Wow ladies...you all are hard to keep up with! I have been so moved inspirationally and creatively by all of the wonderful posts here. So nevertheless I am finally catching up with you all:

The new year seems to be headed in the right direction mission wise. As a full time mom, wife, and artist, things can get really hard. I mean really hard. Managing time is often the essential when you help run a household and that is something that I am learning and acting on as the minutes pass. After talking with the hubby about it, he told me something that should have been obvious but it wasn't until he put in the way that he did.

He said: “You have to start enjoying the process of doing a task just as much as you enjoy the reward of what the process brings. Because in the end the reward is only icing on the cake, but the actual process is where the real wisdom & “reward” lies.” You know he is right. Like I mentioned before, I find myself rushing through the task so that I can have the feeling and reward of completion, yet by doing this I am not respecting my time to it''s fullest because I did not respect nor take advantage of the minutes that lead up to the reward of completion. Am I making sense here...It all seems so clear now. We must enjoy the moment in order to truly feel fulfilled and to truly grow. So, I just wanted to pass that along, because his words has helped me see things totally different now. Like when we are cleaning the house, if you are like me, you may rush so that it can all be done, yet what really should have been done is to enjoy the process and the things that come along with cleaning...such as its meditative states, the ideas that come popping up in your head, and the act of giving thanks for shelter and all of the material items that you have acquired as you move from room to room. The Process is your true reward...not the result. So now, my tagline of "Every Minute Counts" means so much more to me!

Okay moving right along, I am so excited to explore my mission of living everyday creatively as the days come. As you can see, I have been cooking. We are trying to maintain a home-made diet. The things that are in the stores are filled with so much sodium, preservatives, and sugar, and everything tastes so much better when you cook for self. Here are a few things that I have whipped up so far in the kitchen. Have you all tried making home-made pasta? It is wonderful...tastes much different from the store but equally good. I will be “In The Kitchen” soon and will post the recipes for it and the tomato soup and stuffed salmon. I have not started crafting as much as I like yet, but that time will come. Wishing you some sort of creativity thoughout your days, I am stoked to see so many crafty, creative, and poetic ladies here in the Circle...HOW ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! Yay for the Circle!