Renovation plans

Hokay, so Meg and I have decided that the apartment needs some life breathed into it. We have come up with a list of ideas to change the place up. When are we starting you ask? Tomorrow. Well, technically today seeing as how it's after midnight, but I'm sure you get the point. Here is a mini preview of upcoming changes:

1. push pin tree

2. furnish above the kitchen cabinets

3. book shelves and/or tea shelf

4. wood place settings for outside

5. plywood personalized walls

6. coat rack

Expect photo updates SOON.

....As in the next few days, that is.

This Is Me

In light of recent happenings (ahem, the passing of health care reform, ahem), I'm tired of seeing people running and screaming out of left field when they've always shown to be on the opposite side of things. I wish people were more forthright and true to themselves. So this is an entry dedicated to myself, a celebration of who I am and what I stand for.

My name is Keri.

These are the things I believe in:

- myself

- love

- karma

- roots

- experience

- beauty

- desire

- knowledge

- The Phoenix Coyotes

- family

- friendship

- life

- failure

- stillness

- chaos

- nature

- art

- dreams

- children

- and that sometimes people can be kind

Things I don't believe in:

- hate

- oppression

- democracy (I don't think true democracy exists)

- god

- world peace

- dominance

- brushing your hair everyday

- violence

- suffering

- reality

- perfection

- technology

- debate without action

- WAR

- traditional marriage

Things I'm "for" or "against" that tend to get me in sticky conversations:

- gay marriage **for**

- strict separation of church and state (especially in schools) **for**

- re-writing the constitution **for**

- caps on immigration population allowances **against**

- building superhighways **against**

- death penalty **for**

- outsourcing *****against*****

- legalizing pot **for**

- legalizing other drugs **against**

- cloning **against**

- stem cell research **for**

- abortion/right to choose **for**

- national health care **for**

- abolishing guns **for**

- global warming prevention *****FOR****

- war in Iraq ***against***

- war in Afghanistan ***against***

- stationary troops in all previously occupied countries ***against***

- Guantanamo Bay ***against***

- torture *********against******** (I don't care if you caught them red-handed with a bomb strapped to their chests in the middle of a church. You don't torture)

I'm getting carried away now, but this is me. This is who I am. No curve balls. Nothing is sugar-coated with kind words. You know, I'm always worried about offending others, but this isn't about that. This is about the far too high number of people who hide these things in the closet.

Be proud of who you are. Always.

Today is going to be wonderful.

Long lost creativity

I don't know where my creativity went. Well, I guess it didn't really "go" anywhere. I just lost the drive to finish let alone start all or any of these great ideas I have. Hopefully during spring break I can find some will from deep inside and bring this side of me back to life. I really miss it.

Some of these ideas?

1. I want to make my own re-useable lunch bag complete with re-useable sandwich and snack bags.

2. Dye my own yarn with the crockpot.

3. Make a push pin tree on my wall.

4. Learn to make a t-shirt quilt.

5. Turn a book into a purse.

6. Get a flower pot and paint it, so it can be my kitchen utensil holder.

Ahhh! There' so much I want to do! But that's enough for now.

Can't get enough of this.

http://vimeo.com/173714