Clearing

The past couple weekends I've been clearing out some of the stuff I have stored in the garage. Isn't it funny how we can go along our days just fine without some things (that we've virtually forgotten we own) but as soon as those things are brought back out into the light of day and headed for the garbage, we can't bear the thought of letting them go?

In the process I found 2 boxes filled with financial paperwork going back as far as 1994! So many of pages had my social security number, contact info, even account numbers that are still active. So I started shredding like crazy. It's been taking forever, my poor little shredder keeps getting overheated, and I'm still not done! Isn't it crazy that we all have to be afraid to throw anything away because identity thieves might find it?

Note to self: sign up for electronic statements for all my accounts. Stop the paper madness!

Weekend pictures

Over the weekend about a dozen irises bloomed on the plant in our backyard... Here are a couple of the shots I got on Sunday of them in all their glory! Too bad these flowers don't last much longer than a day, as they are so pretty. By this evening when I looked again not a shred of the flowers remained aside from one shriveled petal!

Blast off!

One of my recent posts has completely disappeared! How is this even possible - has anyone seen this kind of thing happen before?

Anyway, I had left a little update last week about the class that I'm taking, it's called Blast Off and it's for artists who want to take their career to the next level. So far it's been a lot of envisioning and goal-setting and checking in on where we are right now.

Anyone reading this blog would probably be able to tell, I'm nowhere near where I want to be. Heck, I'm nowhere close to where these other students in the class are! It's entirely possible I'm taking this class prematurely. But, I'm not getting anywhere on my own. I am really hoping that this will help me build a foundation to get on that pathway, to get to my dream life. And if I can stick with it, and use these tools to help me do that, it'll be well worth the investment.

Let's see where this takes me!

New project

This Treasury is on today's front page of Etsy..... It evokes the same kind of feeling I'm hoping to get with a new project I'm working on (just bought the materials yesterday!) It's a fabric piece with embroidery, embellishments, etc., and if it goes well I will make it into a product line, as I already have lots of ideas for other works in the same vein!