New Year Reflections

[little_joni]

For months I've been thinking about how much I hope 2011 is better then 2010. It's not that 2010 was totally bad, but it didn't start out great for me at least (my ex-step dad and aunt both died and I was struggling in the health department). 2010 got better and ended fairly well. But now that 2011 is here I feel kind of...how do I describe it

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[shamelessplug_x]

I hope 2010 is better than you expect! *hugs*

If you do visit London and had some free time, seriously, let me know! :P Always looking for an excuse to visit London anyway, heheh. :P Well, if you'd like of course! It's a cool city, best of luck with the saving!

I feeeeel your thyroid pain! Best of luck. :) Don't let the little bugger bully you!

[little_joni]

Of course! If I know I'll be in London I'll let you know for sure. :D My sister used to live in Australia which I really wanted to visit as well, but airfare was insane. London is much more affordable and I've wanted to check it out for years. I'm just not sure exactly when I'll make it yet...

Stupid thyroid. Talking to you about yours made me think about mine more. ;) Good luck with yours, too!

[little_joni]

Thank you, I'm feeling much more optimistic about it now. :)

[herroyaldemones]

I am always in approval of Joni making new dolly clothes. Mostly because I love to buy them. Tee-hee. I wish I had clothes-making skills like you. The extent of my sewing skills involves making curtains. Which, you know, are so terribly difficult.

Your garage is our basement. My mom made it her personal mission in 2010 to reorganize the entire basement. And of course, she was the one doing it all, since my dad is pretty much useless when it comes to things like that. She actually had a fire lit under her when she realized that my brother wasn't going to graduate school and that we needed to store his stuff for around 18 months instead of just 8. And she doesn't want to rent a storage unit, so she cleaned so much junk out of the basement I'm pretty sure we can fit everything in now. We'll have no room to move around, of course, but all our stuff will fit.

I fully support this road trip around the midwest. For obvious reasons. I so hope you're able to make it out here!

[little_joni]

Well, I got the sewing machine and everything was fine...but now the machine is making a funny noise (a "not good" funny noise). I'm sure a brand spanking new machine isn't supposed to do this, so I'm going to contact the store today or tomorrow to see if they know what's up and if I might possibly exchange it

[herroyaldemones]

Well, I hope your sewing machine is fixable...or at the very least, exchangeable! Thank goodness for warranties!

My parents used to live in Fort Worth, and my mom HATED not having a basement. She had always had one, and she just did not like having to store stuff in the garage. Garages are for cars! She's slowly getting used to the idea that since my brother is moving all of his stuff back home, she's going to have store stuff in there again. Well, as long as we can still park in there...

Ten bucks says that when you get around to cleaning the garage, your husband will take a look at half the stuff and go "but I need that!!" Haha. Men and their junk.

Well, if not St. Louis, I can still manage Columbia, Jefferson City, Kansas City....really, if it's along a major highway, I can get there in four hours or less. Missouri, compared to Texas, is a relatively small state. And please, if you're going to Illinois anyway, you might as well drift over to the Missouri side. Everyone knows we're the FAR better state.

[little_joni]

Good news, I figured out the sewing machine...I think. It wasn't broken. I just need to get used to it more. ;) But I didn't have to take it back or anything like that