I've been thinking more than typing lately, and I find that a lot of my thinking comes in blog form in my head, so I might as well type it out. I'm a mom, I'm married, I stay at home because the thought of wearing a suit and going to work to sit in meetings makes me want to cry (been there, done that and ain't going back if I don't have to). Oh, and I guess I should say that I stay at home because I love it. I do, I swear. Most days. Not on the days when the temper tantrums out run the sanity hours.
I like to sew, knit, and in general be just crafty enough to repurpose something into something cooler and cuter. I hate paper crafts (so there won't be many posts about that on here), but I love looking at scrapbooks. I think making my kids a first year scrapbook is a necessary evil, but I will never put more work into it than just cutting up pictures, pasting them on fancy paper and writing in the same color marker throughout the book. After that first year, I'll have my books professionally made, thank you.
We're also homeschoolers. In theory, at least. Right now, my oldest is only 4 so we're not really doing anything academic. When I make chocolate chip scones (which is too often), I tend to say I'm cutting it into halves/fourths/eighths just to make myself feel better about eating something so fattylicious.
I have 3 children. See how I posted such a fancy picture of us? That's just from a catalog. Kidding! We just happened to be going to a wedding that day. I thought about using aliases for the kids, but I'm too lazy to come up with decent nicknames for them. Naming them was hard enough the first time around! Revie (pronounced Ree-vee) is 4 and will turn 5 in September. She is always dancing, singing, and says she wants to be a mama when she grows up. Ginny is 2 and will turn 3 in August. She is usually singing and has the capacity to go from super sweet to super saucy in mere seconds. It's amazing. Kellen is almost 9 months old and enjoys chewing on my neck. And my lovely husband, Jeff, is mine, so I'm not going to tell you much about him. :)
Oh, and the name of the blog is from Thoreau. In the first chapter of Walden, 'Economy,' Thoreau states, "I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits." And while I hope that metaphor holds true for my blog, I mean to do the opposite in my life. I think it's important to stretch the seams of my comfort zone fairly often in order to learn new things, find new adventures, and grow as a person.
So there you have it. I've thought about blogging for long enough, I might as well actually see if I'm going to stick with it. Hurrah.
