Balancing

It seems like technology is moving too fast for us. I recently read the book Microtrends: The Small Forces Between Tomorrow's Big Changes. If you liked Freakanomics, you'll like this. It is all about how small groups of people can make big differences since they can connect through technology. There's a whole chapter about the knitting renaissance. The faster technology comes, the more we turn to old ways to balance it. Anyone see the New York Times article last week about typewriters making a come back? In Brooklyn they even have type-ins where people lug their typewriters to a coffee shop and click away. These typewriters aren't technology adverse as you'd expect. Many actually take pictures of their typewriters on their iphones and have typewriter facebook pages. Another example is the huge amount of cooking blogs, craft/sewing blogs, and DIY home blogs. All things that force you to slow down...but then you can use technology to talk about them and connect with others.

Well, Chris and I are like spokespeople for this technology vs "slower pace of life" trend.

Let's talk about the knitting habit for instance.
The bunnies are cute, but not close to perfect by any means. They took a lot of time, yet they probably won't stand up to much toddler love before falling apart. After finishing them on Saturday, I passed a whole rack of stuffed bunnies at Walgreens for $5. I'm not sure Penelope or Molly would care if it was store bought or handmade in their baskets. It's okay though. I still felt it was a good use of my time.
Penelope didn't understand why bunnies got photos without her so here's one with Penelope and the bunnies.
And a bunny blanket for Miss Charlotte. I'm telling myself the extra handmade look is chic.
Chris has become a baker. He is making his way through Artisan Bread in 5 mins a day. This weekend he made bagels. Now there's a Brueggers about a mile from our house so was it worth it to make the dough the night before, shape the bagels, boil them, make different types and then bake them?

I'm going to say yes! I'm not a big bagel fan. These were amazing. The right amount of softness and crunch, and he made a cinnamon sugar one for me.

So there's my blog post about us trying to slow down life a little bit.