Hold Me To It

Yesterday as my roommate was heading out the door to work I asked her absently, "What day is it?" I was still in my pj's as she was shrugging on her coat and searching for her umbrella. I could feel her rolling her eyes.

"Thursday," she said in her "have a good day" voice. I haven't been teaching. I've been enjoying the quiet. And now today is Friday and I am looking at how full my calendar is for 2013 and I have one more week before the semester begins. On January 1st, I had big plans for January. I was going to get that book proposal written before the semester started. 

This week I filled up my days with all sorts of little creative projects. The book proposal is in my head somewhere but no where near my laptop. I have one more week to get that baby done. Hold me to it. 

This week I decided the big robins egg blue wall in my living room needs some new art. I found some fun postcards. Then I found cheap little frames and painted them white:

Then, I had 2 blank canvases in the back of my closet and a big stack of pretty papers and lots of paint:

They each need a great quote to go over them... if you have any ideas, let me know... Why is it that when I should be writing, I am a much better painter/decorator?

Word of the Year

Last year, my word was of the year was: Enjoy. It was a great year. Full of travel and accomplishing big things. It was also filled with uncertainty and risk and blind flying leaps that left me breathless. I'm thankful for every minute of it. But what should my word for 2013 be?

Really it should be theme of the year... There is no single word... I can only get it down to a phrase.

In 2013, I will be saying: Yes to the Good Things!

Yes to trying new things. Yes to speaking (writing) the truth. Yes to finding new ways to love people and bring people together. Yes to taking the time to celebrate all the good and beauty that is happening.

I hope that you'll join me!

I found It

My word for the year. It's taken some time but I think I've come up with the word that I want to sum up all that us going on right now and in the coming months.

Drum roll please:

Now that I have my word, I am itching to make some art with it... any ideas? Send them my way... And I will let you know what I come up with.

Enjoy your day!