Letter Love Fun

I'm excited because my online art class, Letter Love 101, is getting ready to start! It should be a lot of fun.

Mary

Baby It's Cold Outside!

I'll be the first to admit we had gotten pretty spoiled with the weather we had been having here in the upper midwest. It was more than a little unusual to have no snow on the ground in southern Minnesota, and to only need a sweatshirt or jacket because the temperatures were up in the 40's or 50's. Seriously, I was not complaining about it at all. In fact, I was rather enjoying it. So what is this white stuff on the ground, the cold temps and this wind howling outside my windows?

I have discovered that the older I get, the less I like winter. I don't think I would want to pack up and move to a warm climate where we had no change of seasons, but I think I could do without the sub-zero temperatures we had this week for sure. I could easily stay in my nice, warm house and not go out at all. If only the grocery store and the Chinese restaurant delivered. Small town living does have a few drawbacks.

Oh well, only 59 days until the first day of SPRING!!!

Mary

My Little Buddy Riley

It can get so quiet and often lonely around here during the day when my sweetheart is gone to work. Sure am glad I have this little guy for company now that the girls are all off making their own way in the world.

Mary

And a New Year Has Begun!

2012 has gotten off to a slow start and I am trying to make myself TO DO lists of things to accomplish. So much time wasted last year, and I hope to improve on that score dramatically.

One of my first orders of business is to sort and organize my space in order to function more efficiently. I love to do so many things; from sewing and quilting, to stamping and scrapbooking. I have a vast array of supplies for each of these activities and in order to use them to their fullest potential, I feel the need to organize properly. I want all of my sewing supplies in one area and fabrics in another. To stamp or scrap, I want all of my papers and embellishments gathered together for easier access.

So, I am working my way through boxes and totes, shelves and drawers. I am keeping and tossing and trying to get a rough sort done first, then will come the organization. I have baskets, totes, and every concievable container to put things in. By the time I am finished I want to be able to know where things are without even having to look for them. We'll see how close the end result is to my vision.

In the meantime, I will plug away shuffling things from here to there, purging the things I no longer want to take up space, and yes...adding to it all with more.

My next adventure will be an online lettering class to use for crafts, gifts, journaling. I love new things and can't wait to get started. And believe it or not, my mind has already fast forwarded to thinking about some of the gifts I want to make for this coming Christmas. So, no time to waste. Have to get back to my organizing. The sooner it is complete, the sooner I can begin my first project of 2012!

Happy New Year and let your creative thought processes carry you away!

Mary