Yay Kate!

Congratulations, Kate!

Awesome news, Kate! Way to contribute to Buffista World Domination! Rose will adore having a baby sibling.

Congrats, Kate!

So, I woke up with a cold this morning but was still able to gut it out and complete my year-end cleaning ritual.

Well, for all values of 'complete' that include the no-dirty dishes, laundry or rubbish left in the house rule being stretched to the last two loads of laundry being in the machines...and the dishwasher not being totally finished.

I did, however, wash Cagney and myself, stuff the fridge with good food and push everything that needs sorting/mending/ending into one room.

The next four days will be a leisurely stroll through filing, donating and organizing. I'm stoked!

2014 was a very good year for me. I had no major illnesses, Cagney was healthy, I took great strides toward healing my relationship with money, I loved my work and my friends and significantly shifted my attitude and perspective toward greater happiness than I've ever known.

My deepest wish is for all of you to find 2015 your happiest and healthiest year yet. Much love!

It's been a good year for me, overall. The highlight, of course, was a long-anticipated trip to Ireland with my good friend Katie. It was wonderful and I'm glad we chose to drive everywhere; despite getting lost a couple times, we saw lovely things we'd never have found riding a train. I'd go back to Ireland in a heartbeat, and someday I will! Alas, not long after returning from that trip, I slipped into a rather serious depression. After a few months I realized how bad it was getting and found a new therapist and a new doctor, and after some adventures with new meds, I've finally found an antidepressant that works for me. I'm still climbing out of it, and still dealing with some of the things I let slide during it, but I almost feel back to normal now. Normal for me, anyway. I'm looking forward to a new year in which I might actually keep some of those old resolutions for a change. Except the one about jogging. That's probably never gonna happen.

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LUCKY FUTURE KATE BABY!

Congratulations, Kate & M & Rose!

So, took my truck to the mechanic to get my busted defroster/heater looked at. It's a $90 part that requires tearing apart the whole dashboard to replace, so almost $900 for the repair. Apparently, the PTB are under the impression that doubling my Discover card balance in the space of a week and a half (in addition to paying for my truck being towed, I also had to pay my truck's registration and buy contacts this week!) is an awesome plan. They've had it since Monday and I still don't have it back so I made my excuses to the couple of hostesses who invited me to parties for tonight. I'm just hunkering down at home, riding out the storm. Well, as much as I'd hoped to get my credit cards paid down/paid off, I'm thankful that I have them. May they get less of a workout in '15!

And as always, thanks and love to all of you wonderful, supportive people. Best of Luck and Love to all of us in the New Year!

I'm glad you are climbing, Zen. Yay Ireland!

I keep thinking I'll do a big old introspective ramble-y post, but maybe it'll suffice to say it's been a pretty good year in MinusTeeLand with steady employment and not much in the way of disaster and I'm well positioned for a solid rebuilding year in 2015 (as I feel like I say every year, doesn't make it not true)

Cheers!

I like that, -t, a Rebuilding Year.

I'm still working, and my job's not going to Poland anymore. (Though I will have to start acting a little more professional due to being moved to a desk much closer to the GM's office; it won't actually kill me, and might be good for me to straighten up a bit). Back in school as of Jan 5. Still in reasonably good health, in a perfectly pleasant home. Would like to be in a relationship, but even without one, still in possession of many good friends. Really, a perfectly good existence (from which to begin rebuilding).

Congratulations, Kate, Mark, and Rose! Happy 2015, everybody!