Wondering what happened to the Wool, Fiber & Yarn? I will tell you!

I know that there may be some of you out there who have been long time followers wondering what happened to the Wool? Why the name change? What happened to your shops? WHAT'S GOING ON???  Ok its probably not that bad lol. If you have followed me for awhile you know these past few years have not been easy for me. I am finding that I really just have to take my life into different directions right now. As of now and into the foreseeable future I have closed my shops and have no plans to continue selling. I find I need to dedicate myself to causes right now and pull out old skills.

I plan on taking time to take up yoga & pilates again. I will probably not be a teacher as I once thought I would but I can have my own personal practice that brings me peace again. I need to focus on learning again. I am thinking of going back to school. Right now that is just in the considering stages. I am taking up my drawing and writing again. I plan on blogging more often as well. The posts will be about issues I find important though or just feel like writing about. It could be something silly or stupid or a picture that I just really like.  I am going to follow the wind for a bit and see where it blows me.

I have also decided to become active in LGBT equality & rights again. I was when I lived in Florida but lost the focus while in Kentucky I suppose. I also plan on getting involved in the Foster Care community since we will be doing foster care. I will keep my wool, fiber & yarn for personal use and enjoyment for when the urge comes back to me. For now my stuff is put away. Thank you for reading.

I am getting tired of all the Political Whining I read and hear.

If more people who cared about the country would actually do something in politics rather than whine and bitch on the side lines  maybe more would be possible. From what I tend to see though most people seem to be perfectly happy either voting in those in power or choosing not to vote at all and then just bitching from the sidelines while really doing nothing productive to actually put their words into actions.  I think people just like a reason to bitch. Maybe deep down bitching makes people happy and if there was nothing to bitch about everyone would actually be truly miserable.

If you really want things to change you have to get involved in making changes happen. you can't sit around waiting for someone else to make them happen. That is not how it works. Get off your ASSES and get work. I am not supporting any particular political belief or ideology here. I am just saying that if you are truly tired of how things are going maybe the real problem is YOU! YOU did this. All of the YOUS out there, including me. We all voted or didn't this country to the place that it is today. We as a group voted in everyone from the President all the way down to the town Mayors. That is a lot of people. 

Its very hard to effect change from the top. Its like Jinga. Have you ever tried to topple the tower of blocks by pulling one of the top blocks out? NO, you pull out a strategic bottom few until the tower collapses. That is a very very simplified look at how you can change the government of this country. 

You start by getting involved in your local area and government. Start VOLUNTEERING in your Community, and effect immediate positive change in your local community. Figure out what needs to be done in your community. See what jobs are available in your city. Run for one of them. Gather support for it. Run a good campaign, a clean campaign and try to get to know the community. WIN! Do a great job! While you are in office spend this time really getting to know the town and the town people. Learn it from the inside out. Make your face know. Keep up your VOLUNTEER WORK.

 At the end of the term you decide what to run for next. It all depends on how competent you feel about knowing, not only your current job, but also what need accomplished in the town. If you feel pretty confident that you can do the job then RUN FOR MAYOR! Do the same stuff you did to win the other office. If you do not win, DON'T BE A DOUCHE. No one likes a sore loser. Be graceful. Congratulate the winner, but keep working towards your goal. Keep running for office, keep working in the town. Keep doing what needs doing. STAY INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY! Keep volunteering. Keep effecting change. Keep your eye on the goal. 

You become Mayor, your work on the town. You get the town all squared away no matter how long this takes. If its more than one term you run again. YOU DO NOT QUIT. You do not resume your bitching. You focus on what you can do and what needs done. You pull out the bottom blocks to eventually topple the tower. Once you feel you have done all you can as Mayor and you have a great community backing you run for the next level up in Government, and repeat and repeat and repeat. The trick is not to rush ahead, not to get frustrated, and to be willing to work with others doing the same thing. That is just my advice though. 

I am looking for an egg donor, or someone willing to carry a pregnancy for me.

Im putting it on here. I haven't felt up to talking to people in awhile.. I mainly stay off line and avoid talking to people. I am asking here if anyone out there would be willing to have a baby for me. My eggs are bad. They can not support life. What I am saying is I would need someone willing to have a baby of their own that they would be willing to let me adopt. This is a very hard thing to ask and an even harder thing to contemplate let alone do. If you know someone who is willing please let me know. I really want to be a mother. Thank you for thinking this over. This would require the use of your egg and your uterus most likely. I would need someone willing to have a baby for me. I am willing to have someone move in with me for the duration of the pregnancy so that we could take care of their every need so they would have no worries. We would also be willing to try to come up with some way to cover expenses though this would be harder on us. I want to be a mother so much. I want a baby. If you can help, or you know some one who can help please contact me. My email is everimprovingme@gmail.com

thank you, 

Johanna

Fiber Weekend Gettaway! Come Join Me in TN!

Jess of Storied Yarns is going to be hosting a fibery retreat April 26-28 in Pikeville, Tennessee! Come join me at a BEAUTIFUL state park for a weekend of refreshing, relaxing, fibery fun! Full details here on the Storied Yarns blog, including a link to the registration form and the vendor application. :) Storied Yarns blog


Any one who wants to come is welcome, we would love to see you there!

An Ornament Adoption Fundraiser!

I have an adoption fundraiser going right now in my Raverlry group. http://www.ravelry.com/groups/ever-improving-me All ornaments have been donated and the bidding starts at $5/ornament then increases by $1 bids. Please check it out or share to help out. You can also view the ornaments in my facebook photo album here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.511005108930291.117647.505056599525142&type=3 and let me know if you would like to bid on anything. all current bids are listed with the photos. Thank you for donating, bidding, or sharing!

3 Weeks until Tom goes off to Bootcamp

We are getting down to the wire now. Tom feels pretty prepared to go off to boot camp. I am feeling easier about it too. I will miss him terribly but I am already working on feeling up my days to keep busy. I will still Nanny 2 days a week. I will hopefully also get a part time waitressing job. I interviewed and the atmosphere of the place is great so I am hopeful that I will hear back a positive this week. I also plan on learning Spanish or at least starting to learn while he is gone. I have the Pimsleur Spanish phase 1 to try. I will see how good the course is before committing to more money for it. I have always wanted to learn a foreign language though so I am pretty excited.

Tom plans on working for about 2 more weeks then we will go visit family before he leaves. We are looking at this as a very positive step forward in our life. I will be reaching out to friends and family while he is away to help when I get lonely and miss him. Thankfully we will get to write each other and he will get a few phone calls while away. 

Wishing to Adopt

I created this wish at WishUponaHero. Please read and share with as many people as you can. I truly believe the more this wish spreads the better our chances of adopting are.

We would very much like to adopt a healthy baby. I am putting this wish up in hopes someone will be able to fulfill our dreams of having a family. I am unable to have children due to medical issues. We believe we would be great parents who know that children are a blessing. If you are someone or know someone who is thinking of putting a baby up for adoption I hope you will consider us.

My husband is joining the Navy so we will have a fairly stable and secure life. I am going back to college to be a social worker. We are both nice, loving and stable people with so much love in our hearts for the baby who will eventually come to us. We are hoping to adopt a healthy baby and that is really all we care about. Boy or girl doesn't matter, we will love either.

We are also listing with an agency Angel Adoption next year but fees for agencies are expensive. We have set up a GoFundMe page to raise the fees for adoption. here is the link http://www.gofundme.com/crko8 so you can also help us accomplish our goal of raising $5000 for the initial payment to Angel Adoption. We have raised $100 of the fee so far. Please share this wish because we feel the more people it reaches the better our chance of adopting.

Thank you for reading,
Johanna & Tom Spalding

www.gofundme.com/crko8