So I haven't done a good job!

Here it is January 30, 2012 and I am just getting around to updating my blog.  So much for weekly updates.  As to my other lists of things I hope to accomplish.  I have finished 3 of the 12 hats.  One pair of socks, no mittens, I haven't written a thing yet.  Nor have I done any tatting!  But I did get fired from my tatting job.  The shop owner decided she didn't want to pay me what I had asked for this time and so she has cancelled the class and requested my address so she can mail my samples to me.  Sounds like she doesn't want me in her shop for any reason.  That is okay, I have always ordered my tatting supplies online and I can order all my yarn that way too. But I do wonder if she found another tatting teacher who will teach for less than what I wanted.  It is to far away to just drive over to check.  So I now have all day Tuesdays to work on my project until the end of April when golf starts.

My daughter in Alaska has been dealing with the coldest winter on record.  She has had several days of cold temps, 50 to 60 below zero, not what I want to experience.  It is cold enough here in Michigan to keep me indoors.  She is hoping to move from the Interior of Alaska to Soldnata which is south of Anchorage and 30 to 40 degrees warmer.  Still below zero abut not as cold.as where she is now.  She will at least then be on the power grid and won't have to depend on a generator for electricity and she will have natural gas for heat instead of wood.   I feel much better already for her and the boys.

She called me tonight and thanked me for the markers I sent to her boys for Christmas.  The oldest boy was having a good time coloring on everything!  The walls, the table and himself, didn't color his little brother but was looking to.  Fortunately, for my daughter I sent them washable markers and she was pleased that they worked as advertised.  She had already washed the walls so only had the table and boys left!

The Final Hours of 2012

Well, 2011 is drawing to a close and a lot has happened this year.  I have a new grandson and a great granddaughter. Spent a month in Alaska.  Neglected my garden and let it go to ruin hope to do better next year.

 My father is doing well and we are looking forward to a new year with him.

I learned how to use my new embroidery machine and made several gifts for Christmas.  Have several new designs picked out for shirts and bags next year.

Taught a series of tatting classes and have another one lined up for the new year.

I am getting my list ready for the new year with my goals laid out for me.  I hope to knit 12 pair of socks this year most will be for gifts.  I am looking at making 12 hats and 12 pair of mittens. I also want to work on 12 tatting projects, just not sure what I will do with the tatting.  I want to write at least new 12 poems and work on my stories that I have neglected for way to long.  I plan to update this blog at least once a week and not leave it languishing for months at a time.   Won't be to difficult with the winter months but spring and summer are difficult.