What We've Been Doing

Between Christmas and New Years I had Jonathan help me rearrange our spare room so that I could have more space for crafting. It took a little doing - taking doors off their hinges, etc. - and Jonathan wasn't as excited about it as I was, but he was really great to help me. I love my new space!

Now that I have a craft room and table I've been working on the quilt I started last year. It's been fun and rewarding to spend my time making something worthwhile instead of watching tv.

Here are some pictures of my craft room and the quilt I've been working on.

We've also been working on our kitchen remodel. We've passed our electrical inspection which made it okay for us to finish up the sheetrock. We spent a whole day putting up sheetrock and starting the mud & tape process.

This is proof that I helped with the sheetrock. I love those power tools!

After J finished the mud and tape we tented the room so he could sand and texture. I can't wait until it's finished. It will be done in 2009, that's a promise!

Artists on my MP3

• The Killers
• Jimmy Eat World
• Jack Johnson
• 311
• Jamiroqua
• Ben Folds
• Kelly Pickler
• Kenny Chesney
• One Republic
• Miranda Lambert
• George Strait

My Christmas Present

Jonathan did so well getting me the one (and only) Christmas present I opened. Okay, so I got more than one present if you count all the before Christmas purchases I made for myself, including a Cricut and a shopping spree at the Las Vegas Premium Outlets. He's the best gift giver!

Anyway, the one present I opened on Christmas day was a wonderful movie that I fell in love with and had to watch 4 times before we returned it to Blockbuster.

It was this movie:

I love this movie! Did I already say that? Well, I do. I love the whimsy and charm of the story. The actors are great. And it has a good message. This is one great movie. Jonathan even watched it with me - which is a feat when it comes to girly movies. We even got his brother, Spencer, to watch it and he chuckled the whole way through. Granted, the men won't care to view it more than once, but girls - you'll love it!

Non-Resolutions

I thought it would be nice to review the non-resolutions I made last year and see how I did. Then I'll list some new non-resolutions for 2009.

2008:

• I will be working one Friday a month in this new year of 2008 and not because I choose to (sucks). This never really happened, we hired a part time employee and I made them work every Friday - nice.
• I will try to exercise more. I haven't been exercising at all so I figure I'll shoot for once a month at least. I had a good stint of working out for 5 weeks in April/May, but after that I never really got back into it.
• I will try to eat better (i.e. cook more). I think I cooked more than I did in 2007, but not nearly as much as I should have.
• I will try to study the scriptures instead of just read them. Still working on this one.
• I will try my best to get pregnant (that should make Jonathan happy). Still working on this one.
• I will finish at least one quilt. I cut out half of the pieces for the top of the quilt and haven't worked on it since.
• I will spend less time watching tv. Hmmmm.
• I will plant a vegetable garden. Planted a garden, didn't nurture it, didn't harvest anything except for a handful of grape-sized tomatoes that were supposed to be romas.
• I will take more photos. Check.
• I will get sealed to my wonderful husband in the temple. Hallelujah.

2009:

• Exercise more
• Cook more and eat healthier
• Keep the photos coming
• Study the scriptures
• Finish quilt(s)
• Get pregnant, but in the meantime research adoption
• Plant garden - and pay attention to it
• Hold FHE regularly
• Craft more/use sewing machine more
• Learn how to make a great loaf of bread
• Finish remodeling the kitchen/living room

I guess that's it because I can't think of anything else. I hope all your wildest dreams come true in 2009!