Hello Beautiful People - Happy New Year. I had a lovely three days off, checked the computer every now and again, but really just kicked back, watched a lot of football, read a lot of novels, played a lot of games on my phone, and cooked a large piece of meat for New Year's Day dinner. All in all, it was a lovely holiday - still filled with a bit of back and forth between DH and me, but I'm quite used to those choppy waters.
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Isn't this a lovely photo? It's by Michael Frizzel and entitled "Choppy Waters". I suspect this is what a lot of my life over this coming year will look like. The key will be getting through the choppy waters into the calm that lies past them. |
Today I'm back to my normal schedule - out to the pool, then home for breakfast, and then on to the shop for a "normal" day of work. But today also starts a new year - the last year of the shop. I can't wait to close the doors for the final time, but I know there will be a lot of arguments and tension in my future and I don't handle stress now as well as I used to.
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I cooked a two-bone standing rib roast for dinner on New Year's Day and it turned out perfect. I think I'm quite happy with my new oven. I'll be eating my portion for a week. I think DH is almost completely finished with his half. |
So I'm happy, but a little bit worried at the same time. We're gong to have a lot of stuff left over after we shut our doors, and I'm gong to have to figure out a way to store it and to sell it - online more than likely, auction if I possibly can because it would make things quite a bit easier. We'll have artwork, storytellers, pottery, kachinas, pottery and Navajo weavings, all of which really need new homes, most of which probably won't sell when we're closing the store down. All of these categories sold well until about 2012, when beads became our major sales item and Indian-made goods fell back. I love the artwork, but it's going to be a true PITA to get rid of.
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We watched the Winter Classic Hockey game on TV, grateful that we weren't in the stands for this one. The temperature was VILE - negative 5.7 degrees F at face-off. The teams wore their Old Style jerseys for the game, which were quite nice, but the Wild were missing three key players due to illness, and we didn't play well. Congratulations, St Louis. It was a great game to watch from the warm room in my house. LOL |
But, I don't have to do it today or tomorrow, I have to do it over the next six months. That at least gives me a little bit of time to work things through, step by step. We also have a lot of Native American jewelry, which isn't an easy sell, but far from impossible. There's always a market for turquoise and silver jewelry. And we have a lot of original and limited edition print artwork, much harder to sell but it's got to find new homes. DH warned me we're going to fight a lot over this year, but if I can just make it to the end of the year, I'm hoping 2023 will be exceptional, and that I can actually take a vacation or two. Something I've dreamed about for years and years.
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I want to go to see the pyramids and temples of Egypt. I'd like to do that before I can't walk well, and can't enjoy the happiness of a lifetime's dream fulfilled. I'm hopeful that I can arrange this for 2023. It's a goal. I've also got a family reunion in NYC in 2023, so I'd like to make a nice long trip of it and see some friends I have on the East Coast at the same time. Again, we'll see what happens, but it's a good goal. |
So there are my New Year's goals. What are yours? I'm still planning to eat properly, exercise six days a week (I was lazy and didn't exercise over the New Year's weekend, but I'm back at the pool today), and I'll try to keep my stress minimal , although that will be difficult to do. I've been working towards these goals for a long time, so I'm just continuing the journey. What are your goals? What are you anticipating to get joy from over the coming year? Share with me, and have an excellent Monday as we start January. I'll be back tomorrow.
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