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Happy New Year to all of my loyal blog readers and to those of you who google searched your way here!

As is customary, I have made a New Years Resolution (just one) and will share it with you now:

To make 2009 Awesome!

I have made this a resolution because, to put it mildly, 2008 sucked. Hard. I shall list a few of the reasons:

A. Identity theft struck again

B. I got the flu, thought I was better, went back to work and then got the flu part two. Nice.

C. Had some problems with some people that I don’t want to get into in the blog but suffice it to say, they were not good times, took many months to resolve and still aren’t all the way fixed.

D. Michigan had the worst football season in it’s history.

E. Our favorite broadway shows closed. Rent, The Color Purple, Title of Show and The Drowsy Chaperone.

F. And I stepped on a rock, sliced my second toe on my left foot so badly that I lost the toe nail and it’s still only 3/4 of the way grown back.

These are just some of the reasons for Making 2009 Awesome!

Now, dear reader, you may be thinking that this is a little vague and may be easier to accomplish if it were a bit more specific. To which I happily reply: flashback with me if you will to…

My 19th birthday. Year 18 had not been so stellar for some reason and so when I blew out my birthday candles at The Briggs house that fine St. Patrick’s day, I actually made a birthday wish/plan to make 19 The Best Year Ever! And it was. 19 kicked ass! For serious. And so you see, a simple and vague wish/plan worked before and I have every confidence that it will work once again.

So, here’s wishing all of us, but me specifically, a much better 2009 than crappy, poopy, sucky 2008!!

Okay, so that was how I started this new year, planning to make it great by sheer force of will. And at the halfway point of the year, I thought I’d update you on how that’s been going.

I must say that my resolution has certainly come to fruition thus far. 2009 has been astronomically better than 2008. In fact, they shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence. Allow me to list the updates on the above complaints:

A. fingers crossed-i have yet to have any identity theft problems and i have my credit report checked everyday and my credit score is finally back in the good range after getting all that stuff that was not mine taken off!!!

B. No flu for me this year-swine or otherwise-I’m not due to get sick again for another 3 years. I do so love that I only get sick every 4 years. It’s so nice to know when it’s coming!

C. Mostly fixed the vague social problems I alluded to above and things are night and day better.

D. I cannot update us on Michigan football, but I’m feeling much more positive about a much better season with quarterbacks and players who can work withing the new system.

E. Alas, our favorite broadway shows did not reopen, but we’ve seen a few since then and are headed back full force soon.

F. As for my toe nail, just last week I realized that what I though was new toe nail was actually old toe nail. So, off it went and what was underneath but the cutest little baby toe-nail that got her very first coating of nail polish. Welcome to the world, new toe nail.

So, that’s the update on the things that made 2008 crappy. Now for the things that have made 2009 great:

1. as if you even had to think about it-Europe. I know you still haven’t heard all about it and there is no way to sufficiently blog about how wonderful it was and you’ll probably never see all 1500 pictures, but take my word for it that it was life and perspective changing in the very best of ways.

2. i have already been to oklahoma twice, which marks the first time i have done that since i lived there in 2005. and i got to see Robyn get married which was great!

3. my great friends, Mindy and Autumn are both pregnant and i could not be more excited. for once i was excited to hear about pregnancies! and how much greater will the year get when their new babies are here in september and november respectively?!

4. speaking of autumn, she and her husband are visiting in august and i can’t wait to see her pregnant-and see her in general!

5. speaking of seeing people pregnant-i got to see mindy in all her baby glory last month at kyle’s graduation party. and it’s so good to see mindy so happy.

6. i got to see inaugurated, a president that i had voted for. for once in my three voting attempts, my guy won! and inauguration day was so great in times square surrounded by strangers cheering on our presideng. great day!

7. i started my masters in psychology and am loving what i am learning.

8. maren is living here!

see, already a million times better and shaping up to be an overall fantastic year and we’re only half way through.

i think this is a testament to the strength of mind.  i willed myself a good year, was determined that it would be so and it has been.

preview of upcoming awesome things:

september-going to oregon to see erica get married. going to canada to see jeff play a game

november-thanksgiving at my house as is the custom and possibly a vegas trip.

december-maybe a third trip to oklahoma for christmas but really just to see my friends new babies.