It’s a craft blog…..rememeber????

It’s been busy here…I have spent the last two days purging my home of paper and unwanted clothes. I now have 9 bin bags, full of assorted items of clothing waiting to get taken to the local masjid insha’allah.

I’ve spent the evening helping the 15year old customise her folder…..and attempting to reduce the paper piles in my home, which is almost always a complete waste of time…and I don’t even want to talk about what’s been happening to the laundry pile…it’s seriously NOT funny!!!

… and I’ve just realised it’s almost midnight, and the tutor will be here in the morning, which means I’ll have to wear my organised hat tomorrow, and pretend to be a bit more on the ball than I really am!!

By the way. …Has anyone noticed the distinct lack of pics? that will be remedied tomorrow insha’allah…there are pics to take of WIP’s..yup!! I’m actually making something…………..

So who was I kidding??

Did I honestly think I would have enough time to tackle as many blog pages as that? I barely have enough time to make it online for one!! Normal brain function was quite obviously interrupted for a short while there!! I’ve nothing more interesting to tell you, have not crafted unless you can count two circuits of a blanket that seems to be taking me TOO long to crochet and a granny square. Maybe I need crafting mantra….WILL craft …WILL craft ..WILL craft…..

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On being frugal…

So… I’m feeling the need to be frugal. Not that my habits are extravagant normally, I know the difference between my wants and needs and can generally make do with whatever I have to hand. But I feel the need to be ultra good, to use what i have before taking it upon myself to gather about me more.

I’ve always had a natural aversion to clutter, even though it finds it’s way into my life on a daily basis…clutter makes me nervous. So in the spirit of frugality I am using what I have!! I’ll let you know if it works

Like a shoe that doesn’t fit….

Tell me everyone feels like this…Tell me it always feel odd and ill-fitting to be in a new and unfamiliar blog-space. Not sure if I like it here…I’ve tried so many templates now that I’m finding the whole thing a bit of a chore..but then I think of posting foodie pics in the yummy section and it makes me almost salivate, and then I think about all the inspirational things I can post in the Islam section and it makes me as if I might yet reach the brink of piety. And well, the least said about home-ed at the moment the better!Ok I’m feeling slightly over the worst now, but I’m still not happy with these themes, Oh to have enough money to buy something splendiferous !!I have made bags, which I have taken pics of and have been too lazy to post up…DD15 has mad some lovely hand painted cards that she wants me to try and flog for her, as if advertising her BLOG wasn’t enough….but that’s just my envy at NOT being able to draw anything more adventurous than a stick figure talking…..

Back on track?

I’ve been stopped very firmly in my tracks lately due to a catalogue of ill health, and as a result my to do list has now reached ridiculous proportions. In fact I’ve been forced to start a second list because nothing else will fit onto the first one and If I don’t get cracking soon the backlog will be impossible to tackle. Which begs the question why do we feel compelled to compile “to do” lists in the first place? Personally I think it helps to create an illusion of industriousness even when I’m not doing much. If the list is there is at least some possibility of getting something done…sometime.I’ve made a vague promise to myself to be more organised and to make a serious attempt at tackling my time-management issues, I’m not telling the rest of the family though, They’ll only start groaning and rolling their eyes again!Now! off to tackle those lists insha’allah

Welcome..

And here I am, in a new home with lots of space for me to roam around in and plant my thoughts insha’allah…I was feeling quite stifled in my other blog home…something about my obsessive need to organise everything has led me here to a blog where I can have a separate space for each pile of thoughts that’s needs to get laid somewhere…sounds a bit sad really!!