{"id":925,"date":"2020-03-29T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/?p=925"},"modified":"2020-03-29T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:20:19","slug":"isolation-week-2-junk-journaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rissarenae.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/isolation-week-2-junk-journaling\/","title":{"rendered":"Isolation Week 2 – Junk Journaling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The second week of COVID-19 isolation is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why are you still here? Why is winter still here, too?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I dunno. Round about Wednesday or so, I lost track of the days. Every day felt like a Thursday. So after the third Thursday in a row, I started to loose my mind a little (not that I had much of one left, but that’s a discussion for another time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were only so many walkies I could take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were only so many belly rubs I could give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I needed something to do with my hands that would also keep my mind busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One evening while trying not to climb the walls, I dug into the DIY side of YouTube. After a few videos, I stumbled across a set of videos from Nerd<\/a>f<\/a>orge <\/a>showing how to bind your own books. I won’t bore you with my processes of making the book, Nerdforge <\/a>does a much better job. Go watch their videos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nerdforge <\/a>on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I searched the house over for random stuffs with which to make a book and came across an old sketch pad I had bought for The Gibbs that he never used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I repurposed the pages, repurposed a floor lamp to use as a binding jig, and proceeded to stab myself half a dozen times with a needle and thread as I sewed together the text block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oddly enough, I couldn’t find any Elmer’s glue at the time, but I did find Elmer’s Calking! Hey, when in isolation, the insane cannot be choosers. I think that’s how that saying goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I sewed together the text block and slathered the spine with caulking, I had to let it dry overnight. A box of Fresca served as a make-shift book press to keep it all together while it set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next morning, I needed to make a cover. A pair of Gabe’s old jeans and a Ritz Crackers box soon got the Exact-o knife treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luckily I have an old sewing machine to stitch together the cover into one solid piece. More caulking later to ‘glue’ the cover to the text block, and I had a junk journal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All in all, it took me one weekend to build the book. Now I need to find some junk to put in it. Shouldn’t be hard, what with my impressive hording capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Week Two, done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully next week, we’ll get an idea of when we’ll be allowed to go back into the office. Granted, I think I get much more done at home, but I need to get out of this house and back into routine! That’s my Gold personality showing through. Structure! Schedule! Stability!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hope you’re all doing well in this crisis. Remember to take time for yourself, get out for some Vitamin D, and wash those hands often! So far Canada’s faring well in this pandemic, but I know other countries aren’t. Health and Happiness to everyone out there! Take care!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Rissa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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