Offshore Wifes Life » Blog Archive » Not really this boring

I’m not really this boring. I promise. You see I go through phases. Some (like my husband) would say that I have a slight case of ADD. I’ve probably had it all my life but learned to deal with it as did everyone around me. I cannot start something and finish it in a reasonable amount of time. I just can’t. I get side tracked unless I have a list. I’ve started using a timer for housework because if not I’d start moping the floors and before I know it I’m cleaning out a closet and the floors will only be half way finished. I cannot stand this about myself. Generally I’ll come back to what I started in the beginning but sometimes I simply forget. Let me walk into the office where the computer is and boy oh boy I’ll be lost for hours. I can go in to look up a recipe and end up on Etsy and Ravelry four hours later. It’s a sickness I tell you. My goal for the next few months is to finish downsizing our stuff. We have a lot of stuff I’m wasn’t ready to part with when we moved in but now it has to go. I’m going room by room and downsizing. I don’t really need 15 thingies from Korea on display, really I don’t. All but one or two pieces is going to be carefully wrapped and stored for Makinlee. The Fostoria that was HL’s mothers is going to be wrapped and stored as well. I cannot handle all of this stuff in my house. Books, oh sheesh, I have books coming out of my ears and every corner in this house please help them find homes over at my Paperbackswap. I need simplicity and organization to be happy and right now I’m not happy with our space.

There is reason behind all of this cleaning…HL and I have decided to try for another baby. We have our first appointment with our Reproductive Endocrinologist set for November 15th. :) After this appointment I have a feeling with will be traveling back and forth to Houston a lot and I need my house to be my peaceful, safe haven during this time. Therefore I’ve decided to limit my computer time extensively for the next month while I whip this place in to shape. Once HL retuns home again I will be online more especially if we are stuck in a hotel in Houston while under going fertility treatments.

Girl, I am the same way, LOL! I can never finish what I start and I’ll go into the bathroom to clean and end up cleaning the drawers. Then I’ll find somthing and end up in the kids room cleaning the closet!
Anyway, hope you get it done. And best of luck to you at your appt. I hope all goes well =)
Kristi

Oh, the books take over here too. Good luck this next month. I hope to hear good news from you in the future.
Michelle’s last blog post..NaNoWriMo Protest

I think I have a little adult ADD too bad I don’t have the hyperactivity to go along with it.
I love your new look.
Good luck in Houston. My thought ans prayers are with you.

I know what you mean. I consider myself a perfectionist that never gets anything done. Does that make sense? Anyway, have been out of the loop for awhile, but good luck on your new endeavors - business and baby!

kim’s last blog post..lighting of the lanterns

Hi!! I just found your blog… Trolling around looking for some kraftyness to read. I enjoyed reading your post about downsizing. I completely agree…. as I am a packrat!!! I have saved everything…. UGH!! I wish I could just throw away everything and start over fresh…. but then I think of the memory, or the money I have spent on such items. Not to mention if such an item could be used in a craft, painted or used as a display in my shop!!! So, until I have like a month to myself…. It stays.
However, I do believe that crafty people tend to have the ADD gene. Ya know?? I am the exact same way. I have a huge stash of UFO’s (unfinished objects) that I have begun, and then set aside for a brainstorm project or for a customers special order. Creative minds just keep on moving and never stop to take inventory. A mess place is a creative space (at least thats what I tell my family!!)
Anyhoo, my name is Trevor and I live in the Houston area. I own a handmade boutique. Maybe sometime you can check us out…. possibly become a seller in my store??
Feel free to email me anytime or read my blog @ kraftymommas.blogspot.com.
:0) Happy baby-making!!!
Trevor

Trevor Thorson’s last blog post..Pick A Dilly Craft Show Tomorrow!!

RSS feed for comments on this post.

TrackBack URI