chasing my tail...

it feels as though this is what I have been doing for the past six months. And not very successfully, I might add. There are still boxes to be sorted through and two rooms to be organised.

If I focus too much on the things I haven't managed to get done, I get quite frustrated and annoyed. So, possibly more useful to look at what I have achieved so far.

I started this last year, just before I began packing to move to the UK. All it needs now is to weave in the end( artfully hidden in the photo) and lightly block it.

 

A simple charcoal cowl....
I decided halfway through knitting it, that it would be perfect for a friend,so the fact that it is summer here and rather hot isn't really important.
It is my own pattern ( if you can call it that) using a Jo Sharp silk,alpaca and merino mix. I find that this type of knitting suits me perfectly - in the round, so no seams to sew and a few cables to make me feel a little bit clever without trying to hard.

This little girl is now sleeping from around 7.30 pm until 4.30 ( or 5.30 on a really good day) - which is quite something,considering she was waking every two hours and needing attention( mine!) back in January.
It certainly hasn't been quick or particularly easy but I held firm to my resolve to avoid the controlled crying regime and I think we are both the happier for it.
Now I have to work on going to bed a little earlier so that I can catch up on a little missed sleep.

My big girls are trundling along quite nicely as well - all good here.

If I can work out what is happening with my broadband connection ( painfully slow to the point that I can feel myself aging as I wait for pages to load), I aim to start posting a little more regularly. Once every month or so does not a good blog make. 

See, glass half full kind of stuff.

What I have done, rather than what I haven't. That would be me, Pollyanna all the way.

Tail is in sight. At least I think that's my tail.

Comments

[kirsten]

excellent cowl! bravo.
with 3 girls to care for, i'm impressed you manage to blog at all let alone knit. :)
but nice to 'see' you again.
xx

[Sally]

Is that the sun I see in the shadows behind the girls? And hope that is a Cornish Clotted cream Icecream Gracie is eating . Yum ! Her hair is growing so much , miss them .
mum xxx

[Di]

Hi Marianne!
Good to see you. It sounds like life in London is going well and the girls are enjoying it. I did receive your pages (and the fantastic candles) thank you so much, I was just hoping to thank you in the more traditional way before blogging/posting about it - but it seems rude to not at least let you know!

[gkgirl]

glad to see that it is all coming along
so well...
and i have to say
you have the most beautiful children...
they are truly adorable!

[macati]

these pictures of your girls are sooooo cute...

[monica]

I think it's the time of the year... there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day.

But, your cowl is gorgeous and your girls even more. You're right, it's definitively a half full glass!

[Heidi]

Congrats on the good sleeping news. We're not there yet--though on a good night we get 5 or 6 or maybe even 8 hours in a row. You're smart not to focus on what you don't get done--that's even more exhausting!

[babelfish]

I love the cowl you knitted, what a beautiful pattern and colour! I was just about to ask you how your girls are settling, so happy to hear they are doing well.

[Sally]

I bet those smiles light up your home! Beautiful, just beautiful. Good job mom!
your children look so happy... :)