2009 was a year full of surprises, both good and not so good. With the hope that Christmas brings and the promising newness of a brand new 2010, I have decided to keep a positive outlook on things and count my blessings instead of dwelling on the pain. After all, wasn't 2009 the year that brought me back home, had my son accepted at a great school and made me officially his? :)
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I'm glad I got my Christmas shopping done in November, now all I have to worry about is ribbons, wrapping paper and glittery letters to adorn the many gifts for my loved ones! I am happy my sister is living with us because she is my biggest cheerleader when I finish wrapping up a gift. (I think secretly she wants to take a peek, not boost my ego ha ha!)

We are still working on the house, painting and finishing up our laundry room are next on the honey do list, but I'm happy our house is starting to feel like
home.
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Please always know that you my blogging friends and those I've had the pleasure of meeting are never far from my thoughts, thank you for the countless inspiration you provide, for all the eye candy that you post on your blogs and most of all for your kind words when I've needed them most-
Thank You.

Yesterday, it was a great day for my little one (well at 13 he's not that little anymore). My sister's boyfriend suprised her-

And my son-

with some tickets to go see his favorite bands "in the world" among them his very favorite
30 Seconds to Mars. Not only did he come home with an arsenal of band t-shirts, he could hardly believe that he actually got to shake hands with all of the band, get a shirt and cd signed and got to actually hang out and have a little conversation with the frontman "Jared Leto" (also known here as the coolest guy in the world) at the end of the show. He was so excited that they told him what a cool and unique name he had, what a cool little guy he was and how neat that he was wearing one of their first concert tees, and when asked if he played any instrument and he told them he played guitar, piano and trumpet and they told him to keep rocking on he was in HEAVEN!
It's going to be hard for us to top that Christmas gift!

My son asked us why and how was it possible that among all the fans that showed up they chose to talk to him,
the answer was simple-
Because you're awesome,
Because you're special,
Because you shine.
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Don't all our children?