HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It is only 5:40 and there are already fireworks going off in the neighborhood. My cat has taken several chunks out of my legs in her attempt to scare them to get away from the loud noises. Of course this is nothing compared to her antics on Independence Day. The 5th of July is usually a day spent bandaging wounds on my ankles. One day I will learn to wear boots or something.

I have always loved New Years Eve, but this year I am just too tired to celebrate too enthusiastically. I am just wiped out. I haven't been getting any sleep because I am getting wicked leg cramps at night and end up pacing the house instead of sleeping. And I have never been the type who could sleep during the day, though I can lounge and doze a little, I am still tired. I would rather curl up and watch some movies than party. Besides it just doesn't seem like it should be the end of the year already. I dunno what I'll do yet, though I do have a couple of posts I have been planning on, so maybe I will type those up. In anycase I will let you know tomarrow or later tonight.

As for everyone else....HAPPY NEW YEAR...Have fun, Stay safe, and tell me all about it tomarrow!

It's friday feast time ladies and gents...

Appetizer

Using only 5 words, describe how 2004 went for you.

An out of control rollercoaster

Soup

Name something you did in 2004 that you'll probably never do again.

Work in Social Services. It is to draining. And not the best profession for anyone who is laden with empathy.

Salad

What did you learn about yourself in 2004?

That I count on things too much. I get my hopes up and suffer disappointment when my plans do not achieve fruition. That and I trust too much in people I do not know yet.

Main Course

What notable news event from 2004 will stand out most in your memory?

The Tsunami is first and formost in my mind, but the election will probably by a prominent occassion in my memory.

Dessert

Name something you purchased in 2004 that you really, really like.

My car, I like my Sonata, though it wouldn't have been my first choice it definately has grown on me. Especially since it goes when I want it to. ;)

Resolutions

New Year new layout. What do you think? I loved this picture I took a while back and decided to use it as my new starting point.This is the street I live on and I think the haze of the early sun makes for a good analogy of the future; you can't see it clearly, you have some sort of an idea of what will come but you can't quite bring it into focus.

I plan to make a lot of changes over the next couple of months, changes for the better, I only hope that this year I am better prepared to stick with my resolutions. I am 25 years old, knocking closely on 26 and I feel like I haven't done a damn thing with myself.

So I WILL finish writing this book
I WILL find a job that I LOVE
I WILL get into better shape
I WILL save some money to pay for the things I want
And I WILL pay off my debts (or at least make a good start)

It seems like a really small list. Lets see how my resolve holds out this year huh.

Where did all the sound go?

It is finally quiet around here again. I hafta say that is nice. I do love having everyone around but I am also one of those people who crave silence...no high pitched giggles from the kids and no bunch of people each talking louder than the other trying to ensure that they are heard. And now New Years is coming and I can honestly say I don't really want to party too hard. My sister is moving into her new place that weekend so our attention will be elsewhere anyway. I do however intend to hold said sister to her word of making me manicotti for new years dinner.

I have so many little tasks I want to do and I just can't motivate myself to get them done. I need to re-enter a ton of addresses and other info into my Palm that will be tedious. I have to go through my books and get the ones I don't intend to use anytime soon ready for storage, or sale, that will also take forever because I have loads of books. I want to get at least 7 bracelets made, that shouldn't take too long but it does give a person a good handcramp to do more than 3 at a sitting. And most importantly I need to re-type those 60 pages of Blade that I lost when the computer went kaput, and then get back to work on it. I especially need to do that before my dad takes back his offer to edit it for me. Oh and I want to work a little more with my guitar. There are a lot of other things too, but I don't even want to think about those.

Tomarrow I am going to look for another gift for my mom that I was unable to get before Christmas because paydays fell all out of whack, hopefully I will be able to locate at least one of the 2004 Holiday Barbie that she said she wanted to start a collection with. If I can't find that I suppose it will be another Snowbaby for her collection. I hate shopping. But I'll get over it. ~Night all!

I got presents!

My 2 sisters and I got a pair of earings each. I got the Saphires, though my birthstone is Aquamarine, they didn't have them, my sisters got theirs though Ruby and Perodite. Aren't they perdyful?

I had a nice Christmas, a little loud, but nice otherwise. Still have a lot of food leftover and alot of deserts since everyone was too full to eat any of them after dinner was done. At least 3 people left the table absolutely miserable!