The Evolving Homemaker

For once, and I swear it must be the first time ever, I am actually looking forward to this winter.

I hate the cold.

I hate the snow.

I am usually stir crazy by the end of the winter and ready for days at the park, picnics with the kids, hikes in the mountains.

Oh wait.  I have two small kids.  I don’t get out for hikes anymore…

With all the work that went on this summer in our side yard garden, our backyard mess, and extensive time away, I am ready to snuggle up in bed on a few cold nights and re-learn how to knit.  And this year I vow to make a hat.  I have always wanted to knit myself a hat.

I also wanted to make that straw hat I was all excited about, from Mary Jane’s Farm Magazine out of raffia.

I really want to sew something for myself.  A cute farm dress like Farmama has made on her site, check it out here. Maybe something pieced together from a couple thrift store finds.  A long, flowy skirt. Just one of those things would be nice to get to.

I would really love to get to that knitted item out of old t-shirts, and really would like to get to that wool recycled purse I ogled over last winter in a green craft magazine.

I would like to cook more from scratch.

I took my first ever drumming lesson last night and LOVED it. Can’t wait to score one from Santa and learn even more.

The number of things I find on other blogs I want to try to do too is endless.  Really. Endless.

And last night as I was laying in bed thumbing through this months issue of Mary Jane’s Farm, which landed in my mailbox yesterday, I began to look forward to long dark nights.  Time hunkered down and inside due to snow; evenings spent catching up on all the dream projects I have collected in my mind all year.   Projects I want to share with you, so you can try em’ too!

Yes.

I am ready.

To come in from the outside.

To come back to soul time.

To enjoy some homemade hot cocoa.

To dabble.

Spill it: What are you most looking forward to about the upcoming winter? Are there any projects you have been dying to get snowed in to try?

Posted September 9th, 2010 under Cooking, Crafting, Sewing. Tags: crafting in winter, winter days, winter projects
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