Fresh Start

I've seen many things in this 3 days that we've had so far of 2012 that reference "Fresh Start". Fresh start for organizing, fresh start for dieting (typical new year's resolution I'm glad to be able to dismiss this year), on and on.

Jon made a commitment to read the Bible in a year (done before) AND blog about it...every day. My mom gave me the most wonderful magazine for Christmas called "Artful Blogging". While I've only read and looked through part of it, the cover alone was very inspiring.

All this to say, now that the holiday season is over, and for us it truly does feel as though we survived it, I want to spend more time here. I read in the magazine about a woman who basically had "blog camp" for a month. Blog every day for a month. While I'm not sure that I'll be able to do that realistically, I do want to write more and keep progressing in my photography skills.

That leads me to touch on another christmas present that was VERY unexpected and I am still a little in awe about. My best friend Sarah had one of MY photographs put on canvas and put on a frame. She said that she heard or read that one of the most inspiring things for an artist to have in their home is something of their own on the walls. I never would have done this for myself, but it is already inspiring. It's very weird to have my picture become art hanging on a wall. I feel conceited saying this, but it does make me want to continue in hopes that my work will be on someone else's walls and give them pleasure when they look at it and maybe even inspire them. Here's a picture of my ART...ON MY WALL!!!!

So, I know I have much to catch up on. I have a novel of a post still in works since the last time I posted just waiting to be finished. Christmas prep, Christmas events that just ended yesterday combined with being pregnant left me quite overwhelmed this year. Hope you all understand and keep me accountable here.