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my new year's eve entry is always my favourite entry of the year. my yearly recap. my chance to take a look at the past year, to lie it all out on the table and peruse it. 2007 was not a year of many changes. it didn't hold new beginnings or many endings. it simply was. this being said, i wonder what i can conjure up, perhaps more happened than i think.

• had heart broken within first week of 2007
• paid off one of three osap loans
• mayelin returned to work after a year's maternity leave
• tim's dad died
• pete died
• took at road trip to ottawa with melissa to pick up beckie and toured the parliament buildings
• entered the stock market by purchasing bombardier shares
• melinda returned from austria
• fru died
• adopted honey and pekoe
• organized knitting project for kenya
• got adobe creative suite for my computer & more ram
• joined storytellers anonymous
• re-stained my balcony
• planted a garden on my balcony
• went to toronto on a business trip to a rail rodeo and conference
• one of my closest friends came out of the closet
• joined facebook
• read the harry potter series
• took a two-day first aid course
• undertook the design and art direction of hatch magazine
• had beck as a house guest over the summer
• went camping with my family
• went to p.e.i. with melinda (see arsenault)
• re-arranged my living room and bedroom into much more homey set-ups
• bought an elliptical
• painted back porch
• cooked thanksgiving dinner for my family at my house for the first time
• finally raised desk at work in order to stand at it
• had first four cavities filled

for an uneventful year it a lot happened. i'm not sad to close the door on 2007, it was not a great one. i realize nothing actually changes on new year's day, but there's something to be said for "tomorrow's another day". i would have welcomed 2008 a long time ago if i could have. in addition to the above list i also made new friends and parted ways with others. it's bittersweet. actually, i'd say this has been a bittersweet year. a lot of people have encouraged me, and told me they think this year holds good things. i'm hopeful, but still a tiny bit afraid of reaching 2009 and things being exactly the same as they are now. it's not that there's anything wrong with now, but people are supposed to move forward and change, and if they don't that's not good. at some point being stationary turns into diminishing. i will try my best to be bold and have courage.

i will begin again.