Ending 2011 and looking to 2012

Well, I can say it has been a better year than 2010 but it would not take much to beat 2010. I have been back at work for over a year now, did make a job change there in plant to hourly management with better pay and benefits and easier on my damaged leg/foot. I do now have a very tall and stiff brace/support boot that helps me with being on my feet for a full work shift. My finances are in a bit better shape and my house has a new metal roof, the dormer is built and I am enjoying my very basic spiral stair to that attic space that is very slowly taking shape to be my studio and retreat. A quiet and stable dating relationship with a man who is not living off me and who will not cause me to get phone calls from collection agencies looking for him to pay past due bills. Now, that is a good change from the past, I still get calls from collection agencies looking for Kenn Gean and Michael Ferrin. Our weather is way too mild for this time of year and I worry about what will come in the next few months for storms but do know my house should stay dry and hopefully warm unless the power goes out for very long. I'm doing something at our local library every Thursday morning now and will be offering free knitting lessons there at that time to anyone who wants to come. I have house plants again and some bulbs hiding in the fridge so I can try forcing them, they have about 2 more weeks of refrigeration and then into pots and in the storage area and dark but not cold for a week or so and then out in the light. My first attempt so I am hoping they like me and do ok. Still no handicapped parking permit but I did download and print out the needed form for that and am going to consider getting it filled out and signed by my doctor. I won't need or use it often but there are times I should have it and use it. Ben's doing ok, Jake is doing great, Bryon is still in CA and I hope doing ok. I still have no contact with Stormy and am comfortable with that. No anger or guilt or issues, just know that she has to live her life and with her choices and I have a right to live my life, to not be manipulated or emotionally battered by her choices and her emotional problems. They are not my doing, my choices or mine to fix, pay for and I cannot change them. I am looking at gaining progress on the old house project, doing more outside with my landscaping projects and getting more of my debt load paid down. I am stable and at peace with my life, with who I am and with where I am going in my life, at least most of the time.