Divinely Crafty

It’s been a month since we moved into the new house, and even though we had internet access after a week or so I have not been posting.  The move really threw me and stuck me in a big stew of self examination.  And the deeply buried and oh so frustrated clean freak (which does exist despite my best efforts to kill her off completely) has been tip toeing (with my lovely walking stick) around the house and busting my butt to clean and unpack.  A month in and we are so much further along than I imagined on the day we moved in but I can’t imagine when we will be done.  The kitchen and living areas are functional.  We still need to do lots of cleaning and work on the house itself before we can really unpack the rest.  All of which will require time and effort.  We will get it done.  When exactly that will happen is up for grabs.

Never fear – I am still finding time to bead and knit.  I accidentally made the first of my monkey socks 5 extra rows longer which is cool because I like long socks.  It may mean that I will need to buy more yarn to get a pair.  They are going to be really nice when they are done.  I hope soon.  I am on the foot of the first one and then it’s a speed through the second one.  I don’t get second sock syndrome too badly.  I beaded these key chains for the keys to my scooter, which I have dubbed my “clown car”. They are done on double stranded thin wire in hopes that they are fleixble but long lasting. I made them with bead my mother bought for me while I was in the US this summer. Thanks mom! My mother reads this blog – so wave hello to her. I hope she is resting and feeling well.

It hasn’t been all roses and honeymoon for me and my scooter, but I’m coming along with it.  We had a lovely event in the village yesterday and I was full on scooter girl.  More about that at Beneath Our Feet later this week.

Today I am resting with the curtains wide open, lying in the spot that the sun hits my bed.  We have had the most beautiful sunny days recently.  Each one makes me thankful.  This weekend was simple pleasure in the countryside and I put my all into it.  I am really happy that I did what I could and am going to be equally as grateful that I can rest for a few hours today before I go get my youngest from school.  On my little clown car.  I am grateful for that too.

I nearly forgot to mention.  I registered for French language course at the Open University.  I won’t go deep into why right now but I am quite motivated to learn.  A dishwasher won over a weekend in Paris recently, so as you can imagine it would have to be something really big to get me go back to school for the first time in many many (I think this merits another many) years.   And proves that I am crazy.  Which of course was not really in question for some time now.