The new year started quietly for me. My mom and Fred had planned to come down on Saturday, New Years Day, so I also spent the last day of the year cleaning my house. It's the first time I made a point to do this, because of company coming, but I highly recommend it. It's so nice to start the year is a sparkly clean house!
Ana and I stayed home watching the ball drop on tv, after being in NYC the day before. We watched Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper on CNN. I love them together and I laughed my way into the new year. As I get older I realize that I appreciate the music choices on the Rockin' Eve show less and less, so I am very happy that there is now a non musical alternative! With my favorite news anchor, no less! I made my favorite baked brie, in crescent rolls with raspberry preserves served on wheat thins for the festivities, and relaxed in pjs.
Saturday Mom and Fred came as planned. I made some chicken soup and homemade bread with lemon cake for dessert.
It was pretty low key. Mom has wanted to visit while my tree was still up so that was the intent of the visit. It was her first time seeing my tree after having one for 10+ years, I guess it was time.
I love this photo showing my parents addiction to their Blackberries. Fred is only recently a convert. He never understood why people needed the internet on the go. Now look at him! And he's even on Twitter!
The day was capped off by an accident and thankfully not a trip to the emergency room thanks to Fred's super strong skull. I was explaining a joke from Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update about Governor Patterson walking lost in front of the camera, which while I know is not politically correct is still so funny and since the Governor got in on the joke himself, I think it's safe to laugh now. But I was showing them how he bumps into the camera and I bumped into Fred, pretending he was the camera. Unfortunately, my ottoman was right behind him and he wasn't able to step back when I bumped him and instead, he fell back, on to the ottoman. Which would be fine if he wasn't so tall! He kept falling and banged his head into the wall behind the ottoman. I don't know how he didn't hurt himself but I guess our skulls are meant to protect that brain! I felt terrible though and while Fred was so gracious about the whole thing, even while holding the ice to the back of his head, I will leave the SNL skits to the professionals!
The first week of the year was spent still looking for a job. Engineering is still suffering from this recession, especially site planning which is my area. It's getting scary how long this is lasting and how there just doesn't seem to be much improvement. I keep hearing that people are shopping more and the stock market is up, but that does not seem to be helping the construction industry at all.
I have been doing the work for a teaching certificate and I think that may be what my new career path may be. I want to teach Science, which I do love deeply and I think I am enthusiastic enough about science that I could maybe pass that love of learning on to students. I just think of teaching as such a calling, and I'm just not sure if I've been called. But that will be a focus early on in this new year.
Then this past weekend I caught the Wii bug again! I got Ana Guitar Hero for her birthday, which she has been wanting, and I have been trying to figure out the game. I'm getting better but at this point I am just struggling through the beginner level trying not to get thrown off stage! And then another gift for her (really for myself...shhh) I got Glee Karayoke which we both LOVE!! So fun if you're a Glee fan and like singing corny songs! We sang ourselves hoarse this weekend! I now want to get the Disney Sing It with all the Disney movie songs!!
The weekend ended with the taking down of the Christmas tree and all the decorations. It's always sad for me to put it all away because I love Christmastime so much, but I am definitely liking the uncluttered house with lots more room with the big tree gone.
I hope this year I can get more uncluttered. Get rid of lots of stuff that I never use and start fresh before this new job or career or path starts for me. I hope that 2011 is lots more of what I did this first week, focusing on a new job, learning new things, being creative, cooking simple food from scratch, decluttering and spending time with family and friends. Oh and snow! We've had another few dustings of snow after the 28.5" the day after Christmas and we're expecting another 6-12" on Tuesday. I am LOVING the snow!!
December Daily Update: I have to print out the last few pages of the December Daily album and assemble them, then I'll photograph the rest of the pages that I haven't blogged yet and update here. I am done through December 22nd, but I got behind in my photos and blogging with all the confusion of Christmas. I hope to get that done in the next couple weeks.
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