Shape your world

"It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -- Thoreau's Walden

Monday, December 8, 2008

Mad with the Christmas Spirit...

...of wasting money.

Really, the past few days, it's been like I can't stop myself.  Do you realize that I spent $140 on Christmas lights?  I got good deals on the new-style LED lights - the energy efficient ones that I told myself that I would buy this year.  Now, I have super buyers-remorse and they are going back to the stores that they came from for someone else to buy.

But, it's been like a binge, and I feel like I might if I had, say, eaten an entire dozen of bavarian creme donuts.  I have become fond of my frugality, and every time I whip out my debit card to pay for something, my head starts to spin.

But, here's the good news -- I filled up my car (I had less than 1/8th of a tank - please don't tell my husband) and the bill was $21.74.  I paid in cash.  I can't remember the last time that I did that!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Hey! I'm a Guest Blogger!

On Friday, I was the guest blogger on one of my favorite blogs -- the blog of Singer, Songwriter, Motivational Speaker, and all-around wise woman, Christine Kane.  Christine is doing a month of guests speaking on the power of setting a single-word intention for your New Year, rather than the more conventional New Year's Resolution.

My word was "Refine."  Please click over and have a read.  And you might, as I did, end up coming back to this great blog again and again.