I remember now the hardest part about having a baby... I remembered it before having a baby, but had forgotten how hard it is to get over... Whilst in newborn-ish age, all projects come to a screeching halt. I have this crazy need to continue with my hobbies, but my beautiful little miracle, has an even more overwhelming need to eat. So as per usual i spend all day every day thinking not stop of things i would like to make or do, and then come to a final decision on what is more pressing or more interesting, or reasonably inexpensive... think about how i am to accomplish this "project"... think about every detail OVER again to make sure i havent missed anything (which i usually miss something anyways)... think of a way to break "yet another project" to my significant other... then DONT DO IT and go feed baby :(
Then i get sad...
Then i think of something else that i would like to do, and start the whole process over again, thinking i can totally do this one... then realize that i have more pressing motherly duties to attend to, and wind up putting off yet another project :(
Then i get sad again...
I remember this with the other two and i believe it lasted until My new bundle of joy was about a year old. Second baby wasnt so bad because i could have husband tend to the little guy for a time, and i was able to get my "me time" in. But my "me time" is being compromised in so many new ways now. For instance our sorta new eating habits take up an ENORMOUS about of time, and use an EXTREME amount of dishes(still no dishwasher), and my finger tips are actually peeling from all the dish washing and diaper changing i have been doing (this has never happened to me before) Though i love to provide for my family the lack of hours in the day is making it even harder to cope with my "no life syndrome".
I have also been trying to fit in extra cuddle time with middle child, and as much as this helps me relax it is hard to accomplish with all the other things i have going on.
So i have decided to start a list. Sort of like a bucket list, except no dying is involved. I shall include all the projects that I stir up in my head, and cant get over, on this list. My goal is to get them on record so i can stop dwelling on them and stop being anxious about forgetting them completely. I havent come up with a uniquely cleaver name for this list yet, so lets just call it
Appendix A:
- The hats on my side table needing to be finished
- DH knitted hat
- husbands cousins crochet beard hat
- husbands running hat
- diaper cover that Oly has already crown out of
- New letterbox signature stamps
- Troll series letterboxes
- Take the pictures off of old computer
- Finish rivers baby book
- Finish our new years DVD
- Start Olys baby book
- Make a puff quilt
- Make a cathedral window quilt
- Finish the banquet seat in dining room
- Paint a picture of the DC temple
- Paint a macro image of an orange
- install shelves into my new cabinets
- Get a costco membership(write blog about costco)
- start food storage
- Build more garden enclosures(for spring)
- Dig up grass on sides of porch
- Plant last years christmas tree
- Make birth anouncments
- Finish doll house cabinet
So in a few months i will make an Appendix B, for projects completed, and see if i can add ANY thing to that list
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| 3rd baby, really really mad about wearing a hat!! but it's so cute!! |
oh yeah Appendix A Amended:
- Start Food Page favorite recipes
- Blog about Oly's club foot (catch up on blogging in general)
- add picture rail to my board and batten living room
- make a baby doll moby wrap for dd
- write a chardes App for an android(after of course learning how to do that)
..............
since i wrote this post in draft form, and posted it, i have completed a task so:
Appendix B:
- pull pictures off old computer
- jan 11- ordered pics off snapfish
- jan13- finished rivs baby book
- started olis baby book
Now i need to figure out how to reformat my hard drives without a start up disc :/ (and add this to appendix A
Wells i got some more projects to do before baby three wakes up again!
Later peeps
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