Where has the year gone?

Hello everyone...I have missed you all so much and can't wait to catch up with everyone very soon...I turned around and here it is all ready the 11th of January...time sure goes fast the older you get...grin...

So what have I been doing so far this year that has kept me away from writing on this blog and reading all the great blogs out there? Well, I have been deciding on some major changes in my life...I figure the soon-to-be president ran his campaign based on "Change", and look where it got him...grin...So I have decided to make 2009 my year of change. And those changes are:

1. I am changing directions with my writing. First, as much as I love writing for children, I have had an opportunity presented to me that I am very excited about. I am hoping to write a handbook to go along with the workshop that I am presently in the early stages of setting up. I am hoping to become a Public Speaker on several topics that interest me and that I hope will be helpful to others. I am not giving up on writing for children, I am just moving away from that genre for the time being.
2. I am hoping that this time next year (if not before) that I am able to write that I have just given my two weeks notice and will no longer be an apartment manager. In this position, I was given a chance to do things that I would never have done...such as write the training manual the company uses, head up several committees, and present ideas to not only the other managers, but also to the head management team of our company. But this job has also drained me of a lot...The stress is not something I want anymore so after 13 years, I am ready to move on and I am hoping that 2009 will be the year that I do that.

I think that is all the major changes I have made:

1. Of course, I am planning on eating better and losing weight...blah, blah, blah...grin...
2. I am planning to get back into a routine of blogging and reading blogs...
3. I have also started a Facebook page...collapsing on the floor wondering why I have done this...I am hoping I can keep up with that also. There are a whole lot of things that I don't understand about Facebook, but I figured out blogger, so I there is hope that I can figure out Facebook...

I am going to continue with Tuesday's Living Green tips and Fixing It Fridays, but I will be combining the two (they basically go together anyway)...So I will be doing Tuesday's Green Solutions...and of course, Hazel would never make dinner again if I didn't keep her going, so Hazel's Crockpot Thursdays will remain the same...

The rest of the week will be just me blogging about stuff and I hope you will keep coming by...

Well, my day is almost half over and I still haven't had a chance to catch up with your blogs, so off I go...Hugs...