30 seconds to sum one's self up...

Okay, things are relatively calm in the other room. John is watching the History Channel, and the girls are busy in that kind of mania that seems to strike just before bedtime. I will take a minute to introduce myself. It's fun to write about yourself, it's true. But you also feel a little silly. Where do you start?

I live in East Texas and I homeschool my three daughters (ages 8, 6 and 5), but please, please don't hold that against me. It's very possible that those words have brought an image of an outrageously conservative, skirt-wearing, eyes-lifted-heavenward oddball, but that ain't me, babe. Really I am just a lifelong liberal arts student (if you know what I mean) trying to find a little meaning. I relish my family, my husband, my head, my heart, my opportunities, my goals. My reasons for homeschooling are complicated, but mostly I just want to ensure that my girls are given the absolute best in education available. And until I win the lottery, I am the person for the job.

I have been knitting since I was five. My grandmother, who just celebrated her 95th birthday (!), taught me, and I have held those needles in my hands pretty much ever since. I also love to sew, and I just bought a brand new sewing machine. My house is a total shambles, of course, but while I am getting acquainted with it, who has time for dishes and floors? My mother is a fiber artist herself and she taught me weaving and tie-dye, so I suppose you could say cloth and inspiration are bred deep in the bone with me.

I have been on a sort of self-imposed hiatus of late, sidetracked by childbirth, nursing and domestic issues. But that urge to CREATE is tugging at me again, and I am not going to fight it! I have discovered blogging, and have spent several days looking at other women's awesome work. "Gentlemen, start your engines." I'm ready.