Tis the season to slump...

What is it about right now that makes it hard to blog? I've read a couple of other blogs where people are having trouble blogging and I can totally relate right now. I am usually such a motor mouth. But now I just stare at my last post wistfully, wishing for inspiration to strike.

For starters I have been in a foul mood over something personal and I have zero patience. I am short with the girls and that makes me even grumpier, due to guilt.

Secondly, the next two weeks are full of stuff and I don't have the energy to create even though there are some fabulous color challenges out there right now.

Here's a list of stuff I need to do...

(a) finish my pay it forwards. I know technically I have a year to do it, but I know no one wants to wait that long. And let's be honest, things aren't going to get less busy. I have one almost completed, but I want to tweak it a little. I am actually excited about the projects and I hope people like them when they get them.

(b) I really need to get the house organized. D and I cleared out the attic and some of the garage and I swear you would not even know there was anything missing. So much shit in this house. Which is part of the reason I am not having much energy to create. My scraproom/guest room is disastrous. Don't believe me? Here's a list of the things in that room. Spare bed, couch, two bookcases, large 6 foot folding table (where I scrap), bassinet, long coffee table, dresser, footstool. And that's just the furniture. Of course I also have totes that go to workshops and boxes of supplies for CTMH. And a large box of paper trash that has yet to taken out. Oh and lest I forget to mention, the room is only like 10x11.

(c) I need to pack for our trip. We're going to stay with my parents Thursday for Easter. Then we are staying down for the week as next weekend is my grandparents combined birthday party. And we are coming home probably the day after that. So I need to pack for like a week and a half 'vacation'.

(d) The week we come back I am having another two night workshop. Which means I need to finish and finalize projects before I leave. This month I am doing a 'for a good cause' theme. Our layouts will be titled 'I'm a survivor.' And I want to feature pictures of the women in my family who have survived breast cancer. To go green, (even though I'm not the world's biggest environmentalist) I'm taking tons of scrap paper and letting the girls make three of their own cards using Originals patterns that will be donated to the local Hospice. They sell them as fundraisers. And finally the fee will be $10 with $5 covering supplies and $5 being donated to Operation Smile. I am really excited about this project and I am hoping the girls get excited about it also.

(e) Schedule a hair cut. Seriously ugly.

(f) Re-schedule an ob/gyn appointment that I had to cancel.

(g) Don't forget that I really want to participate in Market Days in May. Meaning...get my buttocks busy making stuff to sell!

Hmmm. Seeing it all listed makes me feel both overwhelmed and more at peace. One at a time...one at a time...one at a time...

New Years Resolutions

As I've mentioned before I don't do the resolution thing. But this year I am making an exception. I have a full plate this year and, being a listmaker, I thought why not make a list of New Year's Resolutions and see how it works.

• Exercise. I am happy (mostly) with my weight. But I really want to get in better shape. For my health and happiness. I need to start some sort of cardio. I have a treadmill and I love it. Now that Little m is a little older, I think I could use it during the day while she plays.
• Organization. My house has too much stuff. Way too much. I am purging it all. Okay not all, but a LOT!
• Eating healthy food. I have family history of diabetes and high cholesterol and I need to start eating the right stuff. More veggies of the green variety.

Weellll. That about covers it.

Happy New Year!!!!