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Last night, for the first time in several years, we had actual events we could go to for NYE instead of defaulting to sitting at home. But when the time came, we were both feeling rather under the weather, and thus, in one of those silly little ironies my life is always full of, we *chose* to sit at home this time. TCM was running a Thin Man marathon, which couldn't have been a more lovely bit of serendipity, so we sat on the couch and watched those and laughed delightedly and pined for the fashions, and worked on handcrafts for part of the time. (I continued trying to sew some elaborate venise lace around the bottom of a silk jacket, a project I've been intermittently working on for two years now, while he made me a lovely little choker of scalloped pintucked organza and wide black velvet ribbon and Art Nouveau metal accents.) We celebrated the turn of the year watching the Space Needle fireworks and sipping a marvelous Argyle '05 sparkling wine that was the perfect balance of dry, yeasty, and fruity.
Today I wanted to sleep in as late as I could, but the animals had other ideas. Still, after dealing with them I was able to go back to bed for a time and didn't get up till nearly 1 p.m. (when they all started agitating at me again). Not the ideal, but still pretty good. And I think that's probably a good synopsis of how I expect things to be this year.
The arbitrarily-designated change of a number on a calendar doesn't, in and of itself, guarantee that anything will be different. But it's a good opportunity for me to try and change my approach and my attitude from where it's been for awhile, and I already feel like I've done that. There's lots to do in the upcoming months, and the likelihood of some major changes. I'd rather be ahead of the game on things this go-round.
A happy and fulfilling new year to us all.
Today I wanted to sleep in as late as I could, but the animals had other ideas. Still, after dealing with them I was able to go back to bed for a time and didn't get up till nearly 1 p.m. (when they all started agitating at me again). Not the ideal, but still pretty good. And I think that's probably a good synopsis of how I expect things to be this year.
The arbitrarily-designated change of a number on a calendar doesn't, in and of itself, guarantee that anything will be different. But it's a good opportunity for me to try and change my approach and my attitude from where it's been for awhile, and I already feel like I've done that. There's lots to do in the upcoming months, and the likelihood of some major changes. I'd rather be ahead of the game on things this go-round.
A happy and fulfilling new year to us all.