Thursday - July 16th

Life - I wish that there were more hours in a day and I wish that I was better with time management. Maybe it's a knitter thing. I am very organized in some areas of my life, but in others I could not be more flaky. I have every intention of blogging at least once a week - really - that's my plan - but then life runs off with me and I realize that it's once again been a month since I wrote anything.

I say that perhaps this is a knitter thing because I do often have the same trouble being faithful to one project, starting that great new camisole at the beginning of spring only to finally finish it on the same day that we see the first snow (won't be wearing that anytime soon). I know judging from the things that I hear from other knitters it's a very common problem, flitting from one project to another. Add to the project jumping (wrote unfaithfulness and thought seems unfair to say that I am cheating on one sweater with another - like they will know that I have favorites) so, in addition to the project jumping like most of you I have a job and kids and a house that I occasionally need to clean (please note that I do not say "want to clean") and I just don't have enough hours in the day to get things done. It really doesn't help that my fall back position is knitting.

Feeling overwhelmed with everything that I need to do, perfect time to put on my pajama's, climb into bed put on a movie and knit for a couple of hours until the feeling passes. The fact that my 11 year old frequently joins me (am I doing her a favour or a disservice passing this trait along?) makes me feel that I am able to self soothe with knitting and spend time with my daughter, the entire thing feels very decadent and heavenly.

But that brings me back to my point - I have decided that life doesn't have to be a balance - and who decided that we have to balance things. I have decided that if you have it "all" what else is there to want. Isn't there something to be said for having something that needs to be done? gives you a reason to get out of bed and be motivated, otherwise I would pile my bed high with yarn and knit my way out...... Besides the house is always going to need to be cleaned - someone is always going to have a shirt or pants or pair of socks that need to be washed (although the rule of "once you are 12 you do your own laundry" has freed up quite a bit of time at my house - my daughter only has 6 more months of laundry service - wonder how many stitches are in a load of her laundry?) The garage is a mess - but I can get two cars in there so really how tidy does it need to be? Once my kids are gone and I am alone (what a sad thought that is) I will have all of the time in the world to finally tidy and organize my garage, office, basement. But today, today I am going home to knit.