Doodledash

It has actually been a hard year. A year ago I was clueless as to what was going to happen. Clueless can be nice at times. Enough negative. Focus on the positive. I have lost 25 pounds. I am proud of that. I need to focus on the weight loss more seriously. Since the holidays I have been distracted. I have reached a plateau and need to shake it up somehow. I went to Joann Fabric today and bought some yarn and knitting needles. I am going to give it another go at knitting. I have been reading a series of murder mysteries that are centered around a yarn shop. Hero has learned to knit and is progressing. It has inspired me. I am going to make a dishcloth. I have started doing things that I like to do. I am trying to make time for me. Allow myself some fun. It is hard but I am slowly progressing. I have read several books which makes me very happy. I am trying to stop playing so many games on Facebook. I waste a lot of time doing it and I have to clamp down on it. I am really ...

Today it was announced that Walgreens bought Snyders and Dane will no longer have a job. We had some warning about it so it wasn't a shock as it was for so many others. It doesn't make it any easier though. Once it was real, it was hard to not have that fear want to knock me down. I would appreciate prayers for all of us and especially for Dane. This is the only job he has had and he has been a loyal employee for 30+ years. It is exhilarating, exciting and scary for him and me. I have my job and will be able to still have insurance for our family. It is just hard when change is forced on you. I needed a shakeup and so did Dane. Now we have an opportunity for a new adventure. Onward ho!

I needed a change. So I now have a sleek cleaned up simplified version of my blog. I love the fish. I saw that under gadgets and couldn't resist. You can feed them if you run your mouse over them! Yesterday my family went out to one of my favorite restaurants, Maggiano's, to celebrate my birthday. We had a very fun time but Mackenzie felt it necessary to blow out the candle when I was examining it because she thought I would play with it. I do admit that I enjoy playing with candles and fire holds a certain fascination for me. She really did not need to do that though. But c'est la vie. It has been extremely cold in the frozen north for the past few days. I went to work this morning and it was -15 degrees. Good way to slap you awake when that cold hits your face. It was a long day but went well. I was very glad to get home. I warmed the car up for 10 minutes before I left this morning and was warm on the way to work. I left work and finally started to warm up with heat ...