Quietish

I finally have my very own Chudley Cannons afghan, and I’m soooooo happy. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, Amber for this very special gift. I shall cherish it forever. <3 <3 <3

While I’m here I’ll share the reason I didn’t get much knitting done yesterday.

Where have I been?

Beeyootiful.

I spend quite a bit of time thinking about and/or complaining about my lack of time and my inability to do everything I want to do. I’m often frustrated that I can’t keep up with all of my interests. Last night however, I was surprised to sit up and realize that the “regular” day I had been having was actually very productive.

I started the day by trying a new hairstyle with Jamie. Tall pigtails right in front to keep her out-of-control bangs out of her face. Once she was at school, Cian and I got some coffeeshop time as well as knitting time. I had finished some fingerless gloves the day before and celebrated by starting a new shawl project.

The afternoon was relaxed but also managed to not be lazy. When I’m home with the kids I do things here and there, but yesterday I also managed to grab up the guitar and practice a bit several times. I had a cat in my lap or a dog in my lap at various points. Oh yes, fuzzy puppy/kitten time is indeed essential. I also had kids in my lap or sitting on my legs here and there, too, naturally.

I cooked dinner. For the third time this week. I will wait while you regain consciousness.

After dinner we had family TV time (which is actually pretty unusual for us). Pokémon. I cross stitched. CROSS STITCHED, people! I did maybe 2 square inches of stitching in all of 2007. This is huge!

With the kids in bed, I fit in my nightly walk accompanied by an audiobook. I came back and stitched some more.

What I did to deserve a day with more hours, I don’t know. When I spend some time drawing and writing in the next few days I will have everything covered this week. Who knows, I may even feel like I have something to post about.

I have a really full life without even trying too hard. That is exciting to me, and I hope that I can make a habit of not worrying too much about things and letting them happen.

Happy 2008, everyone!

from me and Luna. (Well, plus 2 hobbits who reallyshouldbesleeping in the other room, Justin who is hopefully facilitating that, 2 lazy cats not in the frame, and 2 little hotdogs. Even if we crowded around the webcam, it would be a fantastic blur.)

So my blogginess has been pretty much nonexistent this month and the quality of content for the entire year or more has frankly been questionable. I’m not sure what the future holds for Quietish: The Blog. It is possible I’ll come back in 2008 with all of my wits and a nice helping of enthusiasm, but then I may come back to post a bloggy farewell. I go back and forth.

We’re out of town for the holidays starting tomorrow before the sun is up. I hope the next week brings me some clarity. And in the meantime, I hope you all have warm and blessed holidays.

Leaving town again. Not bringing computer. May check email on cell phone. Those in or near Little Rock should call me. Those not should text me. Will return Friday night.

Pictures for the meantime.

Kitten

Knitting

Waiting to pick up Jamie

Crochet

So I made a doll quilt, and took my time getting the binding on it.

Now that I look at it, I should say that it is made up of fabrics that Julie sent to me in a fit of get-rid-of-everything. I love them and when I came across them while rifling around in the closet I just had a sudden urge to make something.

Why a doll quilt? Well I don’t think I’m really all that much of a quilter, but sometimes have the urge to make something. I’m not really into potholders or place mats, but the small size is ideal for someone like me who would not usually devote weeks or months to a quilting project.

The online crafting community has recently seemed to explode with doll quilts. A quick search through my bookmarks shows plenty of inspiration:
Hillary Lang’s quilts
doll quilt swap on Flickr
doll quilt CrAzY on Flickr
memewatch: doll quilts - Whip Up

Fun! After all the HP craziness has passed and once my current projects have either been finished, I’m thinking I might like to play around with applique. Wheee!

As a bonus, here’s what happens if I don’t pick up my posterboard backdrop directly after I use it.

I may have a little craftiness to show off tomorrowish. But just a little, don’t get too excited.

Random kittenspam for you this morning.

Pic of my fuzzbucket kittenhead, who is growing too fast.

And a vid of her purring.

Enjoy.

“Grab a kitteh.”

or “Can’t talk. Playing new game.”