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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.

    And in case you hadn’t heard what a crazy storm we had here yet…here’s a YouTube video of the Metrodome…now known as Mall of America Field..collapsing.