keep breathing.

lately everything feels like it's going by in a rush. like there is never enough time for everything. every morning passes in a blur, every workday rushes by (and nothing seems to get crossed off my to-do list) then it's a rush through rush hour to pick up the mini and home to make supper and bathtime and maybe make a pair of earrings ... then before i know it, it's time to start it all over again. sometimes my blackberry is going off and i don't even hear it because i can't process everything at once. then i remind myself that all i can do is keep breathing. (i tell you though, i am envious of ms. ingrid michaelson... maybe if i could write beautiful songs like this one i'd be a lot less stressed?)

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knit. purl.

i do not know how to knit.  however, i am the owner of a lovely set of knitting needles, which all reside in a lovely madbird needle wallet, as well as two huge books on "how to knit".  i am determined that during this maternity leave, instead of getting into trouble, i will figure out how to do it - the only crafting resolution that i am going to make for the year ahead.  there is something very cozy about the idea of knitting up a long scarf in super chunky ivory wool that appeals to me... and i am determined to overcome the knitter's block that has afflicted me for so long. 

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