A month, one 12th of the year, is almost gone, and yet…

….

That  …. pretty much sums up January, and I don’t quite know WHY.

MOTION is my word of the year, and I HAVE gotten out and walked (after forcing myself out of bed in the mornings; the direct result of staying up too late re-reading the Outlander series )  ….the running part of motion seems to be eliminated because my knees protested too much, but I am going to need to do a LOT more walking to be ready for the 10K….

I DID make it to both quilt meetings I had on my calendar,  but I DIDN’T remember to get any art into the PRAC show…

I HAVE sorted through 2300 digi images of the Year on the Appomattox and culled to 1300…

And so far, for my organization and decluttering project, I have cleaned out ONE closet. 

Can’t even blame it on the weather, because we are on day 6 in a row of over 60 degrees, we *may* have seen 20 minutes of sleet one night….

I have to get my arse in gear, don’t I? 

So, I’ve joined the CEO challenge at Quilting Adventures.

Sometime in the next 6 months, THESE six quilts are to be finished.

The Highwayman

Batik Cats

a VERY bad shot of Dresden plates

Chinese Coin

Wild Goose Chase

Autumn Leaves

This will dent my quilt pile of UFO’s not the slightest, sad to say.  And the desire to work on these will more than likely be overtaken by new projects, and other things as well….

But, little steps. Something has to get me out of the January doldrums!

Begun with great personal sadness and ending with great and multiple personal gladness’s, I WEATHERED 2011 in more ways than I would have envisioned when I chose WEATHER as my word of the year. 2011′s word blog post

For the past few years, I have begun the year with a word… started in an online group of fiber artists, and each year, I admire their words, and think I might steal one of them, because I don’t have my own word yet.

This morning, as I was driving to work,  the word pronounced itself to me, fully formed, and refuses to allow further thought or negotiation.

So, for 2012, my word is MOTION.

There so many ways to interpret it, to analyze it, to live it…

The simple act of getting up out of bed means I am living my word!

(Talk about being successful with a resolution!!)

But, can I take it someplace further?

• Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. ~John Sterling
• Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion~ Dorothea Brande
• Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another.~ Norman Mailer
• It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.~ Mentat Prayer

For 2012, I have already set in motion my first one woman photo exhibit! I need to work on that, and make it become what I want it to be.

I have taken the first steps towards another run at organization of the house…

I have a date to meet with some quilt artists, and hope to see something new and exciting occur in the stagnant art place I find my fiber art resting…

But, could I take the concept of motion and make it bigger?  A few years back, Timmy and I were going to do the Ukrops 10k, but I had a foot issue… hmmm…

Arlie, Timmy—March 31 is far enough away to get our bodies in motion, too! (A body in motion STAYS in motion!!!)

May you find lots of wonderful things under your tree!!

Thanks for letting me share my Christmas Countdown with you! See you December 1, 2012 to start all over again!

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Merry Christmas!