bye bye 2007 & being without internet...

bye bye 2007, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74.

i've been w/o the internets for quite some time now since the big ole storm knocked it out. but it's been good in that, what you don't know is brewing, is better sometimes way. like...orders? can't check them! blogging? no way w/o the internets! email? nope. surfing the web? nah, that's out too! and the mister's phone went dead after i spill in the drink-shower. so it's been real quiet. and really, very nice.

i've made some blogging/webby/posting decisions which basically revolve around me taking more time for me & pursuing my creative habit. (*not* just sprout studio product making, but art making too - hence the new "art & LIFE" category under my new site) i want to make more, look more in an inspirational way -- but not in a "omg they (whomever 'they' might be) are so much more prolific/creative/industrious/intuitive/better than me way", compare less, view less blogs that eat up my time. i'll be narrowing my list to the left there down to an even more slim blog list - just the ones i'm really interested in -- more of the peeps here in the bay area that i'd like to keep up with and be part of my community. (like shash & mati, whom i went to the MOMA with over the break - & had such a good time with).

i want more time for me, to do new things in this amazing city (that gives me sunsets like these? holy gorgeousness!!) & want more time to be a maker of art. i have so many ideas and feel behind all the time with no time to actually create. so that's a priority moving to the top o' my list.

and thinking about lists, i've been diligently trying to try loads more new recipes this past year as one of my unspoken resolutions of 2007 - and i think i did fairly well. i'll post a list of yum new foodie things i've tried and recipes later. the food thing on my unspoken to do list this year is learn how to make bread. and then do it. :)

i do love me some flickr though, so hopefully the blog pare down will result in more art time, and i can still get my flickr fix in.

do you do resolutions? i just kinda do a mental one or two...my neighbors decided to "commandments" - now that's heavy duty commitment!

hope you are having a lovely week. i have been :)

xxx.