Rough Start

I have not been as devoted to this blog as I should be. How long does it take for something to become a habit? Three weeks? I think it's been close to three weeks since I last posted. I have not acquired the blogging habit. Yet.

Part of it I reckon is that there are so many quality blogs out there. My fit and start stop might be nervousness adding yet another into an already potent mix.

Alas, I am on the late train yet again. I just heard about ravelry in the last couple of weeks. I'll blame the baby.

It has been a full on couple of weeks. I mentioned previously the whole Christmas rush. Over the last few years I have been attempting to make more handmade gifts for loved ones. While this fits with my general philosophy of living (more on that later), it does eat time no matter how simple the projects. Granted, it is time munching I particularly enjoy, but still.

More pressing was the birth the baby girl of some dear friends two weeks ago. She has severe health problems due to a very rare condition (eight known cases worldwide) which has made her life extremely difficult and precarious at best. It has been heart wrenching to say the least, and has made some of my husbands and my interests; history and craft respectively, prurient at best. I did not feel like doing much for some days except revel in my own baby son.

It's been bloody hot the last couple of days as well. Great for the tomatoes, baby son not so much. We are learning to sleep without a sleeping bag. I say "we" because I am right there with him at 12:30am when he realises that it sucks not to have a sleeping bag. Happily he readily accepts comfort from Dad, so last night wasn't too painful as we broke it into shifts.

So, la vida crafty gets taken over by the high tide of la vida daily.

That said I am very excited about my craft horizons. As I develop items for my at home business and make stuff for the loved ones and myself, I feel like a rank amateur even though I've been knitting, spinning, and simple sewing for 18 years. I have so much to learn.