Well it’s fall now, it’s still hot, but it’s officially fall. So that’s something. And the leaves are falling and the sunlight is now angled as the tilt of the Earth tilt’s those of us up north away, so it looks like fall at least!
Fall means it’s time to work on projects that will be Christmas gifts. I’ve got the sewing project done for the smallest child (yay!) and I’m working on the holiday knitting projects now. Some for the kids (smallest child’s is done already!) and some for my parents as gifts. So probably 5 in all? But being colorwork cowls they are nice and relaxing to knit so they go fast. If I finish those the plan is flip mittens for the boys. Those will be complicated which is why I’m starting with cowls!
I’ve also got food gifts planned. I have to make sure I get the timing right on those though, since they’re new. The vanilla honey is the only one I’ve tested so far…
Plus the big projects, sofa upholstery, the last of the upstairs carpet replacement, cleaning up the garden, fixing the former landscaping around the tree stump…
Plus the inside projects from my husband, shelving, underbed drawers, etc.
With three kids, one of them tiny, if one of us is doing a project, the other of us is parenting, which is a challenge… Especially since we also want to have time and energy for fun things with the kids…
But hey, there are lots of happy things, and that is good.
