"I can walk to nursery by myself. I am big" she says. And here she is marching along while I wander behind her. I cannot believe some days that Rocket Girl is now four. It seems so long ago that she was that little baby. Also if she is now four that means I have been blogging for a long time. Um...eight or nine years. I am glad of the friendships made along the way.You know who you are.
There has been so little time for this space recently, I have thought about giving up but I like having this little place that is mine. Last year I made a lot of things that I never got around to blogging. I was worrying about the lack of clear identity. Not quite a sewing blog, not quite a parent blog,,,certainly too scruffy to be a lifestyle blog, that idea makes me snort out my coffee. Maybe the muddle that is my blog reflects the muddle that is me. I once worked with a professor who claimed that the state of your work desk reflects the state of your mind. His was clear. Mine was a mess. My messy mind is why I am addicted to lists. They help me calm my thoughts and plan what I am doing. I currently survive by having a big white board on which I plot the weekly clubs and menus. I especially need this as I have a partner who has very little short term memory. We often have a conversation in which we discuss what is happening a few days away, plan who will do what, and then he will have no recollection of this at all, I am fighting back against this armed with my whiteboard and calendar. Living with someone with little memory is very tiring. Is this a general male thing or just a specific thing in my house?
I finally got my act together and got myself a 21st century phone. My eldest was actually impressed with me. He is almost thirteen now so is very rarely impressed with me. He was a little less impressed when I couldn't switch it on. But the upshot of this is I joined instagram and you can find me over there as minnadoshouse. Come and say hello. I am enjoying playing with IG and the new and renewed connections it has enabled me to make.
There has been some sewing here. I bought myself Lotta Jansdotter's "Everyday Style" for Christmas. More on that soon. I promise, I really do.
