reOrganization

Our lovely garage sale made a bit of extra space around here for a few minor adjustments. The really old stuff is out, the old stuff is just waiting for a nice new place in our home, the new stuff is patiently waiting at a handful of local shops for us to get in gear and purchase it already.

Not that we're going to go running out and refurnishing everything, but we are going to make some changes. I have a laundry list of projects I'd like to complete this summer. Things like painting the boys room, organizing my craft and sewing space, building a lego table for the kids, sewing curtains for Lucy. If we end up finishing all of this with time to spare, I also desperately want to build a new bed for me & Turbo. (Something I've wanted to try to do for years, just kinda scared about it. Since this is my year of 'why the hell not', figured now is the time.)

All this will do, hopefully, is change the fluidity of the house and our day to day existence. I want a space of my own that will foster creativity, not hinder it while I search through my stacks of paper and fabric. I want the boys to have a cool 'big kid' room with things they enjoy filling every nook and cranny of it. I want to transform Lucy's little green room into a girly haven she will eventually love.

Unfortunately, these projects require much more of my time than my spare change. Since the conception and birth of halfty crafty I have decided to take on things myself, rather than run to the nearest department store and purchase a similar object for twice the cost, half of the labor, and no personal connection. I don't necessarily want to be 'green', I just want to be knowledgeable, capable, and hard working enough to do some practical things for my family. I don't want to be the gal who relies on everyone else to get the job done. I want to do it. (Except change tires and oil...perhaps I am a sexist, but those are most definitely boys things and should remain that way. If the boys want to, I'll happily trade talks with the kids about birds & bees for the promise of never ever having to worry about car maintenance. I have a hard enough time getting gas in the darn thing once a week.)

My point in all of this rambling is that I may be a bit more absent these days. In attempt to do all of the things around the house, I may have to let some things slide a bit. I have jam packed my summer (already, I know) with ambitious projects, fulfilling a dream of starting a small craft business, and spare time well spent with family & friends (the fleshy kind, that force me to get up and out from my computer chair). With all of these things, I fear the blog may be what gets put aside on many days.

I just ask that you stick with me, as I spend my summer getting back to the every-few-days posting I began with and patiently wait for it to take its place front and center again next fall. Blogging tugs on my heartstrings like a little kid on your pant leg. I can ignore it for so long, but eventually I am forced to give it my undivided attention until both of us feel better.