Oh yeah, you caught that? I work with someone? That's right folks, I got me a bona fide, irl, job. It's at a quilt pattern warehouse and I'm the event manager. However, due to a series of unfortunate events, I am mostly processing orders while the company works out some staffing stuff. This whole working girl gig is definitely making my life more interesting.
Have no fear! I'm still doing my Amazon design gig, but I don't want to do it full-time. That job is me, by myself, sitting a lot. I can only handle so much of that, even if I do love being creative. I've also been helping with our house renovations... but we are coming dangerously close to being done with the inside so my schedule is freeing up a bit on that front. Finally, drum roll please, my teens drive now!! That fact opened up a whole lot of free time, and they don't even do anything. How do parents with busy kids manage?! (J/K. For the record, they do have lives, activities and jobs, they also just have a lot of free time)
I turn 40 this year...in just a few days!
This feels pretty big and I'm fairly excited about it. I am definitely the type of person who gets better with age, cheese and wine got nothing on me, so look out world!! I don't like to celebrate my birthday (because I'm a closeted neurotic control freak, who is not so closeted because I post things like this on the internet.) But I'm looking forward to lots of birthday wishes and lots of presents. I love both of those things. :) This year is weird. I don't really have a special meal or dessert I want, e en though it's a monumental birthday year. I think I've been too spoiled by my current community of people who like the same things that I do, it's ruining birthdays forever. Somehow I'm managing, but it's a struggle. Birthdays were always my day to do the things I didn't get to do and eat what I wanted to eat and no one could complain about it. Forced birthday fun. I guess I must have everyone trained, because I feel like that's just my normal life now.
Finally, let's get to why I really felt like posting, New Years resolutions. I wish I was more resolute, I find myself firmly in the aspiring camp of thought. I aspire to be resolute in my vague ideas of things that would make my world better. I have had some really big thoughts and feelings about this all recently.
I'd like to do more for others, and also to put myself first more.
I'd like to learn new crafts, and to finish any of the many crafts I've started.
I'd like to write more and share less.
I'd like to continue getting healthier and to perfect handheld pies.
I'd like to be more organized and less controlling.
I'd like to be more positive and also more honest.
I'd like to adventure more and have more time to do nothing.
Good thing I don't have lofty goals. I like to keep it very realistic and practical.
Random musings for a new year:
I'm ridiculously excited about doing a thread journal where I stitch an icon every day for the entire year. History tells me this will probably not been seen through to completion, but for now I'm riding a creativity high that can't be contained.
I predict that my cardigan and scarf collections are going to see incredible growth this year. Its also a source of great personal glee for me.
My oldest children will become adults this year. I know this is monumental and I'm still wrapping my head around the enormity of it all. They are some of my favorite human beings of all time and I helped make them. That's pretty cool.
I'll leave you all with this. My sink is full of dirty dishes. My Christmas decorations are still up. There is definitely a load of laundry that needs to be folded and another getting musty in the washing machine. The dogs need groomed. I need to sit down and pay some bills. I'm going to go play sudoku on my iPad right now and drink a soda while I listen to my husband and sons play a board game that I do not enjoy. I love every bit of my life at this exact moment.
