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Life as a full-time, crafting, stay-at-home, fitmom gets a little messy

Usually, I am very conscious of the background. I try not to embarrass myself by posting pictures with lurking piles of laundry or dishes. The camera angle is calculated to avoid dirty windows and crumbs on the floor.

Watching today's playback, I was mortified to see, not only is the over-filled garbage can visible, so are the dishes. Most of them are clean, but still. Also, my complexion is a mess, there's an inexplicable amount of sweat given how cold it is in here, and I'm interrupted several times. My first instinct was to redo the whole thing. But, you know what? This is the Dahlhouse. This is my reality.

There are always dirty dishes waiting. Sometime today, I will get the clean ones put away and the dirty ones washed, probably just in time to start supper. Laundry is ongoing, and will never be finished. We are almost to the point where the kids can be left unattended long enough for me to fold it somewhere other than the living room, but we're not there yet. Dirty diapers have been part of my daily existence since the spring of 2009. So, this is me, in all my unvarnished glory.



Now into the second week, I'm starting to hit my stride with Hammer & Chisel . I still have the tracker sheets from the first round, and it's interesting to see where I've made progress or maintained and where I've lost ground. In this second round, I'm eating more and incorporating the supplemental workouts — really hoping to see some booty gains!

If it is possible to fall in love with an Etsy shop, I have. Created by Elsie B has beautiful spinning fiber, and I selected for myself an early birthday treat. I don't think I'll be able to resist spinning it for very long!



Sophia's socks are finished. I figured they would be adorable, but I love them even more than expected. They've been dubbed the, Whobilation Socks, because they look like something the Grinch would wear. There's a basic recipe for them in the previous post . The instructions are geared toward a more seasoned sock knitter, but the stitches are very basic. The size can be adjusted by changing the stitch count and/or the number of rows.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/whobilation


With gift knitting behind me (for now), I'm excited to be reacquainted with projects which had been relegated to the back burner. Let those creative juices flow!

Until the next post, you can follow me on Facebook and Instagram as dahlhousegym and dahlhouse_gym, respectively.

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