Merry & Mod at home

in the midst

 

It's late at night.  I should be sleeping.  But I've never been very good at ignoring the bees in my bonnet.  Everywhere I turn, a new project awaits.  On a scale both small and grand, our to do list grows in exponential abandon. 

 

This evening I've checked something off the list.  My little online journal has a fresh new look.  I've been thinking about fresh and new quite a lot lately.  Can't help it; this great upheaval will, eventually, be followed by a contented sigh once things are in order.  Right now I'm about to get the various tools of my trades set up just as I wish.  That's an enticing thought. 

 

So I shall document the beginning.  So I can measure the distance I've traveled farther down the road.  I'll remember this sense of anticipation and savor the rejuvenation as it comes.  Spring, indeed.   

 
 

to do list

 

1.  Finish The Lacuna.  (Due January 7 and I haven't even reached page 100.)

2.  Finish Mom's birthday present.  (Due January 2.  Oops.) 

Fortunately, my mama is a very understanding sort.  Besides, she' been traveling for the holidays and isn't even home yet.  Also, both the book and the project are so pleasurable, and my state-of-mind is so unhurried, that I can't bear to rush through either.  If the cost of such enjoyment is a few dollars in library fines...so be it.   

There are four people in my family.

This bundle of sweet, cozy love is the partial reason for my absence from this space for oh, so many months.

Which is not to say that I haven't had some creativity in the meantime.  While the shop and jewelry design were relegated to the back burner, I have learned to crochet, sewn a "quilt", and taught myself to embroider. 

Here are the results of all this creative energy. 

The crochet project is Alicia Paulson's Tiramisu Baby Blanket, the quilt is from Bend the Rules Sewing, and the embroidery transfer is from Sublime Stitching.  I loved making each project: sitting quietly working while feeling the baby growing and bouncing in my round tummy.