When we get back from Spain, here are some things I will do.
- learn to contradance at Tapestry Folkdance Center! they have weekly dances, and it will not require much use of my bad arm (still dealing with shoulder pain), but will require lots of smiling.
- try new vegetarian recipes, like the stuffed mushroom caps I just learned to make from Loren (pecorino cheese mmm!). We also had a great quinoa salad, and he makes a delicious soup with butternut squash and other veggies. I made them with him the other day, and they are banoodles. I have plenty of cookbooks.
- take up beading again, and use those beading supplies I have lying around.I've been getting lots of inspiration from Spanish accessories stores.
- knit a scarf with the lovely Malabrigo wool from Argentina that I bought two years ago! It's sitting there, right by the sofa.
- Use my Mr. Bento to bring my lunch on the days I teach: here is a Flickr pool for inspiration. This one just involves remembering. I won't go as far as making it a daily thing, but three times a week is a good start. Saves money, more healthy, but also aesthetically pleasing.
Just a few New Year's resolutions that don't involve grim decisions about weight loss, a gym, or work. I want 2012 to be the Year of Creativity. After January, I have some other projects in mind, but these will do for a start.
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Here, here! (Or, hear, hear--I hear, hear you!)
Creativity is our legacy (whether spiritual or genetic).
I am wearing my lettuce-colored kettle dyed Malabrigo scarf right now, New Year's Day, at the Dunn Bros. down the street from your place.
It's the only knitting project I ever completed, and I loved spending time with the wool. And now I love wearing it.
Marz accidentally put it in the washing machine last week, and it felted a little in the warm water. But now it's even better: I'd knitted it loosely (being a beginner), and now it's denser and warmer, and still perfectly soft.
Happy New Year!
I love that sweater's color and texture! When I used to knit, it was very meditative, but I want to be sure that I do it in a way that wont' cause clenched muscles, so I may take a class.There's a wool/knitting shop called Bella Lana near Surdyk's that has a drop-in time, I think.
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