I'm horrible at resolutions. Well, maybe the years that I've actually made any resolutions my expectations were too high. So, this year, I decided to actually try to make some attainable resolutions and follow through.
1. Wear more dangly earrings. I made this resolution a couple years ago and did all right wearing them more often, and I'm going to try to up it from special occasions to every week.
2. Actually make the dentist appointment that I've been talking about for the last 5 years.
3. Be purposely thankful for something, big or little, every day.
4. Stop drinking lattes - I want to see at least how long I can go by switching to Americanos.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!
Well, 2008 has been quite a year! So many exciting things and yet I don't want to bore you with a 7-page letter -- Haha! So, I'll just touch briefly on some of the most notable events to me!
· January brought my 1 year anniversary dating Kevin and settling into a new apartment with my little brother Christopher.
· April 2 Lilly was born to my brother Michael and sister-in-law Kristin and I became an auntie!
· In May I turned 27 and so far it's been a good age to me.
· June opened up a promotion opportunity for me to become the third Transcription Department Lead at SJH.
· Kevin and I got to spend the 4th of July with my family out on Lummi Island.
· I got to spend Thursdays in August in Redmond babysitting the cutest baby in the world (yes, I mean Lilly of course!).
· September and October and November were pretty uneventful. I still got to babysit Lilly one Thursday a month. It was a busy fall at work as we prepared for a software upgrade.
· December brought snow and twinkly lights and smiles by fires and wishes for you a very Merry Christmas with loved ones and many happy memories of this season of Joy!
Holiday Hugs to you!
· January brought my 1 year anniversary dating Kevin and settling into a new apartment with my little brother Christopher.
· April 2 Lilly was born to my brother Michael and sister-in-law Kristin and I became an auntie!
· In May I turned 27 and so far it's been a good age to me.
· June opened up a promotion opportunity for me to become the third Transcription Department Lead at SJH.
· Kevin and I got to spend the 4th of July with my family out on Lummi Island.
· I got to spend Thursdays in August in Redmond babysitting the cutest baby in the world (yes, I mean Lilly of course!).
· September and October and November were pretty uneventful. I still got to babysit Lilly one Thursday a month. It was a busy fall at work as we prepared for a software upgrade.
· December brought snow and twinkly lights and smiles by fires and wishes for you a very Merry Christmas with loved ones and many happy memories of this season of Joy!
Holiday Hugs to you!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!
We got a white Christmas! It's so exciting I can hardly stand it! Kevin and I went down to Olympia to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with his family down there and we had a great time sliding around in the ice-rutted roads doing last minute shopping and visiting. We had a beautiful Christmas Eve dinner with David and Denise and Brian, joined for presents later by Denise's son Kelly.
Christmas morning bright and early we trooped over to Kevin's grandma's house to help get things ready for the onslaught of people and presents that was looming on the horizon (well, if you count 10 a.m. as the horizon). I've NEVER seen so many presents anywhere in one place. Holy smokes - I'm not even exaggerating! There was a stocking for everyone - even me! Everyone was so friendly including me in everything. I had a wonderful time with everyone there.
It was crazy and busy and hyper, but still managed to be warm and wonderful. Kevin's grandma is one of the sweetest women I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and I am so thankful that I got to share Christmas there this year.
Christmas morning bright and early we trooped over to Kevin's grandma's house to help get things ready for the onslaught of people and presents that was looming on the horizon (well, if you count 10 a.m. as the horizon). I've NEVER seen so many presents anywhere in one place. Holy smokes - I'm not even exaggerating! There was a stocking for everyone - even me! Everyone was so friendly including me in everything. I had a wonderful time with everyone there.
It was crazy and busy and hyper, but still managed to be warm and wonderful. Kevin's grandma is one of the sweetest women I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and I am so thankful that I got to share Christmas there this year.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
More SNOW!
OK, so I meant to get this posted on Thursday because all my first-snow pictures are from Wednesday night. Go check them out on my Flickr! :-)
I'm LOVING all the snow we've gotten! The best part is that it has stayed so cold it has not done the regular western Washington winter pattern of: rain, rain more, snow, warm up, rain more, gross slush, melt, ice over, rain more, rain, rain some more - until April when it rains even more. So, back to my wonderfully happy post this started out being... :-) I played in the snow and threw the snow and ran in the snow and made a snow angel! I LOVE the snow!
I'm LOVING all the snow we've gotten! The best part is that it has stayed so cold it has not done the regular western Washington winter pattern of: rain, rain more, snow, warm up, rain more, gross slush, melt, ice over, rain more, rain, rain some more - until April when it rains even more. So, back to my wonderfully happy post this started out being... :-) I played in the snow and threw the snow and ran in the snow and made a snow angel! I LOVE the snow!
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