goodbye 2006, hello 2007
It’s been an interesting and good year. For our holiday letter, we tried to keep our letter to 100 words or less. When I was writing it, I realized this was a year that wasn’t difficult to summarize in 100 words or less. Bryan was in school and I was working at the library. It wasn’t a significant year of life events, which I guess is good considering how 2004 was our wedding and 2005 was our big move. Two thousand seven is going be an exciting year for us. We’re heading to Seattle for the ALA Midwinter conference in two weeks. Bryan graduates with his MLS in May. I’m finishing up my library school application for the fall this week and if all goes well I’ll receive a letter in March telling me that I’ll be starting school in the fall.
Two thousand six was a year of mittens, socks, sweaters, library school disappointment and library job success, and of course, two kitties and a wonderful husband. I had planned to make a lot of socks this past year but it just didn’t happen. A new addition to the family kept me busy knitting a Log Cabin blanket most of the summer, we were happy to welcome a new nephew in August. I did manage to finish the Hobo sweater and have worn it proudly several times.
We went to Kansas for Christmas this year. It was the first time since 2003 that we’d been home and it was wonderful to be home. The drive to and from Kansas was a bit grueling for us, if we had planned to stay more than three days the 11-hour trip wouldn’t have felt so overwhelming. This year the entire family was together for Christmas and we were so thankful for that. 
We watched our share of movies, including the ever-wonderful A Christmas Story, cooked and baked. The generosity of our family was very apparent on Christmas morning. Bryan and I definitely weren’t expecting to get everything
we received. My mom decided this year that the best way to give us checks were in large boxes, so the box would feel very light and we’d open it up and there would be a check, it was much more fun than opening an envelope. It was obvious that I was a knitter this year, I received a full set of Knit Picks Options needles, which will come in very handy, and a nice selection of knitting books that have been on my wish list for a while. A Gathering of Lace is inspiring me to make some really nice lace scarves from some of my handspun yarn. It’s definitley not light lace-weight but I think it will make nice lace scarves for myself.
We had a quiet New Year’s Eve, it was a lovely evening spent with friends, who cooked a wonderful meal for us. For the first time in years, we were both asleep before midnight. New Year’s Day, I spent a good part of the day sewing. A few weeks ago, we decided that to cut our expenses and to reduce waste, we’re going to start using cloth napkins instead of paper towels for our meals. Last week, we picked out fabric and Monday I cut the fabric and hemmed the edges. We’ve already used a few of them and they’re wonderful. We even have tomato napkins for our pizza nights. When I’m finished we’ll have about 11 pairs of napkins.
