It's been one of those days.

Again. We've been having a bit of a rough run of late and so my little blog has been sadly neglected.

I currently have a lingering headcold, deadlines looming and some family stuff that has and is needing a fair bit of attention. It's hard to dig up the mojo when surrounded by chaos, and with everything on my plate I've had to make the hard decision to leave a couple of the design teams that I love. I'm no longer an Educator for Shimmerz, I totally love those guys and Stacey really is the absolute best but with stuff I've got going on something had to give. So I've stepped down from Shimmerz and also as a Design Diva for Scrapbook Creations Magazine. Both have very kindly left the door open for me if/when I'm ready to return and I'm very grateful for their support, in fact the support I've had from everyone in making this decision.

I've got some stuff going on that I need to get to dealing with, and my family has and will always be my priority. I'm remaining with Prima, Twiddleybitz and Aussie Scrap Source and am still scrapping up a storm - the difference now is my workload has halved and I can begin to start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel instead of just ongoing tracks.

I'm starting to feel more positive about it all though. We're going to start building our new offices soon (ok so it's a garage but will be built to what we want rather than changed afterwards) and it's going to be big. 9m x 6m (and I get half that!) which will give me a great sized scrapping space - big enough to hold classes and crops. The other plus side in that is that I'll no longer be scrapping in the lounge and working in the dining room, I've so hated not having my own space that I could lock myself away in. I'm tired of finding lego on my keyboard or having my tools go missing as Joshie decides he needs to create (I don't want to stifle his creativity, just his magpie tendancies when it comes to my scrappy stuff!).

I'm also going to be spending a lot more time with my boys. Not just ordinary what-do-you-want-so-you'll-go-away-quickly type of time either, real quality time. I love my boys and they've not been getting the best of me. DH hasn't been getting the best of me either. Martha Stewart I'm not, never have been, never will be but of late I've been more Peggy Bundy. I want my home to feel like a home, not a workplace where I get to sleep occasionally. So I've been on Pinterest (damn that time sucking website) and am. so. inspired. By everything. For everything. About everything. I just want to create in whatever form that takes. I want to sew. I want to paint. Of course I want to scrap too but I want to scrap harder. Get more creative. See where it takes me.

So while I'm sad for leaving those teams (and I really did find it a hard decision to make), I'm looking forward to getting my family back where we should be. I'm excited about the ideas in my head and just want to create. I'm looking forward to the classes I've got coming up. I can't wait for the retreat in October.

It's all good.

L x

3 Comments

Yay! I can't wait to see your special scrap space ;) Maybe when classes and such start, I can come ;) You'll be very happy that you stepped back now to enjoy your boys. They need their mom. All of her. It's such an important growing and learning time for them. Sometimes I need to tell myself this and that Hunter is new to his life. So must take more time for him. So proud of you, my friend *big hugs!*

Posted by: Christi | August 22, 2011 at 08:51 PM