What Are You Afraid to Try?

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good

 we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” 

 ― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

My friend posted that on facebook just a few minutes ago, and for some reason it really caught my attention. I can't think of anything off hand that I've been wanting to try/do, but I've definitely been there in the past and I'm sure I will be again in the future.  Just some good food for thought tonight :)

Also, how did I not know that there was a "compose" option when typing out a blog???  I've often been frustrated that when I hit enter it doesn't translate to the actual blog post itself, and I feel like this will fix that problem...

The Boy and I have been going on bike rides, his cousin gave him a couple bicycles for free and we've been thoroughly enjoying ourselves.  Was looking forward to one today but he was called upon by a friend to help them move...the curse of people knowing you're not booked for an afternoon ;)  I haven't "lost weight" per se, but I think it's turning into muscle/ I'm toning up, I see my face thinning out a bit which is always the first place I lose fat, so I'm pretty happy about it.  I much prefer this method of exercise to a gym!!!

Well, my dad's birthday present was a hit, I printed off a picture of the two of us, made a matte to go in the frame out of card stock (the curse of being too cheap to buy things because you know you can make them lol), and made the scrabble tiles to go around it that spelled out "daddy" and "daughter", with the "d" the connecting point.  He promptly hung it up in his office and started chowing down on the chocolate bar I got him.  My mom kindly reminded me that her birthday is in about a month and that she too likes dark chocolate ;)

Well, laundry awaits, as does food, so for now good bye, and don't let doubts hold you back! :)


**correction:  I have had my doubts about something...if I can actually finish my (many lol) book(s) and actually get them published and if they'll be any good.  I won't know until I try, worst thing that can happen is I'm told I'm a terrible writer and I'll never become famous ;)  I really don't care about being famous, I've just always wanted to write a book and have it published.  This quote is not going on a sticky note and will be taped to my computer until I finish my book!**

Catch Up

Sorry it's been so long, life has been pretty busy at work for me recently. I was given a new position at work that requires me to be there at 5am most mornings. I get out at 1pm on those days but then I have to run errands and I'm in bed between 8 and 9, not much time for blogging. On top of that I was also promoted to a "management" position. So I've been busy training for that, which means I have to switch back and forth between my early morning shifts and closing shifts, very exhausting after a while. Thankfully I just had a week of vacation, and there'll be a few days thrown in between now and November that I'm going to take off, so until Christmas time I think life is going to slow down a bit. (*knock on wood*) That being said, I also haven't had a whole lot of time for crafts :( so if you've been waiting for a new one I sincerely apologize, the little bit that I've done has been to finish a few more squares on my quilt or the secret project I'm working on. I'll share all about that later this year, but until it's done I don't want to spoil anything ;) Speaking of, I'm going to go work on it for a bit :) Again, hopefully now life will calm down a bit and I'll be able to get on here more often, and also start back up with some crafts that I can share. It's almost time to start stocking up on mug huggers and earmuffs again! Right after Christmas I'll have a slew of projects to share with you all as I'm making my Christmas presents again this year, but for obvious reasons I'm not going to share them now ;) Until next time!!