hazardous home sewing

today i sliced my finger with the tip of my ginghers!
i was trying to cut the buttons off a thrifted leather jacket that had already been cut to pieces to make shoes.

after an hour of trying to get the cut to stop squirting, i went to the instacare.

there, they cleaned it out, then taped the hole together and glued it shut. (it was too short for stitches but too deep for just a bandaid.)

when the doctor asked me what i do for work, the thought crossed my mind that i should answer 'sew dresses' and that would make more sense as to why i had a scissor wound. but i found myself saying, 'i stay at home.'

and we spent the rest of the time talking about our kids- his are close in age to mine and he holds his wife close to sainthood for being a stay at home mom. it made me glad that i had answered 'stay at home.'

it's no secret that i like to do more than 'stay' while i'm at home. but as i was talking to the dr. about our kids, i had a moment of pride in my real work and desire to do better at it.

i stay at home with my kids.

my etsy shop is an outlet for me when i need it. sometimes it becomes more and then i resent it and my kids because the two pull at each other.
today made me realize i don't need to do more at the expense of my staying at home.

and i realized i should really be more careful with my biggest pair of sewing scissors.

and it's good to be at home.