2018 wasn't a great year...I lost my sister, Karen on October 26th. It was sudden. I was in Austin, Texas working and event when I got the call from my sister, Marian. I changed my flight and flew home on Saturday the 27th. The next week was rough. I miss her so much.
I also had to retire from my job at UT. I was passed over for my supervisor's job. I wasn't even allowed to apply for it. They just put a young white male in the position. Equity and Diversity said it was wrong, but they couldn't do anything about it. So after 37 years, I retired from UT. I was lucky. A friend, Karen Pharr saw I was retiring and asked me to work for her as an educator. I started working for her in August and have had a blast so far.
Marian and I took a trip of a lifetime. We flew to Portland and then traveled to Seattle and then back to Portland and on to Sisters, Oregon. I always wanted to visit the quilt show there and we did. It was wonderful!
Here are my stats for 2018:
Books read - 206 (all time high)
Movies watched at the theater - 30
Classes - 4 basket classes, 4 quilting classes, 1 crochet class and a wet felting class
Trips - Sisters, Oregon
Plays - 9
Concerts - 1
My goal for 2018 was to visit a small town once a month. I only did it 5 months, but I did start traveling with my job so I visited a lot of new places which is what I wanted to do.
My 2019 goal - Marian got me a book for my birthday. It is a 52 week quilter's year book. 52 weeks to explore your inner quilt genius and have some fabric fun.
Further book stats:
Shortest book - 84 pages "When Birdie Babysat Spider" by Kristen Painter
Longest book - 608 pages "Exodus" by Leon Uris
Most Popular - "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
Least Popular - "Makin' Miracles" by Lin Stepp
My Average rating - 4.1
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