Year End 2011

It is that time again.  An ending of a year and the beginning of a new one.  Time to set new or extend existing goals.  

2011 has been full of achievements and firsts for me.

CJ playing the game of Sorry!

I want to Play too!!

We were blessed with our first grandson,  Cayden James (better known as CJ).  We have been able to spend time with him almost every other weekend.  My son, Courtney has made it a priority that we see and spend time with CJ.  We had our first Christmas with CJ and of course he is only 5 months old but a bundle of JOY!!  Next Christmas will be different because by then he will be walking and we will need to child proof the house.

I ran and completed six  5K runs this year.    I think this was the hardest thing that I have accomplished.  Running required that I push myself to complete the run.  My last run was on Thanksgiving morning.  It was the Evanston First Turkey Run.  For some reason it was not a good day mentally for me.  Half way through the run I wanted to quit and go to my car and return home.  In the back of my mind I was thinking no one would know that I did not finish.  I stopped and sat down on a cold concrete bench.  I walker came by and said  to me " are you waiting for someone"  I said no.  She said " Oh, you can't sit on that cold bench,  you need to help me finish the race".  I immediately go up and walked and talked with her for about 5 minutes.  I explained to her that I needed to finish the run and left her.  I did complete the run and saw her after the race .and thanked her.  She had her daughter take a picture of us. I came home and told my family that I had an Angel watching over me.  The sad thing is that I did not even get her name.  I have found that at these  runs the people are friendly and offer encouragement to others.

I need to extend my goals for completing all my quilting projects that I started.  This will be an ongoing objective, because I can't help but start a new project/technique.