Craft Club Musings

Whenever we pick a hostess for Craft Club, I notice the stress of that person picking a project. I understand the feeling now of picking a project for Craft Club.

The first month, I hostessed and it was an easy pick to make the photo stars. Now that I am on my second rotation, it is a bit harder and the pressure is on!

I have 2 things in mind. The first one is a very COOL project that incorporates paper, ephemera, flowers, bling and all sorts of neat things. The second project is more of my talent, what I am good at and what people often ask me "how do you make that?"

The problem here is that #1 is guaranteed to please everyone but not necessarily MY talent. #2 is something that I know a few people will not be interested in but it is something that I am good at.

Invites will be going out after the holiday weekend so I can have this internal struggle all weekend :)

Re-starting

Summer is just about upon us and I am sure there will be a ton of memories and pictures to document. So here I am!

We have all been very well and keeping busy. Lots of playing outside already and time with friends.

I am looking forward to re-connecting with everyone via my blog.

A New Word

I went back and read my new years post from last year. I did a fairly good job of keeping my resolutions. I didn't really scrap more in 2008 but I do think that I managed to change the way I do it. A lot less focus on the "stuff" and more focus on the photos and the story.

I do think that my word for 2008, "prioritize" was in the forefront of my mind this year. I definitely made a priority out of my health. I tried not to waste time on things that were not a priority.

It's time to pick a new word for this year.

FOCUS
Main Entry:

²focus

1 a: to bring into focus b: to adjust the focus of (as the eye or a lens)

2: to cause to be concentrated <focused their attention on the most urgent problems>

3: to concentrate attention or effort

I want to really block out the white noise and focus on things that are important. Focus on goals. Focus on family and friends. To live without distraction.

Share your word with me!

Tuna Detox

"Hi, my name is Ellie and I am a tuna addict".

That's what Ellie might say. Today she told me it was her favorite food in the whole world. Lucas picked nuts (??). I knew she would pick tuna.

I know you have to be careful how much tuna a child, or anyone for that matter, consumes. So, I decided to look up the guidelines. Ellie probably eats 2 cans a week on average. For her age and weight, it is recommended that she only eat half a can per week. Uh oh!

Of course, I decided to torture myself and look up Mercury Poisoning. That lead to pictures of "Minamata Disease" where thousands of people became disfigured and died from mercury in shellfish. I started picturing Ellie with a third arm and all sorts other stuff.

Have you ever done that? Looked up some benign symptom like a headache and all of a sudden you have a brain tumor? I need to step away from Google.

So now I guess we are on tuna detox. This will not be easy, my friends. This girl loves her tuna.