For some reason, I’m not ok with New Year resolutions. Resolutions seem doomed for failure, don’t they?  Only 46% of resolutions made, make it past 6 months. Kind of sad, huh? Instead of making resolutions, I make goals at the beginning of each year. Most of the time, I don’t even bother making goals at the first of the year, but this year is a bit different.

I made 3 main goals for myself this year, that I’d like to share (all of which were made before Christmas, so Christmas 2012 is my deadline):

#1 loose 30 lbs by Christmas

Funny thing is, both the Bestie and I made the same goal, with out knowing it!

At less than a lb per week, I should be able to make this happen. My plan? Yoga every day, some form of cardio 3 days a week (still trying to figure out what will work for me, since running is a no go & I’m petrified of bicycles), drinking a healthy amount of water, eating more veggies than carbs and cutting back on my sugar intake. I’m not trying to be skinny, rather, I want to be healthy and get to the point where daily exercise is a habit.  Don’t get me started on people who think skinny feels better than “fat”. Healthy feels better than unhealthy, no matter what weight you are!!

#2 Only use fabric from my stash

Like most seamstresses, I have a huge stash of fabric, just waiting to be used. Right after Christmas, I went through my highboy dresser and organized all of my fabric. My poor dresser was overflowing into piles around my sewing room, crying to be put away. As I worked my way through it all, I’d start to remember what project each fabric was for. Most of it had been sitting around for 4 years! “Self,” I said, “no more buying fabric until you use all this up!” While I can by notions, like interfacing, buttons, zippers, etc. all fabric I use this year has to come out of my stash.

#3 Make all of Emmaline’s clothes

Along with #2, I can only make Emmaline’s clothes, not buy them. My hubby had my serger fixed for me for Christmas, so there’s no excuses. Underwear and socks will be purchased, but the rest has to be homemade. As she only wears dresses, I think I can do it.

Let’s hope I can stick to my guns!!  I’m off to a good start, since I already made one dress for Emmaline using 2 yds of fabric I bought a year ago.  I’ll post about it a day or so, once I can get her to stand still for a few photos.

One of my favorite quotes these days is by the amazing C.S. Lewis. It’s been rattling around in my brain for a few weeks and I just had to design something with it (the images I found of it on the webs were just disappointing). So, here’s my artistic typographic interpretation 🙂

Certainly puts things into perspective, doesn’t it?

Impulsive Addict, Janette, Mamarazzi and Seriously Shawn

This week’s questions are from Impulsive Addict

1). If the blogging world had a talent show, what would your act be?

2). What’s the most likely reason you might become famous?

3). What question are you repeatedly asked that you are tired of hearing?

5.) Finish this sentence.  I can’t believe I used to ________.

1) My act would be a duet with my hubby. We both love to sing, but he is the far more talented of us. I swear the boy has relative pitch, so when we sing together, I hold the pitch without going flat. He also plays guitar, so we could totally pull together a cute rendition of a Jack Johnson song.

2) The most likely reason I might become famous is through graphic design. If only I’d put the effort into designing 24/7 and getting lots of clients, but at the moment, I’d rather focus on Bean 🙂

3) “When are you going to have another baby?” UGH I am so sick of that question. I feel like I need to walk around with a stamp across my forehead that says “Infertile” or “We’re trying. Leave off.”

4) The last thing I broke…. hmmm…. I break things so often, I can’t keep track. I think it was a glass.  Or maybe a hairbrush….

5) I can’t believe I used to wear blue eyeshadow up to my eyebrows. I don’t know if it’s obvious from this photo, but it’s really all the way up to my eyebrows.  This was taken at my 16th birthday party, which was 70s themed, but don’t let the idea of a party lead you to think it was just a one time thing. I often wore my eyeshadow like that. And I always wore ridiculous 70s/80s non matching outfits. *sigh* It took me a while to comfortable in my own skin 🙂

Impulsive Addict, Janette, Mamarazzi and Seriously Shawn