There is nothing much to do in this rainy Wednesday morning. Sometimes, you just get bored with so much time in your hands. Waking up early really has its advantage because you get to finish daily household chores early too. This morning, I decided to tackle the contents of Nissa’s cabinet which was left as it was since she got married November of 2011. We have floor-to-ceiling cabinets in our bedrooms so you can just imagine the amount of things left there most of which are old clothes which she didn’t bring with her, personal effects, stationeries, arts and crafts kits, and various toiletries some of which were not opened yet. I disposed all of the facial creams, lotions, shampoo bottles and some used make-up which she left behind. Despite all these junks I found some treasures though while cleaning. 
One is a cellphone holder still in its original box in purple color. I always call Nissa a purple girl since it is her favorite color. When she got married, all her accessories were done in three shades of purple. Now I have a nice holder for my cellphones. I am sure she would just smile when she sees this.
She is a hoarder of sentimental things like I am. Would you believe that I still have two shoe boxes of letters from friends from way back? I am digressing again. To make the story short, I found another item that I’ve been looking for since typhoon Ondoy and that was four years ago. It’s a candle thermometer which my brother sent me when I was into candle-making.
This candle book is a gift from Josef and I learned so much from it.
When I left the bank (I availed of an early optional retirement) fourteen years ago, I was in a quandary on what to do. I had so much time in my hands so I enrolled in some arts and crafts course including candle-making. I sourced raw materials from as far as Divisoria market and bought lots of shut glasses for my jelly candle. Back in those days, you can make candles in any scent you want. I was thrilled to try chocolate, bubblegum, vanilla and peppermint scents to name a few. I ended up giving them as gifts to friends and relatives. Nissa’s art kit consists of several crimping scissors, paper-cutter, stamp pads for designing stationeries, beads in different colors (for making bracelets, earrings, rosaries etc.), cutters, beading wires, pens in different colors, and ribbons. She said she misses doing crafts and she has no time now.
I remember those cross-stitches I did before but was not able to have them framed. I am into rosary-making now and give them as gifts to friends. Maybe one of these days, I will try candle-making again. It would be nice to prime wicks, find lovely molders and wax fragrance and wax dyes too. Maybe when I’m done with my fascination for baking cookies, bars and simple cakes, when I am done reading all those books on my TBR list, I will try other crafts.
How’s your morning? Is it also rainy in your area?
Dreams And Escapes 
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