So Excited

This is motivation I've needed to reawaken my creativity.

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Winter Hibernation...

Michigan winters, cold, dark and long....

I have taught myself how to crochet hats, and mittens...this winter, and getting back into something I did years ago...quilting. I have returned back into *morning pages*, something I used to do faithfully also. Julie Camerons new book, the writing diet inspired me once again. Maybe in my writing, I can find my way back. I am hoping Thing A Day will be back again this Feb. I am trying to weed out, and condense, and organize. It seems to be a long process, as I hate to let anything go...but I have...

I need to stay focused. I have plastic tubs I put all my *interests* in, everything is there...when I need to do something different...but out of my line of vision, when I am working on something current. I tend to want to lose focus, I have so many interests. I think one of my resolutions from last year was to divide up my interests according to the seasons, crochet, quilting in the winter and painting in the summer, for example. I can't tell myself NOT to do something if I want to do it....so that didn't work....I also tend to spend more time on organizing and structuring my supplies and time, I run out of time to do what it is I want to do...I exhaust myself....

The Four Agreements....

I borrowed this from a friends FB page...though it was worth posting....

WORDS TO LIVE BY;

1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don't take anything personally.
3. Don't make assumptions.
4. Always do your best.
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements.

Has it really been this long....

I can't believe it has been four months since I have posted! Where does the time go. I guess it has been a busy/hot summer. Today, a crisp 54*. I haven't drawn or painted anything in a while. I am crocheting, or trying too. I still want to draw, and will get back to it. I need to carve out some time in the day to do it. I just joined a gym again, and hoping that it will wake up my sleepy metabolism, get some oxygen flowing in my blood and increase my creativity. I do feel better already....I believe its true that energy begets energy...

Rain, rain, rain.......

This is the second weekend in a row, (next weekend looks the same) RAIN..... Yes, its nice to lay back in bed and listen to the rain pitter patter on the roof above, enjoy my morning coffee...and know that, for now, the yard work must wait. We added a deck to our little house this past couple weeks, and it adds a sense of calm...sitting out on it and enjoying the view above the yard. Chickadees darting in and out of their house feeding their babies, robins bathing in the pond...gold fish swimming lazily by....trees filled with the songs of spring....

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Hole in the Wall Foundation...

Mitch Albom, from Detroit is raising 70,000 through his Hole in the wall foundation, to build a new orphanage in Haiti....follow link below, to read about what he seen and why he wants to do this.....

http://mitchalbom.com/news/node/6205/%22Espere%22_(to_hope):_The_Campaign_for_Haitis_Tomorrow_