December 2009...A Happy List

The end of 2009 was a lifetime better than the beginning...I have high hopes for 2010.

A Happy List for December:

-Balboa Park Field Trip
-Jamie and Sabrina's visit
-The zoo, twice!
-December Nights on the Prado
-International Houses
-International Spirits at that International Houses
-New podcasts
-A 21 hour drive to contemplate life, love, and other mysteries
-Getting to meet the Franny Pack
-Knitting and Intervention
-Mac and Cheese and Dino-nuggets
-Eating at the classiest place in Bryan, Texas
-Say Hey by Michael Franti
-Jersey Shore
-The three hour breakfast fiasco
-Meeting Scout Eleanor Roosevelt Wren
-The accumulation of snow on Christmas Eve
-Finishing the Christmas puzzle
-Barfing and sketchy Santa's being the themes of Telephone Pictionary
-Getting to hang out with with sweet Cathyrn
-Almost winning Pictionary...we were robbed!
-The almost snow-ball fight, the almost snow-angel, and the almost perfect picture of snow-ball catch
-Apache Dip
-"Sorry about the trash. We had a frat party"
-Trying to get a picture of Scout and the Santa hat
-Finding an open Starbucks in El Paso at 11:45 pm!!!
-Singing "The Gambler" at the top of our lungs early in the morning
-Trying to sleep in 16 degree weather and not really succeeding
-Meeting up with dear Becca
-The trunkful of liquor and games
-Exploring Uncle B's house
-The Spades Championship of the Decade
-Homemade pasta and meatballs
-Being complete tourists in Hollywood
-Taking pictures of Trach along the road
-Hot tubbing it up
-An entire season of Glee in less than 24 hours
-Crumbs Bakery
-Ringing in the new year and decade with precious friends
-Introducing Emma to all of the kids who fill up my days
-Hand and Foot show-down at the Greife's