Here it is - a few days later and I finally have the time and the motivation to try to compose another post. I am finding it a bit difficult knowing what to write about. Some blogs that I have read have very distinct and focused themes. However, when I think about me, there is very little that is focused or distinct. For example:
I have a brother and sister-in-law who are expecting their first child soon and I had decided to crochet the new little one an afghan to help keep him (yes, they are having a boy) warm in the coming fall/winter. I had gone to the local craft shop and found a cute and rather non-labor intensive patterns and picked out the yarn and bought the required amount (using ounces). After finishing the first half of the second strip I discover that I don't have enough yarn for the second of three colors. So, confused, I read the pattern again, only to then discover that I bought the wrong kind of yarn. The first solution that I try is to buy more of the wrong type of yarn and just keep going. But, I get to the store, and that color is gone. So, I decide on a new color, go home, try it, and decide it is too dark for a baby blanket. Now, for the second day in a row I go back to the store and pick out entirely new yarn, the correct type this time, and am in the process of seeing if I will like the choice I made. So, you see, not very focused - well at least with yarn choice. I suppose you could say that I was focused on making the afghan, but all you would need to is go rooting around my house to find a number of project that are "in the works".
Here is a list of what I can remember off the top of my head:

1. A needlepoint picture (4"x4") of a cat looking out a window (started when I was a teen)
2. A Christmas afghan.
3. A set of curtains-
4. for my son's room which still need floor boards and window trim installed.
5. and windows that need to be stained and sealed-
6. in addition to the windows in the dinning room that need to have trim installed-
7. after we rip down the tile ceiling to replace with dry wall which will then need to be-
8. primed and painted.
9. A few items of clothing that need repair (new buttons, re-hemmed, rips mended).
10. A warm winter baby hat which was for my two year old as a new-born.

I am sure that I am missing a bunch of things, and I didn't even get into the scrapbooking that I haven't touched since before my son was born. So, one could safely say that I lack a bit of focus in the creative arts, which I view blogging to be - well at least for the moment.

In any case, the boy is making a mess and I find that I need to go.