Follow Through Can Be Creative!

This year my focus is to follow through with my goals. I have started walking outside or on the treadmill at least 3 times in a week. I have started making a piece of art for the family room. I am mostly excited about the art project. The exercising is a major chore but, I know I need to have follow through here! I love being creative. It is like therapy to me. I am a happier person if I can make or create something that I connect with. I have chosen to replicate antique game boards. This is trial and error as to the sizing and colors. I am finding out that I made the design or game part on the first game board a bit bigger than I really wanted. The other focus I feel that is important for me, is to work with it and not abandon the project because it didn't turn out exactly how I envisioned. I am still very pleased with the look and will continue to make other game boards.

Resolutions

I actually love the beginning of a new year. It really does present itself with opportunities for renewal. Often the same resolutions are made like eating better, cleaning something out, exercizing more,etc. I don't feel it's stale to make the same resolutions. We are creatures of habit anyway. Our repetetive New Year's resolutions show's us what we know we need to work on continually. Maybe the newness part can be how we tackle these resolutions. My list for 2010 include eating better foods, cooking more, organizing my bedroom closet to make a craft area, creating another piece of art for our house (I've vowed to mostly place things that I've created on the walls of our home), exercizing at least 3 times a week, having my grandkids over individually more often, reducing our debt, taking a class (undecided what type) and of course writing on the blog more often. I'm sure other ideas will come my way. My list would be much longer if I didn't work also. Actually, the list looks like life in general. The New Year brings me new hope that I will be successful in some things and better in others. Happy 2010!

Denton's Poem

Denton recited this poem to me the other day. I loved the way he told it to me and wanted to capture it to remember. It was so cute!!

Peppermint Stick

I took a lick of my peppermint stick
and thought it was yummy.
It used to be on my Christmas tree
but I like it better in my tummy.