38

Today I am officially in my late thirties. And I feel great about that! So I decided to celebrate with a list of all the cool things that have happened in my life over the past twelve months. Here goes!

• My friend Angie and her kids visited from Bolivia 
• I sold my first book!
• My poem "Sleet" was published in Highlights
• Daughter #1 graduated from high school
• and went to college
• I quit my day job (bittersweet, but cool because I now have time to write during the DAY)
• Daughter #2 and I built an enormous (not exaggerating) castle out of Legos
• Family vacation to the North Shore
• Visiting my parents
• Two new nephews 
• Art journaling
• The Hobbit movie
• Shopping at Ikea
• and Lego Land
• WriteOnCon
• My hubby's SURPRISE 40th birthday party
• Daughter #2's surprise birthday breakfast  
• Family Christmas party (big, loud, and way fun)
• Daughter #2 learned to play the guitar
• I finished a crochet project I started years ago
• My son read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
• I started writing a YA fantasy novel
• I saw a spider catch a fly (How often does a human being get to witness that?)

Yeah, 37 was awesome. I wonder what 38 has in store for me?