My Chaotic Realm

...and I am done with my 2016 scrapbook!! All done... like put out in the bookcase in the Family Room DONE!! I am so excited... went back & put the captions and notes on the rest of pages. If you recall, those pages were completed last Friday at some ungodly hour during our twice monthly art group. I had a couple of other goals for January: make a book, 3 workouts/wk, weekly chore list, ATC Challenge, Mission Inspiration journal challenge, birthday card group and Blog. The Results are in.... I DID NOT make a book. I DID work out at least 3 times a week (some even saw 5!!). I DID the weekly chore... except that killed our vacuum cleaner. LMAO. I DID complete January's ATC Challenge. I DID complete January's Mission Inspiration Challenge. I DID make birthday cards for those that were due. I DID blog but only 3 times (goal was 4 so only completed 75%). What else did January include? Art time, both with friends and alone. Lost 3# & 6 inches. Worked 4 days a week...

Today was my day off.. and I took it!! No phone, no work calling, no household stuff (well, not much)... just me & my fur babies and some paper! And ink, modeling paste, glue, scissors, pearlX powders, ink, etc... Yeah, I did the basics such as: made chiropractic appointment, paid bills, balanced checkbook, 30 minutes of cardio, meal prep for today & tomorrow (at work), dishes, pet care... blah blah blah. Emails all caught up and cleared out. Art space tidied up from the last few weeks of working 5 days. But then I played in my art room... ALL the REST of the DAY. Radio on & fingers inky. A couple of swaps done & ready to mail. 18 ATCs for personal trades created & posted. Planner played in, prepped for February, next week laid out & posted to the group I admin. First scrapbook page for January completed and put into album. Random acts of kindness made and posted to the box for delivery. Whoop whoop... now to bed... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

This is my dilemna this morning... we've got someone coming to help do some of our bigger & heavier home repairs/renovations. And a co-worker has a health issue with a parental unit..... do I cancel the help so I can go to work or do I let work be short-handed and follow through with the hired person? My solution is to split the difference... hand off home repair to Her @ noon so I can drive to work and assist until goodness knows when. And move all the other, littler, things on my "to do" list to Friday and hope for the best. And so today's blog post has come to it's end.. there is much to do in less than 3 hours... argh!

So I did not post AT ALL here for November & December. Life gets away from me during the time of year commonly known as "The Holiday Season". Therefore some stuff just has to fall by the wayside. Things like blogging, Facebook, art therapy, getting lost in Pinterest or any of the other extraneous stuff. What DO I do during those 2 months? I cover for people I work with so they can go out of town for the holidays and see their loved ones. I cover for sick coworkers and for those who suffered the unimaginable loss of a loved one during this time of family and friends. I make my gifts for family, friends & patients. I make cards and mail them to the 150 addresses on my list (next year that list will be trimmed down to less than half that #!). I push through to finish all my projects that I have not completed so I can start fresh ones in the new year. So... that brings me to the NEW YEAR and my NEW GOALS... hence the title of today's blog post. Keeping in mind th...

I just noticed that I have not posted on here in like a coon's age.. so sorry!! been busy teaching at Michael's, working at DaVita and living the beach life. callie died in August, almost a year to the day of Mr. Buoy's passing. Sad. We are looking at end of life care for Cappi as she is way into the geriatric doggie stage now. Did make it back to Texas in July & then again early October to see the kids, my dad & some BHS friends. Also did some touristy type things like Horseback riding, walking the river, etc. Bud did not get to go because I took the BF instead. he can go in March. :-) Oh..get this.. DAD QUIT SMOKING!!!!! Wait.. THAT should be the headline.. lemme go change that up top.... ... ... Ok... Title of blog post has been changed. That is like an awesome thing, y'all...So, working on teaching some classes outside of Michael's since they have changed how they pay me. They are now deducting a "Room Fee" from my "Classroom Bo...

So, made the trip back home...we left way before daybreak last week. We hit Jennings park for a quick dip & roll...saw the baby gator (Bud didn't even bark...). Then back in the car & over the Baton Rouge bridge. Ever upward and onward until we finally see it...the Texas State line!! That meant we were halfway there! Made it to 5 Mile Dam and took a trip down memory lane...that was where Bud learned to swim with his Daddy as a mere pup. Speaking of his Dad, we made it to the kid's place in time for dinner and an early bed. Saturday saw us head out at the crack of dawn to Bandera. Along the way I was going to stop for breakfast at the biggest (and newest) Buc-ee's in New Braunfels. That's when I saw it... BRAND NEW HEB+ ...right across from the Beaver!! Ah, my loyalties were torn :-( But HEB+ won. The grand opening was the day before but there were still LOTS of specials. Loaded up the car & ice chest as much as possible (the overflow got to ride with B...

Or, in my case...Dad, who is a wizard in the kitchen, so that counts. Have loaded up the car with shrimp, San Marzano tomatoes (look them up if you want to know why), Old school shredded wheat biscuits, cat food & cat litter...the basics. On the way back I hope to bring lots of Dad's tasty experiments in culinary design as well as some HEB & Spec's items for the household. :-) Some pics from my birthday camping escapade? Why, sure!!