2011 comes to close

So we've had heaps of rain and now beautiful sunny weather not too hot, but enough to be inudated with ripening beans, tomatoes, lettuce, spring onions and capsicums to name a few. Flowers blooming everywhere, baby birds chirping in their nests. Had a quiet but nice Christmas, followed by visits from a cousin from the UK and my brother up from Wodonga. My capelet coming along nicely although a bit of frogging has been done. Now up to pleats and only another 160 stitches to increase by to a total of 463. Wishing everyone a great 2012, especially those who been faced with loss and adversity in 2011, may your path be smoother and worries less

Struggling

Started the Burnham Wood Capelet to try and improve my concentration. As my attention/retention span seems to be about five seconds at the moment.Having to read some of the instructions about 20 times but feel like I'm grasping it now.Too much on my mind I think. Worrying about Christmas and what to do with limited funds and first without Dad.Refuse to go into further debt. Anyway Mum is shouting us to Christmas lunch at a restaurant for something different.Pretty much figured out presents for less closer family. A couple of little things for Mum. DD for who is officially unemployed now gets a clutch for her car,standard response to any other requests is now "get a job". She is doing very well at her dancing and is training to be a teacher but that is a few years yet and will need something to support herself. I think it's important socially as well. Anyway she saw the TAFE careers advisor for help with her resume and found out the TAFE employ people as reader writer for those not capable themselves. She did this at school so has experience. Have also applied at work for an 18 month position, flex I time so she could fit in dancing. But this will also take time to see if she gets to the next stage, so something casual over the holidays would definitely help. Keep feeling I've got a million things to do and don't know where to start. So back to making a list and ticking things off slowly Work is crazy before Christmas, worse than full moon, oh well only 4 and a half more days of it, then shutdown till the New Year.