"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
-Edith Lovejoy Pierce
What will the gift of this new year bring? In my dreams, I wish that I am an optimistic, go-with-the-flow, creative woman of the world who carries with her a wonderfully homey vibe. But unfortunately, you can't google that and find a step-by-step how-to guide. Believe me, I've tried. After thinking hard about what I want from my life, I've created my 2010 manifesto...
Go ahead and finish. I won't leave things that can be done now. I made this goal a couple of years ago and really stuck to it. In most instances, it keeps me from being absolutely lazy. Instead of leaving the trash on the counter, walk it to the can. Instead of dropping the towel on the floor, hang it up on the hook. But where else can it apply?
Find time. I will find time to just be me. To relax. To be creative. To make memories. By necessity, I've been consumed by school since September. And while I have 18 weeks of school before summer vacation, I've got to schedule some time for myself.
Attempt. Even if I might fail. I feel like I'm stuck on a plateau, too scared to climb onward. I took a big risk with my career in 2009, but I'm frozen again. Even with the mundane.
"Where there is no imagination there is no horror."
-Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
Long time, no blog. I'm not making any promises for the future, but I did have to share photos from our "spooky" Halloween night.
While Callie did this:
I did this:
Luckily the result was this (tacos with "eyeballs," if you were wondering):
and this (a spooky dinner with candy corn cakes):
Luckily for us, we didn't give the cakes out to the neighborhood kids and luckily for the boys, there were no candy corns used in the cakes. :)
While we ate, we took turns opening the door for trick-or-treaters, that is, until we ran out of candy. Then, we headed upstairs for a scary movie marathon. Another wonderful weekend in my world.
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
-Virginia Woolf
So, our main anniversary gift to ourselves this year was a real dining room table, to fill our oh-so-empty front room. The modern tradition anniversary gift is china, and we decided we needed somewhere to place our china, if ever the day came to host a fancy party.
We'd been eyeing a table at Pottery Barn, but it was much too expensive, and probably too big for our space. So we found the next best thing (and probably in truth the very best thing!) at World Market last week. We saw it, we sat at it, we fell in love. And, then we waited a few days to make certain we were sure.
We were. So we bought it, and then it took three carloads and three people (my mom was in town this weekend!) to get it home. And, of course as soon as we assembled it, we had to run out to Hobby Lobby and Michael's to fix up a pretty fall centerpiece.
How festive we are! And, now we even have a place to eat!
"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
FROM SATURDAY MORNING: We're out here in the rain for the second weekend in a row, hoping to catch some great deals at an REI scratch and dent sale. Maybe not my favorite way to start the day, but my husband loves it, so here I am!!
Go ahead and finish. I won't leave things that can be done now. I made this goal a couple of years ago and really stuck to it. In most instances, it keeps me from being absolutely lazy. Instead of leaving the trash on the counter, walk it to the can. Instead of dropping the towel on the floor, hang it up on the hook. But where else can it apply?
Find time. I will find time to just be me. To relax. To be creative. To make memories. By necessity, I've been consumed by school since September. And while I have 18 weeks of school before summer vacation, I've got to schedule some time for myself.
Attempt. Even if I might fail. I feel like I'm stuck on a plateau, too scared to climb onward. I took a big risk with my career in 2009, but I'm frozen again. Even with the mundane.
