Domestigirl

I am a domestic girl at heart. I have always known this about myself, but since having the opportunity to stay at home and raise my family, I have really developed this realization. Parts of me are not-so-domestic, such as my unwillingness to sew. It's not that I can't. I have three sewing machines and a stocked sewing basket. I simply do not like sewing. Period. Maybe sewing hates me. Either way, we broke up a long time ago and there is no chance of reconciliation.

I love to cook, but I'm not all fancy schmancy about ingredients, tools, and techniques. I simply love to cook. I don't care about the latest greatest foods that are "out there". I don't care what everyone else is making, baking, shaking, etc.. I do what feels right to me and makes my family happy. If that means making my old-fashioned "crap on a shingle" instead of quinoa flax seed organic natural something or other, then so be it. Crap it is. And we all love it. Especially with an extra splash of "what's this here" sauce.

I do consider myself to be pretty "crafty", however, traditional crafts bore me. I have made stuff all my life. I never follow directions. I never do what the instructions advise. I can work a glue gun like no other, and I only craft when I feel like it, which might be a year from now. I don't stockpile craft supplies. That would just intimidate me and take the fun right out of it. When I craft, I just go around collecting what I might need. That in itself is actually pretty fun for me. I might get bored mid-craft and leave it there for days. Some people call that unmotivated. I call it "Craft ADD", which means, when I can't pay attention anymore, I walk away for awhile!

Hence, the reason my scrapbooks are waiting to be finished. I would like to say that scrapbooking is fun and relaxing for me. It is not. The newer methods and products for scrapbooking are intimidating! Like, you can't just slap a photo and a caption on there. You have to make a homemade whichimijig too!  God forbid someone looks at your book and they don't like it! See, that's just insane. These books are for ME and MY KIDS. No one else should care, so why does it bug me?? Too many choices gets this ADD case all aflutter. So, my decision has been made. I will be scrapbooking with novices from now on. And only in my home. With my old junk. And my creativity intact. I can do this. And I will not be posting pages. It's not your business. :) Insert smiley face.

Oh, yes. I am back. I am blogging like a storm. Perhaps the most creative thing I can do is THINK something and then WRITE it down. And only that brings me relief, comfort, joy, and peace when all is said and done. And with the right kind of printer, this blog will be better than any craft I could make, any meal I can throw together, and better than any ole scrapbook page.

This is me. Domestic. Writer. Thinker. Lover of trying 100 things at the same time and finishing none. Enjoy the ride.