Merry Christmas Everyone!
I have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. I have
family and friends who love me. I have a
job which I love. I am healthy and currently well rested. The gift exchange for
the family will begin once mother and father return from Christmas Mass.
Now onward and upward. I am looking forward to the New Year.
This past year has been a little rough at times. But it has only made me a
better person. Earlier this year, I made my New Year’s Resolution. My
resolution was to gauge my ears to a size 0. Check. That was my only one
because I wanted to set something that I would actually be able to accomplish.
I am pondering about my upcoming resolution. I want something else like my last
one; simple, yet something that is changing me. I will post it when it is the
year 2012.
In other news, I have lost a lot of weight this year. This
morning when I weighed myself, I weighed in at 281. This means I have lost over
40 pounds this year. I have no exercise program. I have no diet. I just work.
Because of this, I am able to fit into clothes that I haven’t been able to wear
in years. This makes me happy in ways that I cannot explain.
I need to have a long weekend and come over to my parent’s
house and take the time to clean up all my stuff that still occupies the basement.
I know that my dad was joking, but it still struck a nerve when he was talking
about my stuff still occupying the basement. So I have a few ideas on how to
clear all this out. First off, I want to buy a Kindle Fire. It might be a late
Christmas present to myself. I then want sort through all the books I have and
see if I can find them on Amazon.com. If so, I want to buy the digital versions
if possible. Now there are some books that I have that I know are not on the
Amazon.com marketplace. These will be kept on a shelf; a shelf I want to buy
from IKEA and place it up higher on the wall so they will not be in the way if
there are more room renovations. The other books will be donated or sold or
whatever is needed to rid myself of them. I have a large amount of random
electronics that I would like to sort through and depart with some of them are
the superfluous and just wasting space. I just am not sure what to do with my
old bed frame. I mean it can be kept here for when we come and stay for the
night, but I think there needs to be a separate faux guest bedroom. I am hoping
that with all my clothing out of drawers on the frame, it can be used if I come
and stay for a few nights or whatever.
I am waiting for the spring/summer. My dad is making himself
an office. I am really excited about this because I have a hidden love for
building and designing rooms/houses. So this will be a fun and exciting
adventure for the two of us because we are best when we bounce the ideas off
each other and we work well together. I am thinking of getting some things
framed for the decorations in his office. I am thinking maybe a small shadowbox
with things from his time in the Seabees and some photos from Dubuque. I think
it will be a nice little place for him to relax and to do his work.
I was thinking about something while I was at work. I was
thinking about my top ten favorite songs and lyrics. I think I will compile
this list with some long thought and that will be in an upcoming post.
I would like to take this time to send out my sincerest
condolences and sympathies and love to the Havens family. This Christmas, they
lost as husband and a father. Colleen, I know you don’t read this, but all of
us at Hobby Lobby Polaris are here for you. You are a member of our family and
we support you.
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