2010 - My Year in Review

As 2010 comes to a close, it's hard to believe that the year 2000 was a decade ago. Here is a quick recap of my year.

Business trip to Washington DC in March with a layover in Minneapolis with enough time to go see the Mall of America.

Sisters trip to Utah in April.

Family vacation to the cabin in June.

Wally and I did a getaway weekend to the Olympic National Park. We stayed at Crescent Lake, it was great.

Lillie visited us in Seattle in August.

I decided to stop coloring my hair. I want to see what my natural color is.

Wally's sister Carmen passed away of cancer.

My sister's father-in-law Lloyd Berg passed away.

Best fiction book I read this year - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

Best nonfiction book I read this year - Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

New fun to read fiction author I discovered - Diane Mott Davidson.

Saw Los Lonely Boys in concert.

Saw Heart in concert at the Puyallup Fair.

Met the Pioneer Woman at her cookbook signing - thanks to Melissa for getting me the ticket.

Developed the habit of going to the gym in the early morning before work. Still going 4 - 5 days a week at 6:15 a.m.

I decided I liked knitting on a loom and made hats for Christmas gifts.

Happy to still be gainfully employed and at the time still working from home.

The family is happy and healthy and looking forward to 2011.

Homemade Christmas Things

Now that the gifts have been given and opened I can post a few pictures of some things I made for Christmas gift - hats and table runners.

The table runners are made in a Chevron pattern and are a quilt as you go design. The hats are made on the Provo Craft circle knitting looms. I'm loving the knitting loom right now. I think because it's something I can actually start and finish!

Now I have a couple, okay more than a couple, of quilting projects to finish. Pictures later.

What to Do

The other day as I was procrastinating, I was thinking that most everything I do falls into these categories: what I want to do, what I need to do and what I actually end up doing.

Some evenings I want to do absolutely nothing, maybe knit in front of the TV. What I need to do is usually clean up the kitchen, maybe some laundry. Sometimes what I actually end up doing is sitting at the computer.

I guess I just have to find the balance in the needs and the wants and then throw in some of the "whatever I do is just fine" and be satisfied.

A Visual Reminder

I found this picture on a blog. The lady had driven past this church in Rhode Island and turned around to have a better look.

When I look at this picture it reminds me that we all have basic needs, some of us have more than others and there is always at least one little thing we can do to help another person, without judgement.

Hair Update

At 5 1/2 months. I'm really liking the color that is coming in. And it even looks like I'm growing new baby hair in my receding hair line.