Moving Right Along

I am learning more and more about this process as I go. In the beginning, if the yarn slipped off one of the needles (or even both at one point) I totally panicked. Then I started to SEE what I was doing. At first, you're just following steps and everything kind of mooshes together. You don't really understand how it works or why it's important to hold the needle at a certain angle or wrap the yarn in a specific direction. But gradually, the more you handle it, the more you start to see each step for what it is and how it will effect the project as a whole. Fascinating.

Today was a good day. I spent a good deal of time in the kitchen, baking alien-head shaped bread (a scary little accident, considering my distaste for the made-up creatures), making soup just like my aunt showed me but with a little twist, cleaning, installing weatherstripping, hanging hooks. It was very productive and I felt very good when it was time to settle in for sleep, especially after spending the evening with BOTH of my daughters. What a treat. It fills my heart when they are both here. I wish they were both here more often, actually. Grown girls, though. They have lives. I respect that.

Hopefully, this week I will continue to feel my normal self. I have to say that it has been a spell since I've felt normal. I don't know how to explain what I've been feeling, really. I don't even know that I really realized I was feeling anything different until I felt NORMAL again. Strange.

5 Things I'm Thankful For Today

1) So many things off the to-do list
2) Delicious food that I had been a bit doubtful about
3) Rain
4) Stories, laughter, hugs with daughters!!!
5) Forcing myself NOT to work when it's not time to work. I'm getting the hang of this, just hope I can keep to it. Balance, KW...... Balance.