Talent or Insanity?

I thought we were through with sickness a couple of weeks ago, but it has been cycling through different members of our family in different forms for the last several weeks. I am ready to be done with this cold and flu season! It has taken some wind out of my blogging sails!

Tonight I am supposed to be headed to a night with the women at my church (waiting for BSB to come home and watch the sick kids). We have been asked to make a display depicting our talents so that we can share them with each other. Most of the women at my church are familiar with my involvement in music (unlike you all), but only some of them know about and read this blog (unlike you all). I kind of just want to open up a laptop (with internet) to this blog and say, it’s all there!

Ironically, when I try to sum-up what I blog about, I stumble a little–other than to say “My Insanity.” Creative, crafty, projects, parties, holiday stuff, etc… It’s not necessarily about specific skills I have learned–my mom has sewn all of the good projects in my home and I’ve never taken the Wilton cake decorating class. So sometimes it is a little difficult to define exactly what my talents are. (And whether they are a talent or a liability. :-))

But I’ve thought about it and have come up with a few specific things I am talented at:

1. Complicated–I do complicated really well. I’m working on simple but if simple=boring, you can count on me to find ways to make any project a little more complicated, and hopefully a little more interesting. In the words of my mother, “Kendra turns everything into a production!” She is right.

2. Themes–I can find a theme for any party, holiday, room in a house, gift to be given at a shower, etc. You name it! Why can’t Halloween be about a Vintage French Circus?

3. Seeing things–I taught middle school art class for a year or two, although I had never been trained to teach it. The art teacher shared her curriculum and pointers with me. What I learned is that my artisitic ability isn’t in my hands, but rather in my eyes. Sometimes projects take me a very long time because it is only when I see it, that I know what needs to be fixed.

4. Making Memories–I hope I’m good at making fun memories for my kids and family. I’ve never been great at routine. I like new and unexpected! Memories can last much longer than things ever do.

If you are looking for more specific demonstrations of my ~~insanity~~ talents, I’ve compiled the “best of” lists from my 3 years of blogging!

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