A new year! A new beginning! A fresh start! Exciting opportunities at every turn!
Isn't it thrilling?!!
After a no-party pandemic year, DH and I celebrated with two other couples, the Schmidts and the Everharts. We three families have been ringing in the new year since 1994 or '95 (we always have a discussion about exactly when we joined them). Our families all attended the same church and our children were all very close in age. Those new years parties were so lively and fun-filled. All the young'ns are now grown and we oldsters continue celebrating, albeit with a lot less noise. The evening was complete with all the requisites for a good time - too much food, late-night games (dominoes, this year), time-out of the game for counting down the final seconds of the old year, and kissing spouses (our own!) in the new year. Quite the successful party, I declare. It had to be successful! I wore my party shoes!
So this morning (now afternoon!) I find myself thinking big thoughts and making big plans. My quilting journey promises to be fruitful. I plan to continue sewing from my stash, and making wise, considered choices when buying more. I rely on sweet friend Sharon and all those dear Frankfort Girls to encourage me and challenge me and inspire me to keep stitching, to have fun, and to try new things. I will be putting together an official goals list for 2022 soon. That's essential for keeping me on track throughout the year.
I mentioned that I have been thinking deeply about all the implications of beginning a fresh new year. While I try to be a good person every day, with the emphasis on a new year/new start and all that, I feel even more devoted to trying to be genuinely kind, positive and optimistic. I like to be around people with those qualities, so it makes sense that I should strive for them myself. The two quotes here are both from Instagram, and do a good job or capturing the sentiments I am taking into 2022. Click on each quote to link to the source.
Are any of you as eager to start a new year as I am? I so look forward to all that I will accomplish. I am equally eager to take stock of my accomplishments in 2021. I made more quilts that ever before and I used my long arm machine with increasing confidence and success. On the personal side of things, DH and I traveled to so many interesting and beautiful places and made so many memories along the way. Yes, '21 was a darn good year for me and for us.
Hey, 2022!! You have a hard act to follow, but I've got confidence in you! You'll be awesome!
Happy Quilting, Friends!
Your goals sound almost like mine! I truly want to think of nothing negative so that I say nothing negative to anyone. I want to follow the adage of Thumper's father, "If you can't say anything good, don't say anything." Or however he said it. I need to begin inside my head. I need to stop trying to be funny too often. I have used sarcasm too much which is only negative. It's a big world full of wonder and goodness. I'm choosing to seek this world.
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