What a season it has been! It seems that Thanksgiving was but a moment ago and I haven't had a moment to myself. Thus the neglect of Grandiose Ruminations. I am sure most of you have survived just fine without semi-regular thoughts from the deepest recesses of the shallow pool that is my mind. And if you haven't? You need to get a life.
Where to begin? Let's start with the "did nots", as in I did not win the Powerball and I did not therefore put into motion the plan to tell people what I really think about things in general and them in specific. That's a privilege reserved for the wealthy and socially inept. I am neither... because I didn't win the Powerball. Rest assured could I afford social ineptitude, I would practice it immediately wholeheartedly and unremittingly. People who seem to know not that the world around them is moving and pulsing and living and dying seem to have much more fun.
I also did not keep track of the events of the year on a daily basis like I swear I am going to do every year when I read Dave Barry's year in review. I suppose that is just fine, since I couldn't come close to the bard's cleverness and wit. Beside all that, it's his thing. Why not find my own thing?
I did not make anymore progress on personal writing. No more chapters of my moribund novel "One Summer on Shit Creek", no progress on my motivational/humorous speaking.
I also did not read 50 books this year. I did not read 30, nor 20. I read maybe 12. And If I go back and really look I may find it's less than that. So, for the sake of my image, let's say I eked out 12. Not good at all.
I did not manage to keep off the weight I had lost the previous two years. Better luck next year.
I did not save any money toward my goal of a new garage and driveway.
I did not, could not, get out of writing the Christmas letter this year that I know everyone sniggers at me for. Please understand, this is not my doing. I am chained up on November 1st in a cage with all my favorite foods being prepared just outside my reach until I finally write the letter. Only then am I released and able to enjoy life again in the wild. I hold out as long as I can, I promise!
Now for the "I dids".
I did reach my unspoken goal of selling over $1M this year. By a fair amount I might add. Next year's goal is now $3M.
I did get a contractor to replace the doors in the house that were long since past the pooch.
I did make progress on restoring the casement windows. I got three done. I was aiming for seven. I will have to amp that process up. It will begin this winter with the desire to restore four of the storm windows. That will leave me with six to go for next winter. My goal with casements this summer will be to finish the bay at the front of the house, which has four more to go and the two second floor casements.
I did manage to see my parents twice this year... this is a goal of mine going forward. One never knows what tomorrow holds, so you better take your chances now.
I hope you all, (ok, both!) had a good year and I hope you have a great year to come!
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