New Year Resolutions

Morning folks....as 2010 draws to a close you are probably wondering just like me.....where did the year go and as we look back over the last 12 months remembering all the fun and laughter times and the sad times....our thoughts turn to making some changes for the better in our lives....oh yes the dreaded New Year resolutions....are you intending making any......I never have much success keeping them for long and willpower in the crafty stash department has never been one of my strong points so no point in kidding myself I will be on a stash diet in 2011 because the minute some gorgeous new papers or stamps take my eye....well my resolve will just go down the pan and then I am riddled with guilt....well at least until the new stash arrives and by then I am past caring.....I know I suffer from this terrible incurable addiction and I just have to learn to live with it......it's hard but it helps to know that I am not alone.....there are lots of you out there battling the same problem so when those guilt feelings threaten to overwhelm you...just say a little prayer...

grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

the courage to change the things I can

and the wisdom to know the difference

It feels so good to get that confession out of the way but I do have another crafty related problem that I need to address and that is impulse buying.   I bought this MME calendar kit away back at the beginning of 2010 with the best of intentions in the world of making a calendar for the cubbyhole.

I am one of the world's fanatical list makers...my life is ruled by calendars...lists and umpteen notebooks strewn around the house..a diary and a notebook in my handbag and since it's lay my soul bare time even one by my bedside.....how sad is that and yes you've guessed right....the calendar was shoved in the "Things To Do" box and forgotten.

But hey things are about to change and I know it's going to be a bit of a faff because I will have to change the days to fit in with 2011 but my New Year Resolution is to make this ruddy calendar if it kills me with photos from each month of the year and hey January is done....

Will this be the first time in history I have kept a New Year's Resolution or will I fall by the wayside...only time will tell.  I am off to transfer all the family and friends birthdays to my new calendars and notebooks and fingers crossed that mind numbing job will send me scuttling back to the cubbyhole raring to go.  
Tonight is Hogmanay....a time for all us Scots to reflect on the year that is almost over and to toast the new one to come.....a time of great celebration so The Budster and I will be back at midnight to see in the bells with you all and the good news is all this impulse buying has given The Furry Boy lots of goodies to pop into his "Buddy Give-Away" box....so he'll see you all bright and early on the first day of 2011 with the loot from his rummage around the cubbyhole and oh boy has he had one mighty rummage.

Hugs Kath xxx