Old man winter...

 Not sure why the harsh, cold winter is an old man, however, it is definitely harsh today. Wind chills in the negative, 20 mile sustained winds, with gusts over 40.  This is typical weather for here.  Don't like it. Except it does "prune" out my trees for me. So many branches and sticks already to pick up. But, that will be for another day.  It was near 70 on Christmas. Crazy weather! It does make me wish more than ever that we could be like bears and just hang out in our dens all winter until the weather is a bit more civil. A nice fire, a cup of cocoa, and a good book. Or painting. Just nurturing ourselves. But alas, capitalism doesn't allow for that.

Old Business:

• Bad at Hands Heal
• Has not been warm enough (when I've had the time) to work in the garage
• Good work being done on Perfect Union
• NCBTMB - exam will be scheduled in February
• P4S - Still bad
• Magazines - good
• Have a small mending pile again
• Guitar is good, stuck on one song though
• Christmas was great!
• Did not get as much decluttering done as I had hoped. Over my break I had to replace Tupac, as he was starting to have way too many mechanical/electrical/structural issues to keep up with.  His Blue Book was only $600 at best anyway. So.... now I have a "new" 2016 Outback. Love it! Hate the car payment.  I've not had one of those for over 10 years. Sigh
• Baby bro got to help me with the bank and pickup part, my older bro helped me with the selection and test drive.
• Have outlined some Yearly goals, and translated that into some monthly steps
• Studio is much better, crafting table cleaned off, have a small amount of memorabilia that needs filed.
• Door project was scheduled for this month, but it has been too cold to work in the garage
• Same for desk project and hutch project
• Work carpets cleaned.  That was gross!

New Business:

• Due to injuries and health, I'm cutting back again on my number of appointments each day. I will have to figure out the financial part
• Have a second interview with a potential therapist tomorrow.  We've talked already on the phone.  Keep your fingers crossed for me.
• If I can hold to #1, then cleaning schedule, and mounting paperwork issues should get better