I wish 2011 a farewell (not that fond), and I look forward to 2012 with hope and optimism.
The year 2011 has taken its toll on me. However, that is what makes life worth living in some ways. Hence my optimism for the future.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
~Bill Vaughan
I didn’t stay up to ensure 2011 left, but I checked closely when I woke up this morning!
Sunday’s Best
My tweets this past week were as usual an engaging cornucopia of interesting commentaries from my large archive of older posts:
- On Christmas Eve, I shared a Few Last Yuletide Thoughts. It has the valid point that Christmas cards are not late if they are mailed before Christmas day!
- Merry Christmas is yet another discussion of the magic that was and is Christmas for me.
- Happy Boxing Day discusses Canada’s version of Black Friday.
- Even on December 27th it is time to start thinking that Christmas is Coming Are You Planning?
- I dusted off a real old one with some Bad Financial Humour
- What to do for the Financial End of Year? Not too hard to remember this stuff, is it?
- As the year end, it’s always cheap and easy to do a best of post. Mine last year was entitled My Favorite Things. It resounds with the Sounds of Music!
I hope that 2012 brings you happiness, joy and all your hopes and dreams come to fruition.
All Those Happy New Years
Yes, for many years I have wished you a Happy New Year
- Happy New Year 2025 May this New Year find you safe and happy. 2024 was a year to remember for its turmoil, but find a way to make 2025 a better one. It’s time to get back to the gym and plan on staying out of debt. Enjoy the coming year! #Debt #NewYear #Resolution
- Happy New Year 2024! What will the year 2024 bring? Let’s hope it is a Happy New Year, but there is potential for a great deal of upheaval in the coming year. #NewYear #Happy2024
- Happy New Year 2022 and #MoneyTalk recapped a lot of 2021 and hoped that 2022 was going to bring some hope.
- A happy new year for 2021 ? Well it started pretty grotty, but it might get better.
- I must have had an inkling about 2020, as I didn’t wish you a Happy New Year to start things. Hopefully with this post I have helped make the year better?
- In 2019 I was too practical with Tangible Financial New Years Resolutions but still worthwhile thinking about it, eh?
- For Happy New Year 2018 I had a great photo of being stuck on the 401 during a snowstorm, and links to previous New Year Messages.
- 2017 I pointed out that you start paying CPP and EI again, so your net pay is going to be lower.
- 2016 Happy New Year, just didn’t happen, not sure why, must have been having a grinchy holiday?
- 2015 Happy New Year and I included a really bad joke about it being the year of the RAM in the Chinese Calendar.
- 2014 Happy New Year again I pointed out that CPP and EI rates were increasing as well, I really am a kill joy.
- 2013 was a Happy New Year, a celebratory Sunday was the photo to start the year.
- 2012 I used to post best of Twitter posts, and it seems to have fallen on a Sunday as well.
- Merry New Year! It All Starts again was how 2011 started, and I included a bunch of resolutions in that article.
- 2010 New Year began with me in a new job, which was very nice, given I had been unemployed for a while.
- 2009 started a little bleak, in that I was unemployed, and was looking for a job, during a major economic crisis.
- Belated Happy and Prosperous New Year was how 2008 started, the economy was booming, employment was high, but there were hints of the systemic failure that was coming soon.
- Good Bye 2008, outlined the eventful year that it was for me. Things got better, but a lot didn’t go right that year.
- A New Year Brings Tax Breaks? The tax breaks appeared in 2007 but later disappeared, unfortunately.
- Happy 2007 a quieter year, we hoped.
- 2006 I was still figuring out what this whole thing would be, but I showed signs of a ranting good time.
Happy New Year.This year i am going to enjoy every moment of it and also did work hard for getting my target.
Looking forward for a better 2012. Let’s leave all the sadness and sorrow behind. Just enjoy every moment of your lives.
2011 was one of the most interesting years of my life. I am very much looking forward to 2012.
Happy New Year! 2012 is going to be an interesting year and it can go so many ways, so let’s make the best of it! I laughed when you said you didn’t make sure 2011 left… personally I’m a bit tired of watching a ball drop. 😉 I do enjoy reminiscing a bit with family and friends.