this is my favorite corner of the nest....

....but i'm working on delightfully blue striped curtains

it's official!

i have too much stuff!!! we moved at halloween time and here it is into the new year and i'm just now tackling the bulk of the stuff. the stuff that isn't a necessity, but stuff that i don't exactly want to get rid of. what to do with it all.
as of now, i have taken to storing crafting supplies in the kitchen cabinets. we use about 60% of our kitchen cabinets for kitchen stuff, so there is a 40% unused jackpot of cabinets. i just tell myself that carrie stored sweaters in her stove, so it's ok if i hide away poly-fil and felt and such.

and we need furniture.
1.bookshelf
2. dining table +chairs
3. all the other things i really don't need but dream about.<---this is how i end up with so much stuff!!

jump in.

i've been researching, and i think i'm gonna bite the bullet and invest in some designer fabric, amy butler, heather bailey, anna marie horner, or a combo of the three. they are all great artists. yep. quilt dreams.

as well...
i have cast on stitches to my year long knit-a-thon. if i'm going to knit at random, it should have a purpose. blankets are good excuse.

i need to....


jump on into bed.
nighty night.

thinking....

i have been thinking about things to get done in 2009...
i need to make a quilt. i'll shoot for just one, but maybe i will make it plural.
school. i need to go back.
nesting. i want a well nested home. defining nested is the hard part.
i need to sell on etsy, even if only sell one thing. it was a goal last year that didn't make it.
bills. my bills are daunting & paying them off is a neccessity. it wont all happen this year, but i need to make a dent.
travel. adventure. i need to get out. i think more and more of getting out of this place. part of it is the people i am around at work. it hurts my soul. i do not need to conform. i need to be set in my ways. i need to stand up for what i feel is right in a respectable manner. there are plenty of things around me that happen that i don't believe in and it makes me seclude myself. i need to surround myself with people who fill me up and forget the rest, but also make plenty of time for myself and my soul. somehow it all comes back to getting out and experiencing. life beyond conservative bible-belt hood. need to grow but be me..................
i need to craft up a storm. to try and learn. to expand my skills. i need to jump in.
whole world could change in a minute.
and with all this adventuring and bill paying i need to save. i have set up automatic transfers so it will be easier. a little a first to see how it goes.
i need to grow in my relationship, to better it. i need to put more effort in, and not be as judgemental, more patient.
and maybe i'll grow out my hair. maybe.

so everyone else is doing it.....

it is the new year and i am hesitant to decide on my goals. aside from the fact, that most people set large outlandish goals that never happen, i think small goals are fun, and i wouldn't be blogging without it.
there are some things i want to do, but alot of the future is open. i'm not really sure what direction it will take, nor have i devoted a lot of time to thinking it through, to really decide what i want and what i believe. i have been on the fence about some things as of late, and my habits could really go either way. idk....
i have put the new year post off because i havent really known what to say about the new year and how i will embrace it. i think the key word is QUALITY. i want better quality everything. relationships. food. art. photography. time. quality time with quality people doing quality things.
my best friend and i spend the day hiking in the state park on new years day. i more quality time of that nature.
anywho....

i will come back with a more definitive list of goals when i can think clearer.