The Olympics are keeping us up late at night, and my son is getting us out of bed early. I am not used to being on a schedule anymore. I really have developed some bad habits. I have always been an early bird. Like to go to bed early, and then rise early and enjoy the sun coming up. However lately, I have discovered how nice it is in the evening, when the children are in a deep sleep, and my husband starts to snore, to be by myself. I can turn on the lights, sew, and play on the computer for hours. Sometimes I just crash on the bed at about 1am. Lance gets the kids out of bed, so I can snooze until 7am. I have also found that I cannot handle more then 7 hours of sleep, or I become grouchy and very tired. Teri just wrote about her sleep problems, and I was happy to hear that it is quite ok to have less sleep. Anyways, now I have to change everything again, and force myself to go to bed when I am not really tired. As if that was not bad enough, trying to do it with the Olympics on does not make it any easier. However, I like the fact that we have gotten my son to school every day this week on time.
Blogging a bit this morning. Came across a new blog The Villa Family. She sewed a new skirt from a new pattern called the Edith Pattern. I loved the material she used. I have alot of it, and I like the way she put these prints together.
Then I found a friend of hers at Elegant Bloggery. Anything with the word Elegant in it, ususally means it is worth looking at. Then I found You Go Girl! and a tutorial on Binding. The one thing that draws me to some of these blogs, is how amazing some of these moms are. I mean I have read blogs where women have 7 kids. These women deserve a medal. They seem to balance everything and remain happy. Sometimes I need to read these blogs just to remember what is important and what makes us real. Of course, I also love the fact that we all have one thing in common and that is crafting. Now if we could just meet and talk once a week.
I have been cleaning. I rearranged furniture in three rooms, picked up carpets, and am in the process of setting up a playroom for the kids, a guest room for my mom (she is visiting us in September), and a new cutting area in my sewing room. I also pulled out the rocking chair from Olivias room (boohoo) and found a new spot for it in my sewing room. It is a sad day when you don’t need to rock them to sleep anymore. However, I am sure that I will be happy to sit and handsew on something comfortable. I have had that chair since I have been 5 years old. My sewing room is right next door, so if a late night reason should occur to sit in that chair, it will be accessible.
Jeannine, did you see this: http://portabellopixie.typepad.com/portabellopixie/2008/08/and-we-shall-no.html
Wow!!!
Beautiful work on the sewing area, btw. I cleaned mine up last night, but I’m sharing it with my stepdaughter now, so it’s not likely to stay clean!
Your sewing area looks beautiful. I have been staying up later, too, it is so nice puttering around a quiet house.
You have a beautiful sewing area! I agree, wouldn’t it be so neat if we could just all meet and be able to talk family and crafting?
What a beautiful sewing room you have! I’m quite jealous, when I want to sew, I have to bring everything to the dinner table. I am amazed at how tidy your stash is – I have to work on that. I sometimes try to sort mine according to something that makes sense at that particular moment, but it always ends up a mess again… I would looove a room like that! 🙂