hello again

feeling it.

do you ever have one of those days where you just feel it. you know, the i want to get stuff accomplished. i am feeling inspired to create. to get organized. to get it all done. well, this morning i woke up, went for a walk with my 2 dogs & it really just put me in a go & get it done mood. so today that is what i am going to do. a few days ago i was looking through all my old sketch books from college & i can across this (click on image to make it bigger to read it):
it is from an instructor i had. actually the best instructor i had in college. he taught me so much. i thought this was a good reminder at how to use my time fully. so classic, yet so true at the same time. i want to post it up in my studio.

so...
i have the music on loud & i am listening to today:
dave matthews band (live show from 8.29.00)
david gray (flesh)

when i was in college i used to love to listen to dmb (dave matthews band) super loud, to drowned out all the other noise out there. that is what i want to do today.

my plan:
clean up studio.
work on jewelry stuff. working on the etsy shop thing.
create some sort of art. i have been craving this for a while, have lots of ideas running through my head, but havent taken the time to get them down on paper.
listen to music LOUD.

then tonight:
david & i are going to get some dinner & then register at babies R us.
oh, & my crochet blanket, it is almost almost done. i really want to finish it today.

i also plan on posting again later today of what i create. so stay tuned.

wednesday changes.

i have been doing a bit of thinking & jotting down & looking through old sketch books of mine from college. & i think i am going to start working on jewelry a bit more. i think i am going to get an etsy shop going for jewelry stuff & maybe other stuff in the future too. i have been missing making jewelry lately. its really where i feel my roots are & i need to get a little of that back. so in the next week or so, look for my etsy shop to come up. also, going to make a few updates & changes to the blog, i think it needs a little refreshing, a little sprucing up, so look for that too.

on schedule for today:

meeting this morning.
grocery store. (we are out of everything, or so it seems)
help my sister with an activity this afternoon.
tighty up house for people coming over for dinner.
make dinner, having people over.
clean out garage.
watch my sisters little girls.
oh, & crochet if i can fit it in.

i think that should keep me busy for a while.

i WILL be back.

basic monday.

i love basic mondays. the ones where you feel like you are starting out the week the right way. getting all organized. getting things done around the house. thats my type of monday.

today, so far, i have run into a slight problem, that i think i have solved. last night i decided to buy the 3rd season of LOST on itunes. so i start downloading it & didnt finish before i went to bed, so i just left my computer going, well this morning it says that i cant download the last 3 episodes because there is not enough room on my computer, yikes!! so i do a bit of investigating & it is true. i have used up all the space on my computer, opps. i guess over 10000 photos & quite a lot of music will do that. so, i finally took the plunge & broke out my external hard drive & put more of my photos & music on it, so that i can delete some off of my computer. this always scares me. i dont like deleting stuff. but it had to be done. so after a lot of going through & figuring out what i needed & what could be stored i now have a lot more space available on my computer & things are back to good. i even got the last 3 episodes downloaded. while going through photos i came upon this photo from a few years ago. i have been trying to find old photos of me, when i liked my hair, cause i have been thinking about cutting it again. i think i like this one...maybe...just thinking.

other than that, today i have also done:
all the laundry.
vacuumed the floors.
gone to lunch with my friend tena.

& now:
i am going to my sisters to help hang curtains.
sit on the couch & crochet.
fix dinner.
relax.

hmmm, do i like this hair cut or not??
still thinking...

back from the fresh air.

just got home a bit ago from camping up in north eastern arizona. what a great time we had. here i am on my dirt bike. but dont worry, alls i did was putt around the camp site for fun. nothing extreme for me, especially being prego & all. but i thought it was funny, my pants (that were, last time i wore them, back in january) didnt really fit. i couldnt even get the zipper up a little bit, good thing they have a belt with them. made me feel quite large. anyway, we couldnt have asked for better weather or fresher air or better company. it was a great time. i am glad that we got to get away for a few days. it is always nice to come home too. especially when you are camping. taking a shower & just being inside is so nice. it really makes me think about how many things i take for granted on a daily basis. i need to really try to remember the little convinces of life.

ok, so tonight my plan...
um, cruz the internet (since i havent been on in a few days)
watch lost on dvd
& crochet (my blanket is getting closer to being done)

until tomorrow. have a great evening.

friday/ camping.

gone camping. ok, well almost. leaving in just a few hours to go camping up in north eastern arizona. suppose to be beautiful weather with lots of pine trees. not the norm you hear about in arizona, but when you go north, it actually does get cold, even during the summer. looking forward to getting out of the heat & into the outdoors. david has been looking forward to this camping trip since last year when he went with the same group of families. i didnt get to go last year, cause of work stuff, so i can't wait to see what its all about. i am planning on taking:
my camera
camcorder
wreak this journal (just got it from amazon yesterday, thought it would be perfect to take camping)
& crocheting.

oh yeah, & we will be dirt biking. i dont know how much dirt biking i will get in, because of being prego, but putting around, maybe...

i am 30 weeks today. wow, cant believe it!! its so crazy to think that in 10 weeks/ give or take that i will be an official mother. man, that really is crazy for me to think about it.
so excited!

ok, so no post tomorrow, no internet out in the middle of no where, but i will be back on sunday.

have a great weekend everyone.

thursday.

so yesterday went really well. i did everything i said i was going to do. yeah me! i even have a photo of the blanket i am crocheting:
its growing. i am really liking how it is turning out. & what amazes me is that 2 weeks ago i didnt even know how to crochet. i have been knitting for a few years, but only simple stuff, like scarfs & blankets. well with the baby on the way i really wanted to learn how to do this ripple pattern. so, i decided to take it upon myself to learn. I am loving it. so glad that i decided to learn. i want to take a full class to learn more stitches & how to read lots of patterns. but so far, so good. so on to TODAY.

leaving for a meeting with my web guy. (making some changes to the website, i will let you know when it's all done)
i need to figure out how to use our new camcorder, before we leave town tomorrow to go camping.
pay a few bills that i have been neglecting.
plan out all the food for camping.
dinner at kristen's with david.
oh yeah & more of working on my blanket.

ok, im off. but i WILL be back.

today.

i keep getting all these idea's to blog about, but then never actually do them. i am blaming being pregnant on it all. but then i look at this blog & it makes me feel like, well she is pregnant & has no problem accomplishing more than most humans do in one day. ok, so maybe its just different for everyone. lately, all i have wanted to do is knit, crochet or go out for lunch. i dont know what my deal is. maybe its the whole nesting thing. i am on a total kick to make baby blankets. i need to take photos of them in progress, so that i have proof that i actually made them with my own two hands. so here's the deal, on the blog i find so inspiring that i check at least 3 times a day, i have decided that its time to take action. to actually do something besides what i have been doing (being lazy or something...). so to help me out i am going to make a list of what i want to get accomplished in a day, then come back & see if it really happened. to compare & contrast. then it will be proof to everyone what really happens daily. its a test for me to see if it actually will work. hmmmm...interesting for sure.

ok.
so.
today.

grocery store for dinner tonight (having david's mom & step-dad over for dinner).
clean up studio.
big surf with my sisters & my nieces & nephews.
make dinner.
corchet more of my blanket/take photo of it in progress.

i WILL be back.