Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to my family and friends! May 2010 be your best year yet!

A new year and a new decade. I love New Years. I always feel refreshed and recharged. It's a great time to make some healthy, better changes. I made a few better changing towards the end of 2009. I hope to keep up with these changes for 2010. I've been thinking a lot of about the 2000's. How will they be remembered in history? We had many life changing events such as the Dot.com bust, 9/11, the Iraq war, the Bush era (an era I am not proud of), Hurricane Katrina, and the economic crisis. On the brighter side, we also saw the first African American to become President (a very happy day in my life). Technology seemed to explode in the 2000s. Cell phones, email, the internet and social networking has certainly changed my life. I can't imagine not being able to look up a piece of information in minutes on my computer. Without the internet, I wouldn't have found my last two jobs. My long distance phone bill to Indiana would be outrageous. I wouldn't know half of my Mommy's friends either.

I tend to think about the clothing styles of each decade when looking back to the past. I was born in the 70s - bell bottoms, butterfly collars, lots of browns and oranges. I was a child of the 80s - a clothing decade I do not ever want to replay, especially the hairstyles. I was in college and a young woman in the 90s - I still love the grungy music and grungy clothes - perhaps a part of me will always be fond of the 90s - I love you Eddie Vedder! I started a career, got married and started my family in the 2000's. Let's see what the 10's will bring!

Peace and Love in your New Year!