Happy Friday! Ugh, I feel like I haven’t been around for ages—my allergies are atrocious this year, which is slowing me down something awful. But it’s spring, which means the kids are super, super busy with a million different things, so I’m just forcing myself forward with a travel pack of Kleenex and hoping the pollen counts come down soon.

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Top priorities this past week:

This week was full of kid activities, so when I look at the calendar on a Sunday before a crazy week, I just mentally hunker down and accept that I’ll just be focusing on the top three important categories of domestic life: Cooking, Clothing, and Cleaning. There’s just not time for anything else during the crazy weeks, and if you ignore the top three you end up with more problems.

Cooking

It was a week for soups and crock pot meals and I even allowed myself the luxury of a semi-homemade Costco meal as well so that I could keep up with carpooling, and appointment and event attendance.

Clothing

My allergies have been extremely bad for about three weeks now, so the laundry had piled up and needed some serious attention. I’m getting it back down to manageable levels.

Cleaning

Oh, the call of spring cleaning after long winter months of hibernation! Doesn’t it feel awesome to declutter and wipe away the stagnancy of late winter/the gray months?!?! As I wipe away the cobwebs of cold and gloom, I listen for the songs of the birds returning to the trees and smile as I catch a glimpse of crocuses and daffodils emerging from their frigid slumbers. Thank goodness for spring.

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Final Thoughts

After two weeks of uninterrupted down time, due to those pesky allergies, and this last week of ramping up productivity to match the energy of the season, I’ve found myself reflecting on the way I’m managing my time. There’s always so much to juggle, nothing new there, but lately I’ve been thinking about whether or not I’m focusing on what truly matters to me. I didn’t believe people when they told me, during my years of raising babies and toddlers, that I’d only get more busy as the kids got older because I could not wrap my head around the idea of ever being busier than I was during those years of keeping little people alive and well, but it turns out that it is 100% true. There is so much to do right now and I never expected that to be the case. I really thought I’d be downshifting as I approached the empty nest years. With so many responsibilities pulling me in different directions, I’m wondering if it’s time for a change in some areas of my life?

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There’s definitely a shift happening in my creative life, and I’m finding it more difficult to feel inspired lately. Maybe it’s the allergy sludge talking, but I just really feel like I might need a break to recharge and reassess what I’m truly passionate about? I don’t know; we’ll see how this feeling plays out in the next little while. As it stands, I had no time to put into creative projects this week, but that’s no cause for alarm. Busy weeks happen. That’s where a beautiful little truth of the fiber arts comes into play—fabric and yarn will wait for you. There’s no need to panic when you have a week or two with no time for creativity because it will all patiently wait for you. I’m looking forward to the reunion…while simultaneously enjoying the tasks that are keeping me too busy to spend time in the craft room! Life is good.

And, because I was feeling nostalgic and had a lot of empty time on my hands, I went in search of my earliest projects on the blog and found baby hats, scarves, and baby quilts. Oh my goodness, the cute! I don’t make as many of those as I used to!

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