By the numbers:
Trips to the emergency room: 1
Medical personnel who laughed when told the reason for our visit was a potato-peeler injury: 5
Moves: 0, though we're hoping...
Weddings: 2, one as family member, one as 2nd photog
Quarters of school attended: 1
Diplomas earned: 2
Total years in search of a degree: 12
Candles on the shared Lawlis birthday cake this year: 29
Justin's raquetball wins: 100%
Photographs taken: oh, thousands
Writer's Conferences attended: 1
Seahawks Games attended: 2
Moments of sheer agony this season: 98.2% of the time the Hawks played
Fantasy football leagues: 2 per person
Cash winnings: $180 (Justin's)
Additions to the "family": 1 (Welcome baby Isaac!)
Teepees slept in: 1
Home-businesses launched: 1
Number of Macs purchased: 2
Hours spent in front of those Macs: LOTS
Highlights:
Another loved-up year married to my buddy. It gets better and better.
And we're getting better at it. This is good.
Learning to let go of troubling relationships while pulling the good ones closer. Realizing I have a choice.
Learning to make bread. And crepes.
Graduation. Finally.
Riding our bikes around Bellingham.
Relief that my Dad wouldn't need big, scary heart surgery. (Heart function is continuing to improve!)
Extra time spent with the fam.
Getting a poem published.
Dates at Boulevard Park.
Lawlis Creative & my cool clients.
The Oxford's escaping Boise and getting back to Seattle, where they belong.
Watching my friends' beautiful sons, Drew & Isaac, grow.
Camping in The Blues with the Palooza Crew. And the Bacon Blast.
Attending the Port Townsend Writer's Conference with Justin.
U2 Concert in Vancouver.
Dear Friend Daniel. In our home for an evening. Mocking/scoffing.
Halloween at our house.
Making the playoffs in our big fantasy football league.
Watching The League.
Ocean Shores for our 3rd anniversary.
Turkey-palooza (Thanksgiving with friends in Monroe).
Corn maze & Christmas tree hunting with the LeBlanc's & the Lucaii.
The annual holiday coffee date with Julie, up from Bend.
Things I'm looking forward to in '10:
Being able to say '10 rather than oh-nine. It's so much easier.
Turning 30, and having Justin join me in our 30's three days later.
Maui with my folks in April!
Living closer to friends and family.
Working full-time from home or any place with a wi-fi connection.
Being surprised.
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Lots of love to you and your families... may you find plenty to be thankful for in '09 and in the year to come.
jueves, 31 de diciembre de 2009
martes, 15 de diciembre de 2009
The semi-annual update
I like to say a little howdy every now and then just to be shocking and edgy! Greetings to you faithful few who drop by now and then. :)
Hard to believe, but J and I just celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary in November... that went fast. I love being married to J more than ever, and am acutely aware of how blessed I am to be married to such a man. (Still the unabashed romantic in a world of cynics... shocker, right?)
It's an exciting time for Team Lawlis (no, we're not pregnant, I'll just get that out of the way now... though, among my friends, there HAS been something in the water lately, for sure).
Another kind of wondrous beginning (at least, to me): the creative studio I began in 2008 grew very quickly and I am joining the ranks of the self-employed in January. I'm writing and photographing and designing up a storm, and it's a better fit than I could have dreamed for my little English-major self.
On a pure gut level, I LOVE my work. What a feeling... I used to catch small glimpses of it, and now this "I'm-right-where-I-need-to-be" sense envelopes full weeks at a time.
The two women I've worked for at the chiropractic office have been tremendously supportive, and I couldn't have asked for a better transition. We found a great new person to hire, and her training is going smoothly, which makes the process of moving on much easier. My friends will be in good hands.
That said, it's a busy season even on top of the usual holiday rush. I'm putting in lots of hours both places and I'm sure I'm drinking more coffee than is probably healthy these days. But even in the midst of so much activity, so many tired days, I'm so thankful that I get to do this — that I have a husband who is behind me fully, that I have found a way for my passions to help support our little family, and that I've developed relationships with amazingly cool clients who keep coming back to me with new ideas and fun projects.
It's a blasty.
Anyone else out there work for themselves? Any advice for a new entrepreneur? Please share your insights!
Hard to believe, but J and I just celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary in November... that went fast. I love being married to J more than ever, and am acutely aware of how blessed I am to be married to such a man. (Still the unabashed romantic in a world of cynics... shocker, right?)
It's an exciting time for Team Lawlis (no, we're not pregnant, I'll just get that out of the way now... though, among my friends, there HAS been something in the water lately, for sure).
Another kind of wondrous beginning (at least, to me): the creative studio I began in 2008 grew very quickly and I am joining the ranks of the self-employed in January. I'm writing and photographing and designing up a storm, and it's a better fit than I could have dreamed for my little English-major self.
On a pure gut level, I LOVE my work. What a feeling... I used to catch small glimpses of it, and now this "I'm-right-where-I-need-to-be" sense envelopes full weeks at a time.
The two women I've worked for at the chiropractic office have been tremendously supportive, and I couldn't have asked for a better transition. We found a great new person to hire, and her training is going smoothly, which makes the process of moving on much easier. My friends will be in good hands.
That said, it's a busy season even on top of the usual holiday rush. I'm putting in lots of hours both places and I'm sure I'm drinking more coffee than is probably healthy these days. But even in the midst of so much activity, so many tired days, I'm so thankful that I get to do this — that I have a husband who is behind me fully, that I have found a way for my passions to help support our little family, and that I've developed relationships with amazingly cool clients who keep coming back to me with new ideas and fun projects.
It's a blasty.
Anyone else out there work for themselves? Any advice for a new entrepreneur? Please share your insights!
Catching my breath. Almost.
Hooray for do-nothing Saturdays!
(Well, almost do-nothing. I've got laundry going. Still, not too bad).
So! The conference. Best thing I've ever done as far as writing goes. I'm so thankful to those who made it happen for me -- Brenda, who offered me the scholarship in the first place. Justin, who said he'd figure out a way to live without me for a week. Erin, who let me have the time off work, though I've only worked for her since May.
First of all -- the location was gorgeous. Here are a few pics I took my first morning.
(Well, almost do-nothing. I've got laundry going. Still, not too bad).
So! The conference. Best thing I've ever done as far as writing goes. I'm so thankful to those who made it happen for me -- Brenda, who offered me the scholarship in the first place. Justin, who said he'd figure out a way to live without me for a week. Erin, who let me have the time off work, though I've only worked for her since May.
First of all -- the location was gorgeous. Here are a few pics I took my first morning.
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