the start of a new year...a new decade.

2008 was an amazing year for us so I was pretty excited to start 2009. So here I sit looking back on this year and wonder was or wasn't it a good year. Throughout the year I kept thinking it was a really bad year because Dave lost his job. However, as I have been reflecting over the year I wonder...was it really a bad year or just a year that wasn't a good as 2008. I keep focusing on the fact that Dave lost his job and that makes things uncertain but when I really look back it has been a good year. Looking back with the glass half full...
1. We went to the Dells twice...once in Jan and once in Nov.
2. Dave and I went to Naples...finally
3. Our kitchen got remodeled.
4. Dave celebrated his golden birthday..with a surprise party
5. We spent a week in Michigan with the Bruinius Family
6. James established a really good friendship with the neighbor boy and Dave and I made some new friends as well...Henderson's and Ross's
7. We have James 3-5 nights a week since school has started (during breaks even more)
8. James played baseball
9. I started internship
10. We had a very blessed Christmas
so overall it was a good year...its just being more conscious of the unknown that creates the anxiety since no one really ever knows what tomorrow brings.
Looking forward to 2010...
1. James will move onto to the intermediate school building
2. I will graduate with my masters
3. Our basement will continue to be finished..maybe even a complete project
4. I will quit my job at southwest dermatology of 7 years
5. I will be finding new employment
6. Hopefully a vacation somewhere in there
and who knows what else