From Swaters to Solson...

Well, it's been just over a year since my last post and I'm happy to report that life is good! I've gone from Swaters to Solson, started wearing retro glasses more than contacts, continued my culinary explorations, traveled to places I had never been before and officially added "Auntie" to my list of distinguished titles. The pup pup is doing well (despite a recent diagnosis of Lymes) and My Jake is doing well (despite throwing his back out last week)...both of which occurred the same evening.

Big projects I've started include trying to cultivate a healthy lifestyle for mind & body (otherwise known as finding balance between "I want to eat like a foodie" and "I want to be a size 6"), helping to plan a 10 year class reunion, digitally archiving all of our family photos and scratching & clawing my way out of debt. Sadly, freelance work has been nearly non-existent since before the wedding, which as added to the scratching & clawing.

All of this has led me back here. I've had to acknowledge that the drought of freelance work is rooted in a complete lack of looking and involvement. I have a fantastic opportunity in the UK that I need to reconnect with. I've had a web domain and an Etsy store for over a year now that I have yet to utilize. I have a closet of fancy paper that remains uncut. I have at least 3 beautiful black gridded sketchbooks of various sizes that have yet to be filled. I have an iMac that has been used more for emails and Facebook creeping than for projects of graphic excitement. Gah.

It's time to become more accountable and aware of how I'm spending my time, what I want to achieve and how those actions will enhance our quality of life. So, on a long plane ride back from Providence, I made a list of things that get me jazzed and a couple of the things that I hope to improve on. My intention is to have Wrist Lists be a positive place of growth and discovery, and I'm hoping the variety will keep me from feeling stifled and yet be specific enough to my passions that I am excited to write...the goal being to post something at least once a week for the next year.

- I Heart Food (recipes, pictures, tips, places, etc)

- Snapshots (favies from the family archive, newbies from life as it is now)

- Vintage Finds (just because I can't fit them in my house doesn't mean I can't oogle)

- Art Me (sketches, projects, inspirations, trend)

- Big 3 (conquests & struggles of my Big 3 - Cleaning & Finances & Procrastination)

- Site Obsessions (places I can't quit looking at)

- Epiphanies (good thoughts, quotes, moments, etc)

- Millie Needs A Friend (along the same lines as the Vintage Finds category...just with pups)

- and as always...Wrist Words

It feels good to be back!