New Start

Bad habits to break this year... laziness, frivolous spending, and living inside my head.

Good habits to start... eating fresh foods, walking, using my creativity, and only buying what I love.

It's so hard to believe 2011 is almost over. I had to stop and realize tomorrow is new year's eve! I have high hopes for 2012. I'm 35. I should be in the prime of my life, right? This year I found out I am uninsurable. That really made an impact. I mean I know I'm not the picture of good health, but I didn't think I was that unhealthy. I don't want to diet. Diets make me crazy and irritable. I want to simply eat fresher food, not out of a box. I need to start cooking and bring lunches to work. I need to be more frugal. I spend money like its going out of style! I am hoping being frugal will spark my creativity. That and I'm taking a pottery class later in January. I tend to let laziness take over. I want to do projects around the house, such as watercolor, or beading. I never finish anything, and I need to stop that. I need to stop caring so much what the end product looks like and simply have fun making it. I want to feel better about myself. I have come to terms with my weight, but I want to look better, so I feel better. I want to be happier this year, and I want people to see that. I want to kick laziness out of my life and start actually living it. 

spoiled

im starting to realize how spoiled we are.yeah, its christmas, and we got christmas money, but we are blowing through it pretty fast. i got some clothing today and david dare i say got an espresso maker. so yes, now we have both a keurig AND an espresso maker. lol its cool though. we now have a whole area dedicated to coffee in our kitchen... and we are only learning to be coffee drinkers! ha. its been a fun day though trying to figure out how to make coffee taste good. i played around with my collages today. i ordered a book on fashion/style which i cant wait to get. i bought this ipad app that you can basically inventory your wardrobe. the way im talking you would think i am fashionable, but reality is im so not. i want to become fashionable.  i want to totally revamp my closet/wardrobe. i supose i should explain my collages, i like to cut out magazine pages and basically make little idea collages from them. i make them on fashion, beauty, home, garden, ect. here is one from today...

 i was in the mood for cozy winter wear and pretty neutral colors. next week the weather is finally going to turn cold. im excited to curl up with sweaters and blankets. bring on the snow, im ready!

coffee

so today we went for a shot in the dark and bought a keurig coffee maker. we aren't especially big coffee drinkers, but we do love mochas and such. we are experimenting. i made some apple cider in it, which was pretty good and david tried making a mocha which was a bit interesting, not bad, but not super good either. ha ha im looking forward to trying different flavors and such. maybe ill become a coffee drinker yet! i need something to wake me up in the mornings, thats for sure.i bought some white chocolate powder stuff for my white mochas once we figure out a good mix.

comfort

 

i am all about comfort when it comes to clothing. if i am home you better believe i will be in my pajamas! i stumbled across this UKwebsite and fell in love. i never really thought of pajamas as stylish. i totally want to recreate their looks and not be so embarrassed when i check the mail. in general i would like to look a bit more pulled together and stylish.

christmas day

maybe its me, but christmas always seems like a bit of a let down. the big hype leading up to it, the retail madness, come christmas day was it all really worth it? ah, im just being a big bah humbug. being thirty-five with no children will do that to you. on a happier note i cooked dinner, pot roast in the crock pot and it was gooood. we needed that. we hardly ever eat real food anymore. new years resolution... eat more home cooked meals. fresh ones, not out of a box. i think tonight ill work on a new years resolution list. i have many of them in my mind. i always love the beginning of a new year. i have a thing for fresh starts. plus the christmas rush starts to calm down, things get back to normal. i do plan to go out and do a little after christmas shopping on my next day off. a treat. my wish list this year was long, but most of all im happy to have david, my husband, in my life. this year more than most i realized how important he is to me, and how much i take him for granted. he is the love of my life and always will be. i feel at peace. and isnt that what the season is all about? merry christmas!

christmas eve

its a quiet christmas this year, just the two of us. almost too quiet. the house is very still, and the weather very mild. i cant explain exactly how i am feeling. i miss my family tremendously, yet i am happy here. i feel like this new year will be a year of growth and maturity for me. i have high hopes anyway. one reason i created this blog is to boost my creative skills. i have always wanted to live creatively, to be an artist. now is my chance. i need to stop dreaming it and live it.