re-dos, makeovers, and mess-ups

So, do you remember back in the first week of January, I wrote about 2011 being my year? The year that I take on the jobs, hobbies, and interests that I've been wanting to do but have put off for some unseen reason? Back when I was saying how everything just feels new? Well, I'm adding to that list...of newness...and it's going to be furniture!

Furniture? Yep. Cause, I like it. (I know you asked yourself Why)

I won't be designing or building it, but refurbishing it. Taking the old, and turning it into something neat and new. I'll be re-doing. Scraping, scrubbing, and sanding away years, and painting and staining on modern. Call it 'My Going Green Contribution'.

 Do I think every piece is going to turn out to be a master piece? No. I know better. There will definitely be some trial-and-error involved. I'll have days that I'm going to put my head down, cover my eyes and think to myself, what the hell am I doing?!?!?!

But I'm not worried. It's a hobby, not a job. I know I'll have mess-ups and oopses. Just like my Spanish I'm learning, I'm going to make mistakes. Some things might come out alittle funny. But that's OK. Because for every 10 I mess-up, 1 will turn out perfect! (I'm hoping.)

And now we are at the part where you can get involved in all this fun action! If you or someone you know has any solid wood, must be solid wood, furniture that you are getting rid of, please let me know. I would be happy to take a look at it.

But for now, most importantly, get outside and look up! See that magnificent gift God has giving each of us! Life might be hard sometimes, but He has always promised us a new day!

doing little

What class is this for you? 5th? 6th?

No this is just my 4th.

Have you done this before?

No this is the first time.

Wow! You are really doing great.

Thank you. I don't feel great compared to others in the class.

Oh no. You're really hanging in there. Keep it up!



Those are some serious words of encouragement when you feel like a complete idiot in class. It's important, though difficult, for me to remember that yoga is a practice. I won't be and can't be perfect. No one is. Everyday is different. Even though Bikram has the same 26 poses every class, no 2 classes are the alike. Even for the ones that have been there 5, 10, a lifetime number of years, every class is just as different for them as it is for me. 

The first day there were things I wasn't able to do. I, frankly compared to others, was tight as a board. But now, I can bend, move, and twist because of the little nudges and pushes to my body. I talk to it like it's completely seperate of myself. "Come on. I know you can do this. Just relax and I'll let you take over." Awesome changes have occurred because of this talk!

The soreness is gone. The cramping has quit. Now it is about the practice. Working hard at pushing my body. Changing my body. And changing my thought process about growing in this practice. Hot yoga is different, it is a discipline, and in its own hot, sticky way, beautiful.

As the teacher says, "Do little. Do right. Don't just hang out in a hot room."

4 weeks to go...