2009 in Review

2009 is about to end & 2010 is about to begin. I am hoping to do some sort of new year blog too, sometime in January hopefully. Here is a short list of some of the things that happened in 2009.

• I had another birthday. (March).
• Graduated w/ a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. (April)
• Job searching. (April-current)
• Went on Tseunik's Pony Farm field trip with Richie. (May)
• High school friend, Stephanie, got married & I was lucky to be chosen as her maid of honor (July).
• Richie completed a year of head start. (August)
• Richie went canoeing for the first time. (August)
• Richie continued head start. (August-December)
• My nephew Zander was born, as well as my cousin's baby & my friend from high school, Jessica. (September)
• Richie got his school picture taken. (September)
• Took Richie to Lewis' Farm to ride an elephant & go through a corn maze. (October)
• Richie chose to be a bumblebee for Halloween. (October)
• Richie turned 4. (November)
• Richie got his 4 Year pictures taken. (November)
• We moved. (December)

• Lots of time at the beach.
• Walks on the pier, along the river, & around the neighborhood, as well as exploring some other county/state parks.
• Various conferences for Richie, all good!
• Visits to the library.

Surely there is plenty of other stuff that happened, but this is just a small list of some of the things that happened in 2009. Also, I am posting a video of pictures from throughout 2009.

Favorite Things

These are a few of my (current) favorite things… similar to the in & out blogs, but basically only ins, no outs.

1. Christmas music. It’s so pretty & the lyrics (for the most part) are so wonderful. Some of my favorite Christmas songs are The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole, White Christmas by Bing Crosby, Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt, All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Greensleeves, Last Christmas by WHAM, & Christmas Eve by Tran-Siberian Orchestra… I could go on & on, I’m sure.
2. Christmas decorations. All the pretty lights at night, the Christmas trees, the other stuff.
3. Christmas food. Eggnog, Little Debbie’s Christmas tree cakes, Hershey’s candy cane kisses, Brach’s Christmas peppermint nougats.
4. Snow. I am not much for the cold weather. In the winter, my issue is not with snow so much as it is with the cold temps & icky roads. But we got a ton of snow Thursday night & it looked so pretty (& a little weird, lol). Unfortunately we’ve had some melt since, & then got a little, then some melted, but we also got more so everything is covered again. I could have done without the rain & mix part though. I like having a white Christmas; maybe because I am just so used to them it seems weird to not have one.
5. Fixed toilets. Pretty much the whole time I’ve lived here, the toilet had an issue with continuing to run until you went back in to jiggle the handle. Last week the part inside the tank that connects the handle to the chain rusted off. But it got fixed at the end of last week & now it works like a normal toilet!
6. Pictures. Richie’s 4 year pictures came in last week & his school pictures came in Monday (finally). Of course, they are all super cute, just like him!
7. S’mores. I can’t remember the last time I actually had one, but I’ve seen them recently in a tv show or 2 & I want some.
8. Thanksgiving. Lots of yummy food, visiting with family. Enough said.
9. Barney on How I Met Your Mother. I would love to “suit up” & hang out with him for a “legen, wait for it… dary” night.
10. Orange juice. Good for you & yummy. I could drink it every day!