The Distracted Mom Writer

Mom collected these leaves for me and I think they're so pretty with crystal and candles!

They say a true writer must always write; there is a type of compulsion this person has that prevents them from not writing. However, I disagree. There is another type of writer, the Distracted Mom Writer. This person is every bit as frazzled, has just as many compulsions to write, but this person is stuck in an alternate universe. This is a universe of being pulled in too many different directions; or maybe it is just one in which the poor lady is too much of a disorganized workaholic to actually sit down at the computer and put those thoughts on paper. This person constantly has thoughts of what to write about and what she would like to say swirling around in her head, but never actually makes it to her blog page to put those thoughts down. There is always something else she "needs" to do. Now, I know that many, many, many of the bloggers out there are Moms. They manage to raise 5 kids, homeschool them, write a book, can their own green beans and make their own yogurt and run a home sewing business on the side. Sometimes I have felt intimidated by them because I barely get one child homeschooled (although he is only 3 so not too much pressure yet), the house cleaned, and the sewing done that I need to do. I have thought multiple times about doing some sort of fun sewing business and selling on Etsy or Ebay or such, but I know I would probably experience a mental breakdown before I got very far. Why? I am the Distracted Mom (Writer, Seamstress, Housekeeper, Errand Runner, Cook, etc...). Emphasis on the "Distracted" part. I always find something else I need to do, often before finishing the 3 or 4 projects I already have started. But I just remind myself that there is nothing wrong with me, I am just different. I get my family fed, keep them in clean clothes, and keep the house clean (well, I keep it mostly dirt-free, "clean" is a relative point when you have children.).

Case in point: I have not finished the Christmas stocking I started for Boy before he was born, and I have not started the train quilt I said I would make him; I also have several small home decor/useful projects I want to do. However, today I am going to make a doll dress; my niece's birthday party is tomorrow (she's turning 2) and we can't go, but I still want to get it made today and put in the mail on Monday. Of course I came up with the idea of making it late yesterday. And that also reminds me I am going to try to make some Christmas presents this year and if I don't get started soon I won't get them done at all, which reminds me that Hubby said a couple of his new suit jacket sleeves are too long and I need to shorten them--he is awesome at scoring very expensive dress clothes at very low prices at thrift stores, but the downside is that I do a lot of tailoring. So there you have it, I think I have effectively wandered from the point of this post, which was going to be something along the lines of a comparison and contrast of different types of writers, maybe I will try that again another day :)

Boxes and Boy

Oh boy have I really been AWOL for a month??? Apparently so. We got moved about a week and a half ago, and yes there are still some boxes I need to unpack, but we are pretty much settled. I think a buffet or hutch in the dining room and a bookshelf with doors or drawers in the living room should take care of the contents of the rest of the boxes. And every day we are thanking God for blessing us with this new place, especially when it only takes 5 minutes to load the dishwasher instead of 2 hours to handwash them! 

In other news, Small Boy has decided that "early to rise" is his way of enjoying our new place the most. Which means he does take a nap on a daily basis (Yay!) but I still am not crazy about getting up at 4:30 or 5 am when I don't go to bed till 11pm! This morning I heard him talking at 5, but he didn't start turning on the lights/waking me up till 6, so I am thankful for that. (Insert break for 2nd large mug of coffee here) When hubby often doesn't get home from work till 9:30 or so, it's pretty hard for he and I to institute and "early to bed" rule for us adults, so instead we are sharing the load of getting up early with Boy. And for my part, I am trying to be a little more productive in those early morning hours -- it's always nice to feel a lot was accomplished before 8am! So yep, bring on the coffee!!!

I have also decided on some new crafting plans--I found the cutest quilt pattern with appliqued trains on the border, so I have decided to make that for Boy, then after that am going to start on our new nursery ensemble. No I am not pregnant yet, but I figure it will happen sometime and I found the perfect teddy bear applique pattern that I have been wanting. I have spent probably hours looking through store-bought nursery ensembles and haven't found any really cute gender-neutral ones that aren't rather spendy. To make matters worse, I have had my heart set on a teddy bear theme, and those tend to be rather brown and blah. So anyway, now that I have a good place to put my sewing machine and a big livingroom floor to cut out fabric on, my fingers are just itching to get busy! So I will be sure to keep you updated with pictures of my progress, which also means I will have to make good progress on things if I don't want to keep posting the same pictures over and over :)

Project 365 Writing/Photography Challenge; Post #14

Well I clearly should never announce what days I am or am not going to take off from blogging; because I clearly always switch them around. You know, days get busy and life happens...

So today I made this apron. I made it slightly different from my last one, but still need to make some adjustments on the pattern for the next one. Yes, I am going to make more :) I used to have an apron that had a spot I could hang my dishtowel from, so that is what I was going for with this one; but I should have made the pocket/attachment higher, because it now pulls funny from the skirt. I'm going to do a decorative tack stitch and shorten the neck strap a bit tomorrow and then it should be perfect. It took me almost two hours to sew the borders on, and that should have only taken me 20 minutes. But you know Small Boy, up and down, round and round, into "trouble", turning my sewing machine off and on. Ya, I need my own sewing room so I can do these things after he's in bed at night... :)

Anyway, tonight is movie date night (Netflix rocks for parents!) so I gotta go :)  I may go visit Grandma tomorrow, we'll see how boy does with nap...