Hello, Again

I’m back here writing again at the ol’ blog address because apparently world-wide pandemics and being a virtual home school mom weren’t enough to keep me occupied. I’m not even sure anyone out there is reading this thing so does that mean I’m basically talking to myself? Yes? Ok. I have this desire to be “working” on something, anything and one of those somethings has (like every other quarantined human) has been house projects.

Little home projects have been a source of joy & comfort during the COVID pandemic. It’s like when I was pregnant and the nesting phase had me picking out insanely expensive baby accessories and cleaning under the sink except this time I’m up 15 lbs due to stress-eating chocolate while hiding from my kids, picking out expensive housewares and I’m cleaning because I’m suddenly a germophobe with nowhere to go.

Laughs aside, I am an introverted homebody at heart and I love fiddling with my furnishings.

100 day project – take 2

I’ve committed to doing an other 100 day project. Did I finish the last one? No. Do I regret trying? No again.

So here I am giving it another go. I love these kinds of challenges and since I’ve written about similar things on my blog in the past, I thought it made sense to include this one too. This project is something to keep me motivated and give me a chance to practice some skills that I’d love to grow and eventually turn into some sort of creative career.

My challenge this year is to create for myself every day for 100 days.  This is super challenging for me in this season of life because BABIES and because I always feel like I have 1 million things I’d like to work on. Sewing! Home improvement projects! Gardening! Painting! The list goes on and on. I have a serious case of distraction and I lack focus but hopefully this will give me the guidelines to focus on one thing for 100 days and to set aside some time and space for myself – another thing that I’m low on lately.

Here are my tools and some of my work so far. I’m 21 days in at this point and while it is challenging, I’m enjoying the spark it’s given me to create more often.

a week in november 2018

A black Friday trip to the bookstore. It was soooo quiet.

My first time truffle making with friends. Messy but yummy.

Our tree is my favorite early in the morning before anyone else is awake. We cut down our tree in the dark and it turned out to be one of the best I think we’ve ever had.

Sunshine! I loved how the grass and the leaves looked like Christmas confetti.

Preschool art projects are so much fun!

Holiday displays at Molbaks were on point.

The picture doesn’t do it any justice. Pink skies on our way home.

Sparkles at the park.

snapshot: october 2017

October has been for campfires, my sister’s wedding, fall foliage, pumpkins and spooooOOOooky decorations.

EATING: Now that the cooler weather has returned I’m in full on soups and stew mode which is a welcome change. I’ve also been trying the “heritage” varieties of apples that our co-op has been bringing in. They’re all so interesting and delicious.

DRINKING: All the warm beverages. Lately I’m having a hard time drinking plain old cold water. Bring on the tea, coffee, anything to keep my hands warm.

DREAMING: About a surprise trip to the happiest place on earth. I can’t wait to see the magic through a little one’s eyes. We’ve been doing some family hikes on the weekend and it’s the greatest. Fall is perfect for hiking and I want to do more before the weather gets too cold.

WATCHING: OZARK. So good. So creepy. I didn’t want the season to be over. We finally watched Baby Driver and I loved how musically driven it was. Almost like a musical but…not. We also watched Spielberg which was inspiring to learn about where he came from (no formal education in film!) and how he has gotten to where he is. We also started Mindhunter which has been so far so good.

LISTENING: Not listening to very much music lately but I signed us up for Audible and have been listening very slowly to The Book of Joy.

READING: The Ship of Brides (slowly but surely) and A Fatal Grace – the second book in the Armand Gamache series which I am obsessed with. I love the setting of the stories…kind of like a grown up Stars Hallow.

MOVING: I finally signed up for a trial at our YMCA and it’s been really nice so far. The childcare alone is worth it.

MAKING: Drawing for Inktober and sort of working on knitting a blanket…when I remember to.

LITTLE THINGS: Cashew milk ice cream. So yummy minus the stomach aches. New hiking shoes that are super comfy. Washing my face at night!!! Kind of a huge deal for me because I’ve always been terrible at it but the last couple weeks I’ve been washing every night and it makes a HUGE difference in my skin. It makes me feel like such an adult.