Two Days Left In 2009

My Apple Blossom Amaryllis is blooming. There will be five flowers on this one stalk. And a second stalk coming on. You get a tiny peek (and that's all there is) of the paperwhites behind the stalk. And what's left of the Jade to the left. My tiny window garden is full this winter. Rosemary, thyme, moss, two amaryllis, jade and Christmas cactus.

My day began in a hurry. The dog let me sleep so we had to rush out with me not having a coffee or anything, as Riley had to be at the dog groomer by 9 to get his BATH. After I dropped him off, I stopped at work to pick up my second to last paycheck, and ended up chatting with the four full timers. No customers. They are going crazy already and it's only been three days! I stayed an hour. Then off to the bookstore to return my Christmas cookbook. I was going to exchange it, but after looking at all the cookbooks, I decided I didn't want any of them. Not even Nigella's Christmas Kitchen.

As you can see, I've done a bit more on my second doodle. It's cropped badly. It's still a square, not a rectangle. The circles are giving it a very organic, cells and plasma look.

Doodle one is now inked and has a bit more texture. It definitely looks better here than in real life. I don't want to add too much and loose the "design" but I also don't want to stop too soon. Doodles are very stressful for me. So I ended my afternoon, yesterday, with a Suduko puzzle. I finished one and started another. And then I finished French Milk (a graphic travel book) and started and finished a Marcia Muller mystery "Locked In". Yep, read it in one four hour time period. Never turned on the television.

Today, after the long one hour chat at work, the bookstore and library (where I got five new books for myself and one for G), I ventured into the grocery store. I bought very little but it still came to $94. I got bananas, a new box of sweet Clementines, yogurts, French Rolls, orange juice, lettuce, 96 cans of Diet Coke (on sale), 8 limes (on sale), foaming toothpaste, a butternut squash and two balls of pizza dough and pizza cheese plus a few other things. We're supposed to have another Nor'easter coming our way on Friday. So, I'll have soup and pizza handy.

I also bought six small chicken nuggets from the Wing Bar ($1.60) and made myself a large salad of Romaine, carrots, crispy noodles, dressing and the cut up chicken bits. I've been having coffee, my first cup of the day, while I type. And I had a sweet, juicy Clementine.

The sun is shining, the dog is not here, I haven't a care in the world. There's more coffee. The roofing bill of $6000 isn't even bothering me. The roof is sound and sturdy and not leaking into the house or down the chimney. Money well spent, for once. I'm happy.

I have a belief that the way you end the year is how the new year will go. If I can keep this feeling through tomorrow, what a wonderful year it will be.