Bye bye 2010

Hello 2011!

This year I am going to TRY to participate in Project 365 and take a picture each day. I'm going to try and post them each day, but lets face it...that's unlikely! Hopefully I'll be able to share with you the highlights (I anticipate a lot of Stryker pictures).

Christmas is where? Here? Already?

Where did December go? I feel like it was just Thanksgiving and I blinked and here we are at Christmas. I love love love Christmas, always have. When I was a kid there was no way I was sleeping on Christmas Eve. I can remember laying there awake and often asking (way too often) if it was time to get up yet. I would often sneak to the bathroom to peek at the tree and see if Santa had arrived yet, but I never looked at the gifts. Ever since I can remember I've always loved the surprise!

When I was in second grade my teacher, Mrs. Thomas, asked us to write a story about our family traditions for Christmas. I'm not sure if I didn't think mine were good enough or what, but I flat out lied. I wrote this story about how we woke up, held hands and sang carols around the tree. Seriously? I have no idea what I was thinking, but it's been a standing joke in our family for the last 25 years.

I hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and I hope to blog more in 2011. In that regard I am going to *try* and take part in Project 365 to take (and share) a photo every day. My life is pretty boring, so don't expect too much!

Merry Christmas!

What a great early morning on our pond!

22. Take a Random Road Trip

Today was certainly a random road trip. We left the house at 8am without a plan. We knew we wanted to spend most of the day on back roads in the middle of nowhere. We did just that. Eleven hours and 425 miles later we were home again. Such a fun day though.

We ended up having lunch in Greenville on Moosehead Lake. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and it was fun exploring such remote areas of our gorgeous state. Our route:

Halloween recap

We have such fun on Halloween! My parents turn their entire front yard into a Halloween masterpiece. People from all over make the drive to see it. What's harmless in the daytime turns quite scary at night when the torches and lanterns get lit and the thunder and lightning gets turned on! I need to get the pictures of Halloween night from my Dad (I forgot my camera!), but until then here are a few.

NaNoWriMo

I'm a little (a lot) behind schedule.

Friends

My Mother always told me: "The more friends you have, the richer you are." While I understood this as a child, it has been more and more relevant as an adult.

I love my friends.

It seems that all my friends fit into a different niche in my life. I am still very good friends with people that I've known so long I can't remember not knowing them. I also have new friends, that are awesome in their own way.

I guess I just have really come to appreciate all my friends and I feel truly blessed to have so may fabulous people to share my life with.