A New Experience...

Blogging... seems like the whole world writes one. Some are followed and some are doomed to obscurity... lost in cyberspace. I seem to remember starting a blog once before but the passwords, blog name and even the host site were doomed to obscurity... lost somewhere deep in my grey matter!

2011 is going to be MY year! Not that the past 52 years of my life have been all bad! Not at all! But there are changes afoot for me!

• I began a weight loss journey in October and while the results thus far have been modest, it is nevertheless a start and I truly expect that I will do well with my fitness quest. Blog topic #1!
• I am taking a trip BY MYSELF to go meet Erin in Spain! Big quest for me. #2!
• Paul and I are going to be grandparents in May. A precious little bundle of joy! #3.
• My children may spend the last half of 2011 on the same continent, same country, same province and almost the same city! Exciting times as Raisa and Ryan move from B.C. and Erin comes home from teaching in France! #4

• And then there are all the ongoing things that make my life rich and full: My quilting and writing and making American Girl doll clothing; Paul's family visiting and us visiting them; our little paradise in Bay Bulls during the summer; substitute teaching; my sisters and their families; hiking; photography; and our heartfelt and entertaining conversations as Paul and I relax in the hot tub, in the screened gazebo or by the fireplace....

I think I'll finish this blog by showing you our fireplace mantel decorated for the winter. Christmas stuff all relegated to the basement and the snowmen and winter things all hauled out for another winter! Who cares that we have yet to see any snow here in Lethbridge! There's lots of love and that's what matters most to me!