My aughties in review

The first 10 years of the '00s were a busy time for me. A lot of stuff went down. I:

• Left four jobs (2000 [layoff], 2001, 2004 and 2009 [layoff]);
• Filed for unemployment (2001, 2009)
• Moved twice (in with M in 2000; 2002)
• Got married (2002)
• Bought a house (2002)
• Turned 30 (2003)
• Saw M's grandmother, grandfather and uncle die (2000, 2001), as well as my uncle (2009) and other loved ones.
• Went to Italy (2004)
• Found out M has lupus and went through chemo with him (2005; worst year of my life)
• Won a large amount of money on a scratch ticket (2006)
• Cruised to Bermuda (2006, 2009)
• Hit 1,000 posts on this here blog (2007)
• Had a baby (2008)
• Became a working mom (2008)
• Lost power for four days in the ice storm (2008)
• Became a SAHM (2009)

Busy, busy. It's a new dawn, a new decade, and I'm feeling good. I just wish it would stop snowing before I pull a Jack from the Shining. I haven't left the house (except to pull the Boo around on his sled for 10 minutes) since New Year's Eve. Which was also pretty much spent in the house.

I finally cleaned up my blogroll

Yes, I know there were some old n' crusties on there. It's amazing to me how many people start blogs and, like the ham radio or playing guitar, abandon them. You won't get rid of me that easily. In the meantime, if you want your blog added to my blogroll,
shoot me an e.

Post 1K

I have been like Barry Bonds this year, gunning for a record. (And like ol' Barry, I take steroids too, if only for my asthma.) I wanted to hit 1,000 posts by the end of the year. And today, friends and neighbors, a month before the end of 2007, I did it. Holy crap.

This blog (and me) have come a long, long way in four-plus years, and I plan to take it even further. For proof of the journey, check out my very first post.