Good-Bye 2008

I’m nothing if not a lemming, so when several other bloggers posted nice re-caps of their years I figured it would be a good way to break my posting hiatus.  So here it is, iKate’s year in review (in no particular order):

• Had my first gallbladder attack
• Spent 9 days in the hospital
• Walked 100s of miles in training for the Breast Cancer 3-Day
• Failed to complete all 60 miles of the walk
• Raised over $2000 for breast cancer research
• Spent our first week in our condo
• Traveled for work to Baton Rouge (with a side trip to New Orleans – my first visit), Chicago, & Las Vegas (twice)
• Weaned my daughter at 17 1/2 months
• Moved M to a new daycare
• Finally screwed up the courage to introduce myself to two local bloggers
• Got a new car
• Was blown away by my daughter nearly every day
• Realized our house needed way more work then we thought
• Missed our old house dearly
• Lost 47 pounds
• Reconnected with a ton of old friends via Facebook
• Finally gave in to Twitter
• Had our first (and last thus far) childless overnight in 18 months
• Celebrated M’s 2nd birthday
• Paid off a very substantial financial obligation
• Visited some fabulous locally-owned restaurants; especially our beloved Bar Cento
• Went to a concert for the first time in I-don’t-know-how-many years
• Began seriously contemplating some ink
• Tried to get pregnant but failed
• Was more aware and involved in a presidential election then ever before
• Won a political debate with my father
• Was able to celebrate Obama’s win without too much gloating to my family
• Celebrated the 10-year anniversary of meeting my hubby
• Grew my own tomatoes
• Realized just how much I love my job and how lucky I am to have it
• Had to deal with de-skunking for the first time in my life