big project on the horizon

It's been awhile now that I've been itching for some sort of creative project or money-earning one. I know that other SAHMs out there can relate. Suze at Madtown Mama has written quite a bit about that on her blog. So far this blog has been my best creative outlet. And a fun way to interact with all of you who read it! Thanks for all the great comments!

However, I'm happy to write that I've come up with a really spiffy project that will certainly get my creative juices flowing. And it encompasses quite a number of my interests--family, food, history, culture, and writing. The project I have in mind is one that I've thought about starting for some time. It's about my Grandma who passed away back in 1997. She's the zwieback master that I wrote about in an earlier post. While I was at Bethel College I took the opportunity to go out and interview her about her life on two occasions, but I never did anything with the tape. Not so far. Except transcribe part of it. I also have her recipe book, of course, how many of the recipes she actually followed is something I may never know. I also interviewed three of her four surviving siblings in Inman two years back and still have that tape to transcribe.

My idea, thus far, is to compile a book of my family member's favorite memories of her to be called "Memories of Margaret." It would also include some of her famous recipes and anecdotes about them, photos, letters, and a brief history of her life. I just opened an account on yahoo groups so that my family can share their memories, photos, recipes, etc. there.

So that's the deal. What do you all think? I'm very excited about the whole thing, and have had really positive feedback from my mom and sister Susanne. Pretty soon I will be cluing in the whole family.