Happy New Year !!

So, here we are, again. It's another new year and I am still living paradise. My best friend is having his 16th or 20th back surgery this week. (I have lost count) This guy has been through hell. We meet in a chronic pain support group many years ago. (while I was in recovery from my 2nd back surgery and his 3rd) We have been there for the rest of each others surgeries..but I stopped after 3...(he is still going at it) We hit it off, right away. We both love Taco Bell, Weinersnitzel, Robertos, Swap meets, gardening, and camping (just to name a few things). The one thing I miss most about being here instead of San Diego (what I call my real home) is calling him up asking if he is up for a pizza and a movie...and going camping. We would camp 2-4 times a year. I really miss that. I want to go up North to check out some camp sites. I don't mind camping alone, but it would be nice if I could find someone who like to camp as well. Another thing I miss....woodworking and crafting. Back in San Diego when I had my own home, I built my own potting bench and patio furniture. And gardening and crafting...I did those every day. I painted, cross-stitched, beaded, mosaics, and many other crafts. I had started making a life sized Santa, sculpting his head from clay...but it did not make it across America. It "mysteriously" disappeared from the moving truck. But, I did manage to find my canvas's....now if I can just find my acrylics (might have to buy some new ones) Ben Franklyn Crafts is the local craft supply shop. It's not a bad little shop. Not as good and extensive as Michaels and Joannes in California...but it's workable. Plus, I can always shop for supplies online if I need to. So, this comes to some New Years resolutions. Who likes to make these things..??? Not me..so I don't. Why? Because I never follow through with them. If I call them goals, I tend to hang on to them a little longer. So my goal right now....get back into crafting and painting. I am taking a break from school this semester so I will have time to play. Last semester I bombed. The first C I EVER got. I just lost my 4.0 GPA because of my new job taking way too much of my personal time. I had absolutly no time for studying this semester. I am so disappointed in myself. I must snap out of it. So, to help me do that...I am taking a break. It's time to take care of Lisa.