Resolutions, part two

I still don't want to commit to resolutions, but I will try to complete 50 projects this year.  That's doable.

And now, a (start of a) list!

1) Hats - 12 of them.  Why not? There are 12 months.  And maybe I'll keep some of them.

13) Learn spanish - for real this year.

14) Finish reading The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan)

15) Read the first several Dresden Files books.  The first one... well, lets say, I've heard really good things about the following books.

16) Shawl-like object for me

17) perpetual calendars, for real this year.

18)

January: Things I'm looking forward to

First post of the year! Welcome to 2012, and hopefully a new era of me posting on a more regular basis. I hope there's more snow. Portland has just the right amount of seasonal change for me. Not so much that I feel like death and desolation has entered my bones every winter and that heat and ruination owns my pores every summer (I'm lookin' at you, Illinois), but enough. Actually, the climate's pretty temperate here, but I am a big baby and the mild winters are great. But I still like the snow. I'm also looking forward to Baby Bear's first birthday next month!?!. Time flies when ... well, some of it's been fun, it's definitely been an adventure. She is an amazing little creature, and I absolutely adore her. I'm looking forward to crocuses and spring. I know, contradictory to what I said earlier... But I'm starting to get that gardening itch again. I'll have to be content with poring over seed catalogs.

Speaking of death, I'm looking forward to a new year of less people I know dying.   Last year sucked for that.  ((looks down at shoes, not sure what to say after bringing up the subject))...

I'm not big on resolutions, or keeping them.  Maybe it's the truth about the latter that makes me not want to bother with the former.  Anyway, I'm not going to Resolve to Lose Weight, or Resolve to Make More Pancakes or something.  Maybe I'll make some crafty resolutions.  I generally still buy handmade, but I do go a bit batty sometimes and decide I need New Towels.  (By the way, I donno what is up with my use of the uppercase.  I think maybe I think it looks more official.  I was feeling that way about the towels when I bought them.  It was during my nesting phase with the Beanlet).  No, no hard and fast resolutions this year.  At least not right now.

I have been sick

FOR WEEKS NOW AND IT'S GETTING REALLY OLD.

the end.

Windy Day Gathering

So.
Windy days knock branches off clean smelling pines and firs.  No need to just through the downed twigs on your compost pile or in the yard waste.  I use bits in vases, on curtain rods, in wreaths.  Smells great. 
And you can throw it on the compost pile a coupla weeks later.

new favorite site

Or at least my favorite for today.
http://moistcrochetedvagina.blogspot.com/
you are welcome, friendos.

This s**t is bananas

I am the proud parent of a giant 7 month old. She is bigger than 99% of kids her age. Any day now, people will look at her and expect her to know how to read just because she's 5'2". She's not THAT big. Yet. Time flies. One of my (many) goals is to blog consistently. Tutorials and such, and I'll keep my rants (mostly) to myself. Except when I have to shout GO OWS! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND ALL THE OCCUPIERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY! We need our nation back from the corporations, back from those "corporate citizens" who would be in jail for terrible behaviors if they were actual citizens. I may or may not post Little Bear pictures. The Mr. and I have an ongoing debate on the internets and our Osita's pics on teh interwebs. She may be headless like the kids of the lady who makes the Star Wars food. (Did I tell you I went to a panel she was on at Geek Girl Con? Yeah, I kind of haven't blogged in a while. GGC was AWESOME). So. Blog planning. Look for reorganized Hybridhopes which is absolutely everything you ever dreamed starting... January 1st. That's right. I'm actually going to do a resolution this January 1st. Going to do events in the morning with the Little Bear, so I'll catch ya'll later.

getting ready to go to geekgirlcon

Listening to the Gogol Bordello station on pandora, my 7 month old daughter is growling (yes, growling) and stuffing her pacifier in her mouth while bouncing a rattle, and I'm about to pack my own clothes for GeekGirlCon.

Can't forget:
clothes (mine)
clothes (little bear's)
various chargers
snacks, drinks, Little Bear's food
Cunning Hats (mine and Bear's)
t-shirt(s) for iron-ons
ipod already set up with roadtrip music because i haven't figured out how to use my droid
toothbrushes/paste, shampoo, eyeliner.
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