In With The New....

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!

Today I spent a number of sunlit hours taking down the Christmas tree and packing up all of the Xmas related decorations.

I figure I made it about 1/3 of the way through the immense project, with huge boxes stacked in the hallway with both the Christmas and post holiday seasons, and I'll work on the kitchen tomorrow.

This place is such a mess, with Christmas vacation and my distracted attention, that I created a debris monster that will take days to get under control.

To help get organized, I sat down at the kitchen table and wrote out a list of 'work' and 'fun' things that I would like to do, now that the holiday season is over. I filled up the whole page, though I wonder if I will be have the energy to do it all.

I didn't even get to how I want to go camping at the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin, or to how I want to learn a program called Quark Express so I could get a job in layout design!

I know I need to think in bigger terms, which will probably require another list.

Up until now, I've been trying to just live in the moment, but I have to admit that my moments are often filled with menial or thankless work. Hopefully I won't get stuck in the same trap in 2007.

In fact, the closest that I came to having some sense of personal fulfillment in 2006 was working on "The Blanket Effect" weblog, when I got so into researching weather modification that some weeks I spent well over 40 hours at the computer.

I am still looking forward to working on that project, though I had finally gotten enough information on the site so I can coast for a little while. Plus I really felt frustrated how much information is blocked with passwords, as it meant I couldn't pin down the exact source of the ongoing chemtrails over the United States.

Anyway, I really like the idea of having a fresh start. I've never seen 2007 before, and already it promises to be notable.

Oh, my digital thermometor said that it was 51 degrees outside! WOW!! I'd better add 'Survival Materials' to my list of things to collect this year if this keeps up!