Resolutions or Goals

I think I prefer to set some goals and make a good attempt to learn from the past year, rather than make so called resolutions. Resolution sounds like a do or die event, and makes some people feel like they have failed if they do not follow through.

A goal can be reworked as you go and learn things along the way. So what are my goals??

Right now my goals are to simplify wherever possible, take on what I know I can do with the time available and to learn or concentrate on a new craft or creative project each month. Right now, for January I have been gathering and sorting through pictures and keepsakes and learning some new scrapbooking techniques and ideas. Not only is organizing something in my life, it is fun to look at all the photos and share them. i saw an idea that I loved on a craft website - display your scrapbook pages in a frame for a while and then when you make a new one of a special event, the one hanging goes in a book. So you get to enjoy your work of art - after all those pages do take a lot of time and effort!

I will post my goal activities and progress as I go. i would love to hear some of yours too! And they dont have to be made in January either, look how long it took me to put all this down! Progress, not perfection - babysteps, as Flylady would say. Keep moving forward as Walt Disney said.

I also received a new camera from my husband for Christmas, so now the pressure is on to get back into photography, keep it organized and actuallt print and share those photos!  

A Happy New Year To All

     New Year's is always a day filled with mixed emotions for me. Anybody else feel like that? 2011 had it's high notes and some low ones as well. I miss those who are no longer with me. I treasure those who are here and i hope it shows. I truly love life and all that it brings, even when times are tough. i always learn something and become stronger and hope fully wiser from each experience.

     So cheers to the old and the new, i wish health and happiness to all. May your resolutions be simple and  make the world a better a place for a t least one person.

Protect the Whooping Crane

JUST 4 DAYS LEFT in the public comment period to urge the Obama Administration to keep the dirty Keystone XL pipeline out of endangered whooping crane habitat! Speak up today: http://bit.ly/o2F3Tx

Protect Whooping Cranes from Dirty Oil

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Tar sands oil threatens the lives of America's Whooping Cranes and many more cherished wildlife. Tell the Obama Administration to refuse dirty oil companies the access to build a tar sands oil pipeline through America's heartland.

Thoughts for the Day

     Today I am thinking about Fall and all the season brings. Halloween costumes, warm foods like soup and muffins and preparing the outdoor pets for winter.
     Halloween costumes are in the works, one son would like to be "scarecrow" from Spiderman and some bats have been ordered through the new Etsy site Lifeseasoning! A Halloween party is also being discussed.................
     The weather is supposed to be more like summer this weekend but I am still craving muffins and soup. I will have pumpkin muffins and other treats at my Tastefully Simple open house on Saturday so stop by if your in the neighborhood!
     The outdoor pets, being rabbits, need some new hutches and a better location. The 4H club is supposed to be building hutches at the enxt meeting so hopefully that will get me started in a positive direction. It seems like a daunting task and I am determined to break it down into managable steps and see it through. Any volunteers out there?

     Lately I have been very conscious about food and making it healthier. Probably because I joined committee to promote National Food Day. If you havent heard of it just google food day and check out all info and events. It's all about eating healthy, teaching our kids to eat healthy, learning where our food comes from and supporting local farms and food pantries.
     Future posts will include meals I am preparing and trying to makeover for a healthy and tasty result.

Fracking

Is your water flamable? It may be someday!

 

Ask Your Members of Congress to Support the FRAC-Act!

Companies that are threatening our drinking water with hydraulic fracturing can't be held accountable under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and they don't have to disclose the nearly 600 chemicals that they are injecting into the ground. The FRAC Act will fix this.
Sign the petition below to ask your representative to protect your drinking water by passing the FRAC Act (S. 587 and H.R. 1084).

Petition to Congress:
As a constituent, I urge you to support the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act (FRAC Act) of 2011 (H.R. 1084 and S. 587).

It has become clear that hydraulic fracturing can threaten our drinking water, our health, and our livelihoods.

The FRAC Act would lift the exemption from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act granted to hydraulic fracturing in 2005. In addition, it would require oil and gas mining companies to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

In order to protect our drinking water, our farms, and our health from the the dangers that can be brought on by fracking, I urge you to pass the FRAC Act.

Sincerely,

Butterfly Garden

Wild life garden in your yard

Make Your Yard A Wildlife Oasis

Bring your yard or garden to life this year by planting the shrubs, flowers and trees that wildlife find irresistible.
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