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Can you believe it’s about to be 2010?  GEEEEZ!  where has the time gone?  10 years ago on this evening, I was in ELP w/ the family.  Everyone was so scared about Y2K. hahaha.  I sort of remember making a point to be w/ my family in case the end happened that night. hahaaha.  But I was w/ my brother at some lame friend’s house gathering (i say lame b/c we don’t like the guy and we had NOTHING else to do), and my parents were at church watchnight service.   So much has changed in the last 10 years.  Shoot, so much has changed in the last 10 days….last 10 weeks….last 10 months.

I looked back at my post from NYE last year and I kind of chuckle at the things I wrote.  I just do this for my own personal growth.   What has 2009 done for me?

Highlights:

• I lost some weight this year and I didn’t realize how unhappy I was being as heavy as I was before.  I always thought that I was always meant to be this way and there was nothing I could do about it.  SO.NOT.TRUE.  I had a bit of a health scare that scared me straight and I realized if I didn’t take care of myself, I was going to die very young.  I still haven’t reached my goal weight….but 2009 was a good start to get to the 2/3 point to my goal weight.  but losing weight rocks! hahaah
• I am very thankful to have my job and I am more thankful that I love working there still.  It really helps that i work with a great group of people and we all work well together and we really make each other laugh.
• I have a wonderful group of friends that have really been there for me through the good and the bad.  I wouldn’t trade them in for anything. :)   Thank you, guys!
• I realized this year that every time I see my parents, they get crazier and crazier.  Even though they are crazy, they really crack me up and I wouldn’t be who I am today w/o them.  I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t talk to them every day.
• I met someone this year who I hope will remain a special someone for a long time. :)   <3
• Continuing on w/one of the things I mentioned last year, I realized I don’t need alot of stuff to make me happy.  saying this…i realize that having TOO much stuff can make me very unhappy.   for the last year I have been slowly working on getting rid of things I don’t need in my life.  clutter in the home/car…clutter in the brain.  I plan on continuing w/ this and working on keeping it all clear.  hopefully I don’t get too stupid just giving things away.
• I have learned alot about myself this year which is funny to say since who else knows me better than…well, ME?  yet every day I learn something new about me, about life…and for some reason I’m always surprised.

Lowlights:

• I lost my little baby Sassy this year in June and that was one of the most devastating things I ever had to go through.   I miss her dearly.  But I know she’s up in heaven waiting for me where I can kiss her all over again and snuggle with her.
• I also lost the cat, Poopy, I had in highschool (who remained w/ my parents after I left) 3 months after I lost Sassy.  That was devastating as well even though she really wasn’t my cat anymore.   Both Poopy and Sassy were healthy cats that suddenly got very sick and passed away soon after we found out they were sick.  I know they are both up in heaven trading stories about how insane I am. 
• I realized this year that in years past I was unhappy w/ my life w/o even really realizing it.  I see certain aspects of my life and how i felt about things and how I reacted to them before (people, situations, etc) and I find myself kind of embarrassed that I let things go on for as long as they did.  This is also a work-in-progress.

Overall I had a great year.  Friends had little mini friends which makes me so happy for them.  Family members have gotten married.  Everyone generally is in pretty good health.   Let’s just hope 2010 is half-way as good as 2009 was. :)  a new decade!

ok enough of that. hahaha.  This weeks’ bag was given to me by Botgurl!

very very cute and the perfect project bag!!  thank you, Bot!!

i went to vegas for Christmas w/ the family and had a great time.  Oh yeah!  it snowed here in DFW the morning I left.  right when I was supposed to board the plane, i saw snow outside and started to freak that my flight was going to be cancelled.  it was just delayed.  :)   but apparently i missed some kind of blizzard here…first white Christmas DFW has seen in 80 years?  i have no idea.  So what was done in vegas?  eating….eating..walking…eating….walking….walking….eating….eating…napped a little…shopping…shopping…walking….gambling…eating….see a lousy show….eating….eating…NOT sleeping….eating….eating.  do you see a theme here?  we ate ALOT of food.  Thank goodness we walked so much b/c I totally would have gained about 6-7 pounds as much as we ate!  what was my point?  oh yeah!  I didn’t get alot of knitting done over the weekend.  I did a little bit on the plane back and forth, but I slept through most of the flights so not much knitting got done.

i didn’t take the good camera with me b/c i hate lugging it around when I fly.  so i had my point and shoot.  and the pics from it aren’t that great.  plus i noticed this time around…everyone that goes to vegas thinks they are a freaking professional photographer.  So i wasn’t feeling the picture love.  I just took pics of me and my family in front of various christmas decorations (as my mom wanted).   I’m just posting some of the tourist-y pics i took while i was there w/o me or my family in the pics.  They would be a bit mad if I posted them publicly for all the world to see.

So I did finish ONE project this week:

Project:  Golightly Gloves (rav link)
Yarn:  Bernat Organic Cotton
Amount Used: 1 skein
Color: 43427
Needle Size:  US 6 / 4.0 mm
Date Started: Dec 13, 2009
Date Finished:  Dec 30, 2009

I figured I needed a pair of these so I could wash my dishes in style.

Still working on the danish tie shawl. :)  i’ve made some progress, but not a ton.  sigh.

Alright I’m starting to doze off…HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!!!