Simpleness...

To say things have been challenging around here that last week or so is a complete understatement.  Most of the challenge has been coming from our son, who for whatever reason seems to keep choosing to live life the hard way and not ever listen to any advice that Glenn and I give him on anything.  It always leads to me being completely stressed out because I just can't figure out why someone would keep making the same 'mistakes' over and over.  Especially when that someone has a little one the way.  The only thing I can figure is that one day he is hoping that he will prove us wrong.  Not sure if that will ever happen because of past history.  You know history repeats itself, over and over.  I'm just hoping and praying that one day it will all change, for the better.

So instead of getting on this little blog to gripe, complain and vent, I completely submerged myself into simpleness of life around this humble little abode.  School work, baking, cooking, crafting and anything else that had anything to do with being simple.

During such time my wonderful patchy blanket was created.  Inspiration can be found here.  I made mine bigger so that there would be plenty of snuggly, curling up room with it.  I'm thinking of making more in the future, even some little people sized ones.  Hopefully before June and July.  I must make sure that our little "grand bundle" is kept cuddly along with our dear friends Gary and Chris's "grand bundle" that is due in July.

After all the yarny hook work was completed, down came the Christmas quilt.  It's been patiently waiting for me to come back to it.  I'm nearly finished with the blocks and then it will be on to the border for the top.  I'm not following any certain design.  Just letting it come together as I go and keeping it simple.  I'm all over that you know.

 A trip to the quilt shop, for a late birthday purchase for a certain little one, had us coming home with a wonderful assorted jelly roll of fabrics.  It is now being used to create a striped skirt after a certain someone saw her inspiration piece.  Another little person could not be left out and picked a very special jelly roll for herself also.  Everyone must look smashing for spring when it finally comes around.

 There are other collections of fabric that patiently wait for me to finish the present quilt so that they can be made, along with Mom's Christmas quilt.  Can't wait for that to come about.  I just have to decide if I'm going to use a pattern or just wing it.  Not sure yet.  The fabrics haven't spoken to me yet.

Otherwise we have embraced the simpleness of each day with open arms.  No tv, no computer when possible, not anything electronic that would turn our minds to mush and cause us not to get anything accomplished for the day.

Just creativity galore

 and lots of reading of course.  

One can't complain about the Miniature Library of Beatrix Potter and Poppleton Pig.

(I have been told by a certain little person that I really need to paint a moose in the library being there is a certain little bunny that was painted in there at the time the library was being created.  I might have to get right on that soon.  We can not leave Moosey out you know.)

Enjoy the simpleness of things around you.

It is really worth it.