My life is one big WIP
So I decided to post something that is actually finished. I finished this quilt about 18 months ago… but it took about 7 years to complete it.
I like the stripes in different sizes, but the effect would have been better if I didn’t do some strange experimentation right in the middle. Oh, well… live and learn. The other thing I learned is that when it takes 7 years to complete, it is a pretty good bet that you won’t even like the fabric you bought when you started. It makes it a little hard to feel motivated to complete it, but I didn’t want to put it in a closet for another generation to finish. Though, like this talented woman, I wouldn’t mind if something my grandmother started, suddenly showed up for me to complete!
Homeschooling the first grader is actually going pretty well, besides adjusting my schedule and learning (once again) to reduce my expectations of what I can actually accomplish with my own work time. So I am trying to slow down and try to enjoy the mundane things in life. It is hard. I get most of my kicks from making (completing) things… and there isn’t as much time, brain power, or motivation left to actually do that. But, I do get to play lots of games, like the Dinosaur game (encourages reading and there is a little science in there, too), and Five-State Rummy (ooh, fun… social studies, reading, AND geography!) The great thing about first grade is that someone else already taught him the basics of nearly every subject. The kid just absorbs information and I love that he can watch a video about rocks and minerals, and the next morning while reading the cereal box, make the connection between minerals from the video and the “vitamins and minerals” that are in his cereal. It starts an avalanche of questions about how it all works and which minerals, and all I can say is: Thank heavens for Google!!! It’s a life saver… good grief, I can’t remember all that stuff off the top of my head. I wish I was a walking encyclopedia (and so does my son) but I’m not. So then I take a minute to record it on a Lesson Record form that I created and keep handy, and drop it in the file of proof that this kid (and his mother) are getting educated! And after being quite a little stinker this summer, he has gone back to being his sweet self when he is home. It is only when his sister gets home from school that he turns back into that boy that makes me crazy! Hmmm, we might need to crack down on some of that sibling rivalry.
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