In the mood to hop

And I will be hopping this week!  The grand kiddies stayed over and I shall return them tomorrow.  They keep me hopping!

I found these images in a shoe catalogue and they will make great masks for an art journal!

The Rooster has been waving a red flag in front of me.  He says I have too much on my list and I'll be stressed for the holidays.  hmm. That kind of talking makes me think, "I'll show you!".  :O  But I am getting wiser.  The basement needs a bit more fine tuning.  The bathroom has a couple of serious fixes.  And then there is the kitchen.  I will NOT see red. lol  So I will only clean the closet in the bathroom and wash things down well.  That'll be this week. Then I must really paint the kitchen.  I shall be doing that next week. Then there are the odds and ends for the last week. ;)   I'm willing to add a few skips to my hop but I can't waste a good and major deadline! ;)

So,  I shall be doing some playful hops as the week start, then I shall do some large leaps on my to-do list and I shall end the week with a REAL Blog Hop that Vicki at Field Trips in Fibre has organized for the first three Fridays in December.  Check it out.  It is not too late to join the Hop which all about real studios as works in progress. 

Time to hop to it!!!

In the mood for ...

Games!

I always seem to fall into the category of average.

But I took a personality quiz once that was an eye opener for me.  It was Gary Smalley's Personality test which broke the four basic personality types into kinds of animals: lion, beaver, golden retriever and otter.  The surprise was that I was not half of one and half of another like most everything in my life but something like 98 percent otter.  And by golly, it was definitely me.  I found my tribe!  lol

Otter (Sanguine/Influence)

Strengths– Outgoing, responsive, warm, friendly, talkative, enthusiastic, compassionate
Weaknesses– Undisciplined, unproductive, exaggerates, egocentric, unstable

So the best way for me to motivate myself and get things done is to have fun.  These mood boards help me focus on the goal for the week and my blog helps me find playful ways to accomplish them. 

Let the games begin!