I have a new job! I'll be teaching Human Anatomy & Physiology (general and honors) to juniors and seniors at the local (south county) Christian high school. Part time this semester and if all goes well, it may extend to full time next year. Looks like my winter hiatus has come to an end. Good thing I didn't start another sweater....guess my knitting will get whittled down to the 20 sock pairs on my goal list for this year.
New Year's morning, I wait for John to press his coffee and then I'll make bacon/eggs/popovers....add a little orange juice and champagne.....all under 30 minutes. Rachel Ray has nothin' on me! Not a bad start to the year.
2007 Goals:
Professional: Find another job. Teaching an hour from my home just takes up way too much time.....time spent doing much better things; running, reading, knitting, praying.
Personal: Run a 10K every couple of months (each month would be ideal). Run 5 days/week....build up to the long runs by degrees.
Develop new investing strategies: research those DRIPS, to option or not?
Spiritual:
Knit 20 pairs of socks to donate....this year to the tribal elders on Pine Ridge Res.
Read my bible every day.....find more ways to be of service.
Be mindful of showing love to everyone.
Finished Work:
Finished last year's knitting goals just under the wire.......my Mostly Merino fair isle ski sweater (in raspberry, natural, pine, and perrywinkle blue ). Picked up the kit at Stitches West last February, but teaching slowed down the knitting. Shown here modeled by Audrey. 
Also, completed the classic aran pullover from "Two Sticks and a String". Splurged on Debbie Bliss Cashmerino (in seafoam), a luxury, to be sure, but what a joy to knit! It took me a month, and every minute was pure delight. The complexity of pattern required attention, which was a blessing in many ways. As this project was done during the time I visited with family (in Arizona), the dynamics of which has often been strained at best, I found myself shutting up, rather than speaking up. (Sage advice from Dad....there are times to speak up and times to shut up. Getting along with people is knowing when to do which. How true!) What a superior way of dealing with things!
Our plans for skiing in the Sierras fell through.....no real snow to speak of. We will try again in a few weeks, when there's more of everything: time, money, snow! To keep myself occupied during the downtime, I tidied up the loose ends (and boy, were there a lot of them!) on the 2006 ski hat (shown here). A fair isle extravaganza/sampler number.
Rounding the bend on the new year, reflection offers me a new way of dealing with those sticky bits that seemed to be so tiresome. Realizing that we have choice....in how we think, act, react. Don't know why it took me so long to really 'get' this. Suffice it to say, I got it....and got it good.
Sailing Shoes
Robert Palmer: The Very Best of the Island Years
