With 2008 behind me I’ve been contemplating which new year’s resolutions to make. Or, better yet, not to keep. Really – how many years can you say you’re going to work out, save money and lose weight? So this year I’ve decided to make a resolution I can keep:
to take pictures.
I can’t wait to meet all the new families, babies and couples I will cross paths with this year. I can’t wait to document all the exciting things that will go on in my own life. The big things and the little things. The soccer games, days at the beach and birthdays. I mean,memories are what we’re left with at the end of each year, right? Reminiscing about all the events that happened over the course of 12 months.
Boy, am I happy I have all the pictures to prove it.
And now….with a big drum roll (you can hear that in your head, right?)
I’m going to be blogging over the next week or two about different events that happened in my life during 2008. Family, friends…you get the idea. Things that were important in shaping the way my 2008 turned out. They may not be awarding winning pics, but they are my memories. And each one is special for that reason.
The first thing I’m going to start with is wrapping up December. I have been away from the computer as much as possible and enjoying my Christmas vacation. So, what have I been doing all month? Let’s see, besides filling print orders and mailing out gift certificates (I did do SOME business, lol) I also enjoyed shopping, baking and eating. Did I say eating? I meant visiting our family out of state. Our son also had his first set of stitches in Dec. And, with the way he is, not our last I’m sure. He decided to stand on a kitchen chair and tip over backwards smashing his face on the floor and biting his upper lip. We then headed to urgent care and he received 2 stitches and a nice, big, fat lip. Once I finished having a heart attack over that, he got home and proceeded to jump on my bed. Really? The stitches weren’t enough to learn your lesson? You can see a faint scratch on his cheek in the pic. That was from the fall. Ohh, to be 2 again.
Speaking of the pic, it was taken on our annual outing to get our Christmas tree. This year we had a great time picking out our tree. Not like last year…when my daughter left the tree farm kicking and screaming that we weren’t getting the tree SHE picked out. Mind you, it was maybe 4 feet tall and missing branches on one side. Great for Charlie Brown, but not the Langdon’s living room. She was just a peach this year….she even hugged her brother for this pic. Wow, was I lucky.
Man, it was a good year!
Bring on 2009!
Good luck!
