Comments for Ingenuity for life http://www.madauri.com/blog Finding ways to make my life easier Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on But you don’t look ill by Fleur http://www.madauri.com/blog/but-you-dont-look-ill/#comment-103 Fleur Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:25:39 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=587#comment-103 So after learning the hard way, I now respond to silly questions with a simple ‘no,’ but there are still people who persist and ask me that same question over and over again. I am proud to say that I can handle it without explaining or defending, that only makes the simple ‘no’ appear less strong and they might try again asking the same question yet another time. Are they deaf? Nope, ignorant and without empathy.

But however my pride for getting to that stage (yep, it took me quite a while) these silly questions still hurt. Big time. Will I ever get to the stage that makes me forget the moment these silly questions (yep, still trying to pretend to be a lady, all things considered) are answered with that simple ‘no’?

They might have asked me to run a marathon, while I am housebound for years.

Ciao, Fleur —> another loony a.k.a. M.E.-patient

]]> Comment on Moving (yet again) by Fatima Crochet http://www.madauri.com/blog/moving-yet-again/#comment-92 Fatima Crochet Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:00:28 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=812#comment-92 Good luck with the moving! I hope it’s a nicer environment too with plenty of nice folks around! :)

]]> Comment on NTH: And you better do it right by Fatima Crochet http://www.madauri.com/blog/nth-and-you-better-do-it-right/#comment-73 Fatima Crochet Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:53:11 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=705#comment-73 I hope you feel better! Good to see the latest strip! Looks like drama! :D

]]> Comment on NTH: Midnight emergency by Fatima Crochet http://www.madauri.com/blog/nth-midnight-emergency/#comment-72 Fatima Crochet Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:07:20 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=618#comment-72 I had a bat come into my room once and stayed there for a while. I also wondered how it got through the tiny gap in the window. Seems they could squeeze their way in things, crawling.

]]> Comment on But you don’t look ill by Pia http://www.madauri.com/blog/but-you-dont-look-ill/#comment-71 Pia Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:10:58 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=587#comment-71 Yes, stupid insecurity is what it is. Nice girl syndrome and the pressure of expectations. Pah.

]]> Comment on But you don’t look ill by soorawn http://www.madauri.com/blog/but-you-dont-look-ill/#comment-70 soorawn Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:21:17 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=587#comment-70 I think it’s a social trap. The more we care about the person asking, the less we want to appear as rude/unwilling/disinterested, with which a single “no” is not enough. We really tend to care too much for other people’s opinion when they really are only thinking about their own interests. A No is enough.

]]> Comment on But you don’t look ill by Pia http://www.madauri.com/blog/but-you-dont-look-ill/#comment-69 Pia Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:14:12 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=587#comment-69 What I don’t get is: Why isn’t No enough? Why do we always have to excuse our answers with an “acceptable” reason? Sick or not, maybe I just don’t wanna?

]]> Comment on My new roll for my crochet hooks by Fatima http://www.madauri.com/blog/my-new-roll-for-my-crochet-hooks/#comment-55 Fatima Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:21:37 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=509#comment-55 This is a new way of felting I’ve not tried before. I’ve always deferred felting because we’re told to use a washing machine which I don’t have. Agitating in hot water in a pot also seemed too fiddly for me too … I first heard about felting from my husband who showed me a hat given to him by a friend from Kazakhstan. Because this was shaped, and also had embroidery and fur, it looked so nice … It wasn’t woven or knitted or anything, but was just wool beaten together till it felted into shape … sounds a bit like what you did by sticking fibres to the bottom of your felted knit fabric.

]]> Comment on Put a pool noodle in your life by Blog Hopping | Crochetology.net http://www.madauri.com/blog/put-a-pool-noodle-in-your-life/#comment-43 Blog Hopping | Crochetology.net Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:01:36 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=459#comment-43 [...] other person. Being a Spanish living in Exeter, England, I already have a few things in common with Natalia: the Spanish heritage and my husband’s place of work in the 60′s. From those, it is a [...]

]]> Comment on Put a pool noodle in your life by Fatima http://www.madauri.com/blog/put-a-pool-noodle-in-your-life/#comment-42 Fatima Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:21:28 +0000 http://www.madauri.com/blog/?p=459#comment-42 Funny title! :) At first glance I thought you were writing about Chinese noodles, then I thought you were writing about chopsticks! Not being a water type of person, I’m totally ignorant of those “pool noodles” but now I remember seeing them.

So that photo with the wall canopy is no longer there? I mean you’ve already dismantled it? It looks really pretty. I’ve been thinking of a canopy too over our bed, since our roof is made up of nipa leaves, lots of things (bugs, spiders, dirt, etc) tend to fall onto the bed. I love the look canopies and of such things over a bed!

Maybe you can use the noodle foam to stuff some crocheting too. :)

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