Hello, dear blog world.
Oh how I miss you. Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, and I’m probably sure I missed Thanksgiving as well. I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season.
We’re doing fairly decently over here. Bills are paid, foods is on the table, laughter is abound. So maybe we are a bit better than decent. Life is good. I just couldn’t seem to make life slow down long enough to blog. I’ve wanted to write about a lot of things so badly, but couldn’t. I’ve felt extremely overwhelmed. I have weeks and weeks of pictures to sort. Thus why this post is photo less, I hope you all don’t mind too much. I’m actually at work right now, writing all of this on my phone. That’s how badly I wanted to write. Not that I’m neglecting my work, though. I’ve been sick for a couple of days and being head honcho doesn’t exactly afford you sick days. So I’m just here, making sure it runs smoothly.
Enough with the ho hum sickies. What have y’all been up to?
Speaking of y’all, do you know how hard it is for me not to type “y’all”?? I try not to when writing, but I’m southern and I say it all the time so you’re getting it now. To heck with it!
What kind of creativeness have you been up to or wild adventures have you been on? I’ve been sewing and stitching up a storm. Mainly Christmas gifts that I couldn’t talk about. My sister, in her words, “creeps” on all my Internet haunts and would have likely found out what she was getting. I’m excited that I can show you now. Maybe later this week after I sort through hundreds of photos.
I knit a sweater! Don’t get too excited for me, I’ve yet to seam it. Cross stitched Harry Potter. Sewn and quilted pillows. Made bags. It was exciting to just be creating.
I have so much more planned for this year.
- I’m going to be farming! Farming a quilt that is! I’m hoping to start on the Farmer’s Wife Sampler quilt this week.
- Finishing and framing the cross stitch sampler that I started last summer.
- Curtains for the kitchen.
- Pillows for the couch and our bed.
- I want to sew pillow cases for the bed and even crochet an edging. Found a pattern that I fell in love with.
- Grow tomatoes. I have no idea where to begin but I want to grow several kind and most likely in containers. Basil too. I want fresh pesto this year.
- Can and preserve my little heart out all year long. I have a stockpile of empty jars screaming for attention.
- Lose 76 more pounds. As of 4 hours ago (I lost the energy blogging at work, it’s now 11pm) I have officially lost 24 pounds.
- Cook more and cook a variety of things that we’ve never had. December is always crazy and I hardly have time to cook. I could even go for a poached egg right now and be happy. Just a meal made at home and by me would be perfect.
- Carry my camera with me more. Lately I’ve been addicted to instagram (find me if I haven’t already stalked you down!). So I haven’t picked my camera up since Christmas.
I’m sure I could keep adding to the list if I sit here any longer. I just have a feeling it’s going to be a beautiful year and I don’t want to miss an ounce of it.