I was very much in the crafting mood around Christmas time. I still am in the mood, but I am a teacher, so it is time to get back to the real world and back to work for me. Crafting will have to wait again.  I do want to host a card buffet at my home, so I will need to do some prep work for that. I hope to do that at the end of the month.

My attention has been pulled into a couple of different directions the last couple of days. I am wanting to deal with the clutter in my home. I am a preschool teacher, so I always have projects for the kids in the works. They tend to gather all over the dinning room table and the kitchen island. I am determined that I am going to get the clutter under control in 2017! 

To work on my goal of getting the clutter under control, I started reading the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo. I am finding it to be a good and motivating book. I will keep you posted on the book and the decluttering. I am afraid I did not get much done as far as the clutter goes today. I guess you could count that my grandsons, daughter and her boyfriend came by and we had Christmas today. My tree no longer looks as if Christmas has not happened. So, I got rid of Christmas present clutter today! 

The other thing I really want to work on in 2017 is the typical "get healthy" resolution. I know I need to loose many pounds, but I am not going to set a specific amount. I know I need to exercise more, but I am not going to set a specific amount. What I am going to do is concentrate on my food choices. I decided to try out an online food menu program. I select the items we will eat for the week and it gives me the recipes and a grocery list. The nearest grocery store is about 20 miles away, so a list will be very helpful. Running to the store for one or two items is not a good plan in my situation. I will let you know more about how that goes in the days, weeks and months ahead. 

Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you have a fantastic 2017!

I can't end this post without some crafting news. Here are some of the things I helped a friend with right before Christmas. She came over for an afternoon and we designed and cut these items on my Silhouette machine. She then took them home and made wooden signs and a window frame sign with these vinyl items. I love my Silhouette!