Subtitled: Stream-of-Consciousness
I need to follow George’s lead. There’s no way I could, though! I’d be all like “Who left these glasses lying on the counter?” and “I need to start the bread machine!” and “Could someone sort this box of markers? Half of them don’t have their cap! ”
Like I said.
I need to be more like George…
…except when it comes to illicit graffiti. I do not need to be more like George when it comes to Sharpie markers and sundry parts of my home.
‘Cause he’s got it covered.
Every pun intended.
(And does this scenario seem familiar? It should! When I found that old post and read it to Angela, she protested, “I was three! I didn’t know better.”)
Too many markers!!
In the words of Felicity, “He’s learned a lot but he’s got a lot to learn!”
It’s the human condition.
And do you know what else? I’ve got Knit-Along envy.
How do you gals find the time to sit? How do you find the time to knit? How do you find the focus?! (These are not rhetorical questions, by the way. I’ll take all the advice that you can dole out.)
You may even roll your eyes at me.
(I used to wear that broach and earrings! I wore them in college
in all earnestness and was called a prude more times than once.)
The following is an exchange that took place this morning:
Cate: Mommy?
Me: No.
Cate: ?
Poor Cate. Poor me! I need to sit. I need to knit. I need to stop spinning and simply…breathe.
I am feeling the same at the moment. I know I need to shop for presents, bake cookies, finish off a cross stitch for my mother and do lots of other things like, oh, put up the Christmas tree! If I sit and stitch, I immediately have the urge to sort the laundry, tidy a cupboard so I end up doing that and not the stitching. Big breath in, big breath out… I guess it will all pan out by the 25th!
Regarding the Sharpie graffiti – we have a bug deterrant called Aerogard in Australia – sprayed on a cotton ball, it removed permo texta instantly. Worth a try.
Cheers – Joolz
PS: check out my Chocolate Marshmallow Christmas Puddings – your girls could make them, I'm sure.
Just sit down and knit. Do it sweetie –the rest will wait.
Praying for you!
Thanks for the tip, Joolz! Goo-gone actually did the trick.
Mostly.
And Michele, I thought of you as I was writing this post! Ten kids and you've got it so together…and you sew…and you knit…
Oh I just love pictures of George. Just looking at him makes me feel peaceful. And that Little Women book club sounds like fun. I want to go too. Unfortunately, I have no advice to you on the knitting thing. I have no idea how anyone does it. I keep wanting to ask my sister to teach me but she's lived here two years and so far we've only made one very short-lived attempt.
I have found that knitting actually helps me breathe. I just started a couple of months ago. I knit during school time! Yes, while we're discussing, while I'm waiting for somebody to do something, while somebody else is reading aloud. And I've found it helps me to be more patient — really. And it helps the kids complain less — when they start complaining about something, I simply quietly pick up my knitting until they've decided they're ready to try again (without the whining). We'll see what happens when things get more complicated than a scarf.
I want to learn how to knit! (and sit) Maybe it will help me sit? It looks like it would, like a book you can't put down. How I'd love to learn how!! (to do both)
My baby is only into toilets now, oh, and climbing. Oh, and snooping and opening everything, and dumping everything.
We have an older girl (Angela) in our home on the warpath this week, she's been coughing almost all night and during the day, so far she's purple nail polished all the toys in the toyroom (not the wall thank goodness) and cut lesson plans and an English book (an expensive English book) but only one page. It had frogs on it. And tghe lesson plans had Angels on it. I guess I should cut her some slack, huh?
All I can say is:
To all you wood toy people, (and you know who you are)thank goodness our toys are plastic, because some good old nail polish remover and a cotton ball and all the toys were good as old. Had they been wood toys, well, it just wouldn't have worked!!
*(just kidding we do have a couple wood toys)
Knitting for me is a salve for the soul. It has gotten me through a lot of hard days. Not to mention long car rides!
As for those stray red marks on your piano, white toothpaste did the job for us quite nicely. (Unless they are real ivory)
I knit first thing in the morning before the rush begins, and just at the end of naptime, if everyone is still quiet (or still in bed, which counts as the same thing to me!). Sometimes if I can keep my eyes open I can knit at the end of the evening, too. I look forward to a little respite that results in neat stuff.
Knitting at the school table is the best thing I ever did! Keeps me present and calm, unless I'm stupidly knitting something that requires silence and no interruptions.
Waiting rooms. All three girls do ballet. My son takes gymnastics. We spend over 4 hours in waiting rooms for my son's different therapies. Nutcracker rehearsals. I need something for my hands. Now, I try not to knit things that require a lot of counting because I can't count and talk at the same time.
Come on over and I'll teach you to knit. 🙂
I would like to note for the record that the *21 year old* at my house was coloring with a Sharpie on a napkin on my *still relatively new table* Thanksgiving weekend. Not sure why she didn't think that through. She was on dirty diaper duty for the rest of the weekend.
I share your Knit-Along envy. I'm in the midst of learning to knit. Very. Slowly. I'm teaching myself from online vids and books. But it is hard to find the time. Just like anything else that is a "me" thing it gets pushed to the back burner. It is wonderfully relaxing when I do catch a moment to knit, though. There never is enough time to blog, knit/crochet, read and sip tea is there? *sigh*
But, I have to say, for as much as I would love more time to do these "me" things, I don't want to wish away my days. These days that we've been given with our little ones are precious. Every marker filled moment. Hard to remember sometimes.
I'll be praying for you, Margaret. Please know that you're not alone. I'm right there with you.
beautiful. honest. post.
you are a darling!
and there is no "time" to knit.
you simply have to put your foot down and say to all the spinning:STOP. i am going to knit now.
everything else can wait…
that little woman is simply adorable in her little dress and jewelry!
my girl has a big cameo ring that she LOVEs!
have a blessed weekend, dear margaret.
Knitting (and crochet, and so forth) are *major* stressbusters for me. I find (during the warmer months, anyhow) that it's something wonderful to do when I'm watching the kids outside. If you're not busy nursing a baby during schooltime, knitting works too. 😀
I agree that it's just something you fit in when it fits in, unless you need to make it fit in for the sake of the common good. That being said, I haven't knitted or crocheted in almost a week!
You should hear my girls coo and oooh over George. He is soooooo adorable.