in with the old, in with the new

[serene]

I don't do resolutions or recriminations, as a rule. I liked a lot about
2006, and I liked how I approached it, so 2007 is likely to be a lot more
of the same.

Good stuff:

I learned to knit, became my own boss, worked as an election inspector (got the $20 bonus for
turning everything in, too), baked a bunch of bread, took a lot of walks,
kept connected with my mom and the Munchkins, spent a lovely evening as
one half of baby_fly's first babysitting team, became a veg-head
again, read a few good books and a ton of cookbooks and cooking blogs,
set healthy boundaries in the face of strong resistance, kept my
commitments, earned my keep, and had lots of good sex (and some really
incredibly great sex).

Bad stuff:

Eh. Who remembers? The charming thing about being me is that the good
stuff tends to crowd out the bad stuff in my mind. I'm a very lucky
airhead indeed. Someone once told me that I am too invested in making my
life seem easy to people. Maybe so, but how it feels in my head is that
my life IS, for the most part, easy, because I am good at making it so.
The hard stuff certainly stands out in strong relief against the easy
stuff, but I've set up my life so that the easy stuff wins most of the
time.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

how it feels in my head is that
my life IS, for the most part, easy, because I am good at making it so.

Yes, ma'am. That, exactly.

[clever-doberman.livejournal.com]

I find that in the balance of things, the bad stuff can outweigh the good stuff, but it doesn't matter, because the good things go such a long way to mend the bad stuff, or at least ameliorate it.

and the good stuff can be so small, but so poignant. I love cloud formations, especially those big cotton puffy ones, and on a sunny day with a bright blue sky in the background, and my heart is broken open like a good truffle.

another tidbit: filling the fountain pen is a one-minute meditation. you just can't rush it, and it is so calming, even for that one minute.

being good at making life easy is no small feat. except when it is.

[ptor.livejournal.com]

Thank you for babysitting our Chumble-Critter and also giving him the sweetie-boy nickname.

He's been giving us more sweetie-smiles lately, and has started chuckling too!