One completed pin cushion for the swap ...going to a special secret person some time this week....watch your letterboxes...now I am dying to get mine...check out the flickr group to see more...
AND I have to start on Leonies to see if I can possibly top this. I may need to complete an engineering degree or do a lot of hand sewing to actually get it to work how it looks in my head.... I wonder if it will turn out how I it is in my head? I am going in a completely different direction from what she made me....I should actually probably just start it... rather than drawing little pictures of it in my notebook...its almost like if I start it though...my brilliant idea may not work out and it looks so good in my mind...
I was having one of those 'when-am-I going- to- get- 2 minuntes- to myself- without- being- interuppted-' this weekend... weighing up the concept that maybe trying to work three days a week and run a little business that is getting busier and busier is maybe too much...and is my parenting suffering? Am I going to look back and feel like I missed out on too much? ( I know only I can answer this). Can I actually think about hiring someone to help me sew? Who is this mysterious person? Will the universe send them to me or do I have to go and find them?
I struggle with lots of parts of parenting and I am really bad at doing certain things with Busy- like pushing her on the swing - for the hours she would be happy to let me... and I often feel guilty for it... I do make sure that every day I make time to really engage with her, give her my absolute undivided attention, often reading together or laying on her bed talking about life- she makes me laugh out loud at least once a day.... but I often wonder am I doing enough???
The thing I love doing the most with her is our Sunday night "together bath". Lots of water, lots of bubbles and we scrub each others feet and I wash her squidgy little body and I feel like I could not be more content. I could not be happier with my life- seeing her covered in suds and giggleing- really what is better in the world? Could anything else make me this happy?
