So, I have this great idea!

These six little words seem harmless...but they rule my life. I am an idea maker. I make ideas. And then I share these brain bursts with others, spilling idea juice out all over the place! There's excitement and jubilation over this new idea, there's much resolve and grand illusions (or disillusions) of victory and accomplishment...for about a week. And then reality hits and I realize that rock hard abs aren't attainable when your favorite food is brownies, books don't write themselves, and cute little puppies turn into bumbling, messy, neurotic BIG dogs!

And yet reality never seems to detour me from my next big idea. Oh, and I'm not immune to sharing YOUR big idea. Oh no! If you have a great idea that you share with me and the excitement pony (that lives in my brain) saddles up to your idea, I will take it and ride! I will embrace your idea as my own and run, run like the wind towards a usually unrealistic goal. And I love every moment of it! It makes my life adventurous, fun, and unpredictable. And I am a fan of all three of those things! Ah, and it incorporates another of my favorite addictions: Change! Sweet, delicious, candy coated change. Yum-scrumptious!

And it's been about two weeks or so since my last big idea of putting down the cookies (pretty sure I was eating a cookie before I was done typing that post) and shaping up. And this morning my mirror proclaimed that I still looked the same as two weeks ago, same thighs, same tummy, same, same, same. Ah well, onward and forward, and upward!

I have a NEW idea. Well, actually I have two. And they're completely unrelated to each other. Yeah, that should be fun!

Share time? Is it share time yet? I want to show and tell! Pick me, pick MEEE!!!

Great Idea #1 (thank you to the Allison's for this one)
No sugar for a month.

Did you gasp? Were you shocked? Did you drop your fruit snack right onto your computer keyboard? I know, it's a lofty goal. And I've already failed a little bit this morning. You see, while hiking it around the GV with my running club (Hi girls!) Allison and I decided to take the other Allison's challenge to cut sugar out of our diets for a month (I know, too many Allison's...but what can I do? I know! I could rename them!). Allison 1 is now Sugar (because she's honestly the sweetest person I know!). Ok, so Sugar and I agreed to undertake this massive goal, holding each other accountable and encouraging one another. Hold the phone! I forgot to mention that we're also not allowed to eat any refined or processed foods. No chips, crackers, white bread, bakery goods, etc. My fridge is going to need a total makeover!! And that takes me back to my failure. So, it was too late to hit up the g-store after our run so I woke up this morning and realized I had nothing to eat! I cheated a little bit by having an english muffin. I feel better about that than the Peanut Butter Cap'N Crunch XL Family Size box I was eyeing the minute my slippered feet hit the hardwood this morning. By the way, does anyone NEED a box of Cap'N Crunch? Cause I know of a XL Family Size box that isn't going to get any lovin' at my house for a month! But I have big plans to bound into the ghetto Cub by my house and shop it up this afternoon, so I'll be back on track soon.

Great Idea #2
Crafts!

My poor husband. He really should get an award or a sticker for living with a woman who is constantly exclaiming, "Honey, you know what we should do???" Such a good man!

Anywhoo, the other day I was staring at the vast expanse under our dining room table and realized that somewhere in the recesses of my brain I had filed a picture of a hand-painted rug. In some craft brochure, or some Good Homes Better Housekeeping Ladies Journal, or a random article on hgtv.com I encountered instructions on how to design your own rug...and I LIKED it. This little image popped into my brain and has hence been stuck there on repeat. And with it have come all these great ideas for jewelery and hats, and curtains, and pillows, and aprons, and summer dresses (thanks mostly to a day of antiquing and shopping painfully adorable stores in small towns with my mom and sis).

For some this doesn't sound like such a grand idea, but there are several reasons why crafts are an adventure for me. I don't know how to make any of these things...I have virtually no crafting supplies at my house (thanks to a pre-wedding clean out of my boxes 'o crapft [that's crap and craft mushed together - if you have these boxes, you know why])...and my calendar suggests I do not have TIME to be creative. Nevertheless, I am convinced that by the end of the summer my house will be a little sparklier, a little homeier, and a lot more decorated-er!! Sorry about that last one, I felt pressure to add the {er} since that's how the other two words ended. :)

And somewhere in between these two ideas I need to paint the rest of the walls in my house, buy new furniture, get a second job, learn how to sew, bake bread in my fabulous neused (that's new-used!) bread machine, master cupcake decorating (stinkin' bakerella blog making me dream of delectable cupcake creations!), plan and take a vacation, sculpt a rock-hard physique through a disciplined regimine of running, cardio and strength training. Oh, and I HAVE to throw in some Hot Yoga too!

Whew! I'm tired just looking at all of that...oh wait, no I'm not! I'm super excited! I'm giddy, and giggly, and completely insane!! Who else is with me!?!?! Who LOVES a new challenge, a new adventure or a new goal???

Idea Girl!!! Netflix here I come!!
Sidenote: How cute is her dress????