I am one of those people who just cannot sit still. My mind is a constant flood of ideas - some a little crazy - and my hands never rest. I think it's in the genes because everyone in my family is the same, though maybe not to this extreme.
Currently, in addition to writing this blog, I have half a dozen knitting and crocheting projects running simultaneously, not to mention all the various other crafts I throw in on a whim. This would be easy to carry out if I sent the kids off to school for the day, but we homeschool. However, I think it's all the hand crafts that keep me sane. Whether I am giving a spelling test or lecturing on history, my hands are busy. By switching projects frequently, sometimes after knitting only one row, it quells the tedium that an otherwise stringent schedule would bring. It gives a sense of personal satisfaction in that I was able to put my skills to good use. And it keeps me calm when one of the boys repeats the same question, because he wasn't listening when I answered at length the first two times.
Some people would call this chaos, but I like to think of it as multitasking!
Sorry about passing on those genes. I remember Grandma Siemens saying, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." (She also crocheted, quilted, sewed, wrote, and played the piano).
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