I managed to find time the other night to sew. I have two machines and I had one ready to go but I needed to wind a bobbin. No problem, right? Wrong. For whatever reason the thread kept flying off the machine! I tried the spool cap but it wasn't holding the thread on. I finally gave up and decided to get my kenmore machine out. I ended up having a stuck handwheel and the needle wouldn't budge. I threw my hands up in frustration after trying to fix it for an hour.
The next day I asked my grandma to take a look at my Kenmore. I also told her what was wrong with the Singer. She said she'd take a look at both my machines if I wanted her to. The woman is a sewing superhero because she had them both fixed in an afternoon! Can we say HAPPY! I was thinking I was going to have to start saving for a new machine.
I began sewing on the Kenmore last night and it is sewing like a dream!
Gah! It's been a long exhausting week. It's been a good week though, just tiring. I'm happy to see the weekend. All play and no work, tis good.
I decided to blow the dust off my sewing machine. My mind is always filled with projects I want to sew. Doll clothes, dolls and plushies, but I keep telling myself I don't have the energy for one more thing at the end of the day. That's when I veg out in front of the TV while watching Gilmore Girls. But, I thought since the boys are in school. I'm up at the ass crack of dawn. It looks something like this:
Up early + Boys gone = Time to sew!
Right?
So here's what I've been working on - Minus that whole sewing bit, yet...
Just trying to take my mind off of everything that has been bothering me as of late and that includes food. No one should have to spend so much time thinking about food. People laugh at me because I tell them that eating is a serious inconveinence to me. Maybe it's because I don't obtain a great deal of joy from cooking and the idea of doing it 3 times a day is a bit much.
I do love to bake though.
The boys are back to school as of last Monday. On one hand it's nice because now I can get back to my daily ritual of yoga and meditation. On the other hand I am used to lazy summer mornings where I don't have to get up to the screeching buzzing sound of an alarm. I don't think there is a noise I despise more than am alarm going off. I even cringe when I hear them go off in movies or sitcoms. There is just something unatural about waking up when it's still dark outside, but then again maybe it's just me since I'm a nightowl.
I've been trying to balance my life a little more lately...boyfriend, family, kids, creative outlet, housework, but it seems like I can't keep up in all areas. Something has to give in area in order for me to make time for another area of my life. How do people make it work I wonder. I think the inabilty to manage all aspects of my life must have something to do with my ADHD or perhaps it's the perfectionist in me. I dunno...Either way I'm spending my morning playing with dolls like any normal mother should be doing when the kids are off to a grueling day of school. Jay is going to school sans medication for his ADHD. I'm just waiting for the phone to ring. It inevitably will...
The boys go back to school on MONDAY! I can't believe the summer has gone by so quickly. They aren't looking forward to going back. I can't say that I blame them. School Sucks. :)
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