What a great year 2010 turned out to be. Another year older, a little more wiser, I hope and a life full of love and friendships. This year I finally followed Kristin Kuhn’s demands and joined Facebook. What a great thing that turned out to be. I re-connected with old friends I hadn’t talked to in more years than I can remember. It has allowed me hours of enjoyment reading what is going on in the lives of friends and seeing pictures of their children and fun times. The only downfall is seeing how old some people look. Damn, do I look that old too? I mean I must right? We are the same age and that stupid eye cream I bought hasn’t reversed me to look 12 again, damn it!! All in all though, good advice taken.
The whole Facebook idea turned me to think about writing this blog. I have a blog that I have read daily for years and thought I’d give it a go. I can happily say that it has turned out to be a really fun outlet for me to flex my creative muscles. I get a kick out of seeing that my audience spans from the USA to Russia , China , India , Lithuania , France
Our 8 nieces and nephews flourished this year. My sister’s (who’s name we do not speak) little girl turned 4 and her son turned 12 all within days of each other. Kyle and I had them over to stay the night and had a special birthday celebration for them, hiding presents throughout the house for them to find. A highlight was when the 4 year old was pulling a stuffed dog around the kitchen, by a leash we made from ribbon, and announced “This dog is pissing me off!”. Damn… kids say the cutest things. I still laugh when I think about it. Our 12 year old nephew is now 5’10”, wears a size 13 shoe and can throw a baseball so fast you better not blink or you’ll miss it. And, obviously, at that height, he rocks at basketball. NBA lookout!!
The other 6 are thriving as well. The 3 older kids just finished semesters at college, all with straight A’s and still manage to find time to come to family functions so we can see them. We spent many a Saturday in the stands cheering for our 15 year old nephew, who is the quarterback of his school’s freshman football team, and then went on to see our 13 year old niece kick butt in soccer. The youngest of their kids is 11 and the sweetest little man you could ever dream for. He still likes to sit on your lap and will snuggle up to us. We are enjoying it as long as we can.
This year I rounded 3 ½ years with my current company and still love what I do. How the hell does that happen? Oh yeah, I work with a really great group of people and us girls just laugh our asses off. Hopefully you recall the purple panties on the floor at work blog. Kyle got a really great new job, and within four months of being at the company, has already been promoted. He is so awesome and I am just so happy for him. Well - for him and for my wish list at Tiffany’s.
My mother in law was diagnosed with breast cancer this year. She had surgery and radiation for many, many weeks. I am very pleased to report that in December she had her 6 month follow up mammogram and it was clear. Thank you God! Go healthy Boobies!
Kyle and I couldn’t be happier or more in love. Having the relationship we do is something we are thankful for every day. This year we have come to the conclusion that if we can’t have kids, the 8 nieces and nephews are good enough for us. We spend our time how we want, sleeping in, eating out, basically doing whatever, whenever we choose. That, we decided, is a pretty sweet deal after all. Well 2011, there is much more chardonnay to be consumed and calories to burn. (Yeah right) Well at least the wine part is true enough.
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