Hi there.
I've been feeling very quiet lately. September was all rush-rush, get here and there and then move on to the next thing. And while it was all fun – two weddings and a family trip for the four of us – it was crazy, so crazy. All of the sudden, I looked up and it was October.
And now October is half over. I can't really tell you what I have been doing. Well, that is not entirely true. There has been some sewing and some knitting. Some I have to keep hush-hush for now and the things I can share, I haven't photographed. So really, I can't share them either. I spent a good portion of last week in the kitchen concocting soups, baking bread and generally making a mess. I've done lots of laundry and cleaned the bathrooms, but I can't seem to get it together to have the entire house clean at one time. That would be so nice – well, nice for the 15 minutes it would actually remain clean. A girl can dream.
I have a gypsy skirt to sew and bills to pay and more laundry to fold. At some point, I should probably go for a run, too. And once I get that all finished and the house somewhat clean and my children to and from their various commitments, I will be back with more words. Until then, I'm still here. I'm just being quiet.
I think being quiet sometimes is a necessity to keep the balance. I’m feeling that way about my messy house right now too.
I just came by to visit and this post made me smile. 🙂 My post for today was “quiet” also. Must be a quiet kind of time. I can hear the hummmm of all those batteries recharging everywhere…!
Quiet can be so good at times, enjoy it when you can. Happy October- ali
I often wonder what it would feel like to have my entire house clean, bills paid, laundry put away, all the odd jobs finished….like how my grandparents house always seemed. Then they had all this time to tinker around…cook, work on fun projects, go out….
and then I remember that I’m a mom of two little ones and my reality is that we are “living” in this home….and therefore it looks “lived” in! 🙂 ahhhh….a girl can dream though, right? something to look forward to much later in life….
I love your blog and miss your posts when it’s ‘quiet’… but quiet’s important too – in fact, it’s you living your life!
May I be quiet with you? 🙂
On Friday afternoon I came home to a clean house. You know what? I didn’t know what to do with myself. I kept walking around looking for stuff to do (well, I had plenty I could have done, but nothing I really wanted to do). It was weird.
It must be something in that October air – it’s reassuring to hear someone else finding October slipping away. ‘Quiet’ can be some very beautifully spent time.
I have been trying to figur out how we are half way thru October, how to get my house clean all at once and how to make progress on the Christmas presents I’m making. My best solution is to be quiet and move forward.
I’ve been all housecleaning all the time this week. I have a fantasy that it’ll stay that way. Making soup and bread sounds good too.
gosh, these months really are doing that, aren’t they. Just…whoosh!
a clean house for more than 15 minutes would be a beautiful thing.
quiet is good. i completely understand quiet. i wish i had it more often. that and a clean house. can’t wait to hear more about secret projects.
I think we all need a few weeks of quiet to get ready for the next 2 months of activities. Enjoy.
Totally understand 🙂 Sometimes you just need to sit back & live life (even if that means blogging gets set aside 🙂
I’m trying to go with the flow of it all, but all this scurrying around, cleaning but not really getting everything done; laundry, but still too much laundry; and the days slipping by so quickly makes it a challenge to sit quietly and feel any sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. We must hold on to simple victories and savor the quiet interludes when we get them.
i feel like i have been quiet, too. not exactly sure why. and i haven’t been particularly productive. 🙁
happy weekend, erin!!!
glad i am not the only one who can’t get everything aligned at exactly the same time, we can always hope though!
sounds good to me!
Oh yeah, a run…maybe Monday… I’ve been lazy as all get out.
Hello!!
My house on Monday morning is also quiet, well not that quiet… because the washing machine and the dryer and the dish washer and the mixer and the radio, and the vacuum cleaner are working (the dog is barking). I have 3 kids (17, 14 and 11) and also have piles of laundry (sheets, towels, futball stuff, basquet ball stuff, gym stuff etc.). All kind of sizes: the clothes of my 17 son are huuuuuge. Sometimes I think I run a Chinese laundry because the clothes never finish. At the end of the morning before I go and start my afternoon work (pick my kids from school, taking them to football practice, basquet practice and gymnastic practice) I have to iron some clothes and cook some food. SOOOOOOO tired!!! I hope I can find time to do my patchwork. Any way, I still love my house, my husband, my kids and my quiet time. Have a great day!!!
Quiet is good. Let’s you breathe in life.
i think we all feel that way from time to time! sometimes i have to stop and take time to enjoy the moments that make each season, day, moment special…and then get right back to the rush rush!
Erin
I so relate to you, and everything you say, seems to apply to me as well (although I’m not sewing a gypsy skirt!)
You just do what you can, and don’t feel bad about being quiet!
Take care
So good to hear from you! I SO love your blog and the stories you share. Enjoy the quiet time and some october coffee. greetings from berlin ***
come to my house next please….
you know how i feel about quiet. xo.
Is the the Gather Up pillow from Pink Chalk Studios? Love those fabrics together (even if it’s not that pillow)!
Enjoy the quiet.
One thing that I find helps with the laundry at least, is that I have rid our house of laundry baskets.
Instead, I have a stool next to the dryer and a clean floor in front of it (because there is no other room in the laundry room). When the dryer finishes, I sit on the stool and fold things as I pull them out of the dryer. I put them in separate piles for each family member. When the load is folded, I take the piles and put each on a separate stair going upstairs. When someone goes up the stairs, they take pile of laundry and bring it up and put it away immediately (at least that is the plan).
There are other things that I do that have helped with keeping my house a bit better than it used to be:
– try to tidy the kitchen every evening, before going to bed.
– have DH pack his knapsack in the evening
– wipe toilets daily
– wipe bathroom sinks every day
– do a few moments of tidying every night
– try to put things away when done with them (that is a tough one)
i’m catching up, and reading this i just kept nodding. the last month or so has been a blur, and i’ve been feeling quiet too… maybe it’s a post-travel quiet, though there’s a hum of creative energy happening (and soup- lots of soup here too 🙂 ) it’s been hard to put it all into words.
hope you’re having a lovely weekend, erin! xo