January 1, 2009
Happy New Year.
In review, this was one of the best years and one of the worst. I hated living separately of David for so long. It put a strain on us, took too long to recover from but made and is making us stronger.
I won't do that again.
Putting that aside, while he was away, I became even more independent, cared for our home, 90" of snow, a failed septic systems and all. I also had fun reaching out, made new friends and cultivated a long dormant love of microbrewed beer (R&R Stout if you must know), treated myself to Biscuits and Gravy and had some fun too.
I did all this while writing a book; which is a dream come true. I did this with the help of some feirce, enthusiastic people. And I am happy and grateful for it. I look forward to being able to hold the shiny pages in my hands.
I would have linked to some more folks in this paragraph, if I could find thier presence on the web.
I have made some connections as a result, and went to my first trip to Houston.
I got to meet Deborah Boschert and Jane LaFazio in person.
And I am busy beyond belief with some new opportunities, so 2008 has been good.
And I plan for 2009 to be even better. Things continue to be somewhat rocky. And I have been working on being present, simply put. So, my resolution for this year? In as much as this is a resolution:
To be present, willing and ready for life's offerings.
And what better than to have warm mittens to do it with? I taught myself two color knitting two weeks ago and cast one for my second mitten today.
But, um. Is my work table a mess? Presents, wrapping paper. Stuff? My folks bought me some Ravelry swag!!!
It is almost hard to believe that I reconnected and have been sucessful with knitting this year. I have always wanted to knit, taught myself a few years ago but refused to swatch and so had poor results. When I started writing the book, I told myself, you can knit, you cannot design, you can follow patterns but if you get frustrated, no knitting, girlie!
And that was all the threat I needed. I now swatch, rip back and am successful. I do not design and I follow patterns!