Year-End Summary

I keep having plans to post all kinds of pictures and stuff and never having the time or energy to do it.  So here's a rundown to remind myself of what I should write about in the nebulous future.

This year:

• My foot got a Dx (tarsal tunnel syndrome), and with some $$$ and medical care that has gotten better enough that I'm spending more time walking/standing and the old pain on the bottoms of both feet came back,
• The doc says that pain is tendinitis, or at least I think he said that, and we're trying various things to fix that too.  The meds make me loopy at night, but at least it's at night.
• My jewelry business has seen a downturn - every convention and show is different, and they change stuff all the time, and there are a multitude of factors that are beyond my control.
• I'm making some money for groceries by doing lawn and yard work for friends.
• I've picked up a part-time job doing wordpress and such for two ladies who want someone to handle their business website while they do all the businessy things.  The hours are completely unpredictable, but this job is the first I can really put on a resume since college.  And it's work from home.  So, yay.
• I dug a new flower bed and threw every wildflower seed I had collected over the past two years into it.  And planted some of the Dotter irises there too.
• I learned that Granddad's cherry tomatoes are indeterminate and will grow and produce best when planted in the ground and allowed to vine wherever they wish, instead of keeping them in pots (pots works great for determinate Early Girls down in CenTex) or caging them up.
• Other stuff that I need to think about before I put any of it here.

The ice storm is doing its thing.  Our power is still on but it flickers a lot and has blipped once.  We're trying to feed the birds - several websites suggested that peanuts, peanut butter, rolled oats, dried fruit, and raw apples would be appreciated.  Not sure if the birds like that yet, as it got dark too soon after we put it out, but we didn't have any seed.  We'll see if someone eats it tomorrow.  The birds have a water source here, at least, as the pond pump is still on and they can drink from the waterfall or the top of the filter.

Saw someone sledding, country style: