Another Post About Catching Up

It's nearly fall again, and it's alarming to see that this is my third Fall with this blog. When I began this blog, I was in a very different place in my life and it was easy to post regularly. In fact, I really looked forward to posting all of the fun things that I was working on. Lately, though, I've barely been posting. The fact is, I've neglected doing all of the fun things that I was doing two years ago. Lately, I've been doing my best just to keep things in order and that leaves very little time to be crafty.

Over the weekend, I traveled southward and along the way I was seeing more and more trees that had began the autumnal change from green to orange- red. The other day, while walking my dog, it was so chilly that I could actually see my breath. Things are changing, and the changes are inspiring me to change with it.

I've discovered that I need to stop focusing on the chaos around me, and to work to simply organize my own discord. If a plate is left on a coffee table, that plate was not left by me and it isn't up to me to put it away. As long as I am around to tidy up my surroundings for everyone else, those people never learn to do it for themselves. They won't even learn to appreciate the desire to have order if it is always done for them. I'm learning that, if disorder suddenly surrounds others, they'll begin to be unhappy about it and take the initiative to take control of it on their own.

I believe that, by allowing others to grow on their own, in their own way, it liberates me from chasing around clutter, allowing me to pursue the things that I enjoy. This being said, my creative wheels have been turning. I recently obtained an old window and stained glass. I have many crafty things in mind for these items. Also, with fall soon approaching, there are many crafts that I can do, now that it's cooler and not too hot to function in a craft environment. I look forward to tackling these crafts and other hobbies and sharing them, in color, on this blog. Until then~ Toodaloo!