2011 Goals

2011 Goals

1. Focus more on my health
2. Get my finances in order
3. Finish all knitting projects currently on my needles
4. Set up my business
5. Send out one handwritten letter every month
6. Try at least one new recipe a month
7. Design a knitting pattern
8. Take more time to be happy
9. Go to a movie alone
10. Work on being a better friend
11. Take more pictures

 And that is what I have so far.  Totally do-able.  I saw today that someone does easy, medium and hard goals for the year.  I think I have a mixture of the three on my list.  I'm very much looking forward to 2011.  

I am editing to add the following:

1. Plan my Christmas knitting now and have it done by the first week in December.
2. Find a Church

Also, these are quite vague, I'm in the process of defining what I think will allow me to complete these goals.  :-)

Daily Writing

So my goal to post every day in November was an utter FAIL.  I thought about it, but then something would come up and away I would go.  Life seems to be insanely busy at the moment, but I'm coming to the realization that it is going to continue that way so I just need to acclimate to this new normal.  In order to be able to be more productive at work I've decided to dip my toe into selling my handmade things.

I'm creating a design for a project bag, I have the proto-type done, but the sewing needs to improve.  I have my Gram's sewing machine that she was given by my Grandpa & my Mom & her siblings clear back in the 50's.  It's awesome and still works fabulously.  Of course I do go use my Mom's machines as some things are a bit easier to do with a surger.  :-)

I'm also busy knitting away on Christmas presents so no pictures yet, but in a week. 

I finally got my hands on a set of Addi Lace Clicks and oh my gosh they are heaven.  I love the cords, it makes it so easy to magic loop things and they just slide in my hands.  I am anxious to make a pair of socks on them. 

My next project is one of the infinity scarves.  I'll be designing my own pattern, fairly plain, but with some beautiful yarn that I purchased at Knit Wits here in town.  As soon as I am home I can update with the actual yarn and if I can get a good picture, one of those as well.

Treadmill

As I mentioned in my previous post (which was too many days ago!!) the treadmill came in all sorts of pieces.

And the kitties were quite curious about:

Ahhh, aren't they cute? But when I turned it on, lickety split they were out the door!

The control panel has a plug in for my ipod which I love and an easy to use panel.  Very happy with this purchase and it has seen some use which is the purpose. :-)

Hmmm

So I've missed a couple of days.  So not my intent.  I went and picked up the new treadmill on Monday and it was quite the ordeal to get it into the house and hindsight being what it is, there are many easier ways to have done it than how it was done.  Oh well. 

Last night was spent putting it together.  For future reference, pay for the delivery and assembly.  So totally worth it.  However, now I have a working wonderful treadmill that I can plug my ipod into and get to work.  Tonight there will be exercising!!  Woot!

Rain Rain Go Away

Well, actually not really.  I'd much rather have rain than snow, the first snow here is always a pain in the butt because it seems that most people around here forget how to drive from one year to the next.  And that having big vehicles does not matter when there is black ice.  So I say welcome to the rain, I just wish the sun would shine at the same time.  :-)

This time change is kicking my butt.  I'm totally exhausted and it is only 6:30.  It doesn't help that the kitties got up early this morning and in turn I got up early this morning.  I did, however, get a lot of chores accomplished today.  The extra room is picked up and yarn is put away, my bedroom is reorganized so I could fit a bookcase in there and now I have room for my treadmill that should be here tomorrow!

All in all a great day, and now it's time to go chill on the couch and knit.

A Lovely Fall Day

It is the first weekend in November.  To my Mom & I that means it's bazaar day.

When I was little and my mom had her silk flower arranging business I can remember getting up and being at the Eagle bazaar by 6:00 a.m.,eh maybe not that early, but it was always dark when we got there.  My mom & my aunt shared a booth and it was always fun to help with the money and packing purchases up.

As I grew older and my mom got out of her business we started going as consumers.  It amazes me what a variety of things people come up with to create.  I came away this year with a BSU lighted snowman, a lighted Christmas tree, and a lighted Santa, nothing more than 2 feet high.  I also found some awesome spices.

In the middle of our bazaaring we stopped to have lunch with my cousins and to meet the newest addition to our family.  It's always nice to catch up with them and to hold a baby.

The best part of the bazaar day is spending the time with my Mom.  She is one of the most wonderful people I know and I am so blessed and thankful that we get along so well.  It's rare that we go a day without speaking multiple times.

After the fun with my Mom, I came home and was able to spend a couple pleasing hours with my friend.  I made beef stroganoff in the slow-cooker and she provided the salad.  I love cooking and to be able to incorporate that in with spending time with a good friend is a win win situation.

So all in all a very lovely fall day.

Alaska 2006

So in 2006 I went to visit my friend in Anchorage, Alaska.  I love Alaska, it is beautiful and wide open, and of course I've only visited during three months; March, May & June.


This particular visit was in June and C & I took a ride up to Mantanuska Glacier.

It is one of the glaciers that you can actually walk on and explore.

Me walking on the glacier

It was pretty cool to be able to walk all over and crazy at how dirty it was.  There were rivulets of water running across some of it and you could tell where it had melted.

On the way back to Anchorage we saw a moose along the side of the road. Which is not uncommon up there, but it's always a wonderful surprise.  This particular moose was a mama moose, but the baby was hiding.  See if you can see it in the following picture.