So....

'.... What's been going on?' Came the cry as I slipped back into familiar footing and started to blog again. (The response to my blog post was wonderful incidentally and enticed me back eagerly, thank you.)

Well, there's been very little time for cooking and knitting that's for sure. I read blogs a fair amount but find that I'm left feeling sorry for myself that everyone is cooking, making, baking, and having fun while I'm not.

That is of course, a complete lie. Being a mother to a tenacious little bean is a hoot and a hobby in itself. It's exhausting and nerve wracking and at times heart breaking but I'll take it. I am endlessly fascinated by the way in which babies learn. A theme of playful is crucial to my every day and wow, Little Miss is. We can spend hours exploring our hands together and watching each others facial expressions. Before I know it, the sun is going down and it's time to wind down another day.

I received lots of contact when I said we were having a less than playful time. thank you. If it weren't for this one blight, life would be such a fantastically upbeat and amazing thing for this little babe. She really is such a happy soul. We share books together, do yoga together & giggle in the bath.

Her favourite things are massage, anything shiny (she flirts mercilessly with the bath fittings) and lying down and just chatting it all out. I tried to show her my favourite thing but I'm not sure she got it.....

Reawakening

(Opens curtains)

(Dusts off everything)

(Looks around a large, empty space)

...........

Hi

..........

I started this blog as a playful sanctuary after what had been a very unplayful few years. It was a place to encourage a happy side of my personality and challenge myself to find playful moments in each day. I did, and along the way discovered the joy that is a crafting tech savvy community. It's been so fun.

I've always tried to maintain this playful personality for the blog as I never intended it to be 'real life'. I didn't want names and so much of me on here that you knew my day by day life. I wanted it to be like a slightly hyped up version of me whose soups always turn out delicious & jumps in every puddle.

With the birth of my daughter has come a realisation: I am more Miss Playful than I'd ever hoped imagine. From the time I started this blog till now, I've got better at being me. I only realised this recently when I received an email from a reader who'd enjoyed reading through the last few pages of posts. The words she used to describe the blog surprised me: it was exactly where I wanted to be at this stage in my life.

So returning after a hiatus I wonder why I would blog now as it feels like I'm no longer creating a personality that I need to remind myself to allow myself to be.

But I do love blogging and podcasting....


So I'm returning. A little quieter for a while but back nonetheless. I've just realised i can blog from my phone too which means I can blog whimsically and informally now whenever I feel like it (I rarely get the chance to sit on my laptop these days). There might be a difference in posts or things may stay exactly the same because apparently when I was looking for me I found I was here all along.

Funny how that works out isn't it?

A Note

The tax return is done and I celebrated with a big fat raspberry blown at HMRC. Ahem

I was all set to get blogging and podcasting. I even wrote show notes!


However, (and this is a big however), my daughter's needs must come first and right now she needs me. She needs me a great deal. We have some new medication to try to help her but we need time to work out if it is helping her and what I need to do is focus.

So I'll be playing again soon. Just not yet.

Think playful thoughts for us! x

psssssttttt.....

I'm not really blogging. 

Honest

(c) Lisa Mutch

I just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that there is a rather fabulously chatty and yummy knitalong going on in the Playful Group. We're celebrating all things Lisa, our lovely NorthBound Knitting sponsor, by knitting her designs (or crafting with her yarns- they're rather yummy). 

(c) Lisa Mutch

There's even prizes and discount codes!

Come play....

Waving?

Well I fell off the blogging band wagon. I am a natural hermit and when real life demands lots of social occasions, I tend to withdraw where ever I can elsewhere. This year it was the case that everyone wanted to see us, or more specifically, Playful Baby. So while I'm very good a saying no, we still had to manage Christmas and New Year with various family members. 

It's hard to hermit with a 2 month old!

So I promised myself to make a storming return in the new year. Then I realised I have to do my tax return. So I've banned myself from blogging or podcasting until it's done. I get very few spare moments. This month's needs to be grown up. 

Curses....


Be back soon x