Goodbye to 2006

Well, it's time for a retrospective look on the past year. There's been highs and lows, and I'm certainly glad to see this over.

One of the low points is that, of course, I was not able to find a job. Yes, I've gone through so many job interviews and gotten better, more or less. But I'm still without a job offer. At least I got called back for a second interview - that's quite an improvement. A big goal for 2007 is to get a Job. Especially with MDSWF coming up before I know it . . .

I'm not going to enumerate finished projects because I didn't finish many of the projects that I had carried into the beginning of 2006. Another goal - stick a fork in these and call it done. At least I was able to finish a small project with my hand-spun yarn.

It's my hope and prayer that 2007 will be a better year for Bruce and me. Some of my resolutions:

I will be more sociable and get back to going to knitting groups. There's talk at Holy Cross Orthodox Church (which we visit once in a while) about starting up an knitting group that would meet Sundays. I hope to go there once in a while.

I will work on getting the deaf ministry going at St. Nicholas Cathedral. We've lost an interpreter since she's gone back to school to pursue a master's degree. I've spoken to Fr. Constantine to see how their search for another one is going, and we will be getting together after Epiphany to discuss this and other issues. If you know of any sign-language interpreter who would be interested in interpreting Sunday mornings (our parish does pay the interpreter for doing this), please send them my way!

I will read more. Since I don't have money to buy books, I've been going to the library to check out books. I'm there so often that they know me by sight now. I do need to work on returning books on time. If I keep checking my account online more often, this shouldn't be too hard.

I will work on my sewing. I really need to get back to the sewing machine. I'm stuck on the bag that I'm making - there's a step in the directions that I don't quite understand. But once I get this figured out, I should be back on track. And I do need to get the rec room straightened up so that it's a more inviting place to sew. And umm, Hubby needs to finish the plans for a sewing cabinet for me . . .