One Little Word

My word for 2011 will be...Mindful.

2010 Wrap Up

Better late than never, I always say!

Annual movie day*Book Club*Getting together with high school friends*Watching Marnie play volleyball, basketball, and softball*New paint job for my bedroom*New floors for everyone this year!*Safe race season*Celebrating Mom's birthday with family*Watching Mitch graduate from college*King size bed!*Watcing Bryce play t-ball and Nicole and Morgan play softball*Authors Tea at Elba elementary: Spending time with Nicole in her classroom and meeting her friends, and going to Morgan's "60's Cafe" classroom. Snap your fingers!*Sketch Club at the Tree*Gymnastics recital*Relaxing up north*Joel and Kelly's wedding, at last!*Eclipse midnight movie*Annual zoo trip with Grandma Dear to see her brick*Throwing a baby shower for Kelly*Weddings of our sons childhood friends*Saying goodbye to old friends*Flag football*Cruise to Hawaii to celebrate 35 years of marriage*Marnie accepted into the National Honor Society*My first tattoo!*The birth of Averi Jacqueline Marie Diamond on October 30, 2010.

My New Favorite Movie

Wow. I went to see Remember Me today, thinking it was going to be this cute little love story with a happy ending. Was I ever wrong. I have to admit I wanted to see it because of RPatz being in it, but the story is what struck me more than the actors. Just when you think it is predictable, there are surprise twists to the story.

Here I said I was going to keep up with my blog this year, and so far, I lied, I guess. I think I was just trying to get through the winter time, and yay!, spring is right around the corner. We have to set our clocks ahead this weekend to spring forward. I prefer to fall back.

I'm so glad race season is over. And I'm grateful that everyone is home safe again.

Eagle River 2010

We are back from Eagle River, Wisconsin, after Joel and Mitch competed at the World Championship snowmobile races. Mitch took a little tumble on his sled into the hay bales, and with damage to the sled, he was done for the weekend. Joel made it into the final race on Sunday, but also had a mishap on the last lap of the race. They are both okay, though, and we are all home again, safe and sound! Glad to be back home.

Avatar

I saw Avatar today with Kelly and Morgan. It was good, not great, in my opinion. Not sure what all the hype is about, but I'm not a real sci-fi kind of gal. It was no Twilight/New Moon, that's for sure!

New Friends and Old Friends

Friday night I went to my first book club meeting that my friend Traci invited me to. I enjoyed meeting some new people and discussing the book we had all read. Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah.
On Saturday I went to a high school get together in Davison, and chatted with friends I graduated with way back in 1975! It's fun to catch up and see what everyone is doing now. It sure brings back a lot of memories.

Annual Movie Day Tradition

Went to the movies yesterday with my Mom, and my sisters' Bonnie and Judy for our annual New Year's Day movie tradition. We have been going every year for over ten years now. We saw three movies: 1) It's Complicated--so good I'm going to see it again. It's so funny. 2) The Blindside--I had already seen this one, but they had not, and it was just as good the second time around. Excellent movie! 3) Up In The Air--I liked it, but this one is probably not for everyone. So now I have to MOVE today, since I sat so much yesterday! I love going to movies, and I'm glad we have kept this tradition going. When it started my guys were all at home watching football all day on New Years Day, so I just had to get out of there!