Seasons

As the year changes seasons, my focus also changes. From the hustle of summer now to the calming weather of the cooling fall. I'm spending more time snuggling at night and drinking warm ciders, coffees, and teas.

The colors changing. The leaves floating in the wind. The season has inspired my Zun Scarves to take more natural and rustic colors. Along with their designs slowly changing from basic stripes to lace-like stripes. Providing a decorative warmth to wear this season and next.

Exercise:
I have been doing more of my exercising outdoors in the cooler air.. Yesterday was the long walk to take my daughter trick-or-treating. Today was a few hours of raking leaves (and jumping in the piles) and more raking!

I am working on a schedule to get more done in a day. I have been trying to fit in exercise and school work everyday during the times I am not with my daughter or doing my house work. Hopefully I will accomplish this soon.

ZUN SCARF:
I haven't finished one recently, but I have been working on a special one made of wool. I am unsure if I will be able to give it away once it's done. The yarn I'm using is going to be beautiful once done but I am attempting to create a pattern to show off the yarn.

Quote: "Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress."
--Charles Dickens

Continuing

Trying to keep up on everything you start isn't always easy. Making time in a 24hour day for everything you need to do isn't always possible. Especially for a young stay at home mom. But I am working hard to continue my good habits. Recently exercise hasn't been easy since I got sick. But I have continued on with my better eating habits.

One habit I need to focus on "catching" is to eat more fruit in the morning and drink more water. I fell into an old habit of drinking Coffee too often and it's a hard habit to break. I love my morning coffee more than anything else, but I know it isn't as healthy as nice fresh fruit. I just need to get into the habit of fruit before coffee.

I have continued to better myself if other ways recently. I have desired to continue my education for a while, but being a single mother made it hard (if not impossible) to do. I did find a way around this though, now that we are stable I have enrolled in an online college (so I can go to school and care for my daughter) for classes on being a Forensic Computer Examiner.

I am excited to get ahead in my own life this way. To prove to myself that I can take these steps forward in my life and to excel and still be the best mother I can. I haven't been brave enough to try these things in the past for fear that something would happen. But after being inspired to change myself and challenge myself, I have decided that it is time for me to do this.

I may not have the ability to thank the person who inspired me, I may not have anything to "show" for my changes (yet) but I know where I am headed and what I have completed. I know that I am changing myself, for myself, and with that I will be able to create a better life for myself and my family.

ZUN SCARF

The newest Zun Scarf was completed this week. This time it was a scarf that was inspired by the person I made it for, my younger sister. My sister had wanted a Zun Scarf (or many as she had asked) to wear around. When I looked at her I instantly knew her scarf had to have some soft of "checkered" pattern to it. She requested a rainbow (which I would have added for her anyway) to be on it.

So following my Zun Scarf pattern the way I created it there are 2 skeins of yarn used at the same time, one side of the scarf you can see the "braiding" of the yarn going up it. The body of this scarf is mainly squares of yarn and open squares alternating all the way up.

The bottom ends of both sides of the scarf are black ends, with a rainbow (mixed with black) up to the start of the checkered look. The rainbows are a "darker" side to the rainbow. They aren't as vibrant as the other Zun Scarves, but they are there just the same.

Every time I see someone wearing a Zun Scarf I made, I feel all the more inspired to continue making them and inspiring others. I love the scarves I make and I love even more seeing happy faces of those who are wearing them.

Quote: "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
~(My childhood idol) Michael Jordan

-Wu Chun Happy Birthday!!- 10/10

This isn't a normal post for me, actually it's a very short and random post.

10/10/11 I will be at the doctors and busy with appointments, but I wanted to post on here a random (but special) birthday wish to my inspiration that got me up and going.

Wu Chun's birthday is October 10th, 1979. So even if he never reads this blog, I just wanted to post...

~*~Happy Birthday Wu Chun!~*~

It doesn't matter if he doesn't read this. It doesn't matter if he never knows the inspiration he has given to me. I just hope that he is happy and healthy, and that one day I too can pass on some sort of inspiration. Even if I never meet someone inspired by me, I hope that someone out there somewhere can feel inspired by me and better themselves.

I am doing better than I have in the past year. It's not that my family and friends didn't encourage me. They did more than I ever could have asked of them, but everything happens for a reason and the world works in mysterious ways. It took a little boost from someone living a completely different, and unrelated, life to inspire me to push myself. That inspiration I received from him has not only helped me to change my injury around, but it has started me to changing all the little things I wanted to, but never was brave enough.

I will continue to better myself and become stronger. It's the only way for me to live this life. Even if I have to step even further out of my comfort zone, I want to keep pushing until I have found where I truly feel I belong. I want to find my balance in life. I thank everyone who has helped me, pushed me forward, or (unknowingly or knowingly) encouraged and inspired me. Thank you!

Quote: "Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life."
-Billy Mills

Butterflys - Transition

When we decide to change we under go a transition. There is no better symbol of transitions than a butterfly. The butterfly undergoes massive transitions, considering it goes from egg, to caterpillar, to the chrysalis or cocoon, and to the butterfly.

While we never undergo such an extensive change, but we do transition in phases of ourselves and our lives. Going from each stage in our lives we slowly change ourselves from what we once were into our own beautiful butterfly. Our spirit and inner self are the parts of us to undergo the most transitions. The butterfly has been used as a symbol of the soul by many religions and many parts of the world.

Even the slow changes and slow transitions between the you now and the you that you'd like to become can be expressed by the symbol. Change doesn't happen over night. It is a gradual and beautiful thing.

While this was my major inspiration in the past week, I created a Butterful Zun Scarf.

ZUN SCARF

The crocheted Butterfly Stitch down both sides the Zun Scarf

Approximately 8foot long by 3inches wide.

A small rainbow holds the two sides of the Butterfly Zun Scarf together.

Hand sewn rainbow of "Butterflies" up the bottom of both sides of the scarf. The bottom is crocheted in an open "grid" looking stitch.

My signature on all these scarves, the word ZUN on the back of one end.

I loved this Zun scarf. After my reading on butterflies I had to incorporate it into one my inspirations. This scarf ended up a gift also. These scarves are being made to inspire people, and before I even finish them it seems I know who needs that inspiration.

Quote(s): "Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time."
-Deborah Chaskin

"The fluttering of a butterfly's wings can effect climate changes on the other side of the planet."
-Paul Erlich

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