Blowing Kisses

I cannot believe another year has come and gone. I know they say years just fly by faster and faster as you age. But come on! I swear I was just planting tomatoes and picking snow peas from my garden a few short weeks ago.

2009 was a year of transition. I realized my job was not one for which I was truly suited. And then I was promptly laid off due to budget cuts. My blossoming 2 year old turned 3 and decided to become an independent teenager. My favorite band lost a founding member. He didn't die, just left the band. And I was lucky enough to see his last show with the band. I reluctantly jumped into the world of social media--now I wouldn't dream of turning back. I launched my own small business and kept it barely afloat. I read significantly more in 2009 than I did in the prior years. I regained some much needed independence and girl-time with my fellow girlfriends. I guess some of "my" time is making it back into my life. With all my new found "time" (since I was newly jobless) I decided to make the most of it and take up some new "Suzie Homemaker" hobbies. I learned to can and canned and canned some more. During the summer we visited local U-Pick farms at least every other week to pick our produce. Our very excited three year old started school and loves it. We love it too (we go to a Co-op preschool). We transitioned our bank accounts from Chase (whom I despise) to OnPoint Credit Union--a rewarding symbolic change. And I am ending the year by realizing my diabetes lot in life is not only as a T1 diabetic, but as a diabetic who needs and wants to become an advocate for fellow T1 diabetics.

Other than doing some serious nail biting while trying to pay the bills with one less steady income, the year was a very fulfilling one.

What will 2010 behold? I'm hoping for less attitude-filled days (specifically from the three-turning-four year old). Maybe an even more prolific garden full of tasty veggies and less bugs. There must be an organic way to keep out the cabbage-, brussel sprout- and kale-eating bugs. I'd love to read even more books this year. And maybe even write one. Maybe a concert or two or three by my favorite band (hmmmm, BNL, of course) will be on the 2010 agenda. It'd be nice if E and I actually have a date night once a month. And I'm hoping my new business flourishes and adequately pays the bills while not sucking all my time away.

2010. WOW time flies. Kiss kiss 2009. Clink clink. Here's to starting 2010 off on a good foot!