What happened to the "lazy days of summer?"

I'm sure everyone feels this way, but we are a week into summer and I have done no crochet, no reading, no home improvement projects...

I have spent my time working from home, catering to kids and carting them to the pool. The funniest thing of all is that next week is Vacation Bible School. I do not know if it will ever let up!

I The only feather in my cap is my current progress at establishing a workout routine. I have hit a new high of five consecutive days!!!!!

Maybe I can take the crochet on vacation... for all who know my family, please laugh hysterically now.

One last day of peace...

There is only one last day of peace and then the children are loose. Tomorrow at 1:00 pm they are free and I am full-time Mom. I bet this really makes me drop a stitch or two...

Last night in a fit of mania I completed a baby blanket for my neighbor Candace. Candace is expecting a boy in about four weeks. I finished this one early - what a shock! The pattern is of my own making, but ... The stitch and all is so simple that I am sure I reinvented the wheel. I do not feel too bad since I invented my wheel after only 6 months of crocheting.

I will have to post pictures later. My camera's battery is dead and will not resurrect. I will get a new battery tomorrow and hopefully figure out how to show off my work.

Ripping Yarns

Well, I admitted my latest obsession and then hid out. This is not something new. My good friends, husband and family can confirm that I have a habit of hiding from things that make me uncomfortable. The psychologists call this behavior avoidance. So I have been avoiding the act of blogging... I wonder what I am afraid of.

What else have I been avoiding?

• house cleaning
• laundry
• painting the kitchen, living room...
• work
• job searching
• weight issues

The list is endless. What to do about them? It? You just start.

Yesterday, I started checking email, testing and responding to email. Work is begun again.

I folded four+ loads of laundry. Yes, this is enough to cover my king size bed. I even put it away! This is a huge deal.

I picked up my daughters' room, or at least the center floor. This particular project will take a bit more effort. The two of them bring new meaning to the term deconstructed.

I ate sooo much better... I skipped the pizza my husband brought home for lower fat fare. I also went for a walk. Small steps, but if I keep them going, I can rip out the yarns of life that I am not happy with. Once that is done, maybe I can look at the work and move forward into something I am proud of.

Well, I have had a weird dream...

actually more than a few over the last 6 - 10 months. I have dreamed that I was supposed to learn crochet. No, I don't mean that I might like it or something... I dreamed that God wanted me to learn to crochet. I have no vagueness about this at all.

Thus I learned to crochet in February, I started with some sample stitch swatches that became dish rags - after three I moved on. I made a hat for each of my kids and my husband. I then moved on to an afghan for my sweet hubby. A scarf for Paul and shawls for my daughters and myself.

Last week I discovered interwoven crochet. It makes the most wonderful fabric. Now I am trying to make a summer sweater. I wonder where it will all lead me?