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    Accountabilty time

    December 31, 2010 - By 

    Last year I set some goals for myself so I figured I had better fess up and see what I actually accomplished.
    I’m rating myself with a stoplight system for lack of a better way.

    This is my 2010 list:

    ART:

    • learn to knit –Need more practice but have the concept down
    • use the supplies I have instead of buying new –only purchased garage sale/thrift store supplies
    • finish my circles quilt –DONE
    • open an Etsy shop –open, stocked and have made 2 sales!
    • complete my Nature altered book –not yet but am getting closer
    • Be Creative Every Day –it’s not always art but I feel I do something creative most days

    SELF:

    • get back to eating healthy –the holidays have been a set back
    • get back to my exercise routine –not at the level I want to be…goal needs to continue for sure.
    HOME:
    • paint the kitchen cupboards –nope
    • plant more veggies –Yes..will plant more next year
    • de-cluttter in prep for a monster garage sale –YES! huge sale
    • repurpose and recycle more –hard to measure this one but I think I have

    I must be a glass half-full kind of person because I see the goals that I haven’t quite met not as failures as some would but as stairs I have climbed on my way to the goal.
    Over all I’m glad I made this list. Obviously, I didn’t do everything I wanted to but really…who does?  I’m going to think about my goals for 2011 now. I think accountability is a great motivator.

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    Lots of snow and keeping busy

    December 12, 2010 - By 

    We got hammered by a winter storm here…  We got 15.5 inches at our house…but since the wind was blowing so hard we have drifts that are 4-5ft high in places while some spots are bare ground.

    Here’s a photo out our back patio door.  See the cool swirl pattern in the snow!  Up to the left between our house and the neighbors there was a 5ft drift.

    So in between shoveling and attempting to use the snowblower. I’ve been working on some crafty stuff.

    I cleaned my sewing machine..changed thread on both the bobbin and spool…and it seems to be working a bit better.

    I made a couple more journal covers..

    We also put together our Gingerbread house kit from Trader Joe’s. I think it turned out pretty cute. Maybe next year I’ll do the really deal and not buy the kit.  I know my girl and I will be making one at her Holiday party at school as well…except with graham crackers. Like these ones.

     

     

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    Let it snow….

    November 13, 2010 - By 

    What a crazy snow storm! We’ve been hearing…”we’ll be getting a bit of snow this weekend” but then yesterday they started changing their tune…

    We’ll be getting quite a bit of snow!

    I was up at midnight and the snow was just covering the grassy areas.

    This was the view of my garden box at 11AM.

    This is what is looked like during summer… just a few short months back.

    The snow had pretty much stopped for a little while but has once again started falling. The boys are out cleaning the ends of driveways now that the plow finally went through. Ah…the joys of living in MN, although I can’t imagine it any other way!