A year in review

The coming new year has got me thinking about this year and what is was all about for me and I'm having problems nailing it down. I mean, nothing really big changed, no huge traumatic events, or really exciting ones, just a bunch of little things. In the long standing tradition, I'm going to make a list.

2006 : a year in the life of the Rednecked Rabbit

• I went to the U.S. for the first time. Goat Haunt, Montana is pretty but the gun toting Park Rangers were a little disconcerting. Twenty minutes was plenty of time.
  
• I picked up embroidery again. My mom taught me and my brothers to stitch when we were very little (between 4 and 6). This year I started the blocks for an embroidered kids quilt. I also finished a sampler picture for my Mom.
  
• I learned (finally) to do off-loom beading. I can now make peyote, square and brick stitch beaded objects. Its only taken me several years of picking it up, getting frustrated and then putting it in away in a dark corner of shame several times. Its funny how sometimes things just click.
  
• This year I actually finished craft projects (well, most of them). There was the afore mentioned sampler, a granny square afghan for Jenette's wedding, about 20 Christmas presents (most of them crocheted), a corset, among other things.
• Included in the finished projects is Pixie's dress. This really deserves a point all on its own.
  
• I started a Stitch n' Bitch group. I love to craft and I wanted to share that love with my friends, some of whom know how and others who want to learn. Its been really fun so far, I'm looking forward to many more evenings of tea, gossip and stitches.
• My Grandma died this year. This actually affected me more than I thought it would. Grandma had been ill for many years. I thought I'd mostly said my good-byes and dealt with my grief but I was really caught off guard by the loss.
• D and I decided we were ready to start a family. The thought is exciting and scary.
• I went to the Fringe for the first time this year. While I didn't get to meet Nathan Fillion (maybe next year), I did get to dance with Pixie to apocalypse Kow and watch amazing bellydancers.
• My work has been both rewarding and incredibly frustrating. I've had more responsibility without the power to change most of the things that bother me. I've seriously considered finding something new on 3 separate occasions but haven't actually done that yet because most days, I really enjoy what I do.
  

Hip Book

Today has been one of those crazy, surreal days that remind me why I love my job. This morning I got to glue a hip back together. Yesterday an instructor brought in an anatomical model of a spine and pelvis to be put on Reserve with one of the hip bones broken. I told him I'd see what I could do to fix it. Where else would I get to do that?

Later on, I was bring a cart of new books down the elevator to our department. As I was pushing the cart out of the elevator, on of the front wheels turned sideways and fell into the crack between the elevator and the floor, spilling the books all over the inside the elevator and the hall outside (you should be really proud of me; I didn't even swear!). After I picked up the books, I looked down the crack to find that one of the books had managed to fall through and is now laying in the bottom of the elevator shaft. I talked to Maintenance and they won't be able to retrieve it until the next time they have the elevator people in but assured me we would get the book back. Who else would something like that happen to?

I'm going to be going up to my parents for the weekend (I should be back Sunday afternoon) to celebrate Christmas with them. Unfortunately, D has to work so he won't be coming with. Anyway, this will probably be my last post before the day so...

Merry Christmas, Solstice, or whatever else you might celebrate this time of year. Peace be with you.

Random Silliness

My brother, Clay has been sending me all sorts of very silly little links. Here are a few of my favourites:

The best headline ever


Cows with Guns

I also signed up for a LiveJournal account last night so I could comment on people's LJ without having to be "anonymous". The first time I used "rednecked_rabbit" but apparently that has one too many letters, leaving me as the "rednecked_rabbi". Not quite what I was going for...

Happy NoMoreChemo Day!

Today is the 4th anniversary of my last chemo treatment.

To celebrate, I talked to my boss about getting the schedule changed so my co-workers and I can have more regular schedules. It seemed like a good day to try to change a major beef in my life. Here's hoping.

whine

I know this is an old song, but I'm so tired. This shift work is going to kill me. I'm almost to the point where I'd volunteer to work the later shift all the time just so I can go to bed at the same time every night. I mean, I'd totally have to rearrange my social life and probably wouldn't get to see my friends very much but this is killing me. I love my job (most of the time, inspite of the evil and/or stupid people I have to deal with; I'd have to deal with them anywhere). This week I've been getting up at 5:15 am, spending my days dragging my ass and when I fall into bed at 10 pm I can't go to sleep. I toss and turn for at least an hour. I'm dreading next week when I have to be at work half an hour earlier. Blargh! Oh! And I also only get one day off this weekend.

/whine

On an up note, I'm going to take Anthropology 101 in the Winter semester. I decided I needed something to do that was challenging and gave me something to think about. I spend far too much time sitting on my ass, watching TV so I'm going to sit on my ass, read and write papers instead. At least I'll be using my brain. Also on the plus side, as a perk of my work, I can take classes without having to pay the tuition. Theoretically, I could earn a degree without having to pay for a single credit, it would only take me like 13 years. :)

TeeHee...

Wheels

Last night on my home from work, the wheel fell off the bus. Makes you feel really safe riding public transit.