Oh no...did I do a Rip Van Winkle? Were you all waiting for me to wake up? So sorry, I must have snoozed past my alarm. Okay, seriously, I have been tired this week and haven't had time to blog. If I don't do it Sunday, it's hard to get back on track. I'll try not to make it a habit. Now, we roll.
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Lately, I've been dreaming. Dreaming of something other than what my life is right now; traveling to different places, having a clean and organized home, house swapping, learning to cook Greek, foster care, spinning wheels, the list is endless. What I have been dreaming up is a new lifestyle.
Imagine this. We (my husband and I) clean up our home, sell it, then buy a great RV and travel the country. This could work! Because he works at home, he doesn't need to be any one place. At the end of the year of rambling around, we come home, buy a plot of land, continue living in our RV until we have a house built. Brilliant! My husband wasn't so excited. But, the dream lives on.
As I clean my craft room out this month (I need a forklift and a hazmat suit), I have a new mantra: "That won't fit in the RV." If I don't care enough to smoosh it into cabinets into my imaginary RV and travel around with it for a year, it's gone. So long. I now have 5 bags of yarn that are waving their little wooly ends good-bye. And I haven't even started on the other side of the room, or the closet. Yikes! I could fill an RV and call it my craft room (which isn't a bad idea, hmmm).
Where has all this stuff come from? I think that there's a clutter monster that comes into my house at night, throwing around my stuff and adding things in places that I won't find out about until I declutter. I want a simpler life, and a simpler craft life. I love going yarn and fiber shopping. So why deny the pleasure? If I can get rid of what I don't need, then when I want to make something new, I go buy the yarn or fiber! No cluttered craft room and worrying about moths.
Wish me luck.
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My giveaway this week is for something a little strange. I've started a little club on my etsy shop, for the stuff that I'm getting rid of out of Rosalind's Surprise Stash Cull of the Month Club.
Each month, you will receive at least a gallon ziplock bag of Fiber & craft items which will include:
- At least 1 full skein of Yarn Shop quality yarn
- Possibly other yarns; partials, other LYS and Big Store yarns, mystery yarns, fiber
- At least one notion or fiber goodie
- Other craft items as desired
- Surprises that I think you will like
If you're already part of the club, I'll extend it for you another month.
In order to enter for this prize, please reply to this post and tell me what you are or have been dreaming about - fiber or otherwise. Post your reply by Sunday March 14th midnight, CST. I will use a RNG to pick a reply at random. You are welcome to reply more than once, but only your first reply will be entered. Good luck, and have a fun fiber week!
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Lately, I've been dreaming. Dreaming of something other than what my life is right now; traveling to different places, having a clean and organized home, house swapping, learning to cook Greek, foster care, spinning wheels, the list is endless. What I have been dreaming up is a new lifestyle.
Imagine this. We (my husband and I) clean up our home, sell it, then buy a great RV and travel the country. This could work! Because he works at home, he doesn't need to be any one place. At the end of the year of rambling around, we come home, buy a plot of land, continue living in our RV until we have a house built. Brilliant! My husband wasn't so excited. But, the dream lives on.
As I clean my craft room out this month (I need a forklift and a hazmat suit), I have a new mantra: "That won't fit in the RV." If I don't care enough to smoosh it into cabinets into my imaginary RV and travel around with it for a year, it's gone. So long. I now have 5 bags of yarn that are waving their little wooly ends good-bye. And I haven't even started on the other side of the room, or the closet. Yikes! I could fill an RV and call it my craft room (which isn't a bad idea, hmmm).
Where has all this stuff come from? I think that there's a clutter monster that comes into my house at night, throwing around my stuff and adding things in places that I won't find out about until I declutter. I want a simpler life, and a simpler craft life. I love going yarn and fiber shopping. So why deny the pleasure? If I can get rid of what I don't need, then when I want to make something new, I go buy the yarn or fiber! No cluttered craft room and worrying about moths.
Wish me luck.
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My giveaway this week is for something a little strange. I've started a little club on my etsy shop, for the stuff that I'm getting rid of out of Rosalind's Surprise Stash Cull of the Month Club.
Each month, you will receive at least a gallon ziplock bag of Fiber & craft items which will include:
- At least 1 full skein of Yarn Shop quality yarn
- Possibly other yarns; partials, other LYS and Big Store yarns, mystery yarns, fiber
- At least one notion or fiber goodie
- Other craft items as desired
- Surprises that I think you will like
If you're already part of the club, I'll extend it for you another month.
In order to enter for this prize, please reply to this post and tell me what you are or have been dreaming about - fiber or otherwise. Post your reply by Sunday March 14th midnight, CST. I will use a RNG to pick a reply at random. You are welcome to reply more than once, but only your first reply will be entered. Good luck, and have a fun fiber week!
Comments
I've also been dreaming about WM. I have the opportunity to knit for WM, and I'm super excited!!
I've also been enjoying spinning, and I dream about the possibility of a wheel, someday. :)
~skeinofyarn on Ravelry
Awesome giveaway!
To start exercising and eat healthier so I can lose some weight and be able to wear a pretty dress to my friend's wedding.
A loom to weave scarfs on. I became a weaving wanna be after seeing the Sheep to Shawl competition from the PA Farm Show on TV.
Skipping the last couple years of Eddie's degree, skipping the wedding, skipping the job search and the apartment search.
I've made my decisions, I want to start living them, not nailing down logistics.
I've been dreaming of a full 24 hours all for myself. No kids, no one around, just me with me! Now that would be nice :-)
Above all else, fiber-wise, I dream of being able to call my little corner in the dyeing world a full time business. I dream of not having to make time for dyeing only after I'm done with my "real" job for the day, but to dye and create as my "real" job.
Ahhhhhhh.....
Now I am dreaming about going to the beach, by myself (hubby can't take the time off)staying in a nice beachfront condo, knitting through the night and sleeping through the day if that is what the mood strikes me.
And kicking fish if they get in my way
Jess
I dream of moving DS out, so I can have an indoor craft room. I already have the wallpaper picked out.
I dream of moving to a small town, and opening a toys/games/hobby store.
I dream of retiring to the country, and only going to town once a month, no store, no job, no nuffink. Just me and DH, and the chickens. And Angora bunnies.
I dream of getting off my butt and finishing my book. And living long enough to see it published.
GiGiMarie on Ravelry
-kjgon (RavID)
jani22
Now that we are officially a zero income family (Ron's last day was today), I'm dreaming of all the stuff we are going to be abelt o get done around the house now that he's got nothing better to do.
Yay! I love the idea of your club and here's hoping I get in. Thanks!
Cristi-Lael