It's Cookie Around Here

I don't know if it's the change in season, or the conspiracy movies/gathering date nights, my own personal favorite season of reflection, or my feeling of need to explain the naming of my spring etsy sale the It's Crazy Crazy Sale.

I'm looking at my shop the last few days (and mildly disgruntled nothing has moved in the last couple of weeks) and I start hearing my mother's voice. I seem to have fictional dialogue with my mom a lot in my head around this time of year. It's weird:

Kahhhtee, leesten to meeee. Stop acting so creezy. I see you doing leetle beets of everything. Peek somtheeng and steek to it. Stop beeing so stew-peed!

Again, it's not an ode to Talk Like a Pirate Day, I'm trying to do my mom's thick Spanish accent via blog again (it's better in real life).  God knows I love my mom, alot, and though our world views clash sometimes there's always a strange whiff of truth in what she has to say.

I've been tripping out lately on the craziness of the world. You know, doom and gloom stuff. Ignorance is such sweet bliss but I've come out of the initial despair of these encounters to heed attention to what I'm spending my time and energy on. Questioning what's important, right now.

So, I guess what I'm saying is I'm going to see the spring/summer as an opportunity to stock pile more art yarns into my shop (spinning's my true love right now) which entails washing, dyeing and carding a storm and then re-direct the rest of my time and efforts into staking  out the garden, perhaps raise us some chooks, nesting up the home front a bit more, and basically stop speading my interests so thin again and focus on home and community. Of course, I'm still here blogging because it helps so much with organizing the crazies but I'll be trying to step away from the laptop a little more too. I'm going to have a real cookie now. And finish the pajama ensemble I just cut out. See what I mean? Here's comes the voice again...

Comments

[Karen]

I totally heard you doing your Moms voice when I read this. KATTTTHHEEEE........

:)

[EF]

Your shop items are gorgeous and unique and wantable. I can understand you being disgruntled that your stuff isn't flying out the shop. For me it's a case of wanting to buy, getting ready to buy and then doh! Van breaks down necessitating major repair costs/ 10 cats need vet attention/dh gets a dentist bill (all the candy)et cetera. Am waiting for my boat to come in, LOL.

Re: world craziness and doom and gloom, yeps, there is only so much of that we can take.

[Jenn T.]

Yeah I have this same problem in the winter... cabin fever. Right now my UFOs consist of a painting, curtains, sketches for a painting and a felt illustration, just carded for a skein of new yarn, and just fulled a skein yesterday that needs to be rewound. I know my gardening adventures aren't until late next month. I too have the voice that says just pick something and focus.