Look At Me Go!!

As part of my goal to get organized this year, I realize that means that I am going to have to get rid of some stuff.

I started the process yesterday by going through all of my books.

I have a lot of books.

I have two bookcases that are more than full. I have stacks of books on my file cabinet. I have a stack in my living room and another stack in my bedroom. I usually have a small stack on my desk and a few more stacks on the floor of my office.

It is clear that I don't have an "organizational" problem. I have an "I have to many books" problem.

I filled a large tote bag full I books that I felt I could give away. (I realize now that I should have taken a picture.)

While this wasn't easy for me, I think it took less than an hour for me to fill that bag up with books.

Then, I took the books to a local used bookstore and they gave me $22 for my books. (I should mention that there were a lot of people who had the same idea because I was 9th in line for getting my books looked at. You can't imagine how hard it was for me to wait 30 minutes in a bookstore and not buy anything.)

So, for an hour's worth of work, I cleaned out some space in my office and I got paid $22 to do it.

Not a bad start to the new year. How has your year been so far?

Happy New Year!!

I love the new year.

Mostly I like the feeling of a new beginning.

A chance to reevaluate our lives. A chance to better ourselves and reach for new goals.

Who doesn't like that?

That being said, I don't really have any solid goals for myself this year. I want to continue working on my writing and photography and see where that will lead me.

Mostly I just want to have fun and not be afraid to try new things.

I want to spend time with my family and friends.

The rest I will just make up as I go.

*Jenn*

a new project for a new year

I knew months ago that when the new year came around that I wanted to try something new. I also knew that I wanted to work on my photography, so this year I am going to be taking a picture everyday for the whole year. I plan on posting all of those pictures on this blog, although I may not get to post all of them on the day that I take them.

That is why I have 2 pictures today. I did not have time to post yesterday's picture, so here are the first 2 pictures of the year.

1/365
These are extra christmas crackers that were left over from our christmas party.

2/365 This is the topper on our tree.

That is all I have for today.

Happy New Year!!