sewing kit

i am not a sewer. period. to prove my point i will share a short story with you.

in 8th grade home ec class we were tasked with sewing a football together, well i sewed mine inside out. how...i have no idea. my teacher got so frustrated instead of showing me how to fix it, she just did it for me. from that moment i just gave up on sewing.  probably not the best attitude but it is the truth.

thankfully jared knows how to sew on buttons but anything more complicated than that either needs to go to a tailor or my mom. well this past weekend my mom was in town and i had a tank that needed fixed. i asked her if she could help or if i needed to bring it to the tailor, silly question.  she couldn't believe i couldn't fix it myself and then asked to see my sewing box. well that's just say my "sewing box" is more like a sewing kit.  it contains the bare essentials and i still have no idea what to do with it.

maybe this can be the one thing i learn how to do this year...emphasis on the maybe.  

thanks mom for taking care of me for now.

resolutions

i know i'm about a week or so late for sharing my new year's resolutions but better late than never.   i really have never done a resolution before but thought what better time than now to reevaluate and focus on a few things, so here it goes.

1. love more -- there is always room for improvement here and i'm no where close to perfect.  i could do a better job of showing my family and friends that i love them. but where it gets a lot harder is when it comes to complete strangers and people who drive me oh so crazy.

2. get more involved in my church and community -- i go to a big church and live in a big city.  it can be easy to sit back and not get involved.  but no longer, i'm ready to jump in and give back.

3. learn something new -- i'm not talking about random factoids, i want to learn something completely brand new.  not sure what it will be yet but i will make sure to report back. 

happy twenty-twelve!