Ringin' In Twenty Ten!

A new year. A new decade. An endless amount of possibilities. I LOVE a new year! I really do. It is one of my favorite times of the year. A fresh start. Everything is so clean and new. As much as I love pulling out the Christmas decorations, I think I love taking them down and putting them away even more. It gives the house a new sense of order. I love having all the holiday festivities over and moving on with life as normal. I love operating on a schedule. I love making goals and plans for the brand spankin' new year that lies before me. I love reaching deep within my soul and searching for the changes I need to bring about in my life so that I can take a step closer to the person that I hope to become one day. A New Year. I LOVE it!

2009 was good year. It was a hard year. But when you work your way through a hard time and come out the other end, you are usually a better person for it. A lot of changes occurred in 2009 and I like to think that I handled them well and learned from them. I am thankful for all that 2009 taught me. I am thankful for the ever present hand of the Lord in my life. I am thankful for the blessings he has bestowed upon me.

We had a fun night last night. Our neighbors came over and we played a little Rock Band, played some other games, ate yummy homemade salsa and waffles with all the fixins. Here is a picture of everyone looking out the kitchen window at the fireworks.

After midnight and the banging of the pots and pans, everyone was getting ready to leave and Addy ran to the door and wouldn't let anyone out. We are so thankful for good neighbors and friends. It was hard for us to leave our old neighborhood full of people we love behind, and we are thankful for good people in this neighborhood to help soften the blow.

Happy New Year everyone! And just a reminder from a post I did back in April of 2,008. The time has finally come:

Emily was asking Steve what year he graduated from high school. He told her and then she wanted to know what year she would graduate. That is easy to figure out because she was born in 2000. So I said she will graduate in 20-18. That's how I said it, twenty eighteen. But then I started to wonder, is that how people will say it? Or will they say 2,018? 'Cause when you watch movies that are set in the future they always say the year as 20-18 but when we say the year now we way 2,008. I like saying it 20-18. It sounds better than 2,018, don't you think? I think we should start a date reference revolution. If we all start saying the year as twenty-o- eight maybe it will catch on. OK, twenty-o-eight doesn't sound good. Let's wait until 2010 and then start saying twenty ten. I will remind you when it gets closer.