A Simple Day is Needed

My mind has been drawing a bloggy blank lately.  Spring is fully here and as a result the Earth and Everything in it is beautiful, but I still can't seem to find inspiration.  Or maybe I'm having an overload of wonderfulness and can't find the words to express it.  No, I think it has everything to do with how busy I've become lately.

Okay, thinking about why I haven't been able to think isn't helping.  I already know what I need to do...

Simplify.

• Pick flowers.

I need to start again.  "Pick flowers" is the first thing I thought of, but I can't pick flowers today.  Today we're in some sort of monsoon, I'm sure of it.  Okay, that would be incredible, since we don't get monsoons on the Gulf Coast.  But we're definitely in a big thunderstorm and rain event that's supposed to last 3 full days and will probably flood the river over our backyard.

So, since I can't pick flowers today, I'll make an off-the-top-of-my-scatterbrained-head list of indoorsy things I could do that would fill me up again:

• Figure out that spinning wheel and pile of alpaca fiber I have
• Fold and unfold fabric (fellow fiber lovers will understand how absorbing that can be)
• Bake bread
• Sprout some sprouts (or, start them)
• Make yogurt with that old yogurt-making machine that just sits there in the cupboard
• Make pasta with that old pasta-making machine that just sits there in the cupboard
• Have a Game Marathon with the kids and call it "school"
• Write
• Listen to the Writer's Radio Show at 10am and 2pm (CST), probably via my cell phone and headphones. 
• Embroider something like this (thanks for the link, Drewe Llyn!)
• Sew a little bag
• Take a nap
• Cook a fab dinner for that working man of mine (Did you catch that?  He got a job!)

Notice I didn't add "clean" or "organize" or "surf online" or "watch tv."  Those things are good to do, good to do, fun to do, and something to do, but I know from experience that they don't won't inspire me in the way I need to be inspired right now.  What I need now is simplicity: a day of not going anywhere (I've become our children's chauffeur somehow!), and a day creating something.

What do you do when you know you've become too busy?

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Comments

[Dad]

It sounds like a busy day - but a good day. Enjoy it.
Love, Dad

[Lori Seaborg]

Hi, Dad! Whoops, I didn't mean to imply that I'm going to do EVERYthing on the list. I went back and reworded that part. :) It's 10:30am, and so far I've only done routine daily stuff and folding & refolding fabric (yay!), but right now I'm listening to that Writer's Radio Show.

Love you, too ~ Lori

[Jerri]

I do much the same as you when I become overloaded. I simplify. I had to accept a long time ago that it is okay if a child misses a practice or ballet class in order to restore harmony to the home....which starts with the mother being able to concentrate, right? LOL I tend to pull out a project (or 2 or 3) that I've been wanting to work on but simply can't find the time. The process of working on it is relaxing to me, and looking at a finished project makes me feel productive. :0) From there, it seems to be easier to get back on the "even" bars! Enjoy your day!

[Darcie - Such The Spot]

A number of the things on your list would toss me into a frenzy because I am not the least bit gifted in the sewing department. That homemade bread, and yogurt, and pasta though? My mouth is watering just reading about it...

[Lori Seaborg]

Yeah, about that. I'm not gifted in the sewing department, either, but I
will admit I'm gifted in the curiosity department. I just want to know *how
*to do *that*! *Whatever *that is (this time, sewing). Check out the link
to the bag, above. You'll see how easy-peasy making a bag is (it's all
straight lines - that's how I sew!) ~ Lori

[Jodi]

It's kinda like the other day when I tried my hand at butter making again. I didn't have to do anything but keep an eye on the mixer now and again…it took an hour. But the results made me proud. Yogurt…same way. Simple things…winning results! My next venture is to make my own laundry detergent…getting sick of steep prices and so much laundry to use it on. So I found a recipe, ordered the ingredients and I'm pumped to try it and see how much money I save. It looks super easy to do and makes a ton!

[Jodi]

Oh…and I forgot to mention trying my hand…with my man's help at making raised bed gardening boxes. He saw the idea in his man magazine and is inspired. So I can't help but get excited about it with him. We'll see how they turn out. Maybe I'll snap a finished shot and send it to you! :-)

[Andrea]

Congrats to your hubby on the job!!! Hooray!

Kitchen time is one of my sure fire ways. Crackers, bread, dessert...the rhythm of creation. And then I get to eat something yummy, which always satisfies! :)