Okay something fun!

holy cow! sorry about MIA last week! It didn't go quite as planned! I had a billion and half deadlines (my new products for Pink Paislee for CHA winter!! wahoo!!) and was finishing up all my videos for my upcoming FALL workshop starting in 3 weeks! (yes I know I haven't announced it yet.. but I WILL I PROMISE!!) TOMORROW!!! PROMISE PROMISE!! it's so weird but I wanted to have all of my videos and projects done for this class before I announced it to you guys? Why? not sure.. I think because this workshop is very dear and near to my heart.. LOVE halloween.. it's one of my favorite holidays and I wanted to be able to show lots of sneak peeks of what we would be creating! SO TOMORROW!

 

Plus for some reason.. my fribro was holy cow killing me!!! I had a few days last week that found myself in the bathtub crying.. wondering why the heck I have to deal with this dang mysterious disease.. had a poor me moment and then I said.. oh come on Christy.. get over it.. your fine and you are doing just great and you have a good life and so suck it up and move on. So i did :) Most days I can manage my pain with medicine, hot baths, massage and honestly just ignoring the pain. Some days.. I let the pain get to me and frustrate me and then I cry and get mad and frustrated.. and I guess those are okay too. I DO believe someday this will go away. I believe it 100%. I have had blessing that have told me so.. but for now I am just going with the flow and not giving in. 

you know though.. having fibromyalgia has really changed my perspective on things. I think I wrote a blog post last year about it and how I had to really cut back and realize my life needed to be different.. that I needed to go to bed early, wake up late.. that I couldn't do those fun things anymore I used to like surf and snowboard because it was just too hard on my body. I went through this huge.. poor more phase where I felt like I had to give up all this stuff just to "manage" my fibro. Then one day last year I was like.. what the heck? THIS IS MY LIFE?? am I going to spend it babying my body so that I am not in pain? Because honestly I am in pain whether I do those things are not.. its just the severity of it tends to be more when I choose to be more active or stay up late or whatever the reason.

But I came to this moment where I was like.. okay.. this thing WASN"T my life before and I am not going to let it change my life now.  SO I decided to not let it. Last year I said screw it and started snowboarding again.. (and yes I freaking loved it!! lol) and yes the next day I was in MAJOR pain.. but you know what? I knew it and I knew I would be and i didn't complain because I chose to snowboard and so I knew the consequences.  Same with staying up late. We used to get together all the time with friends and girlfriends and have late nights and fun art nights and I had stopped doing all of that because the next day would be just awful. Then I decided.. you know what? that is important to me! Spending time with people I love is important to me and worth the next day of pain. Same with Surfing, same with so many other things.  Now some of you might say I am not taking care of my body.. but i look at it as this.. at the end of my life.. what will i remember and what will I be grateful for? I know it will be making memories with my family and friends and happy moments for myself.

Just like yesterday, we took our kids to the state fair all day long. I KNEW it would kill me to be out all day with them, walking around, in the sun. Around 2:00 I had the option to just go home and leave Ben there with the kids. Or to just make them all go home. But I was like.. holy cow christy.. this is the FIRST time your kids have been to the fair.. they are having a great time! So suck it up and stay!  So I took some medicine and stayed and i was so glad i did! WE stayed until almost 10:00 PM last night! We were there for almost 12 hours! We had such a blast.. so much fun! Rode Rides, saw the animals, watched funny comedic performances, ate really great unhealthy food.. and we even got to watch ben win a huge 6 teddy bear and a huge 5' helicopter playing a game that "no body wins at". How fun it was!  ALL such a great memory! The kids couldn't stop talking about how fun it was.

So I have decided to just live my life. Like I normally would and be okay with the pain and be okay with not feeling good everyday. Its the life I was given and im not complaining! I am blessed to have just pain.. and not something that is life threatening.

So anyhow.. not sure where all that came from.. but that is how I  am feeling today. :) Happy and content with life and my fibro.

okay.. so tomorrow I PROMISE I am posting all the info for the next three workshops I have coming up! My Halloween/Fall workshop.. my Christmas/Winter Holiday Workshop AND Junelle's new Bless this Mess workshop too! AND I will have a great deal if you sign up for all three!

so come back tomorrow okay?

OH!! and one more thing..  so this morning I totally got sidetracked.. was supposed to be fixing photos for my video guy. (sorry art).. and I started organizing ALL of my videos and tutorials i have done and posted on this blog! I know they are in the Tutorials section tab above.. but I wanted to create a link on my store page (Scarlet Lime) where all the videos were on one clean, page and you didn't have to scroll through pages and pages of blog posts to find them. Here is a peek at some of them if you haven't seen them all!

SO i Have a treat for you!!  If you haven't ever watched all the different tutorials i have.. there are over 40 videos!!!.. now you can find them all.. easily and have fun watching them and being inspired and getting creative with me!

Here is the link!

Behind the Art Video Tutorials!

I am going to find a way to link it here on my blog too.. either on the tab above or the side page on the right.. so you can always find it easily.. OR you can also just go to my store www.scarletlime.com and click on the projects link and it will always be there too :)

 

So anyhow.. enjoy that for today! And see you back here tomorrow!!!

 

hugs!
Christy

 

Comments

[Melissa]

Hi, I've never posted anything in my life:).I know this post was awhile ago, however, I've ALWAYS LOVED YOUR WORK!!! GREAT INSPIRATION!!!! I as well go through pain, not like you, probably not even on the same grid of pain, as you, but fighting depression, esp. when you have 3- kids, and family to take care of, is still challenging. Getting out of bed everyday is hard! I know a lot of people use their art, as a "remedy" I can't even create. I have a hard time picking up a paint brush, pencils, anything!!!!, but I've ALWAYS enjoyed watching your work. I hope one day to be as strong as you!!!! You're awesome!!!!

[Air Conditioning Repair New Orleans]

The lightheartedness of your approach to come out with a beautiful result.

[jerseys cheap]

Christy, thanks for sharing. I have RA and fibro tai I have to pay someone to listen to my crab. I have been in dealing with these issues in my life for many years, I will still be "poor me" day. I really need to learn how to organize my energy, still be able to do "terms of service" and "want tos"
I am looking forward to September toolkit.

[Laurence]

Thanks for sharing.You and Junelle are so inspiring to me. Thanks a lot again...

[RH West Photography]

Hi Christi, I'm a new fan :) Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and for being so inspiring! I'm saving for those FC big brush pens ;) Don't know if you've tried it but Reiki healing is very good for Fibro, I'm a Reiki teacher in the UK and have had much success with several people over the years, just wanted to mention that, hope it's ok to do so. Keep up the good work :)

[Kelly Neis]

Hi Christy,
I also have fibro for 13 years now and I have managed it without drugs and I am too the point of barely any pain. I was thinking right, this is such a painful debilitating illness and then someone introduced me to Mannatech products, which I took for 3 years and now I switch to Young living Essential Oils as it is cheaper and Mannatech pretty much healed most of it. My Dr. uses me for advice to his patients that do not want to do the medication route. I also have specialized massage thearapist that does Ortho-bionomy, she un knots the muscles for me 1 time per month, it used to be weekly. I have limits on myself as I know if I overdo it I will get some pain but then there are the oils and the next day, better. I actually had a child 4 years ago age 46. Last year I climbed Harneys Peak in SD, a very high mountain, and no pain as I prepared for it, Fibro is not running my life, just a small bump in the road. If you want more info on details of what I did to gain control of Fibro please let me know, I will detail it for you. May God Bless you and heal you so that you can give us joy in your artwork. Kelly N

[Wendy aka Roo]

You are so inspiring & not just through your art, but as a person too. Thank you for sharing all these sides of you with us, maybe I learn something from other than art. I suffer from depression & maybe I just need to take your attitude & your oh so cute expression Holy Cow & use it on myself. :-)
I'm so happy that you made your videos in one location!!!
Puppy Hugs,
Wendy

[pcb assembly]

I must appreciate your great blog post. I really much enjoyed. Keep blogging like that!

[Dawnll]

I am usually a lurker but had to pop in to leave a comment.
I want to thank you for always inspiring me,not only through your art but your words.
I also suffer from Arthritis and Fibro~ I refuse to let it define who I am.
I have spent the last four years wearing a surgical boot off and on and am wearing it now for the 13th week.Some days are hard not feeling sorry for myself.
When I see and read what others do I know I have nothing to complain about...
Thank you and I hope you continue to take care of yourself and share with us when you can sweetie

[Cindy Roderique]

Great Attitude, that will keep you positive! For what it is worth, my sister also suffers from Fibro and small nerve neuropathy she went to Mayo 5 times to assist with the pain management and they could not help her. She discovered that she felt better when she was in the sun or went to the tanning bed, she asked her doctor to check her vit. D and it was extremely low, he gave her high doses and she also takes another little bit that she purchases off the internet it is a strip that you put in your mouth and it disolves. She is pain free now. Amazing!!

[Donna Baril]

Thank you for being such an inspiration to all of us. My body is betraying me right now. I want to ski again, learn to swim and learn to play golf. My whole family skis and I never go with them. This is the year EVEN if it is painful! Swimming is a necessity because we own a sailboat and go offshore...life vests help. I am a beginner golfer, but it is fun. So body...submit. I am going to do these things by golly!

[Ginger Labry]

Love it Christy! The post and the tutorials, thank you.

[Sarah Miller]

Christy, thanks for sharing. I have RA and Fibro too and I have to pay someone to listen to me crab.I have been dealing with these problems in my life for years now, and I still get the "poor me" days. I really need to learn how to organize my energy and still be able to do the "have tos" and the "want tos"
I'm looking forward to the Sept. kit.

[Neicee]

Do what matters most....very wise words. Thank you for sharing yourself with us, we are so very lucky! It makes you so very human in a world where we tend to connect on such an impersonal level. Thank you, Christy.

[terryk]

Great post on Attitude Christie. I have Lupus and I find that I do the things I want to do (like ride motorcycle) but I plan some down time for the next day - helps me to manage getting over tired and causing a flare. Signed up for Wild Art Class with you and Junelle and am LOVING it!!

[Patty Armbrust]

Thank you for sharing. I am learning so much from you about art and about life. It makes me look at things in a more positive attitude. Your attitude is amazing. Best wishes. Patty

[Chris Thuerk]

Thanks Christy for the video links and for sharing your wonderful art with everyone! And Brava to you for hanging in there and living YOUR life- for good, for bad, and all that's in between-Your memories will indeed be more precious than you can imagine.

[Eileen Terhaar Clark]

Thank you , Christy, for your inspiring post. I found your videos via 'Scraptime' from CHA. I was blown away by the fun you had, and the mess, and the play factor. The lightheartedness of your approach to come out with a beautiful result. have been blessed to have been published in several magazines with my mixed media, but several years ago, just when I was picking up steam, my husband was diagnosed with CIDP, an auto-immune disease. It stopped us both in our tracks. We went from just on the Edge of early retirement, finally being able to travel, fix up our house, etc, to mind-numbing pain, crippling outrageously impoverishing medical bills, and a complete change of lifestyle. So pity parties and outright depression became realities, and withdrawal into our own home from his limited mobility. I keep aiming for balance, and will continue to try for that. Meanwhile, I have just signe up for two of your workshops, and I'm so excited! It's like a ray of sunshine for me! Thank you so much!

[joe]

Here is a huge big hug for you!
you give so much to us,i'm sure that you said de truth and that fibro will be going away very soon!!!
i can't wait for tomorrow and yess i've seen them all...more than once! ;)
love so much your art!
you re so inspiring! thanks for all!!
xx

[Mel Cardin]

Oh Christy, I know what you mean!!! I'm struggling with Fibro for more then 5 years now, and, like you, I choose to LIVE MY LIFE!!! Sometime I pay the price, but, like you said, this is the life that I want to remember!!!

Can't wait to see your new workshops!!!