back to life
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Happy New Year!
It’s back to life here in the Shackelford house.
Back to school, work, waking up at 6am (4:30 for Nathan), packing lunches, running 3 miles a day (and maybe it won’t be to run off those extra holiday calories…) regular blog reading, regular blog posting, and regular cleaning of my house! I hope to throw in some regular sewing too.
It seems that this time of year I feel the urge to sew clothing and I am hoping I can get quite a bit done. I think I need to focus on my girls and nothing for me…their body types are much more forgiving to fit. I hope to conquer using my zipper foot and to get really smart with my button holes. I am about to tackle Burda 9673- a cute tunic for Ellie.
It’s nice to start the year with a clean slate. After weeks of making Christmas gifts, I can just play around and go at my own pace. NICE. I do have a short “to do list”…want to see it?
- change my blog header and get rid of my “made for China” side bar
- make Simon a quilt for his birthday on 2/15
- finish my book club book “Eat, Pray, Love” (interesting book, but it just rubs me all wrong)
- create a fun Summer journal for my kids and maybe sell a limited amount
- try to figure out a way we can make our way back to California this summer for a vacation
By the way, if you live somewhere cold and Spring is in the distance- I suggest getting yourself a pot of hyacinths. Their fragrance makes me think that Spring is around the corner…although today it is 62 degrees which is unusually warm for the Chicago area. That’s okay, in a few days it will be 19 again and I will keep on sniffing my hyacinth.