'm single and will most likely remain so.
 
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Yesterday went better than expected. Although I didn't get as far as I had personally hoped, the feedback was positive. They thought I did a good job, which says something. What I'm seeing is room for improvement that I might have missed before. This is an opportunity for growth. Reviving old interests has apparently unlocked latent energy and focus, rather than detracting from it.

This shouldn't come as a total surprise to me, of course. I've always had more energy when juggling personal projects. Granted, those projects require energy, but they put me in a mind frame that is more engaged.
 
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