More Artsy, Less Fartsy

My son was walking around tooting all afternoon.  We'll just leave it at that.

I have all of these creative ideas, as I mentioned in the previous post.  But, now, I'm feeling silly because I have discovered all of these blogs in recent days that are maintained by mothers of one or two or three or more kids, and THEY manage to find (make) the time to be crafty and organized, or to cook beautiful tables of food, or all of the above.  Maybe organization is the gift of many of them, but I have a hard time believing that that is true for all of them.  I am thinking that, for a birthday idea (okay, my birthday isn't for awhile, and I've already added a few other things to my birthday list), I might ask for certain items to put at a little craft station for myself.  And, now I'm laughing, thinking of Paris Gellar in Gilmore Girls, who might be called a "Type A+" because she is so high strung.  Her personal assistant recommends that she have a craft area which, ultimately, overtakes most of her Yale dorm room, to the dismay of her three roommates.  I don't really want to be that person, but I would like a little nook, perhaps.

I do want there to be some practicality to the crafts.  If I knit something, I want to be able to wear it (or to give it away to someone else so that they can wear it).  If I paint something, then I want to be able to use it as a plant marker, or as a decoration for the living room, or as storage in the basement.  If I take up photography, I want to do more than just capture images.  In other words, I take the idea of these hobbies very seriously, especially the part where cost and time have to be factored in.  This is all well and good, except that I don't have my house the way that I want it to be, so I can't make anything to match the decor until I have settled on the decor that I would like my homemade creations to match.  It's always something, I guess.  Also, I'll have to add "really nice camera" to my birthday list.  I have expensive interests.

Happy because...
1. Joe is home!
2. I had a great workout which, though resulting in me not being able to lift my arms, always makes me feel good.  I'm always amazed at how much more I can do than I believe.
3. It's in the mid-40s here today.  I like a good crisp, but not too crisp, day.
4. I'm starting to tame the wild beast that is Library Book Reservations.
5. Reading blogs that were originally written in a foreign language in their poorly translated form (due to Google Translation and others not being perfect).  For a wonderful example of this, go here.