Patience

Patience is a virtue.

One that unfortunately was not bestowed upon me.

I did well in school, things just kind of came to me, and what didn't... I had very little interest in. I never learned to sew, or knit, or cross stitch, or crochet, because I didn't have enough patience. (I can't even darn a sock or sew a ripped hem) I don't do a lot of really crafty things like scrapbooking or making candles, or even embellishing things because I do not like the amount of TIME they take. I don't even cook much because of the patience thing (read I turn the burner on high so that it will cook faster- and inevitably end up buring it).

Being a stay-at-home Mom, there is some pressure to do all of these things, and while my mind is quite creative my hands are not. I wish I had more patience, so that I could learn all these domestic skills... can you learn to be patient?

The thing I would like to learn most is to sew. I can stitch, but I don't even know how to run a sewing machine. I have all of these projects in mind for around the house, and for gifts for next Christmas... and most of them involve using a sewing machine. I am proud to say that I DID FINISH one quilt panel for a Christmas gift, it took me months because I cannot work on such things in the midst of two tiny tornados... but I FINISHED it! (Now I only have 3 more to complete for next Christmas).

Along with a whole host of other things... I begin creating my Christmas gift list in my head as soon as one Christmas is finished. I have ordered supplies to work on some of those projects. Remember those sweet advent bags I bought from Sweetwater?  Well they arrived on Christmas eve, or I should say the kit did, it was like unwrapping a present. So lovely. I hope I can figure it out and do them the justice they deserve. I figure that if I have a year, I might win the battle with the lack of patience! (or be able to convince my ever-so-talented Mom to help me!)

Jacquelyn