which meant I was a scrawny kid and young person, but the benefit was that I've never had to struggle with my weight.

I didn't get the memo.

Mine involved getting my finances back on track.

January has been an exceptional month. I got a job offer that is higher paying (start 2/1) and sold over $4000 worth of pussyhats between Etsy and at the NYC Women's March.

My friends have been very understanding when I declined a few dinner invitations saying that i was trying to cut down on meals out for financial reasons.

AS soon as this transfer hits, I'm putting $5000 (all from pussyhats) in a one year CD.

I sold my first pussyhats to DUers. If you had asked me a year ago that I'd have a lucrative side hustle based on pink yarn, I would have laughed in your face. I never knew something I learned in Girl Scouts would pay off almost 30 years later.

ETA my pussyhats picked up starting on Christmas day. So a few of them are not this year.


ETA 2 I see you're in Vancouver, WA. I did an IE for a state senate race there in 2016 and fell in love with the area (to the point where I didn't want to get on the plane home). Moving back to the area is in my long term plans (the $5000 is a potential security deposit).

Portland across the river, but end up in Vancouver for financial reasons. Because Portland has been growing in population so much, Vancouver has also grown. It's still in the "good growth" phase: more/better restaurants, more local events, traffic still not bad. Hopefully, they manage to manage the growth to everyone's benefit.

My first introduction to the city was the Friday after the election's large anti Trump protest.

I still hear the name Portland and think Maine. I've taken to putting either East/West Coast in front of them.

I have realized in my old age that I have all the ambition of a tree sloth, so I don't even try any more.

to formalize some goals - even if they are mostly continuing my few good habits - to keep from sliding into oblivion. Otherwise, it would be too easy to sleep late every day and spend the rest of the day posting on the Internet in my underwear. Actually, my wife wouldn't stand for that, but it's better to stay one step ahead of her wrath.

posting on the Internet in my underwear. I don't have a spouse to make me stop, and my cats are just as happy to have me around all day to feed them as they demand. I do have to get dressed and go out now and then in order to buy cat food, but if it weren't for that I'd be growing moss on my north side.

so I guess I blew it from day one.

not make any resolutions!

This obviously WAS NOT the time to do that with whats going on politically. When I'm watching T.V. and we've got a Cabinet Member lying to Congress saying that she doesn't know most people in Norway tend to be light-skinned and that she didn't hear dt say "shithole" when she was right there so as she's speaking I'm screaming at the T.V. "You're a fucking liar!"....Nope....not a good time to quit cussing. However, my other resolution is to meditate everyday and I've done very well. And, I'm thinking if I meditate that may help with the cussing....