Noise

Hmmm. Noise for me is a funny thing. When it is a normal day around here, noise is ok.
Except when I'm working on a difficult part in my sewing project. Then I must have complete silence in my room. COMPLETE silence. But when it is not a difficult part in my project, I have to have noise. I am so used to the noise of little voices talking and yelling, and not so little voices talking, and little feet running up and down the hallway, that when that noise is gone the house just seems........ well, quite. Too quite. Now you may be asking yourself "When is their house quite? With four kids under the age of 10, how could their house EVER be quite?" Well I'll answer that question. On Saturday when almost everyone is at market. Or when they go to a friends house and some people stay home to keep a eye on the goats. Or when it is 11:30 pm and they are all in bed and I'm up late sewing. Because I reasoned to myself earlier that day that it would be easier to sew at night when the noise level is down. Only to find that when they are in bed and the house is quite, that it is simply too hard to sew without background noise. :) So what do I do when I want background noise? I have several options. I can invite any one who is home or still awake to come and keep me company. Doesn't work. I always end up getting distracted by the conversation. And it is hard for me to work and talk at the same time. Or I can put some music on to play and turn the volume up. But the thing that I do most often is turn a movie on and listen to it while I work. That way I have music and a voice to listen to. But it can't be just any old movie. It has to be a movie that I know by memory. That way I won't get distracted by watching it. I'll know what's going to happen and I don't need to see the screen to enjoy the movie. And I get the noise. Have to have the noise. :-) So that is why I find myself listening to The Return of the King while working in my room on this cold December night.