Happy New Year!!! This year’s New Year’s greeting brought to you by Simba, super cat of TheSecondChild.
Can. You. Believe. It? 2024. I just can’t. I’m in a fog. Where on earth did this year go? The older I get, the faster time flies and the less I accomplish. I hope you’ve had a nice beginning to your year. I always have grand plans to un-Christmasify the house on New Year’s Day, but instead I puttered around and made our traditional standing rib roast dinner with the boys’ twice baked potato, 7-layer salad and homemade dinner roll favorites. An easy dinner, but I manage to take most of the day messing around with it. I like to set a nice table too — china and the works. No one cares but me. They’d be just as happy to eat it on paper plates. Ho Hum.
Anyway, according to old blog tradition, it’s time to look back on the past year. You might be wondering what year? Since I didn’t post all year. There were still happenings here, and I’m posting the traditional grid for the sake of the record:
The year was mostly good, but peppered with the sad. And then the really sad. Which, maybe I can talk about soon. I’m definitely planning a few posts just to document the makes — mostly because I use the blog as a record, in case I want to look at pattern or yarn or whatever that I used for a project. I’ve seen a few posts on instagram where people say they didn’t get much done, but they managed to survive. I finished a few more quilts than normal, but I feel like my biggest accomplishment was surviving — it was a tougher year than most, and I’m glad it’s in the rear view mirror now.
So, on to the New Year. A blank slate. So full of hope, but boy, a new year makes me nervous. More than anything else this year, I’m hoping for time. Time to just slow down and enjoy the good things in life. I hope you will find what you are hoping for too — HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
XOXO,
Anna
Happy New Year Anna!! I do hope that this year is a better year for you. I’m so sorry for the hard bumps and sorrows you had last year. And YES!! It just flew by didn’t it!! Amazing. I’m looking forward to your future posts, it’s always nice to see what you’ve been up too. Take care.
Long-time lurker; I’m sorry to hear you had sad news in 2023 but glad you also had some happy times based on your lovely pictures. I always enjoy reading about your lovely projects, travels, and times with family; thank you for sharing with us!
Take care,
–sarabeth in Boston
My year was not wonderful either, but here I am – still kicking! I’m sorry yours wasn’t the best. I always enjoy seeing all the pretty things you do and see and make. I’m especially glad in this grid to see you have a little girl learning to knit! My grandmother taught me to crochet and I treasure that memory.
I’m sorry to hear you had a rough year but judging from your photos you had some joys, too. I, too, love your posts so please keep blogland in mind as this new year gets in full swing.
Oh what a cute cat; we’re actually cat sitting my daughter’s cats too at the moment and one is the spitting image of Simba! Yes, isn’t it amazing how times seems to just whizz by? It really goes faster as we age as apparently it has to do with the percentage one year is compared to our age. You did well with all your finished projects plus a trip to down under to help set up Kellie’s shop. I hope 2024 will be a good year for all of us. xx
Wow, I popped in forlornly to see if you had by any chance posted – and you’d posted thrice!! Happy 2024, dear Anna, my quilting guru. Please post your quilts and make me feel that I should try something more complicated! Hugs from Scotland.
I just made a quilt top using a Rhapsody in Reds by Kaye England for Wilmington Prints. I would love to use the same line for a 5’ border and saw you had the Ivory Floral Damask on your website but it didn’t look like you had much. I would need at least 1 1/2 yds but would purchase 2 yds if you have it (so I could fussy cut it yo get the same pattern on each strip. I know it’s a long shot but just thought to ask. I didn’t know how to reach you since I saw no phone or email so hope this works. Thank you.