It's tough to blog....

It's tough to blog when you don't have internet connection for several days!

I am fighting a losing battle with the cable company.  I don't get why they just can't admit they have a problem & they don't know how to fix it!!  Why keep avoiding me???  It just means I am not paying a bill.  Sorry.  Why pay for something I didn't get???

I miss my internet connection.  I mean, all of my friends are on here!  I am missing Facebook & the constant updates on what people ate, who they are not talking to, new baby photos, more requests for things I need to crochet, invites to events I just can't fit into my busy schedule & silly cat pics that crack me up.  I need these constant updates!  How am I supposed to survive without them????

So for the few brief moments that I have internet connection, I will throw these words together & make a new blog entry.  If I am not around, you know it means the cable company is winning & I am sadly alone with my thoughts.

Saw Frozen for the second time & have to admit that I am in fact Olaf.  I do wonder what would happen to a snowman in summer!  Might have to test that one out.....

It's late & I would probably have turned off the computer by now.....so I'm going to venture to turn it off in hopes that I can get the internet back tomorrow.  Wish me luck!!

It starts with looking back at 2013....

It started with this post on Facebook.....

 

I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to do this project.  Just to see if there was anything worth noting in my year.  Turns out....there were several highlights for 2013.  And I can say now, in 2014, I am glad I did it & plan on doing this yearly.

 

For starters, I had an old piggy bank that I was actually planning to throw out.  He had chipped his ear in a nasty fall.  If I had found a replacement bank sooner, his life would have ended.  Since I decided I didn't want to use the empty jar, I used instead the piggy bank.  I figured with the jar I would be able to look inside & see the notes.  With the piggy bank I would be less likely to sneak a peak.

 

For the record, I did not peak at all!  I did shake the pig a few times to get a feel for how many notes where in there.....but never once did I open it.

 

So here are the things I noted in 2013....in random order.....

 

I turned 42

 

I started my own business, Sunny in NY Creations on Etsy

 

Saw Pink in concert at the Garden

 

Sold a scarf off of my neck in Michael's

 

Toured the Eastern State Penitentiary with Raul

 

Found a ring I thought I'd lost

 

Got the glass teapot I had been wanting from Adagio

 

Bought a new bathing suit & willing to risk sunburn because it looks good on me

 

Read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children & loved it

 

Movie in the park night with Trisha & my munchkins to see The Lorax

 

Howard Jones & Andy Bell at Irving Plaza with Meri & Janis....saw Danny Kitzes' love child

 

Breakfast at Maureen's Kitchen with Judy & Jo

 

Got a funky fish teapot for Christmas....thank you Mike & Judy!

 

Pumpkin carving with my family at Chuck & Bernarda's

 

The Breast Cancer walk at Jones Beach

 

Fish & Sips event at Atlantis in Riverhead with Mike & Judy

 

Read Doctor Sleep & loved it

 

Asked by my niece Stephanie to chapperone her birthday get together at McDonald's because I am the 'cool adult' 

 

Rang in the New Year with Trisha, Rudy, Maria, Nic, Steph & Ryan at King Yum

 

Craig brought me matzoh ball soup & a potato latke from Deli King while I was sick with bronchitis

 

Sold my very first lace knit scarf....yup, my favorite red colored one

 

Cried during Les Miserables

 

Saw Annie on Broadway & was blown away by the talent

 

Saw Texas Chainsaw 3D with Raul

 

Made my very first hat after changing the pattern a few times....the Lazy Day Beret

 

Had a blast at the Coffee & Tea Festival with Raul

 

Adventureland with Trisha, Nic, Steph, Ryan & Shreya.....laughed with Nic on Musicland Express ride, screamed WOOHOO on the swings ride

 

Celebrated one year anniversary with my cat Jack

 

Got laid off from my job....but looking forward to a new adventure

 

Received an beautiful clock pendant from Darius for my birthday

 

Ryan's communion

 

Tried the new Lemon Chiffon tea from The Republic of Tea....love it!

 

Made my first sleep mask from my own pattern

 

Stella & Dot fall season launch party with Meri in NJ....on the way home we saw Iggy Pop at a Jersey toll booth....he'd lost his Lust for Life

 

Saw The Conjuring with Raul....loved it

 

Movie in the park night with Trisha, Nic, Steph, Ryan, Adam & Ryan....we saw The Avengers

 

Dinner on the beach with Trisha & Nic....watching clouds, listening to Billy Joel

 

Rooftop Films event at the Queens County Farm....Ain't Them Bodies Saints with Trisha & Nic....good film

 

Read 13 Reasons Why....good book

 

Crocheted my first cowl....realized it's too big....started over....made it perfect

 

Trick-or-treating with my favorite nieces & nephews

 

Thanksgiving with my family

 

Treated myself to bamboo knitting needles....love them!!

 

Taught my sister-in-law to crochet & knit & now she's addicted!

 

Saw Frozen & loved it!  Clearly I am Olaf!

 

Bought an Alice in Wonderland teapot for $26

 

Complimented on my carrot scarf

 

Stopped into Ellen's Stardust diner for dessert made by my best friend Raul

 

Saw Nic, Steph & Ryan in their production of The Wizard of Oz & marvelled at how they dominated the show

 

Many lunch dates with my nieces, Nicole & Stephanie

 

Surprised Ryan & picked him up from school to take him to lunch

 

Read Joyland & loved it

 

Started writing again

 

Worked on new crochet projects

 

Saw Jennifer Holiday at the Iridium Jazz Club with Trisha...cried when she sang At Last

 

Complimented on my cupcake hat

 

Went to the midnight showing of the Hunger Games movie with Trisha, Ryan, Shreya, & Steph a/k/a Katniss

 

12/31 Breakfast with Carol at Park City diner....having my last waffle & ice cream meal for the year!

 

 

 

Looking back at all the notes, I am happy.  I remembered each notes events & it made me smile.  Made me appreciate 2013.  Even with the not so happy moments, the year was still good.  Overall, I can look back at the notes & realize how good 2013 was & not stress over the eh moments.  Even losing my job made it to the notes in the piggy bank!

 

I plan on doing this again in 2014.  I can't wait to see what makes it to those notes!!

 

Happy New Year!