I don't know about you but I'm ready! Ready for the new year with all it's new beginnings. There are new people to meet, new friends to make, new blog posts to read, new quilts to make, new....oh, the excitement of all the new things a new year can bring!
I don't make resolutions but I do plan/hope to do a few healthy things. I joined Jazzercise a month ago and I love it! I go three or four days a week and I can already tell the difference. I'm eating healthier, cutting back on sugar in particular, and having fewer diet sodas.
2014 is the year my husband and I will celebrate our 50th anniversary - not until October - and are planning a wonderful trip to reward ourselves for meeting that milestone. And speaking of rewards...I'm going to take the late Erma Bombeck's advice and use the good china, figuratively speaking, since I gave mine to my daughter some years ago!. I'm not saving favorite things for some ambiguous later. I'm going to be sure that I smile a lot, tell people I love them, and savor each day. I'm going to finish some UFOs but if I don't I'm not going to feel guilty. I'm going to start some new quilts just for the fun of it, even when the UFOs are calling my name.
And I'm going to share more - I'm going to give away some patterns and some fabric because, Heaven knows, I have more than I can ever use. So be watching...there are some giveaways coming your way!
Have a wonderful New Year's Eve, a fantastic New Year's Day, and an amazing New Year!
Blessings to you and yours,
Marlene
Blessings to you too, Marlene. Have a wonderful 2014!
ReplyDeleteI love the outlook you have.
ReplyDeleteUse the good china!
I'm not making resolutions this year either. I'm making goals about the same as you.
Enjoying having enough.
That is my motto.
Happy New Year! :0)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
And blessings to you too, Marlene! I agree with 'using the good china'. Been living like that for a while and life is good! Happy 2014! ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! I hope it treats you well!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you'll be having a fabulous year. You've got it all figured out. Enjoy every minute!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Marlene! It sounds like it is going to be a fabulous year for you. I keep telling my 91 year old mother that she should use her good china every day. I hope it is a healthy and creative year for you. Where are you heading in the fall? Happy, happy new year.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Marlene. Blessing to you and your family. I will get back to my blog maybe tomorrow. We have been over in Everett with our girls. Christmas was great. Blessings, Lea
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to face a new year (and usher out an old one). You have such a lovely spirit, Marlene! Happy New Year to you!! :)
ReplyDeleteI used to love Jazzercise! I wonder if my old body could still move like that? Wouldn't be pretty, lol. Have a wonderful new year, Marlene! :)
ReplyDeleteYour upbeat and positive attitude is inspiring! Sounds like you've got 2014 figured out, and will take it as it comes. My best wishes to you for sewing what you want; feeling healthy and strong; and for making time to love life and the people who surround you. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you...I'm ready for 2014 and put 2013 to bed. I want to look forward and put the past mistakes, past grievances, & past hurts behind me and run the race that is before me. I have several T-Shirt quilts to finish for clients and then I'm only going to quilt for myself. I'm simply too slow to quilt on a deadline which causes stress which in turn makes me procrastinate (my thorn in my side). Roger and I are celebrating 41 yrs and I'm proud of those 41 yrs. Congrats on making 50!!! You must send me an email/FB message and tell me where you are going. I am taking over my dining room and making it into the sewing room of my dream (within a budget of course). It's time and regardless of anyone else's opinion, I'm going to do it!!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you sweet friend
Jane
Happy New Year Marlene! May all the blessings you share come right back to you. :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too Marlene. I've never met you face to face, but I don't need to , to know your a precious, giving, warm lovely lady. May God bless you richly in many ways this year !
ReplyDeleteNo resolutions for me, either. Happy New Year to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteWhat an encouraging, balanced perspective for the new year.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, use the good china and the good linens, 'cause they're not blessing anyone sitting there in the closet. :-) And as I write that, I'm thinking that could apply to giving of one's self, too. hmmm, note to self: that bears more contemplation.
God bless and keep you all thru 2014!
Wonderful Marlene congrats on 50years my hubby and are one year behind you it doesn't seem possible that many years have gone by,full of ups and downs but always love. I told my husband I wanted to go to Vegas for our 50th and see Celine Dion if I can stay awake. I am going to have a wonderful 2014 and sew for myself and not everyone else. All the years of have quilted I have never made one just for me. Happy New Year .
ReplyDeleteBlessings Sandra
That sounds perfect. Enjoy it all and I hope 2014 is exactly what you hope it will be.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Marlene! Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteI am with you….we need more ladies with heart like yours..our world would be an even blessed place to be…x
ReplyDelete50 years…we are half of that this year…but had I met him first…it would have been 50 too wink….lol