Crossroads

Ahh, so there are so many more important things I could be thinking on, but my dilema these last few days as I search for a project to bring back east is -
Do I actually really follow a pattern , correct needles and yarn, or do I go with my true nature and just pick up what I have , throw it together and hope for the best.
Obviously there are pros and cons to both, but my real conflict is the fact that this year my goal was to follow the rules of knitting, I really don't do that in any other area of my life, so a little line towing would do me good, but the lazy artist inside me says, what fun is that ? The realist inside me says, check out what turned out before when you didn't follow the rules of knitting,
Artist " BUT it could turn out even better"
Realist" you said you were going to follow the rules"
You see my conflict.
It is not resolved and most likely won't be til I have to pack my chosen project in a bag ready for the flight.
In the mean time, I would love you all to weight in and let me know what YOU think i should do.

My slacker days are OVER ( I hope)

Boy have I been a bad, bad, blogger,
Well, I hope that is all about to change.
As you all know, I am back from the home land and into the thick of things with 1st grade homeschool and cheufuring for pre-school. Things certianly are entertaining around here day to day.
My trip home was wonderful but my favourite part is the fact that I arrived to the rolling eyes of mother whenever my fiber arts were mentioned and left her a fiber felting fool, ( her words ,not mine). In my attempts to woo her we went to a felting class together, stayed on an Alpaca farm, and I showed her the cornacopia of absolutely fab fiber choices at a local craft day.
We had a blast,did some major bonding, and now her fiber vocab is better than mine.