Year in Review

Best things about 2008

• last year of the Bush reign of error & terror
• Obama was elected
• we ate lots of curried butternut squash
• learned to crochet
• found sortfloor.com...much to my husband's disgust....since we have NO room for more books
• learned to sew on my sewing machine...well, i am better than i was in '07
• learned the daily show is free to watch online here...same goes for Stephen Colbert
• made many new friends online and in the real world...
• had many fun play dates with a great group of mommas who totally shock and awe me with their friendship and parenting skills!
  
• gained confidence in my ability to homeschool

Worst Things

• our plum tree produced two plums....yep, two plums. and they weren't any good.
• the bobbin on my sewing machine is still a mystery to me...a mystery that can drive me to cuss like a sailor!
• the economy
• 401k and 529 reports so bad that we no longer open to see the loss
• it is official. i am old. another birthday passed, and i am 34.
• i started cutting my own hair...trust me...it isn't a good thing. now it is so bad i am embarrassed to go to a professional.

also, for the locals reading this...the north side orchard has a deer crossing sign that someone keeps vandalizing. some funny person keeps drawing a penis on the deer. and then after a day or so someone paints over the penis with orange paint....i was going to take a picture...but i wasn't fast enough. i will try to get one. it is worthy a post. trust me. very funny...

that's enough for now...i am tired. our neighborhood was in a celebratory mood last night. if i ever find who had the duck horn.......that thing was loud.