Wow... so much for keeping up with this blog! I think it's set to private right now so no one can even see it. 2010 has been a little bit of a struggle. Mostly financial stress, some personal struggles that Brian and I have had to deal with, but thankfully nothing quite so major as last year. We are still hoping for the best. We have some money in savings that we are planning on using for a cruise vacation around Christmas. We still need to plan and book it but I'm very excited about it. It will be really nice to have some time off together in a warm and relaxing climate. Brian has the week between Christmas and New Years off work anyway so we thought, why not?? We can celebrate our Christmas with family either before or after our trip. :)
One thing that has been going quite well this year is the dojo. There are currently 23 active students, I believe, which is great! The goal for the end of this year was to be at 20, so we are ahead of the game. We are having our first Open House in a little over a week and I'm hoping it will be a success. We are doing demonstrations, having food and raffles and a kick a thon! Fun stuff.
We also signed up to learn MJ's Thriller Dance! It's a free class and we will get to dress up like zombies and perform in the Portsmouth Halloween Parade! I'm so excited! It's not an easy dance to learn but we are doing pretty well so far.
We took a trip to NY in July which was fun. I got to meet Brian's grandfather and watch the fireworks on the 4th at the Syracuse Fairgrounds. We visited the old Eibert farm which sadly burned down in May, but took lots of cool pictures and met with the woman who lives there and she told us some cool stories about the place. Brian got to do some more ancestry research too.
Hmm... what else? Oh yeah! Dan and Steve got married in August! It was so great to have them here for a visit. We miss them so much! We got to spend a lot of time together and their wedding was so fun. They had an Alice in Wonderland theme. I loved it. I was very sad when they left to go back home to FL...
Melissa and Matt also got married this year in July. Mary was here for a visit and to be in the wedding. Melissa, Mary and I had a girls night sleepover the night before the wedding. Gee... remember being a little kid and having sleepovers with your friends all the time? Ahh... life was carefree then... I miss that.
Ok, I think that's enough for today. I have to get ready to head to work for the afternoon, followed by dojo time. Ta Ta for now...