How sad is it that I can't even keep up with a once-a-week blogging schedule? There are a few reasons for this. One is that is that I'm not really knitting anything blog-worthy lately. Seriously, people, I'm bored by my own knitting, so how can I blog about it? I did manage to almost finish one of the for-hire projects last night, holding this out as a carrot, which I plan to buy with the proceeds. (Now that will be blog-worthy!) With the help of my dear friend Cristina, I decided today that I'm going to price myself out of doing this again any time soon. If someone is dumb enough to pay me $350 for a large stockinette rectangle, then I'll do it. It will be my mission to give them sticker shock. Only then will I make a fair wage for my labor, so rudely taking me away from what I want to knit.
Another reason I haven't been blogging much is that I work six days a week (not all day on all of them, but still) and I can't seem to wrap my head around doing something on nights after work besides vegging in front of the TV. Usually (as regular readers may have noticed), I do blog on Mondays, my one whole day off most weeks. Last week I spent the day futzing around, basically frittered away the day. After a particularly busy Sunday at church, I needed it, and I tried really hard to feel okay about this. It is my day off after all. But the house was (is) a mess, surely I should work on the house? Or pay some bills? Or at least blog? But I didn't feel like it. And it's my day off, my one day off, I can do what I want, right?
As much as I tried to give myself permission to do nothing, some part of me felt guilty all day, and the next day. But as I read the workshop topics for the UUA's Mass Bay District annual meeting, I noticed that one of them was on observing the Sabbath. And it occured to me, maybe Monday is my Sabbath. Heck, taking one day a week to refrain from any work is a many-millenia-long religious tradition, so that should be good enough for me.
(All right, I've never heard of any traditions that have Monday as their Sabbath, but since I'm a UU, I get to pick my own Sabbath day. It's so great to be a UU.)
Yes, it is great to be a UU!
Posted by: Susie | March 21, 2006 at 02:48 AM
i was lead to your blog through a knitting list i belong to. I love leaves and am looking for patterns with them. i know where i can get the Forest Path shwal. where can i get the pattern for the leag baby blanket? I love that orange sweater in your gallery also. thanks V
Posted by: valerie | March 27, 2006 at 12:45 PM
Dear Alison,
Have missed you too.. but you blog when you feel like it.. who are we to whine and whinge on about blank blog pages... hee..hee.. anywho.. 3rd time is the charm right?! got laid off as did a number of coworkers.. budget cuts.. so foot surgery on 4/25 when kori and i get back from a trip to HHI for easter/spring break.. and a huge yard sale :-) mine ! and yarn is finally being sold on ebay.. yippee.. pocket money.. lots and lots of hugs from the heart of harlem.. love karola & kori
ps check out Ellen's blog :-(
k
Posted by: Karola | April 03, 2006 at 11:06 PM