Wednesday
Tuesday
Looking Ahead
A list for 2009:
Creativity: camera, lessons, photo software, more blogging, focused vision, mixed media
Travel: visit 3 new places, museums in LA, Santa Barbara weekend on the beach
Correspondence: writing more, postcard mailing, sending photos to family & friends
Home Decor: bathtub redo, wall painting, music room, bulb planting
i look forward to a new year and a new set of goals and wishes to fill. i'll have to look back at 2008's list to see what i jotted down and the desire vs the fulfillment. i think i made a lot of progress in 2008 on the road to figuring out the next phase of my life. little by little.....
Thursday
Making a list checking it Twice
I tried - i really did. i thought this should be a year where presents were not purchased (except for the kiddies) and we should all just play games, take photos, make ornaments, do something creative instead of open gifts we don't need. i didn't get my way so now i'm making a list of all the family members and thinking hard about things they may desire. i don't like giving just anything - i like it to be personal and meaningful and i like to know they are going to looooove it. so here i am cruising the internet for ideas - the guys are the hardest. the ladies would all be happy if anything (!) from anthropologie was under the tree. did you see their ornaments page - so cool! my list is growing - anyone have a great cookie recipe - one they make every year during the holidays? Let's exchange!
Wednesday
Monday
Christmas is all around
It isn't quite christmas yet at our nest - i didn't get the boxes down. i've started decorating our new nest in my minds eye - what i would like is a deep purple and silver theme. i wonder what it would take to pull that off in one week's time? hmmmm. i've never been a home decorater, like some of my friends, at christmas. i think what stopped me was being tight with money - i always take hand-me-downs from my mom, we make ornaments for the tree (i consider our years of homemade ornaments a journal of sorts - what happened, what year, what we were into at that time) and we always get a fresh tree, fresh wreaths, and fresh garlands - the smell is too good. But this year i'm dreaming in purple and silver.
Saturday
Sunny Morning
Woke up early for a walk in the golden sunlight - have do something to snap out of this funk. I know it was the right thing to do because guess what I found - my mail from yesterday - scattered across the grass of the neighbors 2 doors down. What someone wants with my bills I don't know? Hopefully it won't be a problem down the road - just a random act of a prankster? Tom wondered why there were catalogs in our fountain out front - I guess the person didn't want to do any christmas catalog shopping! Anyway, the walk did me good in more ways than one - I felt better, I found my mail, and then I actually went into my studio and started a project. The list is long but I'm trying to just take it slow and do something - anything that takes my mind somewhere else - somewhere peaceful and good and zoned out.
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Funkadilla
So the week has flown by - filled with work, eating, and sleeping. the family has gone home, nic is back at school, and i'm just trying to do each day. can you say funkadilla? i need to make something happen here - i have a long list of things i want to do during this slower period at work - mandala making, christmas cards, camera research, photo class research, decorating my nest, getting the girls together, making dinner for friends. all i wanna do is work, eat, sleep. it just seems like i'm on autopilot and the grief is winning. life is in the details and i can't seem to wrap my mind around them right now. i did spoil myself with $800 worth of eileen fisher bedding - see that bedding - yeah it's all so fine and i can't wait to get my cozy self under those fabulous fabrics. so i guess that wraps up where my thinking and longing are right now - cozy bed, sleep, comfort, safety, nesting.
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