New Year, new commitments! I have been out of touch in the blogging world for quite some time—since August! OUCH!! As one of my New Year’s resolutions, I am going to try to increase my blogging. I am pretty certain that daily is out of the question, so for now, I will attempt weekly, and I may even go for twice weekly, with more often being a bonus.
To get back on track, since I only blogged a few times last year, I will do a quick year in review. We ended 2009 with the loss of my father-in-law, so the year 2010 started on a sad note. Many changes have come about in the family since then. My mother-in-law sold the 40+ year family home in April, moved into a senior living apartment, which we sensed right away was not her cup of tea, then announced the purchase of a new home in December, which is being prepped for occupation this month. Of course her move from the old home meant my single-over-40 brother-in-law had to find new digs as well. He purchased his first home after ten months in an apartment, and is moving this week as well. More moves happened at our house and my employers’. All of my adult children have now left the nest and are learning first-hand the work and expenses involved to maintain an abode. The main office of one of my jobs relocated, which allowed me to score a new home office set-up, which is still in progress. I am hoping for increased organization and productivity. We also had to make several temporary moves at my other employer, which got old after awhile—hopefully they will have things figured out if I return in spring.
January started off with a health scare for my hubby, which resulted in numerous high tech tests and biopsies. One year later, we are cautiously optimistic, with a rescreen scheduled for April. I also spent a little more time with the doctor, chiropractor, and physical therapist this year. (I’m happy to report that six years after the retirement of my favorite family physician, I have found a doctor I trust once again.) Between all the people working on me, my bum shoulder returned to 95% healthier, my back about 90%, my depression & ADHD issues are almost under control, and less frequent migraines. With a few small dietary changes and slight bit more activity, I lost 20 pounds from May-October 2009, gained back 10 from October 2009-April 2010, and have now lost that 10 and another 12, for a grand total of 32 pounds since May 2009! Yippee—hope it never finds me again! Here’s a toast to great health in 2011.
I am thankful for the continuing health of my parents, which is brought to light when I see some of the struggles others their age face. I spent a great deal of time working with my Mother and my sister on some family legal issues, and other than the headaches of legal jargon, our time together was very rewarding. I hope to be able to spend an equal or greater amount of bonding time with family this year.
Work has been about the same. I split my time between two part time jobs. I love one more than the other, but until there is an opportunity to go full time at this one, I will hang onto the other a while longer. (I actually like the responsibilities at both jobs, but the management decisions at one can make it unbearable at times).
Probably the biggest event of my year was turning fifty, and I found it wasn’t so different from being 49, or 48, or 47, or……19. The only thing different about 50 is it just seems like I have less time to accomplish everything I want, and I feel like I’ve barely touched the surface!
I am on a mission to become more organized in 2011. I got a little head start in 2010, but the bulk of the projects will hopefully be accomplished in 2011. I look forward to organizing my tubs of photos (and hopefully completing at least a few albums), continuing my efforts to pull the family history together and completing a written narrative, blog more often, de-clutter, do some remodeling, and once again attempt a garden (mine failed miserably last year). I think planning a family reunion is in order, as well, perhaps linked with my father’s upcoming 80th birthday this summer. It will be another busy year, and that is just the way I like it!
Happy New Year to You and Yours! ~Abra
