Every day I wake up I choose love, I chose light,....

These are the words of the song I listen to often by the Submarines and it often makes me think of the New Year.

It's been a really long time since I last posted. It's been so long that I'm not even sure if anyone will read this! Not a lot has happened other than a lot of illness. I've been sick three times since the middle of November. I had the flu and missed work and then a nasty chest cold and finally a horrible stomach flu over the holidays. After all this, I decided to take a lot of time off to rest and get healthy.

Christmas came and went and I was so sick so I just slept a lot. New Years came and went and I slept a lot but I also had fun. Kevin and I went up to his family cabin in MI and snowshoed, skied and hiked. We saw a cool ice cave and ice formations and I will post pictures soon.

A lot folk on the blogs I read have either posted New Year's resolutions or looked back on 2008. I don't usually have a New Year's resolution but decided that it's probably a good idea to reflect on things so here you go:

- 2008 and 2007 were ok but 2006 and 2000 are the banner years in which I measure all things to.
- I'm a really lucky woman. I have great friends, family, a loving partner and lots of fun things with which to keep me occupied.
- I'm happy I learned how to snowboard this year.
- I want to have a variety of friendships.
- I want to read more.
- I want to mountain bike the entire Colorado Trail.
- I spent more time cooking this last year and have a new goal to only go out to eat when it's really important/exciting and not just because I don't feel like making dinner.
- I hope I do better in reaching my goals on endurance mountain bike events.
- I'm really excited but nervous about my backpacking trip to Gannet Peak, WY.
- I want to/need to learn more/experience more about meditation.
- I'm really afraid of losing my twin sister.
- I really want two tattoos ( designs already picked out) but am to0 chicken to do it,
- Turning 40 wasn't as bad as I thought and realized that a lot of people are surprised to learn that I'm 40.
-- My profession/career has very little to do with my overall happiness. Yes, it's important but it's not how I measure my success but it allows me to do the things I love and for that I'm very thankful.
- Having the nickname "the General" isn't all that bad. At least I can make a decision.
- Most importantly, I'm comfortable in my own skin.

Happy 2009!