~ The Toolshed ~

@MissGremlin I did the Table from Hell apron glue-up today.

Miter join with dowel splines.

It’ll look like this

Bet you wished you hadn’t asked 😂

How you doing?

@Glisten haha the table from hell 😂. Oh you are so talented with your woodwork skills my sweet and I'm certainly glad I asked, I always love seeing your projects ☺️.

I'm ok, just unable to sleep.

@MissGremlin my poor little gremmy. Insomnia is torture. Especially when you have the double layer.

1. Lack of hormones

2. Trauma response

After 6 years of insomnia, this past 2 weeks I’m finally into a regular sleep pattern.

@MissGremlin I have met some of the oddest people recently. Nice people - just not my people.

But I always feel as if you, @ENKELI @PeppyPatti @Jynx and @tonys are always with me during these adventures.

Yesterday’s adventure to meet lovely people for a 9 day dog-house sitting job was a doozy.

Complete sensory overload. The property looked like an abandoned Balinese resort with chandeliers and broken plumbing.

A Shitzu Versailles.

A kind of Baroque Toy Kingdom, where every surface has something soft, sparkly, or absorbent. Plushies swaying above a four-poster throne, a carpeted field of training pads, and three royal canines ruling from the duvet.

“The Plush Court of Pawshire.”

The dogs:

• One bugger-off artist.
• One toddler-equivalent.
• One elderly, deaf, and spectacularly flatulent.

I had stepped through a portal into an alternate universe where luxury collided with entropy and decided to stay for tea.

Four chandeliers! Four “conversation areas”! And only one working toilet.

The room where I would be sleeping was a private op shop surrounded by every era of clothing this woman ever owned, while trying to spot daylight through a window to jungle of overgrown plants.

Every night I was expected to wake up and let the Walking Fluffy Slippers outside to go to the bathroom or deal with the toilet pads on the dining room floor.

This isn’t just a test of patience — it’s a boundary marker. I hit that line where practicality, safety, and self-respect intersect. The kind of line I can only recognise by walking right up to it and going, “Nope. There it is. That’s too far.”

@Glisten ahhh that name, oh how I do miss it, thanks for making me smile ❤️.

Insomnia sucks, add in a migraine, feeling nauseous and probably peri-menopause and it wasn't a great night 😂.

That trauma response i know all to well but I am glad to hear that you are starting to get into a regular sleep pattern ☺️.

I guess it's nice to meet people whether they be your people or not.

Awww we are always with you during every adventure ❤️

Oh dear lord that sounds like an absolute nightmare and a doozy indeed. The chaos of plushies and pups, clutter of the op-shop, just complete sensory overload. Even just reading all that makes the eye start to twinge 😂.

Those boundaries are so important to protect not only our safety but also our sanity. My sweet Glisten, I'm so proud of you, sending you love and hugs ❤️

Just quickly popping on. @Glisten your description made me laugh 😆. Thank you for sharing your adventure, and in such vibrant comic style lol.

@Jynx Hello friend how are you? Have you had a good weekend so far?

Thank you for the affirmations. They help me a lot. I really appreciate you tagging me.

@Jynx @AlwaysMyself @Bunniekins @Glisten @ENKELI @Meowmy @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Bow @Dimity @Chasingsunsets @REDLINEZ750 @DownMoreThanUp @lonemushroom @Cuddlebear @Shaz51 @Till23 @Mustang67 @creative_writer @Blackcloud @Appleblossom @Oaktree @heartathome @PeppyPatti @rav3n @Ru-bee @RiverSeal @AuntGlow @0ddsidian @tyme

@MissGremlin Hello my friend. How are you? Beautiful affirmations and they really resonate. I love how one says you’re having a hard time dealing with it because it’s hard but you are not weak.

Any plans for today? Wilbur is having the groomer come for a groom 🙂

@MissGremlin Thank you very much brightening my day like this!

@Jynx @AlwaysMyself @Bunniekins @Glisten @ENKELI @Meowmy @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Bow @Dimity @Chasingsunsets @REDLINEZ750 @lonemushroom @Cuddlebear @Shaz51 @Till23 @Mustang67 @creative_writer @Blackcloud @Appleblossom @Oaktree @heartathome @PeppyPatti @rav3n @Ru-bee @RiverSeal @AuntGlow @0ddsidian @tyme

To this already awesome list i would like to add another perspective of our worth, by highlighting our unique value.

Morning @Cuddlebear my sweet, I'm doing ok. Sorry I didn't reply yesterday, I missed a few posts as I had a migraine.

Yes i love that one too, these are often such good reminders ☺️.

I have a shopping trip again as yesterday's had to be cut short so I could get home to rest. I hope Wilbur enjoys his groom ☺️.

How are you going my sweet?