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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
New Years Resolutions
Happy 2012!
Happy New Year, Max (right) and Dex (left)
My little family
Every year, like the rest of the world, I make a resolution. Something ridiculous and unreal, and then I feel like a failure when two weeks in I have already not succeeded. So this year I have one New Years Project, a few New Years Guidelines, and no resolutions.
My project is a sky blanket. The idea is that I got a bunch of different shades of blue and grey yarn, and I am crocheting a blanket. I have tried to make a blanket before, and I did it, but it was just a small lap blanket. My hand would cramp up and I would get frustrated and it just felt like it was something I would never finish.
Each day, I crochet one line. That's it. Not more, not less. And I use a shade of yarn that matches the sky for that day!
I have found more yarn that I am using too!
I am doing the whole thing double crochet - here is day 1!
So far (granted, only four days in!), I really love this project. There is no overwhelming feeling, because I know I won't be done for 365...er 366... days (leap year!) And I look forward to the evenings, when I get to sit for a while, let my mind wander, and recharge and refuel. And I find myself looking outside a lot, deciding which shade of yarn best represents the sky that day. thinking about the day, I love the little reflection time I get.
My New Years Guidelines are just that I am trying to be overall better. Better about money, about my health (what would a New Year Non-Resolution be if I didn't mention that?!), and a better wife, mother, student, and homemaker. But, as my friend Justin pointed out, isn't that what we strive for each day? Or at least, what we SHOULD strive for each day? My mom always taught us that when we leave a place, it should be in better condition than when we arrived. So if we went on a walk for example, and saw a piece of litter, my brother and I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up and carry it with us until we found a garbage. I would like to think that by the time I leave this planet I will have made it a little better, somehow. So in the meantime, I am going to work on being a better me, being happy with what I have, and learning to just appreciate. BUT that's a whole post for another day..
In other unrelated news, Dan is on vacation for a week. Since he is on vacation, he decided to shave off his beard, for fun.
Before
We went with the chinstrap look to start
Mutton Chops on the other side, of course!
Goatee...I liked it, he didn't
And my favorite, a hipster goatee with a little help from an eyebrow pencil!
The final result. Then he remembered he didn't like being beardless...so it's growing back in now.
To wrap things up, silly baby pictures!
Maxwell
Dexter
NEXT BLOG POST: I love my job!
Happy New Year, Max (right) and Dex (left)
My little family
Every year, like the rest of the world, I make a resolution. Something ridiculous and unreal, and then I feel like a failure when two weeks in I have already not succeeded. So this year I have one New Years Project, a few New Years Guidelines, and no resolutions.
My project is a sky blanket. The idea is that I got a bunch of different shades of blue and grey yarn, and I am crocheting a blanket. I have tried to make a blanket before, and I did it, but it was just a small lap blanket. My hand would cramp up and I would get frustrated and it just felt like it was something I would never finish.
Each day, I crochet one line. That's it. Not more, not less. And I use a shade of yarn that matches the sky for that day!
I have found more yarn that I am using too!
I am doing the whole thing double crochet - here is day 1!
So far (granted, only four days in!), I really love this project. There is no overwhelming feeling, because I know I won't be done for 365...er 366... days (leap year!) And I look forward to the evenings, when I get to sit for a while, let my mind wander, and recharge and refuel. And I find myself looking outside a lot, deciding which shade of yarn best represents the sky that day. thinking about the day, I love the little reflection time I get.
My New Years Guidelines are just that I am trying to be overall better. Better about money, about my health (what would a New Year Non-Resolution be if I didn't mention that?!), and a better wife, mother, student, and homemaker. But, as my friend Justin pointed out, isn't that what we strive for each day? Or at least, what we SHOULD strive for each day? My mom always taught us that when we leave a place, it should be in better condition than when we arrived. So if we went on a walk for example, and saw a piece of litter, my brother and I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up and carry it with us until we found a garbage. I would like to think that by the time I leave this planet I will have made it a little better, somehow. So in the meantime, I am going to work on being a better me, being happy with what I have, and learning to just appreciate. BUT that's a whole post for another day..
In other unrelated news, Dan is on vacation for a week. Since he is on vacation, he decided to shave off his beard, for fun.
Before
We went with the chinstrap look to start
Mutton Chops on the other side, of course!
Goatee...I liked it, he didn't
And my favorite, a hipster goatee with a little help from an eyebrow pencil!
The final result. Then he remembered he didn't like being beardless...so it's growing back in now.
To wrap things up, silly baby pictures!
Maxwell
Dexter
NEXT BLOG POST: I love my job!
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