- Started my new job
(and the associated training program – which just finished last week,)
- Took possession of
my new home, and;
- Moved into my new
home (and out of the townhouse I was renting)
When
I look back over the past year (as is, I think, appropriate to do right about
now) I can see I have accomplished a lot both on the job and around my house…
At
work I have made a good change for myself – am now involved in a job I like –
one that interests and challenges me and, for the most part, one I can leave at
the office when I go home at the end of my day.
At
home I have made a start to the renovations inside (and the removal of 17
different kinds of wallpaper)
And
am now surrounded by clean lines and light colours:
I
made a start to the changes in the back and front yards. I hacked back a lot of this:
Removed
all SORTS of strange and interesting crap:
And
am left with this for now:
No
more jungle out there but still a ways to go.
Where
renovations to the house itself are concerned, I have also learned that I need
to use some temperance in getting things started – or rather, taking on only
one project at a time and seeing it through to completion BEFORE starting a new
one.
I
have learned how to water-bath can food and am in the throes of preserving as
much of the current bounty of my space as I can before winter sets in. Next
year I hope to have an actual garden and to produce (and preserve for myself)
even more of what I can grow.
I
still have a long way to go, but looking back, I’m pleased with my progress.
With
love across the waters,
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