I feel like I always have grand ideas about a scrapbook I'm going to put together or a new baking recipe I want to try. I'm also constantly coming across websites with great ideas for books to read, places to go, or little art projects. While I jot down notes and keep idea books around, I feel like I often forget where I've seen things or lack the ability to organize all the ideas. So, I thought a blog might help - a place just for me to keep track of everything I want to do in life. And then I had a baby. And at the same time, we remodeled our house and added a little library/craft space with all my books. And then my mom came to stay with us to help out for a long time, and she brought her sewing projects and amazing ideas for toys and clothing for my son. Our list of projects began to grow. Then I thought she also needed a space to keep track of everything she thought about, instead of just short emails back and forth to each other.
In college, I read Virginia Woolf's book/essay, "A Room of One's Own" - her famous line "A woman needs money and a room of her own" has always stuck with me as a testament to the need for personal space - a place to retreat to and, of course, to be independent. The little library has become such a place for me and my mom. And now, I hope this blog will be our virtual space, to help us organize all the projects we will do, together and on our own, in our physical world.
