Well, the new year is upon us. It seems to be going along quite nicely. Nothing tragic as of yet. 2009 was a rocky year. Many celebrity deaths including Michael Jackson among others. In family, there were some heavy hitters definitely. The year ended with Renee’s grandmother, Marion L Booth. She was very well loved by all of us. It was a great loss to the earth. Heaven is a better place with her around.
Back here on earth, we struggle with the day to day activities and events in our lives. Money has never been tighter, and Phoenix has all but collapsed in on itself. There is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel though. People are starting to spend a little bit more. All will right itself soon, just not yet.
I started a new job with a company called J & M Web Design. I design websites from home. It is nice because I can watch Lorelai during the day. Right now, I get about 15 hours on a good week. I am hoping it will pick up speed soon though. Our bills are still stacking up.
Christmas was good. It is teetering on the best ever. I can’t decide between that one and the year I got my Z-50 Honda motorcycle. That was an amazing year, but seeing Lorelai open gifts was magical.
We have a new dog, Bella. She is a Fawn Pug (meaning she is blonde). Renee seems happier with a Pug in the house. I like the Pug, but it makes no difference to me at this point. I said we would keep her because the alternative is that her previous owner takes her to a Pug Rescue.
We have started hanging out with the Brighams a lot more, especially Chris and Sara. Sara isn’t a Brigham yet, but I wouldn’t doubt if that didn’t change in the next couple years. They seem to have the same feelings that Renee and I have. They make a good “couple friend” for us.
Saturday nights, I have started playing poker with the Brighams. It is just a friendly little game of Holdem.
Church is doing great. We go almost every Sunday and Matt and Angela have started going when they can. It is really fun. We are hoping our 10:24 groups start again soon. They are passing out flyers for them again, so I am sure they are coming up. 10:24 groups are where we go to a church members home every week with about 8 other people and talk about the Lord. It is kind of like a Bible study, but we do a lot of relating into our own lives. Then we have a dessert. It is a lot of fun, and we get to meet other members of the church.
Now for what you have all been waiting for, the Lorelai updates.
A few months ago, she started pulling herself around. A week ago, she actually started crawling, but a couple weeks before her crawl, she started pulling herself up. Now she will crawl over to the couch, pull herself up, and spend a half an hour on her own just walking back and forth. She can now switch from one couch to the other, and then from the couch to the coffee table. She is actually putting herself through Physical Therapy. It is amazing to watch.
She still sleeps all the way through most nights, but she has been taking longer naps during the day, so she has been waking up at night sometimes. Today, I am going to let her sleep in, then when she wakes up, I am going to keep her up until about 2:00 PM.
Right now, she is in 6-9 month clothes, and I think she will be in them for a while yet. It is hard to believe that her birthday is coming up in April. She will be 1. Hopefully she has some teeth in by then. Renee is already planning the party.
Well, I think that is all for now. With me being home more now, I am going to try to take better care of this site. I redesigned it so we weren’t on a template. I just added the power of video, and now I am going to try to update that.
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