The Change Up

Just when you think that you have figured out what and where you want to live ...sometimes life throws a big change up in your direction.

I am presently an Atlanta girl. I love the pace of the city and the feel of the city. I grew up a mere 30 minutes away. Atlanta itself has gotten into my blood.

However, as much as I hate to admit it. Atlanta doesn't have much to offer as far as the field I have degree in. To top it off with, one friend after another has high tailed it out of here to the Big Apple. If you can make it there you can make it anywhere...right?

The quandry, in truth, does not exist. I have not recieved a job offer. I am not contemplating moving, as the financial resources are not available for a move. Besides, to live in a city with such a high cost of living without some type of job lead with my student loans coming due is totally insane. To top it off with, there is wedding planning in the works.

So I sit thus and enjoy my statis...and craft...

Interesting Find of the day!

The interesting find of the day was discovered at shopgoodwill.com.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=6965972

Hallooo autographed Tom Selleck in all his glory.



Hurry up kids, bidding ends in 44 hours

The Blouse

You know what's better than buying a new shirt? Putting on one that you haven't worn in quite a while because it was too tight...and realizing that it fits.

I had reached into my coat closet intending to grab a dress of the same color to put into the summer storage box, when I found my hand grasping a light fuschia blouse. Said blouse had been my once favorite shirt until stress weight gained during art school relegated it to a more distant part of the closet. At first I didn't want to try it on, for fear of disappointing myself. Sure enough, however it fit!

I must make a small confession to you....I don't diet. I hate the word, connotations, everything. "Diet" means to me, another way that we are forced to conform to some ideal. It means "Just lettuce and dressing on the side" or "No I can't eat your handmade birthday cake, and if I do I'll feel guilty for a week". What I do believe in is healthy life choices. I've been running, watching my portions, cutting out junk food, eating lots of fruits and veggies, drinking more water, and tracking online at a free tracking site. Needless to say, that is how my fuschia blouse will now be in regular rotation.

Laziness of My Life

It takes a vacation to make you realize that apathy and lack of movement is the main contributor to the present state of my body. Constant walking, floating and general tent set-up movement have revealed to me how desperately out of shape I am.

Yet, I sit here late on a Saturday afternoon with the broken promises of gym time over an hour ago haunting me. My gym clothes beckon me from the neat corner of my room with the lure of the runner's high that I always enjoy every time I go. My sweet commuter bike tempts me with a ride around in the sunshine of a pleasant day. Yet still I sit, in my lazy sleep clothes, willing myself to get out of my apartment and do SOMETHING, yet I cannot seem to tear my rear off the cushioned seat.

It has come to my attention that this very laziness is a sign that I am still a child. Which probably also explains the messiness that characterizes my apartment. Mid- twenties have hit, yet my living space oftentimes resembles the disaster of a teen aged boy's.

If ever I am to truly be a responsible adult I need to take myself up and conquer my lazy tendencies or I am never going to even come close to approaching the adult woman I wish to become.