A Newedist Christmas

Merry Christmas!!  We received a lovely package on Friday with gifts from Chris and Laura.  Laura has made us some fantastic hats and I continue to be blown away with her knit work. 

I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the colour of my hat matches my eyes perfectly.  I've never seen my eyes "pop" so much with an article of clothing.  Robert said it was my best looking hat and that it suited me well.  :)

Robert received a lovely black hat with black ribbed detail at the edge.  Being a little camera shy, Robert didn't want to have his picture taken so I took a detail shot and one of the back of his head.  Laura's work is impeccable.  You can find more of her incredible knit work at Newedist.



Photo courtesy of Robert




Photo courtesy of Robert



2010: New Challenges

I don't normally make new years resolutions. If at all ever attempted, it has usually resulted in instant failure. I would beat myself up for a bit for being incompetent with the change and would then go back to doing whatever it was I dubbed to be resolved.

Although I didn't make any official resolutions for 2009, I found I had accomplished a lot. I stopped biting my nails after 25 yrs; I lost 21 lbs of additional weight I had been lugging around; I changed my eating habits and made more home cooked meals and I got married to the love of my life. 2009 was an amazing year.

I figured since I had accomplished so much this year that I could challenge myself more in 2010. My husband, Robert and I plan to cut out all take out and restaurants (except our anniversary) and make all our meals at home with fresh local produce and organic meats only. We'll drastically reduce the amount of processed foods that enter the household.

Our plan is to be more involved with our hobbies. Many projects remain dormant throughout the apartment with layers of 2009 dust. My sewing machine has been calling my name as have my knitting needles. These past couple of weeks I've been lining up some projects to keep me busy like finish a scarf I've been working on for TWO YEARS. Scarves used to take me a week.

One of the knitting projects I'm planning is the Puff Daddy. This delightful little puffy chair/foot stool looks like a fairly simple challenge but it's one that will keep my busy for months. Not sure what colour I want to do, but I'm thinking maybe a charcoal (shows less cat hair).

I love photography, so I decided I'll also be participating in Project 365. Taking one photo everyday for a year will prove to be challenging, but my hope is to keep myself as busy as possible and to spend as little money and save, save, save! Taking photos everyday will also help to perfect my craft and thanks to my brother's awesome Christmas present to Robert and me (a photoflex umbrella) my subject lighting can be mastered!

2010 will be busy, it will be challenging and it will be frustrating at times. But I'm ready :)