Poem by Emily Dickinson, "Hope"

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

Miscellaneous musings

On the house front, we did close on the 30th of November...yippee! No more worrying over that.
I started another blog, www.babystorytime.blogspot.com to keep track of all my baby pictures. And to let others see the cutest kids in the world.
I got a job, posted a few back, and yes it is the kind that I'm just making a paycheck at. I like the people but the "work" part is kind of the same thing as I did before and didn't like. Go figure. But I was in a financial bad way so I'm digging out of that before re-evaluating the future.
My friends in my writers group are doing an attainable goal list for the coming year and I thought about it and as usual don't like to do goals because I tend to lose track of them and only disappoint myself when I realize I didn't do them.
But...I still do it. Am I Masochistic? Probably. (2. gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification. definition from dictionary.com)
I'm trying to think about the word attainable. I guess you call things you want to happen and that you can work to achieve goals, but what of dreams? A dream is a wish your heart makes-to borrow from Disney-and I am a DREAMER. I guess that's why I don't normally do the "attainable" kind of goal making. I might make that my goal to work on this year. Do you have goals or are they secretly dreams?
No matter what...have fun and don't settle, at least not for too long.
Love ya and see you with new thoughts and ideas in two thousand and eight!
Kim

Travel goal - Ireland

PS I Love You

I just went to see PS I Love You, and all the ladies know why-Gerry Butler
-but really, the movie was great. I know I'm bias to anything Celtic and we have Gerry playing Irish and a part of the movie in Ireland but the weaving of tears and laughter was amazing. And I think it explained love like I've never heard before with beautiful words given meaning to the emotion. Can't say enough great things about this movie other than go see it!

Finally...

OK, OK. I know I had to bite the big one and do it!
I am now gainfully employed. (Picture of workplace.)
Well, I'm enjoying learning the new job. And the people (including management) are very warm and inviting. The company is small but it has a big heart. I forgot how it feels to be a part of something. I hope things continue to work out favorably. Until the next time...cya