Excuse me ...

... excuse my rather plain blog but this is my first post!

I started this blog months and months ago with the intention of blogging my new life but that didn't happen.  Today though seemed like a good day to start after reading this blog post here.  Better late than never I suppose!

I like to think I am crafty and I take every opportunity I can to create something.  Like Sophie I am a full time carer and I also often get asked where I find the time to make and do stuff.  I guess I make the time whenever I possibly can because I really crave any opportunity.  Also because its really important to me to feel like I achieve something personally. As Bizzy B's full time carer I currently don't work - that's not to say I haven't tried ... I have tried really hard and over the years and I have been a Marketing Account Manager, a Police Officer, an Estate Agent, a Youth Worker and more recently an Administrator in a School - but that's another story!

Don't get me wrong ... being a carer comes with many great rewards but sometimes the results are slow and it can be rather self limiting and lonely so for now me making things is equivalent to a personal accomplishment which is really important for ones self esteem.

So how and where do I craft?

During the day I spend my time caring for my son and family and at the same time because I can't really craft around him I dream and plan things I want to make and do.  I have an ongoing list on the 'Notes' Section on my iphone of all the things I want to investigate further when I have the time. Usually at night, even though he is a poor sleeper, I will always try and make something regardless of the many interruptions I get.

This is made easier since we gave up our dinning room and moved Bizzy B's room downstairs (this was a last ditch attempt to help my daughter and my neighbours children sleep!) as Busy B's room was upstairs and the noise was impossible.  It's still not ideal downstairs as he's noisy where ever he is during the day or night and of course now I have the added issue of having to trample up and down the stairs throughout the night, often half asleep and in the dark etc, but (and here comes looking on the bright side) as he's not upstairs and off the rafters he seems a lot less thuddy .... sort of.
So moving his room downstairs freed up his bedroom space upstairs.  This has at least given us back some extra living space and afforded us a bit of luxury space in the form of a studio/craft and spare bedroom area.  This means I can lay out unfinished projects and just grab and go and I often lie down in this room for vital sleep when Bizzy B is on respite or at his Special Needs School during the day although I am often reluctant to do this as I am missing craft time but sometimes its really necessary. 

It's a great place to escape all carer responsibilities and let the creative juices flow.  This is not just important for me but important for my Daughter, also known here as 'Miss C', who also needs time and space away and especially as she's about to start College (her desk being the one on the right hand side of the room where the laptop is).  Needless to say this is a Bizzy B free zone!  

Sadly I don't get in there as much as I'd like too but at least there's a place waiting for me and I feel oh so lucky to have it.