new year!
I think that overall I had a pretty good year last year. There weren't any major disasters, I was healthy and my life just kept getting better. Joe and I got engaged, we bought a house, we elected an amazing person to the white house (finally) and I became an aunt for the first time. It was so great to have so many special things happen to me in one year, because for so many years absolutely nothing special happened. The special and amazing things have been picking up pace in the last few years and I anticipate this one to be a continuation of that trend--and hopefully not a peak.

Everybody is excited for this year. I must admit I am getting a little worked up about not feeling ready at all for the wedding planning. I have been steadily moving towards getting things done that involve planning. I ordered silk today for my dress and for a few other things that we are going to make. My niece's dress (she's going to be a very very small flower girl! I am so excited!) and neckties for the dudes and stuff like that. It has been an exciting process, this dress. My sister is a seamstress and so she is making it. We looked at lots of patterns and I decided on a reproduction of a 1952 ball gown that we are going to alter a bit and give some personal touches. It is going to be a truly one of a kind dress. Picking the colors was so much fun because they all turned out just perfect together and will be so good out there on the beach. It gives me butterflies in my stomach thinking about how soon it really is.

The next step is meeting again with out Rabbi. And we have to go to a pre-marital counseling session or two. That should be interesting because Joe and I communicate very well and our arguments are almost non-existent, but there are a few behind the scenes things that I guess we could use an outside opinion on.

Ah, 2009. How much 1t holds and in what shape, nobody can really say, but I thinks it's going to be a good year.