Xtine Xpounds: New Year Resolutions

Happy new year, non existant readers. You may notice that I changed my blog url. Or maybe you won't.

The new year morning started off pleasantly. Taylor and I sat on the couch congratulating ourselves for a good 2006 and thinking of what we'd like 2007 to hold.

2006 was a good year for us. My work took a turn for excellent. I've been working on a data center standup project as chief Oracle implementer and number one sidekick to the lead data center architect (that comes with no title and many visio diagrams). I had the extreme fortune to spend not one, not two, but THREE weeks in Kansas City in the pursuit of a center of data. Kansas City, for those of you curious coastal types, is pleasant. Gosh darn super duper pleasant without a shred of cynicism, and with lots of malls, strip malls and chain franchises.

Taylor set up a little gym in the basement and took on a few clients. In December, she embraced 40 with gusto, starting with the fanfare of a surprise party. Here's Taylor looking surprised.

Then we had christmas and came up with a little family portrait, minus Pixel, who made a run for it just in time. Scruffy struggled in vain, as you can almost tell. She's just excited to get to her presents.

Now it's 2007, and where were we? Coming up with resolutions. Like many of us who are (none of your business) years old, we don't much bother with resolutions. Besides, we've been exercising, eating (mostly) right, getting enough sleep, putting money in our IRA and flossing. There's not much left to resolve, is there? What we have it more of a to-do list. Here's ours for 2007:

1. Finish that window I half rebuilt last summer
2. Take a vacation
3. Don't give the cat a haircut

And thus begins 2007. Hope you all have a great new year.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, photographic highlights of 2006: