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And that wraps up Blogtoberfest… I did miss a few posts, because I was sick, but I have been very aware of having to fill this space each and every day. And I now know that it’s just not really what I want to do right now. There are days, weeks and even months that are full of inspiration, beautiful pictures and fun family shots. But there are also periods when things are just about the same day after day after day.
I’m having one of those periods now.
Crafting is slow, very slow. I have little or no time to go up to my room and sew, because my husband works from home a lot lately.
It may sound weird and old-fashioned, but my husband needs me to be around when he works from home. He hates the loneliness of working in an office or even in the living room alone. Just being able to share a bit of what’s going on in his mind whenever he feels like it, helps him to keep going. He works at a very high level in software design and is known to be the one to call when there are database problems that no one else can solve (can you tell how proud I am of him?). He does run a one-man show in this, we have our own company, but there are no additional employees to help him. I feel like I owe it to him to be there as much as I can, not just because he works so hard every day to support our family, but also because I love him so much. This is our way of living together, working together and helping each other. I really wouldn’t want to do it any other way.
So my days are very much molded around his days. Not that I’m bored. Oh no! I still have a few assignments for the newspaper every week, adding my two cents (well, a little bit more, but not much) to the family budget.
Also I’m currently working on my fourth romance novel and on my first thriller (that’s a lot harder for me to write). It seems my husbands work and my writing are a good combination.
But there isn’t much to show for it, unless you want daily updates about word counts (believe me, you don’t).
Not being able to knit also limits my ideas for posting. Embroidering is not really catching on here. I like it, but it’s not something I pick up as much as I did my knitting.
I was leaning toward just blogging when I’ve got something to tell you. But that’s not it either. I love blogging, but I need a bit of a routine to keep going. So I am going to try a new routine. I think I’m going to blog on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday. And I also think there will be a returning theme on those days, so I can think about and prepare these posts in advance. Just to make my life a little bit easier. Of course there is always room for spontaneous extra posts (hey, it is my own blog!).
Well, that’s all for now. Sorry for rambling, but I wanted to share some of the things I have been thinking about this month.
I wish you all a very happy (Halloween) weekend!
Whenever I take pictures of beautiful skies, I think of this song. My father had this record and I think the first time I heard it I was about nine years old. I have loved it ever since.
I tried to translate the full text, but that didn’t work out too well, so I’ll try to explain what it’s about. Sammy is a man or boy who is always looking down, scared of other people, thinking nobody loves him. And the song tells him to look up at the blue sky, to enjoy the rain and to know that there is somebody who loves him.
:: I had trouble posting today, but things seem back to normal now
:: I didn’t have a picture today anyway, I’m completely uninspired again
:: This trying to post every single day for a whole month has reminded me why I stopped doing that after the first month: coming up with seven posts every week is just too much. I will gladly be taking weekends off again when October is over and maybe I’ll even go down another day.
:: I am starting to feel a bit stressed out by the time going so fast. I really would like to give handmade stuff at Sinterklaas (December 5th) again, but I’m lacking inspiration for that too.
:: I think I’m still suffering from the last bits of the flu. I’m soooo tired!
:: Have you seen this?
Sorry for the many wordless posts lately. There’s a lot going on in my mind, but nothing blogable. I think there will be some crafty bits to share this week again, so stay tuned for that. In the mean time, I’m enjoying the great colors of fall…
(Thank you all so much for the baby-quilt-love. You’ve giving me the confidence I needed to go next door and give it to them as soon as those little ones arrive home!)
So sorry to have been so absent! I felt awful for a few days and the little time I was able to actually do something else than just sit and read blogs, I spent writing an article and a “column” (dutch readers: see my website).
And… sewing! Just a little bit, but enough to finally finish the quilt I have been working on for a while now.
I love those vintage fabrics, but working with them wasn’t as easy as I hoped it would be. They were so worn out, that they stretched when I cut them. I was planning on making smaller squares, but every cut seemed to end up weird.
So I settled for bigger panels, which I think worked out fine with these bright colors.
I am very happy with the quilting. It started out as just a circle, but I started off the middle, so then I decided it would be a sun. I love it!
I’m usually a bit shy about giving quilts away (not that I’ve made that many), but I meant this to be for our neighbors. They had twins six weeks ago, two little girls. We’re all hoping they will be out of the hospital soon (they were born ten weeks early!). If I can work up the courage to give this away (that means not nagging to myself about the little mistakes and the puckering) I think it will be perfect (it’s about crib sized) for the little ones to sleep under, cuddle with and play on…
Does posting about not being able to post count as a post when you signed up for Blogtoberfest?
I’m still kind of ill, very tired and working up a bad cough. But I’ll try and do better tomorrow!
