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December 30, 2007
Looking back at 2007
This has been a very emotional year for our family. My dear mother-in-law, Ann, passed away from lung cancer the day after my birthday. She was a very good mother-in-law. She rarely lectured or scolded, and was mostly very supportive, loving and fun. I miss her a lot. This Christmas was kinda weird without Ann's wisecracking and humor.
Ann left her family with some money. Enough that my sister-in-law, Kathy, was able to get her dream kitchen and great room and more for her house. It is truly beautiful, and I'm terribly jealous of her kitchen appliances!
And we were able to buy this farm. Which is a huge, huge thing in our lives. John can step out the back door and shoot targets from the deck. Our horses live on our property, and John had indulged my love for critters by letting me have guinea fowl, chickens, and goats (the goats are in the future yet).
And I got fired from my job. The company I worked for was doing well, but my own belief is that they felt I was too old to work with the 'company culture'. The majority of employees there are between 22 and 35, and yes, I did stick out like a sore thumb. I am rather angry about how they handled the whole thing - giving me all these false hopes that I could get a position in a different department in the company. But in every one of the 8 interviews I went through, my age was mentioned at least once as a drawback for me moving that department - for example - can I get along with people young enough to be my children.
Yikes.
So now, I am embarking on becoming something different. I will be working for myself. I plan to earn some money by growing herbs and vegetables and flowers here on the farm, and taking them to the farmer's markets, and also by selling my photographs.
If any of you have any connections to Hallmark, American Greetings or to any calendar manufacturing company or any nature magazine, let me know. Also, I'll be selling my photos on Exposure Manager, I'll be making links available in the next week.
So, for me, it's been a rough year, a lot of unhappy things happened, yet good things are happening now.
I suppose I should start writing more on politics, too, seeing as we are going into an election year, and blogging seems to keep my blood pressure down!!!
So, Happy New Year to everyone. May your days and nights be blessed with joy and peace!
Posted by Beth at December 30, 2007 1:32 PM
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Happy New Year, Beth! I'm glad you're here! :)
Posted by: pam at December 30, 2007 4:31 PM
But on a positive note, in 2007 we finally got together for drinks and a trip to the Home & Garden show!
Posted by: Venomous Kate at December 30, 2007 11:20 PM
Beth,
Check out the co-op art galleries near you. I'm currently an inactive (not enough time available) member of one in Parkville - http://www.northlandartists.com/
Last time I was in Leavenworth there was a co-op gallery in the Landing.
Posted by: KCSteve at December 31, 2007 12:25 PM
I can totally vouch for the fact that you can get along with people young enough to be your children! You are one of the coolest friends I've got, and I'm in that child age, aren't I??
Happy New Year Beth. I'll be back to Kansas soon (I hope)!
Wendy
Posted by: RightGirl at December 31, 2007 12:26 PM