like wearing last year's jeans...

A fact or 2:  I am a compact person, about five foot 8..... 121 pounds.  I have been like this since I had a massive growth spurt when I was 12.  I have never wanted to be any other size.  I am very comfortable in airline seats, for example.  Strangely, the wife is the same height, which makes her almost a tall woman, but puts me at the shorter side of average height.  There are some exceedingly tiny Welshmen in my ancestry....

ANYWAY, I will get to the point soon.
The boy next door went through the same growth spurt when he was 12.  I got a bag of his outgrown clothing, I am wearing his 6th grade jeans now.  They are baggy and I can get long johns on under them.  BUT, his growth spurt has not stopped, and he now is a 6 foot 3 HS senior.  I am still wearing boys' clothing.  Sometimes mens' size small is...too big.

ANYWAY, now we get to the point.  I got to thinking 2 things today, as I wear this kid's hand me downs:  you never want to wear LAST year's stuff, that you outgrew.  Highwaters or tight in the belly or whatever.  I feel that describes how I feel about my work.  I am always outgrowing myself because I get bored so easily and move ahead to new ideas.  I like to sometimes re-visit old ideas though.

I have made heart mugs, but not much lately even though Feb. 14th is coming up.  I really like cat cups, but have not made them much in a year.  BUT yesterday I was thinking to self "tee hee, what if they had a cute saucer, shaped like a heart or cat?".  Which is the equivalent of your mom letting out your jeans so they aren't too short....