I’ll be short on last year: FAIL
The only resolution I feel I fully accomplished was participating in the company wellness program. And on that, I give myself a solid C. Last year was about family, and trying to keep it together while my father-in-law fought Cancer. Fin can fill you in on that, but I’ll summarize the year with “Cancer sucks”.
I’m trying to move on, and what better way to start by posting my usual yearly post.
Even better, it had a double yolk!
- Fin
If you haven’t started your tomatoes and peppers yet it’s not too late to get them going! Cole crops too!
Here are some pictures from the greenhouse:
Every few days, someone messages me on a new and great crowd funding campaign.
Generally, this comes in the form of sharing a video - a video that makes many grandiose promises if I only donate a few bucks to the cause. As a few of these campaigns have raised crazy amounts of cash, it seems that they are becoming more popular. Throw a coin at any “Make” fair, and see what I mean.
It’s that time of year again.
So far, my record for New Year’s Resolutions:
The past few years, I’ve not been hitting my goals. This past year, toward the end, things have started heating up again. Hopefully the trend continues. This year, Fin and I will likely be focusing a lot more on the family than some of our other endeavors. Still, we’ll be working at moving onward and upward.
To borrow a phrase from the wonderful world of sports, “This was a rebuilding year”. While Fin and I work to shape and build a new lifestyle, I’ve found myself wrestling with questions of how to have a healthy view of life while also looking forward. Another year has passed by, and I find myself wanting to enjoy the next year more, to live a bit more in the now, instead of toward the future.
Since starting the new gig, I’ve definitely found myself - slowly, but surely - having more energy. It helps that my current work environment is a lot more positive than the previous. Meanwhile, on the home front, the haunted house and family health concerns have taken over. Today, is the first in a long while, I’ve felt like I could sit back and breath.
I actually sat and played piano some. All that, and I still have a list of chores around the house. Even as ugly clouds hang over us, Fin and I have been fairly motivated lately. When we both were feeling down and out, we decided to start working from “the inside out” - taking the steps to reach our goals that were closest to us, as opposed to simply trying to hit them.
While I’d like to avoid this becoming a super-political blog, Tuesday is election day and there are a few big-issues coming up for a vote. There’s not much going on with our State / County officials, but the Amendments are important.
To celebrate, my favorite piece of Halloween music (cliched as it might be):
What better way to start the week leading to Halloween with a little classical music?
At the strike of midnight on Halloween, Death wakes the dead with his violin for a night of dancing. At Dawn, they must return to their graves. Watch for dancing bones in a few days ;)