Happy New Year!

New Year's ozoni by mom. Clear broth, mizuna, fishcake, shiitake mushrooms, and mochi.  Delicious!

Yep, I've finally got(gotten) around to posting. 

Part laziness...mostly though for lack of blog fodder.  I haven't done much knitting or jewelry making.  A bit of shopping at the Whole Bead Show.  I found some neat skull-shaped beads and a beautiful strand of sea jasper.  I will post photos next time. 

I have been thinking about how my unfinished knit projects are making me feel very, very guilty.  I want to alleviate myself of this discomfort.  Afterall, feeling guilty is no fun!  Do I just toss the whole lot into a box and give it away?  A few I would like to get rid of period.  A couple I definitely want to finish. But at my own pace, one without guilt chasing me down. 

I've been doing a bit of soul-searching.  I've become quite disorganized in the last year or so.  The phrases "Where's my knitting?" or "I should be cleaning and organizing" seem to have followed me into the new year.  My personal space has become a jumbled mess of paper, art/craft supplies, and plain old junk.  And when unable to find comfort in my space, I feel like I'm floundering.   

All of this clutter has been creeping in and zapping my energy.  I've found this book.  It's all about organization and how we use organizing to create an environment so that we can live and enjoy life the way we want to.  A messy life is most certainly an immense burden, at least for myself.  I know it will take some time, but I'm determined to clear out the mess. 

I'm hoping that everyone had a very happy holidays.  Mine was hectic, but fun.  I ate a ton of food and had to move up to the next size in jeans...my fat pants are now my skinny pants. Hahaha...looks like I'll be adding exercise to my list of things to do for 2006.

I'll finish with some holiday photos.

And a cute niece photo...

Comments

[stace]

Hi Kathi!
I've been going through kinda sorta the same type of feelings. Since the new year started I've put all our family pics in albums (no scrapbooking - just albums), cleaned the girls bookshelf, dressers and today the playroom (making room for a piano) My "junk" as my family calls my art stuff and treasures are still waiting to be tackled. I had fun at the Whole Bead Show too but had to cut it short to pick up the young'uns. Lucky for me or I would spent too much!

[karen]

I feel the same way about organizing. I almost bought a book on organizing but was afraid it'd end up as part of the mess. You don't know How. Much. I missed ozoni. It was my first New Year's without it.

[Becky]

It's great to see a blog entry from you! :-)