I’ve been busy with all the tasks I put on my calendar (see Procrastination below!) but feel like I am at least to halfway caught up, if not a bit further.  And, yes, it does feel good to be getting some of this done.  That being said even after an entire day of doing my business accounting and paperwork.  YAWN!   Seems like I am always trying to go several directions at once, running a photography business, creating art and managing the business aspects of it as well, the daily wife/mom/grandma demands and working on myself as a person at the same time.  A few of you may know I’ve been making a concerted effort to drop some weight, exercise and get myself into a healthier state of being.  This is an ongoing project, not just a resolution for the new year!  I started late last fall with changing my diet and eating habits and then this month added more exercise and physical activity to the mix.  I know myself well enough to know if I try to tackle it all at once I’ll be overwhelmed and have a great excuse to just quit!  I can honestly say I am enjoying the journey, which is odd after the years I have been putting it off.  My most recent milestone was passing the 25 pound mark in weight loss.  Halfway to my goal!  To celebrate I am signing up for a 4-week pottery class at the local rec center during February.  I am so happy that I am getting to play with clay!  I love to make art in any form and experiment with all kinds of things.  Unfortunately I also tend to be a “gatherer” and have every nook & cranny filled with different kinds of art supplies.  Thus far I’ve been able to resist acquiring all the tools and materials for pottery by taking a class every year or two.  So not only will this be a reward it will help in my never-ending quest for organization….one less pile of materials to work around!  Which reminds me – I’ll be moving and rearranging my studio full of art and materials at Sugar Creek Art Center (again!) by the end of this week.  They are doing lots of renovations and work throughout the building, one phase led to my former studio space being needed for storage during all the transition.  So last month I moved across the hall into a little area affectionately known as “the elevator room”.  I have to say that, other than the ancient workings in the ceiling that make the old elevator operate, I have fallen in love with this funky, charming little room.  Unfortunately when the elevator actually operates it is overwhelmingly noisy.  Plus it doesn’t have any heat ducts.  We won’t discuss the sparks that shoot out or the black soot!  So, when another studio became available I decided to abandon ship.  The new room has heat in the winter, air conditioning in the summer, is closer to the sink & restroom and, best of all, doesn’t have an elevator motor in the ceiling.   I will just have to figure out how to make it funky and charming like the cute little elevator room! 

I hope your last few days of January are rewarding…I’ll check in again soon!

Lynne