Around this time every year I think about resolutions. I guess we're supposed to think "Here's an opportunity for me to be an even better me!!", which is all good and dandy, but how long does that high last, and was last year's version of myself really so bad? Don't get me wrong - I'll be looking to make improvements and strides this year, I'm just not starting the year thinking about flaws from my past. Rather, I'm looking forward to marvelous memories that await me in the year 2015.
I saw a New Year's craft on BuzzFeed and knew right away that I would need to make it, and since I loved the idea so much, I created a Facebook event inviting friends to do the same wherever they might be. I don't know that anyone partook, but I don't suppose that matters.The craft is called a rememberlutions jar, for the storing of favored moments throughout 2015, to be read at the end of the year.
I made my jar, and I have already added my first memory of the year: "Crafting rememberlutions jar with Aunt Kethsia in New York." Simple as that seems, it was quite special to me. My Aunt Kethsia, who is actually the wife of my father's cousin, Jimmy, and a longtime friend of my parents, lives in Lawrence, New York, where my family stayed with them these past couple of weeks. She has a fantastic craft room, and an upcoming blog (wink wink).
I've spent the past couple of weeks in a way that I could not have imagined. It was both trying and wonderful, and so completely unexpected. When I get the time, I'll try to post about it. I'm hoping that I manage my time in such a way that I get the time to devote to things like my blog more often. I hope to fill this jar well before the year's end and make several more, filled with awesome memories. Hello 2015!!