In 2010 Jeff and I are hoping to return to normal a little bit. I am going to use 2008 as a model. You see here is what the previous decade looked like... (feel free to debate amongst yourselves if this is really a new decade or not)
2000 - We celebrate our one year anniversary of dating in April, get engaged in July, yeah for us, move in together in August (not a choice I would make now but then it seemed like the way to go.)
2001 - Spend every waking minute looking at theknot.com and reading bridal magazines,get married, hooray!
2002 - Experience mostly wedded bliss, decide to move to St. Louis to be closer to family.
2003 - Move to St. Louis in January, mom diagnosed with breast cancer in April.
2004 - Mom in remission in January, mom has recurrence in September.
2005 - Mom dies, world falls apart, I turn in to a freak of nature, Jeff tolerates me, we eventually heal.
2006 - Pregnant with Emelia in April, she is born in December.
2007 - New baby, move to Omaha in October.
2008 - Nothing until September when I find out I am pregnant with Sam. That was the best 8 months we have strung together in a while. (It wasn't that I wasn't happy to be pregnant, but I was SO sick.) Do you see why 2008 is the model year, a whole lot of nothing.
2009 - Jeff's dad dies in February, Sam comes in May and rocks our world. Life is HARD all the time it feels like. I keep repeating God works all things out for the good of those how love him, not the easy.
So you see, I am looking for twelve months of nothing, not a single solitary thing. Just living life, having some family fun (thanks for the Mickey Mouse bingo Grammy E), going on some child free dates, taking a vacation, trying to eat better, live better and do better, you know just normal stuff. Oh to have some normal would be so extraordinary.
One of the things I am striving for in my normal world is to write more on the blog, 133 times to be exact. Yes, I set a number goal, yes it is a random number, but my type A self needs a goal and three is my favorite number. (333 seemed like a lofty goal so I went with 133.) One down, 132 more to go...
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Enjoyed reading this, E. We loved it when you guys were in STL, even though the middle part of your time here was rocky, for more than understandable reasons.
And my last post of 2009 was my 300th post, after a year and 7 months of blogging, so I think your goal of 133 is right on! You can do it! It will be great reading.
Can totally relate! We have had something major every year since 05 so looking forward to a year of no moving, no breeding and minimal drama. Yeah!!!!
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