just hand me the coffee and noro and no one gets hurt...
…just a down-right slacker.
There wasn’t even a “once more, with feeling” in my irresolute resolutions.
In my defense, I was very busy with trying to crank out the flaming red february lady sweater, but the New Cat diplomacy and tight itchy scab on my hand have been preoccupying me, so my heart really wasn’t into typing or writing.
And, as always, I promise to try harder.
Some things I would like to aim towards for 2009, in no particular order:
Post at least twice a week.
I have plenty of things on my mind, from my knitting projects, to living in a virtually undiscovered town to planning a small, casual, fun wedding (most wedding blogs are all about crazy over the top weddings). I have more than enough stuff going on in my life to write down some of it, donchathink?
Exercise more.
When the days are longer, I love nothing better than taking a long walk and enjoying the nice air. I try not uh, challenge my seasonal urges, but I do need to move more, even in the dead of winter, so dragging out the pilates reformer or getting on the Wii Fit a bit more often will be a goal, not to discount any help that just lazily engaging my core have done for giving me back my waist.
Cook more.
I am obsessed with Mark Bittman and braising meat, but you don’t always have 5 hours to cook or a crock pot (yet) so you have to work with what you have and I would like to save some money by cooking to use toward other things this year. Along these lines is eating less in general and making sure that what Kenny and I do eat is of a good quality, ethical and nutritious.
Go back to school.
Out of all of my goals, this is the hardest one to see coming about this year with planning and saving for a wedding, but its never far from my mind. It is not like I ever stopped learning, its just that I was cranky about school.
This is a test
Lately, any decision seems like a big deal. I think there is so much going on in the world, that when I try to think about *really* earth-shattering and important issues like what type of window treatments to use in the kitchen, if I should pioneer putting yarn in SpaceBags (for better or worse) or whether or not to get some type of Christmas tree, I don’t get too far in actually coming to some sort of conclusion.
Until last night, I had been agonizing as much as one who has nothing better to think about, could possibly agonize about what to put in the kitchen windows. Are reverse roman shades appropriate? How in the world will I be able to rig the hardware so that they work properly without taking out the vinyl blinds as well? Oh how the mindless chatter rambles on. In all truth, there are millions of things to think about right now, on a global and a personal scale. I’m supposed to be planning a wedding, writing Christmas cards, recycling more efficiently, driving less, helping my family and baking the brownies I cruely neglected in favor of saving the bananas before they completely turned. I am working on a scarf for Kenny’s sister that I hope to get done before the 25th, and hopefully another small project or two if I can squeeze it in. Before the whole credit crunch I was exploring ways to go back to school, when it seemed more hopeful that I would be able to get a loan/student aid/grants to help balance the cost of going to school while still working full time.
Anywhoo, like I had been saying earlier, I made a decision and I am going to go with this fabric for reverse roman shades (so far). Its funny that the sage green period is running its course and its begining to look like periwinkle time, but I guess we will have to wait and see!
pretty bird fabric
As usual, a little bit of change in my habit does me good. Since I last posted, I moved, to gorgeous Bayonne, and while its no Italian Village it certainly has its good points.
I am off wheat, yet again, continue to take horrible pictures and spend entirely too much time online.
One of the reasons I know that my time in Bayonne will be great even though I can’t eat all of the many “best” pizza slices, is that I get to spend time at the Bayonne County Park, which I think will be a much better place to exercise and “train” compared to Liberty State Park. I am surprised that there aren’t any good websites for Hudson County Parks or even pictures anywhere of them. If you google search hudson, county, park and Stephen Gregg Memorial, eventually you will get this page. Its sort of a bummer, because its very lacking in information. You would think that if you wanted your county seat to be considered a World Class City, the least you could do is make information available to people who currently live in the 21st century, but I digress.
Kenny and I moved in to this condo, which he expertly painted and seems to be coming together. At least it feels like home now, and I can sleep soundly with the curtains blocking out any stray light from the alley way and having the humidifier keeping me cool and breathing easily.
I agonize constantly over the kind of curtains I want to make for the kitchen and I can’t look around without thinking how I would re-sheetrock the entire apartment and put soundproof walls and floors in (especially near the hallway). I adore the fake radiant heating that comes from having the hot water pipes so close to the floor and I am happy to have a living room virtually the same square footage of my old apartment.
So what if the people cutting thru to get to the Turnpike en route to Manhattan drive like parentless heathens. Who cares if my waterfront view happens to have the Port of Elizabeth in the background. It still takes 20 minutes to get to Manhattan, which is probably quicker than if I lived in a congested, dirty outer borough and my car insurance is tons cheaper. Actually come to think of it, my rent is as reasonable as if i decided to live in some backwater in the middle of nowhere, rural NJ or a less safe neighborhood in the area.
It might not seem like it at first, because I am so good at complaining, constructively of course, but I am thankful to have found comfortable digs and that I am able to share space with Kenny and Hepzibah. I am lucky to have so many talented and amazing people in my life and I am blessed to never have been truly in need of anything other than outlets for my energy.
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