one hour a day

Covered shoe boxes to store and organize a bit more artfully.
Why buy fabric boxes when you can make your own - especially if you (like me) have tons of cool fabric laying around.
And notice I arranged my books in rainbow order. This was a fun hour!


Covered tissue box. and more fabric covered boxes.
(this one holds a million pens, markers and pencils)

pretty mouse pad

I don't know how much you know about the transitions going on in my life.

But anyway, I'm going through some big transitions in my life. I'm now a full time working single mom. It's not necessarily hard, just majorly time consuming. I can forget about any time just for me for the next 7 - 10 years. Yikes! I'll be OK though. Luckily I really like my kids and sincerely enjoy spending time with them.

But as my therapy, I have set aside the hour after they are in bed and before I go take my bath to be MY TIME. Just mine. I can do what ever I need. Since I got rid of cable TV, I find a lot more to do with an hour. Unfortunately I did discover hulu.com though. So I do sometimes get stuck watching an entire season of a TV show in one sitting. (then I get more than an hour for me!)

I've been really trying to focus on doing more crafty things. More sewing, cooking, book making, card making and other paper crafts. More educational reading, designing, and more letter writing. I sometimes do spend my hour just looking at craft ideas online. I'm really impressed with some people's blog dedication.

An hour is short. Very short, and sleep is important, so I try to respect my hour and keep it to an hour... or two, depending on how into my project I am. More to come!