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:Yawns:

I’m not running headlong into a new year at all. 2008 was phenomenal and ended on the most peaceful, relaxing note I’ve ever experienced. Drama free, zero arguing, lots of love and smiles and rest. We had a blast of a New Year’s Party (pun intended) and 5 days later I’m ambivalent about plunging into work tasks and normative routines, reluctant to articulate goals and strategies.

Ambivalence is a luxury for the young and irresponsible though ;-). Onward I go and the task list is becoming hash marks and accomplishment. No big post on New Year excitement…what I crave is yellow lemons and white dishes and decorations newly packed in organized bins. A sweaty work out. 3 pounds lost. Closure.

Maybe those things will happen, along with the to-do lists for three occupations. For now, I’ve got a few post ideas. I can recommend two good movies (The Reader and The Tale of Despereaux), one for kids and one definitely not. I just read a fantastic book, Revolutionary Road. My favorite Christmas gifts included blank canvas for new paintings and an Orthodox Study Bible, both of which pretty much call my name daily. I’m excited about food again and the Herb Crusted Prime Rib with Gorgonzola Sauce I made for the holidays was part of that. I’m working on what I want to do and be in the next 12… and it seems that I want first is to be a listener. Listening means I hush, which doesn’t lead to much writing. It certainly means I hestitate to plunge back into the clammor of a busy year. The Collective seems to agree, if the phone and inbox are any indicator. I’ll use the quiet time wisely, knowing it never lasts.

Onward.

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