Strange...

Given that I have very limited willpower, it's probably for the best that I've not been tempted by any of the CHA offerings this time around.


And it looks like I'm not the only one either; friends at crops and forum postings all confirm my sense that crafters are tightening their belts and using all the stash they've hoarded rather than clammering for the latest paper ranges and must have gadgets.

It's all quite grown up really. V. strange...

2011 will be my second experience of Ali Edwards "One Word" project. Last year I chose "Content" because I liked the play on the word: content as in be happy with what I have and where I am but also content - the things I fill my life with. It worked really well for me and definitely gave me food for thought. I was able to motivate myself through my word and gain some respite from the chaos that life often seemed to be.


I've been mulling over what to have as my word for 2011 and have decided to go with "Simplify". I think I need to break the life long habit of wanting to make sure every item is covered "just in case". I have no doubt that I have wasted days, if not weeks, of my life planning complicated contingency plans which were never required. I think I need to focus more on keeping it simple.

I've given in...

OK, I hold my hands up - I was a blog non-believer. I didn't think I've ever want or need a blog until I took up scrapbooking as a hobby where a blog seems almost a requirement!

So I'll now be posting my musings and other general ramblings in this bright, new, shiny space.

I think it will be a weekly update... at most.