Well… the holidays have come and gone. I blinked… I think I missed them. Last year is a fleeting memory. It went by so fast. Seems like yesterday when we began to plan for our honeymoon trip, and yet, we took that trip almost 4 months ago.
Memorable year?
Most people surveyed are saying that 2009 was a year NOT to remember. For me, I have some memorable things.
Dave and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary in October and we went on our honeymoon to Austria and Germany. Beautiful sites.
Dave and I finished our tiling project in the kitchen.
Alley had her thyroid surgery
Sad as it is, a family member is divorcing
One of my nieces and one of nephews celebrated milestone birthdays.. 18 and 16
I saw a space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center
I hosted a successful surprise 40th bday party for Dave
We traveled to Chicago to visit Bill, Becky and the boys
We bought a new car
I payed off my car.. woohoo!
I got a new laptop
Dave got a new laptop
2010…
So, how do you pronounce 2010? The latest thing is how one pronounces this first year of a new decade. Is it “twenty-ten” or “two-thousand and ten”? Really… does it matter? I think it could depend on the circumstance of the conversation. If you you are trying to say something in a hurry you might say “twenty-ten” because it is less syllables. “Two-thousand and ten” might be reserved for a more lengthy conversation. Where you have time to spill out an abundance of words. And for some people they might until the end of the year to determine how to pronounce it….. maybe “crap”.
So a coworker of mine recently introduced me to a really cool animated movie.
It was done by a woman, Nina Paley, living in NY. She apparently had a bad marriage break-up and it was an inspiration for creating the movie. She used an Indian story of Rama and Sita as the basis.
It is available for viewing on the web and also for download!
So, it is here, July 2009. Where has the year gone? My last post was in March of this year and I have totally neglected the blog. Well, time to change that.
First Quarter of the year…
My 38th birthday came and went and the ever annoying twitch of knowing that in 2 years I will be the big 4-0 is lingering!! Kind of a scary thing. I thought the big 3-0 was going to be rough but in retrospect it was a cakewalk. The big 4-0, now that’s another thing all together. I think the most scary part of it is that I haven’t had a kid yet. At this point in the game, now 38 1/2, I need to get on the ball. I don’t want to be using a walker with a toddler running around. What kind of mom would I be then? Dave is well aware of the fact that I want a child before I am 40. So, after the honeymoon in September the birth control goes out the window! We’ll see what happens from there.
Things have been tough in parts of the family. Divorce is inevitable for one part. It’s always a sad thing when divorce happens and children are involved. If they are old enough they might understand and be ok. But young children sometimes don’t really understand what is going on and just ask where is mom or dad. But alas, one must do what has to be done. In the long run sometimes it is for the best, despite reservations.
Dave and I finally made our arrangements for the honeymoon. Heading to Austria and Germany. Originally planned for May we decided to make it the end of September to the beginning of October. We did this for a couple of reasons:
We wanted to go to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is September 20-October 4. Our last day of the honeymoon will be in Munich on Oct. 4 and we will spend the day at Oktoberfest drinking our liters of beer and trying to sing in our best German accents. Should be pretty funny after a few liters of that beer!
The date we picked to go on our honeymoon is close to our 1 year anniversary date. So we are killing two birds with one stone with this trip.
My oldest niece and nephew hit milestone birthdays this year. My nephew turned 18 and my niece turned 16. Big deals! They are more mature than their age and they make this aunt proud. And let us not forget that my youngest niece also had a birthday this year in January.
Second Quarter of the year…
Dave and I stayed in town for the memorial day holiday. Usually we pay a visit to our parents in Ohio. Dave ran in the 2009 Cotton Row Run this year. He didn’t beat his time from the previous year but still ran 10k in under an hour, 55:02. I chose not to participate in the race this year. First of all I had not trained. And second.. it starts way to early for a day off from work! Sheesh! Maybe next year I will change my mind.
In May I went to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide graphics support. Fortunately for me, while I was down there the Space Shuttle was scheduled to launch. I got to see the launch in person. It was amazing. The brightness of the flames; the white of the smoke; the rumble of the engines hitting you 10 seconds after the shuttle left the pad. Incredible! A rare opportunity that I had the chance to see after only working 2 1/2 years at NASA. Dave worked on a NASA project (SpaceHab) for almost 10 years and never had the chance to see a shuttle launch. Needless to say he was a bit jealous and envious. I will always remember that launch. Soon there will be no more.
In June I attended my 20 year high school reunion. Lots of fun! Went up to Cincinnati the day before and met up with old friends at a pre-reunion get-together. That was also fun. Saw people that weekend that I had not seen in literally 20 years. Amazing how some people changed and some stayed exactly the same. One in particular was an old boyfriend. I wonder why he let himself go or what happened to him. Long hair, shaggy beard, and as far as I could tell.. no teeth. Weird. At one point he was standing near Dave and it was quite the contrast.
Upcoming events…
Dave and I will be heading up to Chicago at the end of this month. Going to visit Dave’s brother and his wife. Dave and his brother as well nephews and dad will be going to Osh Kosh, WI to the airshow there. They will be camping out overnight and then go to the airshow. This will be their time for male bonding. Me, I’ll be hanging with my sis- and mother-in-law. Should be nice.
So, what makes someone think that when they do something bad and it inevitably hurts others that suddenly everything is ok? Why does that person think that their actions have no detrimental affect on people? Their lack of respect for others is gone. How does someone look right in the eye of someone and flat out lie to the person? It is someone who is callous, deceitful and with low morals.
But how does that person, who so coldly hurt many people continue to live a life where they can be happy…. I have no idea!! It seems impossible to me
Well, thanks to my addiction to watching Saturday Night Live I have been introduced to a new band, Fleet Foxes.
The harmonies these guys produce puts me in a trance. Their style of music is mellow. I love it.I haven’t gone out yet and bought the cd, but you better believe I will have it before the weekend!
Well, as I mentioned in a previous post Dave and I are tiling our kitchen/breakfast and laundry rooms.
We have finished laying the tile in the kitchen/breakfast room. Now, just have to grout. SHould have it completed by Saturday night. Take a look at some pics.
Well, I have been diligently working on re-doing the look of our blog. I wanted something a bit more modern and easy to navigate. It’s a pretty similar layout as the previous blog. You will notice the picture in the top bar changes on reload. Those are pictures I took on my European trip in 2006. Will probably adding other pics to the rotation as time allows. One other big thing is it is now the Simon Blog rather than Sinoway-Simon Blog. We are the Simons… coocoo ca choo.
Im still trying to get Dave to post something on here. I know someday he will.
So.. I think this is the year of NEW. Many things have transpired recently.
The countdown clock has expired…
Why, yes, it has. The countdown to Dave and I getting married. It finally happened. We exchanged our nuptuals on October 12, 2008. Turned out to be a perfect day, weather-wise and event-wise. And now we are the Simons (as noted at the top of the webpage…Simon Blog Spot). Yet, my new husband has yet to post anything on our blog. Guess being his wife it’s my duty to nag him about it… nag nag nag.
