I am a creator, and I am lost.  I get so overwhelmed with the daily happenings that I have not had time to even step into my craft room (yes, I am in tears).  My crafts have been calling to me – LOUDLY!  I know that they all miss me, too.  I used to drift into my favorite room and get lost in there all day (sometimes several days – oops-haha). 

I have my yarnie stuffs that can keep me busy, but they are all for Christmas gifts right now and not as enjoyable.  Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE making stuff for loved ones for Christmas, but I have several other crafts I am longing for.

• Card making
• Beading & jewelry
• Calligraphy
• Drawing
• Watercolor painting

Each of the above creativities pulls from my heart and soul.  I put meticulous moments into all that I do with them.  To me, they are my more creative endeavors. 

Don’t get me wrong, I do love my yarnie creations, but they all start with a pattern.  I say “start with” because I inevitably tweak almost every pattern I come across.  I thank the original creators for their awesome ideas, but it’s in my nature to make adjustments that just work better to me or for me.

When I am in my craft room (fyi – no yarnie stuff in there at all – not allowed!), my imagination soars!!

Lately, too many things have kept me away:

• First, it was massive rains – I mean flooding downpours.
• Can’t mow when it’s that wet, so had to hold off on that (yep, that came back to bite me in the butt).
• Then, a major heat wave.  I am talking 100+ degrees – OUCH!  This, of course, caused the weeds to run amok.
• Heat wave plus weeds equals more gardening requirements.
  • Special watering routine that now takes about 5-6 hours per day.
  • Special weeding to keep the bindweed away from the veggies.
  • Special pest control – the grasshoppers and cabbage moths are out of control!

I do have things we have done and installed this year to help:

• Special driplines everywhere we can.
• Natural grasshopper killer – only interests them and no other bugs (my ladybugs, mantis, and lace wings are safe).  We used to be able to order it online from a place in Montana (Planet Natural), but they changed hands, and with it, of course, went the good stuff.  I did find a very similar item online, but it has to be ordered in the middle of winter because by spring, it’s sold out.
• Light cover cloth to keep the cabbage moths at bay.
• We also installed five new plots this year to better target garden areas instead of having to handle a massive area.

Even with all the upgrades and helpful items, much of my day is still shot.  Noonish equals lunch and then the household chores: dishes, trash, setups for the next day, everyday day-to-day necessities.  By now, it is late afternoon and relaxing before bed (a whole other disaster-trying actually to sleep).  This is not the moment to try to pull out a creative mind.  This is also the time the yarn projects get worked on.  I can easily watch TV, relax, and work on a project without having to review the pattern continually.  Once I have the pattern down, it’s stuck.

That is one thing about being a yarnie I am thankful for, no-brainer pattern work. 

So, back to my original question: Are you a lost creator too?  What do you do to survive?

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