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Looking back, I don't think I accomplished anything important in 2010. I participated in Relay for Life and volunteered at a couple of events at our church, but that's really about it. Well, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. I have a smart, funny, talented daughter who enjoys life. I have a wonderful husband, who is a great father. Granted, I can't take credit for either of those, but I do encourage them, cook, do the laundry, try not to complain about little things like the grass needing cut, help with homework. So, can having a happy, loving family be an accomplishment? I think that it is, but it's not the same as more concrete goals, like save $X, write a short story, read a classic you've always been afraid of. But what about my goals? To be honest, I'm not much of a goal-setter and to accomplish something in general it needs to first be a goal. What...

I recently read a story in which the private detective used a time machine to go back in time, view the crimes in progress, so that she could the "solve" them, put the bad guy away and get some publicity. The story was fun enough, and the machine didn't really play too big a part until the end and then it confused things up some, with two versions of her running around and goons from the future with guns, but that's beside the point. Honestly, I wish they had used something else, mind-reading, paying for information, slinking through the shadows gathering information. I'm just not a big fan of time travel. And why does time travel also involve physical space too. Usually not only are they traveling through time but also across distances. Like they leave 21st-century New York and end up in Victorian England. Like it would make more sense to me to leave 21st-century London and wind up...

My first post was over two years ago, and I actually do remember why I started this blog in the first place. I had just discovered the world of book blogs and thought had to join in. And I've never regretted it. It's fun, talking about books I love or hate, sharing bits of my life, showing off my photos, "meeting" new people from all over the world. I have to admit that I love the internet. Face-to-face, I'm not totally comfortable, and I'm horrible on the phone. The internet and e-mail have liberated me. I can write whatever I want- if people care enough to read it great, if not that's fine too. At heart, my blog is for me. It's about the things I enjoy, the people I love. It made me happy in the beginning and still does. Why did you start blogging?...

I am looking forward to actually going on vacation this summer. It's been a couple of years since we've taken off a whole week and gone away. The plan is to head for the Outer Banks in North Carolina, hopefully around Hatteras, but we haven't booked anything yet. The three of us are going down with my mom, my brother and his family. It should be a nice time. Relaxing on the beach, site-seeing, bird-watching, eating, shopping, fishing, kayaking. Any suggestions of things we should do, places we should visit while we're there? ...

  Okay, I'm not really wishing for snow, although it looks like it's in the forecast here for the next few days. I wish I could be snowed in, not have to take Amber to school, not go to work. That won't happen. We'll get a few inches, maybe a two-hour delay and that's about it, but I can dream. If I were snowed in, what could I do. Well, there's plenty of stuff to do around the house: the never-ending dishes and laundry, finish cleaning out the storage room, dusting and vacuuming. But I'd rather do something fun. I could read all day, watch a movie with Amber. Alpha and Omega, which she's wanted to see since before it was in the theaters, is on-demand. Yes, she still loves wolves. I could play the piano. Oh, and I forgot to mention one of the most important things - sleep in. Now, I'm afraid I'm going to regret "wishing for snow." Maybe...