New Years Eve! And such....

First though, for you that have a hate for the new look of the comments? Here is a fix of sorts if you want to put some work into it:
LiveJournal release 88 tweaks

I know some of you on my f-list might be interested in that. :-) See, I am not a total ass? I can agree to disagree, and then give linkage and help. ;-) I really hope that will help some of you guys that don't like the latest changes to LJ.

Rightoh! So, New Years Eve.

I suppose at the end of the year/beginning of the new one your supposed to go though the year that has gone by and comment on it? Hmm...

I worked a lot during 2011. At various libraries. My 'career' if you wanna call it that has taken off quite a bit during this year, which is good. I couldn't stay at the little school-library at the troubled school, which was a shame. I'd finally gotten to get closer to all them troubled kids there, and they I was ripped away from it. Sad thing. And nothing I can do about. After that I was doing work here and there, but not much. And then... I gathered some courage around me and went to the big city library and asked if they needed someone to work by the hour there to? Clearly a good move, since the end of 2011 has been quite insane. I've worked A LOT there! And it seems like I will for quite some time yet in 2012... So that's good. :-)

The unemployment funds have been ASSHOLES this entire year. I keep sending them the paper-work they ask for, and then I get back that oh, that paperwork that was the EXACT thing we asked for? It's not enough. It looks wrong. It doesn't compute with our info in our database. You have to send it again. And again. And again. And again... And so on and so fourth. *sigh* Sometimes I really, really have a hate for bureaucracy. :-/

Family wise, mom made that gastric bypass, which was a scary thing, but in the end it ended up being the best thing ever for her! She has really changed this year, and to the better! I am so fucking proud of her. My brother has been his ever awesome self. He works his butt off for his family, basiclly. Being a farmhand is tough work, if you didn't know it. And then, after hours, he helps my Uncle who runs the family farm. And makes sure he has time for his two kids. Who are both adorable, might I add. Yes, I admire my brother quite a great deal. He is one AWESOME man, and I sometimes feel like I am the younger sister, even if it is in fact HE that is four years younger then me. :-)

What about 2012? ruchirahni and omgwtfskittles had these questions posted in their LJs, so I took the liberty to copy them. :-)

ruchirahni What did you accomplish in 2011? What did you do? How did you feel? What was the best part? What was the worst part? How can you repeat the best part and avoid the worst?

Think I already answered that. :-) My biggest accomplishments must be that I actually got a TON of my self confidence back when it comes to my job, my profession. I CAN do this. I am GOOD at this! :-D And that is pretty damn awesome. I am going to work on more of that for 2012.

omgwtfskittles what are your wishes/hopes/resoultions for the new year?

My biggest wish... That I'll be the best I can be when it is required off me during 2012. That is my greatest wish. :-) *cryptic*

During our actual celebration of New Years Eve, it was just me and peting73. We stayed at home. Watched the four first Star Wars movies, since peting73 is SUCH a Star Wars fanboy right now (he has bought Star Wars: The Old Republic and plays it daily).

We have this tradition really. We stay home, in our sweatpants and t-shirts. Watching movies and eating nice food. :-) spicehobbit joins us some years, but this year we had our nerd-newyears all by our selfs. :-)

And the food the man cooked... GUH! o.O Four course meal...

First course was a LOVELY mushroomsoup with crawfish. SO TASTY!
( Yummy soup! )

After that we went for the main course, which was... crocodile meat, potatoes made in the oven and Béarnaise sauce. OMG! So good! And crocodile meat, that I've never eaten before? Tasted somewhere between fish and chicken. Odd, yes. But VERY nice!
( Crocodile meat... Yum! )

Then we had dessert, which consisted of white chocolate mousse with a hint of lime.
( Mmmm... Chocolate... )

And lastly, with coffee and cheering in 2012, we had peting73s famous caloric punch cake. Oh my gawd! IT IS SO FUCKING TASTY! It is down right orgasmic. And he refuses to tell me the recipie. Secret, he says. Can't even be in the kitchen when he makes it. :-P Well, as long as he makes it for me with some regularity, I am happy!
( Caloric punch cake! )

After that and four Star Wars movies, we gave up and went to bed, surprisingly early at around 1am. :-)

So in conclusion it has been a GREAT 2011 and a GREAT New Years Eve!