New Years Eve 2008

We went bowling (the family, and Grandpa K, Jeana and Dani, and Ethan's friend Danny) to bid farewell to 2008... it was a great year!

Here's a list I had posted in January 2008 with some of my goals for the year. Let's see how we did:

1. Get my hair cut - Did it! A few times since then, actually.

2. Have an invisible dog fence put in. Did it!

3. Remodel the upstairs bathroom. Did it!

4. Remove the family room paneling (with its 13 coats of paint) and replace with sheetrock, and have the wall between the family room and kitchen taken down. Did it!

5. Remodel the kitchen. Did it!

6. Replace the garage doors. Nope, didn't make it, maybe in 2009.

7. Take a trip to Seattle with Dave. Nope, unfortunately we never found the time for this. Maybe in 2009, I hope!

8. Take (and pass!) the UANJ baseball umpire exam and become certified to umpire high school varsity baseball! Did it! This was probably my favorite completed project of 2008.

Now for 2009, here are a few of my goals:

1. See Sara get into the college of her choice, along with finding a way to pay for it.

2. Re-pave the driveway, and replace the garage doors.

3. Pay off all our credit card debt from our (greatly over-budget) kitchen project.

4. Remodel the blue bathroom downstairs - the last vestige of the "original" house.

Here's to 2009! I wish all our family and friends a happy and healthy new year.