Another New Year. Another New Me.

I decided to try and get back into blogging. Although I was never really good at it, so we'll see how this goes. My new plan for the New Year is to try and not buy any craft supplies. I plan to use what I have this year. If I truly am a whimsicist who specializes in possession reincarnation, I should be able to reincarnate the things I already have. Plus, I'm on a tight budget this year.
I'm already working on one project and will post pictures as soon as I finish it. I'm hoping this blog keeps me motivated. I really want to be more creative in 2012.
Less TV! More ART!!!

Time

I have been a terrible blogger! I'm hoping I can get back into this. It's nice to have a way to share my thoughts with those far away. I just need to make more time for it!

New Year= 28 Days til New Me

This is it. My clean slate. Time to start doing instead of simply planning.

Al and I have started our annual 28 day detox diet. Of course, this means that we spent the past several days eating anything and everything we wanted. We knew we were about to give up our main staples- coffee, sugar, and chocolate for 28 days. The way we ate yesterday you might have thought someone had told us we'd never see those things again, ever. And having gone through this the past 2 Januaries I know that in a few days I will be begging those around me for chocolate. I will probably be grouchy and irritable and maybe even a little mean. I don't want this to happen. But my passion for Starbucks non-fat, no whip, sugar-free hazelnut, mochas runs deep. This year, however, I have vowed that I will do my best to stay sweet, kind and patient. To not let food (in particular sugar and caffeine) keep a hold on me.

The Plan
We give up sugar and caffeine and almost all salt for 28 days. We stick to this ultra-healthy meal plan. We exercise 5 hours a week (to be spread out among 7 days).

When I say it like that it doesn't sound bad. It sounds very reasonable. But I know that tomorrow when I get a massive caffeine withdrawal headache, I will start to curse the day I started this regime. And in a few more days when the sugar withdrawals hit, people I've known for years will start to hide from me. How can I avoid this? Not the headaches and withdrawal. I know, like with any addiction, I have to go through that. I want to avoid being mean to those around me. I want to try to avoid losing my mind. It's only 28 days after all!

This is where modern technology comes in play. I'm hoping that by blogging all my crazy and irrational thoughts, I can keep from losing my cool in public. I can actually enjoy the process of regaining control over my body which I know I should be treating like a temple. It also helps that Al is doing this with me. He never seems to lose his cool over this detox. But he doesn't have the love affair with chocolate that I have.

So, to anyone who is reading, or even to the ones not reading. Bon Appetit! Happy New Year!

I haven't blogged in a while. But I DID manage to sell a few more things. Al, my fiance, and I sold 16 itmes on eBay. We made a profit of $175.34. But since we are splitting that I made $87.76. So for 16 items I made $5.48 each. Not quite up to the $10 I'm looking for. Still, I'm making progress. If we keep going I could reach my $20,000 goal... eventually.

I was really hoping that we'd sell a lot of things on eBay. I had listed 26 items and only sold 16 of them. Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful for the money I did make. I just thought I'd be able to unload all of those items. I think I may wait until after Christmas to re-list and list new items. I can have an after Xmas sale.

I refuse to give up on my goal to sell 2000 Things for $10 each. If I could make an extra $20,000 this year, I could really have a stress-free wedding! Okay, not much time to blog today. Better get to wrapping all my Christmas gifts!

Hooray! I did sell some mugs on ebay. I have to split the profits with Al, my fiance. The dollar amounts I posted are my half of the profits only. Now I'm up to $112.78. Only $19887.22 to go! Although it does seem a little silly, my goal, I am up $112.78. That's not bad for playing around on ebay! I'll keep plugging away. Hopefully I'll reach my goal in time for my wedding! We can use all the extra money we can get! Time to head off to my weekly job of entertaining folks in the sky. I'm hoping for no drama!

A little discouraged today as 4 album sets didn't sell on ebay. But I'm not giving up!!! I will sell 2000 Things for $10 each! And soon.

Family Portraits and Proposal (79 photos), by Sarah Walters

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