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OK, so I'm great at starting projects that I think are managable only to find out that they are way more complicated and/or time consuming that expected. Just ask my sister. I was going to sew her an advent calendar last year and so far I've got some of the material and the pattern sitting nicely in a drawer. Same goes for a tree skirt I was going to quilt (I don't actually know how to quilt, but hey why not just give it a whirl!).
Today was a province wide Professional Development Day and although I'm not working this year I still attended a session, baby and all. Today I learned how to make a rag quilt. It was a pretty simple sewing project which is great because I haven't done much sewing in the last 15+ years, and trying to do anything that requires a lot of thinking and concentration is a near impossible feat with a 3 1/2 month old.
As I've mentioned, I can be a bit of a perfectionist. I realized that any chance of this thing turning out perfectly was shot after I had sewn all of the small squares with a 3/4 inch seam instead of a 1/2 inch seam. I'm going to chalk the inability to differentiate left of 5/8 from right of 5/8 to baby brain. So I let go and didn't worry about whether every line was exactly perfect, or if all of the patterns were facing the same way. In the end, it made the whole process much more enjoyable. It's not perfect, but it's mine.

 
I need to be busy. I need to be able to be creative. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, but I'm trying to let that go. I decided to start a blog on a whim today when my oven didn't hold the correct temperature and my scones turned out flat. At least I'm blaming
the oven; could be baby brain, but I'll go with the oven. 
I tell my students to look for the positive, the opportunities, and the possibilities when things aren't perfect. So, I guess this is going to be a dedication to the good, the bad and the ugly that I encounter in everyday life and the lessons that can be learned from them.