First breakfast of 2022, with Banana Pancakes. I like peanut butter on my pancakes. This is my last full time year of work. Unless something happen to my clients. I sure hope not. Well I won't be seeking new client any how. 2023 I will be going to part time. This is how I plan to cut my hours...Jan, Feb, and March do my 32 hour week...April, May, June go down to 24 hours a week....July, August, September 16 hours a week...And last quarter which is Oct, Nov, and Dec 8 hours a week. If I don't put some bounds on my retirement, there strong possible either agencies, and or clients won't be looking for my replacement. I figure June they will seriously start to look for my replacement, after June. The company wills see I won't be bringing in as much money.
No Resolutions this year. Not saying I'm not going work on being a better person. When I say a better person it includes...community, family, friend, mentally, physical, and or spiritually. Statement time...I just don't have the time to do resolutions. But it doesn't mean I can't pick at my goals.
Going down to see Bart, Molly, Claudia, and Wendy. We're going down and visit them tomorrow. On Sunday the 2nd. Plus Grandma and Grandpa got gifts. There all packed and ready to go. Plus Bart is going over to Seattle next weekend to start his proton cancer therapy. Confession time...I'm handling it better my therapist helping me deal with it. But I still have my days.
Didn't make up to Midnight. Had a non lactoose eggnog with a little bit of cinnamon whiskey in it. I watch documentary, called "In A Dream" It about the artist "Isaiah Zagar" he did mainly murals in a mosaic style. I have to say his work is "Vision of Fantasy". On the other hand Isaiah Zagar is quite high on strange scale.
I would guess we all have bits of strange and weirdness in us. I was wondering if all artist has some form of mental illness. So I did google search on it. I don't believe at this time the truth is known about creative among mentally ill. Here three well known establishment and there thoughts on creative and mentall illness...PSYCHOLOGY TODAY...VERY WELL MIND...and...PSYCHIATRIC TIMES It seems all artist and such one could say they're tormented.
Since I'm heading down to Spokane tomorrow. A good chance I won't be posting. Unless the weather chance my mind. So usually on Sunday I do my weekly view with three comment from the past week. First comment comes from DRIFTING THOUGH LIFE and comment she left was "I always thought gelato was dairy free, so off I went to google it and I was wrong! I got mix up with sorbet. I like your fairy story, but I think the dwarves should of got paid more. Less than $2.00 for all mining is just not enough...Well I decided to little research with google on snow white. It a grimm fairy tell. Which was pubish in 1812. Back in 1800's $10 a day was consider top wage for hard labor. Such as working in steel mill, logging, mining and such. I use google quite bit to look up things. Remember encyclopedias. But not every thing is factual on google. I try to use well know sites. The second comment came from JOM and her comment was YUM LIST and comment she left was. "You've change your theme. Looks lovely!"...I like to change things up a bite, every so often. No desire to be ole stuck in mud person. Third and last comment comes from ISLAND MUSING and here her comment. Sad you couldn't be with your family but the day was memorable! It was good you have time for yourself, Peppy...When I was young we lived in Spokane Washington, and they were times my parents thought the roads was unsafe and couldn't show up to Thanksgiving and or Christmas. It better safe than sorry.
Today artist is SAUL YAFFIE. Woke up this morning and it was -2 (-19). As I get older a bigger and plain calendar is more fitting.
We didn't really make it to midnight either, even though fireworks across the street at the lake were noisy. We don't do resolutions either, we just try to do the right thing always. Have a saft trip and Happy New Year from all of us!
ReplyDeleteWonderful sketches, especially the Mt St Mitchel. Had been there 10 year ago. What a place....
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your visit with family!
ReplyDeleteI was in bed by ten, but awakened by fireworks nearby, close to midnight.
ReplyDeleteMy first 2022 breakfast was also pancakes! But plain, no banana. I have them with butter and syrup. I like the pictures. Got my fingers crossed for Bart's therapy going well.
ReplyDeleteI always thought gelato was dairy free too.
ReplyDeleteEncyclopedias are a blast from the past. They were already out of date before they were printed. I don't know what happened to our Funk and Wagnalls. As teens we always mispronounced Funk.
Wishing your Bart well with his upcoming treatment, have a good time visiting family.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and yours! Valerie
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your artist works. Art is therapeutic and healing, may be why people like painting and creating.
ReplyDeleteI don't make New Year's resolutions either. Too much pressure. As for artists, I don't think they're all necessarily mentally ill. I think some use creativity to combat it. But I'm afraid it takes too many down with it.
ReplyDeleteI only made it to midnight because my dog was scared of the fireworks and gunshots around here. So I stayed up with him.
ReplyDeleteI made it to midnight, but I need to get my sleep back on track. I might need an alarm to wake up tomorrow. I haven't used one of those in years. I hope your retirement goes as planned. I still have at least eight years before I retire, but I would like to make some changes before then. That is why I want the house and Jeep paid off in the next 4 years.
ReplyDeleteI had broccoli-cookies for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteHave a good time visiting family.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels.
All the best Jan
Happy New Year, your Banana Pancakes sound like an Idyllic first Breakfast of a New Year.
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