Stopping by

Christmas has rushed on through once again, this year bringing lots of snow and a horrible, wicked cold for me.

Today I spent some time cleaning out my email boxes, starting fresh. I have been saving all of the Reverb10 I have not done and well I deleted them. I have allowed myself to wave that white flag and not be a hot mess trying to catch up and finish. I did as much as I could and that is good enough. Maybe next year.

As for December Daily, its there and it wants to be finished and it will. Slowly but surely. I have had some wonderful December days that I want to capture and the perfect book that I created to put them in. I will get around to doing, I will.

Tomorrow I turn 31! Yikes, the year went by so fast. I am hoping for some bigger and better changes this 31st year of being me.

I will be back on January first with a clean slate.

Hope all is well with all you, hope the holidays are treating you good. If you got dumped on by snow, I hope you are keeping safe and warm.

I am off to work with my January kit from Scrapbooking from the inside out, my first month with them starts on January first so stop back for a reveal!!!! Go stop by their site and see what has been going on this past month for their December kit, some great tutorials and ideas!

Catch up time

So I will just chalk all of this non blogging up to the holidays. Hold on while I catch my breath...............ok time for some reverb10 blogging.

Prompt15: 5 minutes. Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010.

Making new friends, time spent with family, vacation with mom and Cathy, vacation with Will, turning thirty, my first trip to Atlantic city with Erin, concerts with Sara, wonderful snow storms(to me that is great) traveling to see friends, getting a car again:), summer days spent on Shelter Island and out east. And now I am running a blank.


Prompt16: Friendship. How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst?

Well one of my friends went through a very big change this past year. Her life was something I had always admired and looked up to. Things turned around over the course of a few years and this past year she has struggled to get it all back on track. She taught me that you can lose your way very quickly in this crazy world and that it is a very hard hill to climb back up to the top. I feel as if I learned this right along with her, gradually through her journey.


Prompt17: Lesson learned. What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward?

That I can be a little bit of a pushover and allow some people to walk all over me. As for next year I will start to work on not allowing this to be the case anymore. Standing up for myself, speaking up for myself.


Prompt18: Try. What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn't go for it?

I want to try and lose weight and become a healthy person. I wanted to do that last year but I let my evil side get the best of me. I have to learn how to cope with stress better, how to take care of myself better. I feel once I accomplish this, other things that I want to try will be easier and more fulfilling.


Prompt19: Healing. What healed you this year? Was it sudden, or a drip-by-drip evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2011?

This I am still working on.

Prompt20: Beyond avoidance. What should you have done this year
but didn't because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?)


I should have saved my money and moved out of the house I am in. Started to live my own life(with Will) in our own place. Goal for 2011 is to do it, make it happen.

Phewwwww, all caught up:)

Time for a layout

This is an image of my sister, my Aunt Pat and me. It was taken at my Aunt and Uncle's fiftieth wedding anniversary. She happens to be one of the best aunts out there. Her sense of humor is the great, she is the best thrifter I know, she has a quirky personality and has some of the funniest names for her cats. I look forward to the day when I live a little closer to her and I can join her for some thrifting and some dinner.

Reverb10 catch up

Prompt 12: Body integration. This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn't mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present?

Swimming in the bay this past summer. When you swim you use every part of your body really. Your arms, legs, lungs, eyes, you are quite aware of the water and your body's movements. You are quite aware that you are alive and on this planet.

Prompt 13: Action. When it comes to aspirations, its not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen. What's your next step?

Organize, concentrate, less Internet more time creating. I need to get my thoughts in order, put them on paper and organize them. Right now everything is just floating away up there in a giant ocean with nothing to hold on to. Things get lost and forgotten. I need to concentrate on ways to accomplish goals and make things happen, more time thinking less time dreaming. Less Internet as stated below, it drains my time, takes away from me creating, really making things happen.

Prompt 14: Appreciate. What's the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it?

My family. Plain and simple. I have spent a lot more time visiting my parents and will be spending a lot more time visiting in the year to come because I will finally have wheels. I have also come to appreciate my good friends a lot more as well, the ones who keep in touch with me, show their concern, express their faith in me, who are there in general.

Phewww.

Why must the holidays be so insane? I just need one day off so I can breath, get things in order and maybe nap! But it appears that the end is not in sight yet and things are just piling up. I will catch up on Reverb10 prompt 12 and 13 soon(probably tonight after I give them some thought) I also have been slacking on my December Daily, there you go I admitted it. I have however been recording what has been going on in a notebook and taking pictures. So even though its not all in the book, I do have it all ready to go when I get that moment. And now I must head off to the post office and ship out three big boxes. I just wanted to share a layout I did.

I have finally gotten around to doing a page about our first camping trip together. This is Will in our very retro tent. Everyone else had this massive mini city tents with air mattresses and we had our triangle, old school tent from the seventies and flannel sleeping bags. Haha. On the last night of our camping trip, there was a torrential down pour and our tent got flooded. We winded up bunking with our friends in their out door mansion. All in all it was a fantastic time and we need to do this more often, perhaps with a better tent next time:)

Reverb10 day 11

Prompt: 11 Things. What are 11 things your life doesn't need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?

This has been something on my mind a lot lately. In 2011 I need some big changes, this past year I have let things go by the wayside.

So 11 things, lets see.

1. My life does not need any extra weight! Geez louise. Shall I share a picture of old Patty.

And I will not even post a picture of the new Patty, oh no. So for 2011 I really do not need all that extra fat, sugar, calories. Non of it.

2. I do not need so much Internet, I am cutting back. I spend way to much time on the computer when I can be reading, listening to music, creating, spending time with my boyfriend. In 2011 I will not need that Internet app on my phone, oh no sir. I am getting rid of it, I am cutting the cord and I am going back to enjoying an hour a day or less of blog reading, blogging, Facebooking, twittering, all of those Internet time sucker uppers.

3. I am weeding out those people who just bring drama, who hardly talk to me, who just talk to me when they feel like they want to. Don't worry, its non of you, more like the people in my life out here. I just do not have the patience for playing along anymore.

4. I will not need as much caffeine. I am cutting back, ONE cup a day if at all. NO MORE STARBUCKS almost every day. Save the money, make your own. Maybe once a week if any of Starbucks. My money is going down the drain and my sleep is getting deprived.

5. Clutter, who needs it. I am making things simple. I am getting rid of a lot, it weighs me down, it makes me anxious. If its not getting used or worn, its gone! I feel the need to live a more simple life. It will help your health a whole bunch.

6. I will not need one single cigarette ever again, NOT even social. Why bother? Even just that one cigarette every few months is horrible for you. Do not fool yourself. ITS BAD! Bye bye social butts.

7. Alcohol. Alcohol makes you fat, it is so very bad for your health. We over do it on the weekends and at gatherings. NO MORE. I will limit myself to drinking only twice a month. And when I do drink, it will be in moderation. I have a beer belly, I will admit it. This is a very important thing to cut out.

8. Disorganization. Time for lists, goals, organization of financial things. No more being UN organized and stressed. I create to much anxiety for myself and its horrible. Its probably the reason I cannot fall asleep at night as well. I lay there thinking about things that need to get done.

9. Anything that is not water. No more soda, iced tea, lemonade, any sugary drinks. MORE WATER! I see it in my face, dry skin, over all health. I will limit myself to about 2 sugary drinks a month as a treat.

10. An empty wallet. Save more, spend less on useless things. No more buying lunches in the city. No more random magazines for the train. If its extra spending, then I do not need it.

11. Anymore new makeup, scrap supplies, art and craft supplies in general. Use what I have, be frugal. Treat myself to new stuff when the old stuff is gone. Be more aware what is being bought and for what purpose.

Phewwwwwww, that pretty much played out like a New Years resolution list, it really is though:) I killed two birds with one stone. Its like a relief though, and I hope that I can maintain and make a change.

Reverb10 day 9 and 10 and a layout

Day 9 Prompt: Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people

Oh man, they all seem a blur, lol. As for parties, our friend's had a Christmas in July party that was a lot of fun. There was trailer park of sorts present exchange, Christmas food, drinks, even a yule log on the ole tv. We had a blast but the next day I was a hurting. The people who threw it was a great group of people, lots of fun, very welcoming. As for gathering I will have to go with my trip to Ohio to see the girls(Mandi, Jen, Vanessa, Danielle) I also got to meet Vee and Stephanie. We had fun thrifting, shopping, crafting, skyping, talking, laughing, you get the idea. I look forward to these get togethers every year.

Day 10 Prompt: Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out?

Wisest decision I made this year was to let go. I was with my job for two years and I so desperately did not want to go, however the child I watched would be start school and would go 5 days a week 9-12. It would have left me with no hours and yada yada(yes I say yada, yada a lot) When my boss talked about what would happen when she started school, and she asked me what I wanted to do, I spoke up and told her that I would sadly have to move on. This was a smart decision because I did it at just the right time and was able to secure a job a few blocks away with a family I already knew. I guess its not a huge past year decision but for me it was big, it was a big change and it all turned out alright:)

Now since my blog posts are lacking visual creative things, I thought I would fit in a layout with this reverb post!

This is just a little ode to me and Willard. This picture is probably from 2007 or so(I used it on my very first blog post!). It was on our trip to the Oyster Bay planting fields. This happens to be his favorite picture of us, probably because I am looking all cute, j/k :) hehe.

Reverb10 Day 8

December 8 – Beautifully Different. Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different – you’ll find they’re what make you beautiful.

I would have to say my sense of humor, my ability to make people laugh. Sometimes I laugh when I am nervous, people can take that the wrong way but I always try to make light of heavy moments I suppose.

Today I also wanted to remember a great man that was taken from us on this day in 1980. Such a talented, genuine person was taken from us. I would have liked to see what he would be doing these days. You will live on through your music.