2011, at a glance.

• I got laid off in February; I went to visit Kat in Oklahoma the following week.
• I did a lot of house work. I got a lot "neater" than I used to be. I painted some rooms.
• I got hired at another newspaper, except it's a million times better than the CJ. I love the people I work with. Well, most of them.
• The very week I start working is the week dad gets diagnosed with cancer. Talk about timing.
• The rest has been, well, read the blog.

In 2012....

• I hope that my dad gets the care he needs and gets healthy enough to plant his garden in the spring.
• I plan to make a quilt if dad stays at the hospital like expected.
• I plan to beg Mark to let me get another Olga.
• I hope we start finishing our attic.

Catch-up

They found more cancer in dads brain and spine. He gets radiation every day. Because of his closed eye, mark and I have been switching taking him.

I've come to the heartbreaking realization that I may not have any vacation time come February, so a trip to see the in-laws in London next spring may not be possible. Well see.

I haven't begun getting gifts, and I'm not really in the mood to either. I'm phoning this entire Christmas season in. I didn't even put ornaments on our tree at the thought of having to repackage them. Our lights out front don't match. 1 led and 1 regular strand. It looks ridiculous.

I got us tickets to see Andrew bird in march & I'm oh so excited.

Still in love with dog who is in the process of getting that mega teddy bear look that we all love.