Why are some people soooo….ugh….they only think about themselves. I have co-workers who only think about what they have to gain. I’ve gotten two awards in one week for my work that I’ve done. Some people on the team resent me because of it. I was just doing my job. They could get those types of things too if they would go the small extra mile. I didn’t go very far (if at all) out of my way to help the customer. They don’t want to help someone who’s business makes up their paycheck.

Then there’s someone close to me who only seems to care about what they can’t afford or what they could afford but only if they neglected others. My thought is why get for yourself when there are others you can get things for. I am not crying on the things that I haven’t been able to get because I got others something that they wanted instead of getting for myself. It’s so frustrating that the world today is me, mine, and myself. C’mon people. We’re here together, so let’s start thinking of each other.

I guess I’m just one of those people who really means it when they say they don’t care if they get a gift or not when there is time to give gifts. Yes, I will admit that it is nice to get gifts, but it’s not a necessity to survive. Just knowing someone is thinking about me makes that enough. Or I could get a gift, but it doesn’t have to be anything lavish. Simple is sometimes the nicest gift.

OK. So my resolution hasn’t gone so well so far. But I did finally pick up a knitting project that I know I haven’t looked at in over a year. I am making a really cute sweater. I do have two fears though. The first being not having enough yarn to complete the project. I am using yarn from a ripped apart cardi. (Is there a difference between ripped apart and frogged???) The second fear is that it won’t fit me. I have about 95% of the body done and it fits around me, it just looks odd up top (I have been endowed in the upper body department). There is an insert in the chest area. I have not made it yet, so I’m hoping that when it’s complete it will tie everything together. I actually had to teach myself filet crochet for this one. I don’t think that I’m adventurous enough to try a full-scale crochet project. I’m having a hard enough time just doing filet repeats. Maybe I’ll follow through with my resolution in the coming holiday season. Who knows?

Should I call this a declaration or a resolution. I know, I’m a little late for New Years. I could resolve to make entries more often, but we all know from looking at my track record how good I am at that. I want to resolve to get pictures of my WIP’s. I have a baby blanket, a sweater for myself (let’s hope it fits and that I have enough yarn to finish it), a sock, a shrug (I may frog it becuase it just isn’t rubbing me the right way), and I’m sure there are some that I have forgotten about that have been stashed away only to be stumbled upon later. When I find them, I will frantically search my diminishing memory bank for what row I was on and refresh myself on what the pattern should look like.

Congratulations this week go to Stephanie. She joined the rest of us who can check the Married box in surveys.