2017 so far.....

Just a quick check in.
This weekend I hope to catch up on my blog reading.
Sorry if I've been absent but I will stop by ASAP.

This first week of the New Year started out very busy
and now is slowing down at work.

I hate to even admit this but the week has not been so great.
I have had to deal with a couple of ISSUES at work that have made me upset.
Things I can't talk about because this is the Internet.
I had hoped that 2017 would have less DRAMA but alas...
Haters gonna hate.

Luckily for me, Doc had my back both times so that made it much easier to deal with.
I found this quote and it helps me to deal -

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Then mid-week, someone in my extended family suddenly passed away.
It's very sad and shocking and...
also something I can't talk about.

I refuse to let this affect my expectations for 2017.
Hopefully this is it for the NEW Year
and all the bad/sad is out of the way.

I'm trying to finish up a "project" that I will reveal soon.
Here's a sneak peek of the WIP's -

Then I'll be doing the Valentines stuff.
Little painted fabric cats.
Some illustrations
and BANNERS! LOL!
(Because Sugar wants banners.)

Yep.

In other news,
Jimmy Chew, the hipster dog.
Trendsetter.
Has been sporting a new style.
A combination Mohawk/Goatee.

Jury is still out on this one.

Haters Gonna HATE.

Seems like everyone I talk to lately, are always judging other people.
I can't get away from them, they are in my personal life
and it's also some of the people I work with.

They always have some snarky comment. 

They think that anyone that makes a choice different from what they would have done is wrong

and stupid.

They seem to enjoy talking people down and criticizing everything.

Maybe it's human nature.

I hope it's not a woman thing.

source

I would hope women are better than that.

I've certainly done it myself and I feel ashamed.

Yep, sucked into the meanness.

The negativity.

So, as of today I'm going to try to be a better person.

Someone who minds my own business,

tends my own garden

and does or doesn't do whatever I damn well please.

As long as I bring no harm to others,

it's no ones business.

I'm not going to feel guilty about decisions

or feel the need to explain.

I'm tired of feeling bad.

Of letting others make me feel bad.

I'm tired of it.

No wonder I prefer the company of animals.

Sometimes you run across something that has perfect timing.
Like it was meant to be.
Or should I say, meant to see.