We had a great trip to San Antonio! Thanks so much for all of the well wishes!! Mitch really enjoyed his interview and had a great feeling about the fellowship. There are still a few interviews to go, but we feel really blessed to have such great options. Although I didn't get to sew while we were there, I did get to do a little shopping. I'm not used to having so many choices!! I went to Joann, and while I know that many of you aren't too impressed with their offerings, I was flabbergasted at the store there!! It was beautiful, and so well stocked!! I didn't need anything, but they had some boy interlock prints that I just couldn't pass up, especially since they also stocked matching ribbing. My local Hancock has ribbing in exactly 3 colors. It was amazing!!
I also spent some time thinking about y'all. For the last few months when I've done my monthly review, I've gotten a ton of comments about my productivity and asking essentially, "Where do you find the time??". So, I thought I'd talk about that a little.
The most obvious answer of course, is that I make it. I love to sew, so any chance I get I'm scurrying off to the sewing room to stitch or press. Having a dedicated sewing area really makes a difference to me, since it means I can leave my project in whatever condition is was when I had to stop and just come back to it, rather than having to set up and take down whenever I want to sew. I also get up really early. I've always been a morning person, so when my alarm goes off at 5:00, I don't even usually snooze. Since my kids usually sleep until six or seven, I have time to get showered and ready for the day, as well as have some personal devotional time, and still sew for an hour or so. Since my wee ones also nap most days, I grab another hour or so during that time. As for eating - well, I have been known to skip a meal to get my sew on. Hey, when the kids are sleeping, I just gotta sew! The other factor is that my sweet hubby understands how much I love to sew and how much my sanity relies on it, so when he can he shoves me in the direction of the sewing room and takes the kids for a while. He's awesome. When you add all that up, I end up with a good 6-10 hours of sewing time each week. And that is just machine time, since I generally trace, cut, alter and hand sew at other random times during the day.
I also have to toot my own horn a little and add that well, I'm fast. It's not just sewing, though. In medical school I was notorious among my classmates for my testing speed. I once took a renal physiology exam in 3 1/2 minutes. Most of my classmates were still bubbling in their names on the scantron form. I'm not sure why this is so, it just is. It doesn't always work to my advantage though. Since I work at high speeds with a fairly high degree of accuracy, I don't tend to recheck things, so an error made early can totally destroy a project. It doesn't happen often, but when it does - devastation.
So, how do y'all do it? I'm not the only one out there sewing! How do you chisel time out of your otherwise crazy lives?
