I am truly a want it all kind of girl. I want to enjoy my crafts, my friends, my family, my house, and my job. But I feel like I can't enjoy most of that right now, because my house is in such disarray. I need to balance things better.
So this week, I put on my project manager hat and plotted out my next few weeks, giving myself lots of tasks, including fun things (balance. must have balance.). The good news is, I accomplished a few things. Not as much as I had hoped, but given how crappy I felt this week, an amazing accomplishment.
Housewise, I straightened up a lot of small spaces, catching up on dishes, laundry, etc. Replaced the burner bowls in the stove, got the number of a guy to fix some wood rot, researched flooring options with a friend who is about to get flooring installed and has offered to give me her floor samples. In sorting my roving and boxing up my yarn stash, I have been hit with the realization that I have a lot of yarn and roving!! It will more than fill the space I have planned for it. So I am trying to knit and spin that down a bit in the meantime.
Craftwise, it has been focused on weaving off the warp that came with my loom (camera's at my mom's so pics to come). Still need to wet finish them, but they were a good practice for me. I carded the indigo-dyed alpaca from a few months back and have started spinning that up. No stitching, but I got more stash!!
So I have treated myself to a slow morning of Ravelry, checking email, and writing this post. True multi-tasker that I am though, I am also working a few more rows on my latest triangle shawl. I think I am around the 80% mark, so I hope to finish that up this week. My knit friends have been missing me, so I will catch up with them late this afternoon, but I need to get some work done on the house first as well as planning for the week.
Speaking of planning, Christmas is coming and I have no idea what I am getting anyone or what will be on my wishlist. I have several weaving and knitting thoughts for some folks. For myself, I am in serious like with the Knit Picks Harmony Needles. And a strauch petite carder.
That's all for now. Next week, more house progress, pictures, new weaving project, stitching, and hopefully a completed triangle shawl.
So this week, I put on my project manager hat and plotted out my next few weeks, giving myself lots of tasks, including fun things (balance. must have balance.). The good news is, I accomplished a few things. Not as much as I had hoped, but given how crappy I felt this week, an amazing accomplishment.
Housewise, I straightened up a lot of small spaces, catching up on dishes, laundry, etc. Replaced the burner bowls in the stove, got the number of a guy to fix some wood rot, researched flooring options with a friend who is about to get flooring installed and has offered to give me her floor samples. In sorting my roving and boxing up my yarn stash, I have been hit with the realization that I have a lot of yarn and roving!! It will more than fill the space I have planned for it. So I am trying to knit and spin that down a bit in the meantime.
Craftwise, it has been focused on weaving off the warp that came with my loom (camera's at my mom's so pics to come). Still need to wet finish them, but they were a good practice for me. I carded the indigo-dyed alpaca from a few months back and have started spinning that up. No stitching, but I got more stash!!
So I have treated myself to a slow morning of Ravelry, checking email, and writing this post. True multi-tasker that I am though, I am also working a few more rows on my latest triangle shawl. I think I am around the 80% mark, so I hope to finish that up this week. My knit friends have been missing me, so I will catch up with them late this afternoon, but I need to get some work done on the house first as well as planning for the week.
Speaking of planning, Christmas is coming and I have no idea what I am getting anyone or what will be on my wishlist. I have several weaving and knitting thoughts for some folks. For myself, I am in serious like with the Knit Picks Harmony Needles. And a strauch petite carder.
That's all for now. Next week, more house progress, pictures, new weaving project, stitching, and hopefully a completed triangle shawl.
1 Comments:
Yay for accomplishments! Baby steps! You reminded me that I have quite a bit of housework that needs to be done as well as the quickly looming Christmas presents! :)
Hope that your balance swings more in favor of fun things!
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