Back in the (Blogging) Game

Or trying, at least.

I won't even try to explain where I've been since September. I don't know. But here I am now. Aren't you so glad to see me?

I like being domestic.Maybe my more liberal-minded friends will roll their eyes at this, but I love being a stay-at-home mom. I wish I was better at it. The past few days have been remarkably productive. I'm always so proud of myself when I'm organized and busy around the home. I've planned menus for two weeks - and actually cooked them. I've baked cookies (oatmeal chocolate chip - spectacular!) instead of stocking up on store brands. I've organized closets and basement storage. I've done what feels like a billion loads of laundry. I've written thank-you cards. I've been working on stuff for our young moms' ministry at church. I feel like the Proverbs 31 woman - "she considers a field and she buys it". I'm not buying any fields, of course, but you know if there were any available around here, I might have considered one this week.

Seriously, you should be proud of me.  It's not always that way. There are many days I just want to stop and take a nap when Abigail does. And since I'm 22 weeks pregnant, I usually do. But the energy I've had the past few days has been nice. It makes me wish that I had more of those domestic skills. Like sewing, for example. The panel in my maternity jeans tore the other day, and I realized we had NO needles or thread in our house. How is that possible? I had to go to the store and search out one of those little sewing kits, just so I could mend that hole. Now I need to figure out how to actually do it. I don't really know how. The tear is on the stretchy part, right by the seam. So, really - how do you sew it closed? Any suggestions?