Cannot Wait...

Cannot wait to spend summer weekends with the best thing ever -- baseball. While in downtown MPLS this past weekend, I walked by Target Field and it made me really excited for the season to start.

Creative Jammin'

 

Back in college, Marlon and I used to get together and do what we called Creative Jams. A Creative Jam usually involved coffee at Dunn Brothers or burritos at Qdoba and some form of traditional art. It's nice to give the brain a break from the computer once and awhile and focus on other forms of creativeness. 

So on Sunday I spent 4 hours at Dunn Brothers working on an outline for a class I'm teaching next week and brushing up on my drawing skills. I should make this a habit...

Reflecting: Good-Bye 2011, Hello 2012

Wow, another year is pretty much gone! What a year, what a year. On my 3 1/2 hour drive home for Christmas and the 3 1/2 hours back I had a lot of time to reflect on 2011. And just even the last two years since college graduation. 

 

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2011 brought: 

• New friends
• Grand adventures with new friends
• Grand adventures with old friends
• A pile of ideas and plans for the future
• Learning to make 3D models of itty-bitty computer parts like none-other
• A great new job!
• Indulging in the world of web design, WordPress, and social media
• A start to understanding CSS and HTML
• Lots of new crafts
• Learning to drive in the Cities by myself
• New recipes
• Paying bills...
• Mistakes and lessons learned
• A another year of finding out who I am

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This year I am not making a formal list of resolutions. Some people say that writing goals down is the best way to make sure you complete them. I'm starting to find that when I look back at that list (after forgetting about it 2 months in...) I am disappointed in those things I wasn't able to cross off. And that tends to be more of the focus than the things that were accomplished. Because many times those accomplishments weren't planned goals.  


For 2012:

• Greet every opportunity to grow and learn
• Keep on track and stay focused
• Enjoy time with friends and family
• Have more grand adventures
• Continue to learn and be curious about the world
• Keep finding who I am
• Enjoy whatever comes my way

So those are my list of resolutions. For the little things like getting healthy or save money or whatever, I am just going to keep these thoughts in mind:

• Challenge myself but start by taking baby steps
• Understand that results don't happen overnight- they take time, patience, and hardwork

Here's to another year ahead. Twenty Twelve- Bring it on!

Sew, Sew, Sew

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My Ma got me a sewing machine for Christmas and a late birthday present. I'm so (not a pun, I swear) excited! When I was little she taught me how to sew but it's been years and years since I've done it. Now I can finally create the projects I've been wanting to do for quite some time now.

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I'm going to attempt this pillow...right now. We will see how it goes!

Merry (Early) Christmas!

Upon baking and watching The Family Stone tonight, magically, I found some holiday spirit. I think. Haven't quite decided if I'm leaving tomorrow night to go home or on Saturday morning. So I will give you a little Christmas greeting tonight! (Just in case.)

 

Hope you are all getting ready to spend some time with family and friends, plenty of good food, and a little gift opening.

Safe  travels everybody!

Happy One Year!

Tomorrow marks the end of Inspire Me's first year!!! Holy cats! I can't believe it's been that long already!

Looking back on the year, so much has happened! The blog's name has changed. The look has changed probably a dozen times. It's moved from TRF to Hutch. And just recently had it's first giveaway! Inspire Me is finding it's voice and what it's all about- inspiring its readers in any way possible.

I would like to thank all of you fine readers! It's been great seeing the comments and number of views growing.

So here's to another year ahead of inspiring things!

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

 

 

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On Food Network Challenge tonight, it was Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Cakes. I love Charlie Brown and the Peanuts characters. I have ever since I was little. And Linus is my absolute favorite.

 

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I wish the theme park in the Mall of America was still Camp Snoopy...

P.S. Like the new design? In the process I accidentally deleted my Blogs & Links page. I still need to sit down and set them all up again. So my apologies for that page  not working properly.