It's time for my yearly (or so) post

I'm really only doing this so Willie Bailey can follow my blog if I follow his.

Anyway, like the dreaded family Christmas Letter, here is the brief update on the goings on in my life. I can't remember everything, so I'll just try to hit the high points (or low ones). I'll try to keep it in some kind of chronological order . . . maybe I'll expand on some of these things in later posts.

Ok, December 2009 came and went without event really. I finally got my bike shop open and we did ok for opening in the off-season. You can find out more about that over at http://riversidebicycle.weebly.com

January brought the new love of my life, baby Emery James, and she brought snow with her. We had a scheduled delivery. I was with Tearza, holding her hand when our daughter was born; I held baby Em briefly and watched the nurses take care of her; I went with her to the nursery and cried a little while I held her up to the glass so everyone in the waiting room could see. She is beautiful and she's a year old now, with little teeth, long hair, and a sassy personality. I love her so. This is the ZENITH of the year.

February . . . Eh, another birthday for me, Tearza, and my Mom.

March: "You are my child / you came like the winds of March / with all the love in your eyes" A little Journey for ya, can't remember anything awesome happening about this time. I think this is when we put the Webb Rd. house up for sale. Kurt tried . . .

April: I moved from Station 8 to Station 10. New crew. Different life.

May: Flood. My bike shop became part of the Cumberland River. You can read about that at http://riversidebicycle.weebly.com/ too. This is probably the NADIR.

June: Bought Jax a bike for his birthday, we rode around quite a bit. Three year wedding aniversary.

July: Bike shop reopens finally.

August: Had to put EmJ in daycare . . . that is always difficult for the parents, emotionally and fiscally. OUCH.

September, October, November: Typically uneventful. Halloween, Thanksgiving.

December: Em's first Christmas. House full of people. Jax stayed for a week. It snowed on Christmas Day.

January: House finally sold. This is good and scary.

So anyway, here we are in February. I really don't know how the blog thing works. I guess I can get really personal here and only let certain folks read . . . I need to check out other blogs and see how others do it.