{"id":1706,"date":"2006-11-10T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T19:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2006\/11\/10\/a-kick-in-the-pants\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:42:18","slug":"a-kick-in-the-pants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2006\/11\/10\/a-kick-in-the-pants\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kick In the Pants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I post for myself alone. Sometimes I write here as a means of talking to myself: Young lady, get moving right now!<\/em> <\/p>\n

I am resisting cleaning the house today. It really needs it. I’m hosting a HOBA project here tonight. It doesn’t even need to be a thorough cleaning. And as soon as I do it I’ll feel better and then I can move on to more fun things. <\/p>\n

But noooo<\/em>, instead I’ve surfed blogs and made coffee and eaten and called my father. (We had an excellent visit.)<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’m taking a class to learn how to knit in the round on circular and double-pointed needles. I’ll be making a hat. The hats I currently make are simple rectangles with the top pulled tight and a seam. Circular knitting is a way of making a seamless item. I feel ready to learn more. Last night I cast on a shawl (it’s triangular!) and I feel very proud of my progress so far.<\/p>\n

And there’s art to make… I’m salivating over what others are making and getting ideas. I encourage you to visit a few other people making art everyday this month. There is, of course, the originator of this project: Kat<\/a>. And then there is Karen<\/a>, a mixed media artist. And Lia<\/a>, who makes amazing vintage collages. Ascender<\/a> does everything, and she includes the source of inspiration for each piece — a poem or text. Melba<\/a> does amazing work with art journaling. If you’re interested in Artist Trading Cards, see what Belinda<\/a> works on. Janet<\/a> crochets and does watercolor (and anything with paper). Mia<\/a> is working on an altered book tarot project. Susan<\/a> makes whimsical drawings. Patry<\/a>, a novelist, dove right in to play with visual art. Nancy<\/a> alters books and makes mixed media art. Suzie<\/a> makes collages, and Tina<\/a> is challenging herself to overcome fear of collage. Windyangel<\/a> plays with a variety of styles and techniques, as do Tammy<\/a> and Tinker<\/a>. These are just some of the folks participating in AEM. Take a gander and be inspired!<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

I have now officially managed to avoid my task for several hours. No more anything<\/em> until the house is, at the very least, vacuumed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I post for myself alone. Sometimes I write here as a means of talking to myself: Young lady, get moving right now! I am resisting cleaning the house today. It really needs it. I’m hosting a HOBA project here tonight. It doesn’t even need to be a thorough cleaning. And as soon as I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11455,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/11455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}