Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy 2016!!

Its the beginning of a new year.  I've been terrible on keeping up this up to date with patterns and my own progress.  It is now the beginning of a new year, and a new me.  The past few months I have been on a crochet frenzy.  I think my poor boyfriend is sick of seeing yarn (even though he is now learning how to crochet and is making his own blanket) and together we have made a few "New Year's Resolution's".

-Be more active.  We have decided we want to do at least four 5K's.  We figure it gives us time to be able work up to it, we aren't fat, but neither one of us could run a 5K and be ok after, but it also isn't just one and done.
-Save more.  We learned we are less inclined to spend small bills like $1's and $5's, and all loose change.  We dug up what loose coinage there was around and we found close to $20 already.  But its not just money; being able to utilize Pinterest and its ability to allow frugality by making your own cleaning supplies for less then at the store and in larger amounts, as well as utilizing coupons.  We aren't trying to be on 'Extreme Couponing' or anything but 10, 25, and 50¢ certainly add up.
-Create more.  He is at least supportive of my inability to sit still, and always having to be doing something.  So by encouraging keeping my hands busy with crochetinghe is less likely to be irritated with my shuffling about around the apartment doing things.

I have a project in the works.  I can't say that I created the whole thing, or that someone else hasn't already done it, but I haven't found a pattern or it anywhere online.  As soon as I have it done and I've approved of it, I will post it for anyone to be able to use. 

Hope everyone has a happy, healthy, prosperous, and crafty 2016!!