![]() I am sitting here.....not being able to help but to reflect over the past year. The more I think about it...more I think I've grown. This has been a busy year for me. Busy in the sense as growing as a person....and finding out new things about myself. I can see and feel the changes....and it seems so wierd. *giggles* Traveling. Let's see in January of 1998 I went to Las Vegas for the first time. It was hella cool. Nothing of what I would of expected. It's a strip of the neatest hotels in the world in the bottom of a nearly empty valley. It really surprised me and I loved the experience. I also got to see Hoover Damn and Lake Mead while I was there. Next, I got to go on a rode trip with the girls to Buffalo (to my mom's) and then to Toronto, Canada. Where we had a hella time! *giggles* To great sadness there was a Firemen's convention going on in our hotel. "ho hum" NOT! *giggles* To say the least we met some great people and ended up staying an extra day! *giggles*....I also got to go to Myrtle Beach for a week this year...with family which was also a great time. and then I went on another rode trip with two girlfriends and we spent the weekend in Cleveland. Which also was a hella good time....but you know... I think I find fun no matter where I am! I also went to Brown County Indiana shopping for the first time. Which was great fun too...and I hope to go back...which brings us to my infamous tattoo. *giggles* Yes, in 1998 I got a damn tattoo....*lol* Looking back at my traveling experiences for 1998...you know....Brad wasn't on one of those trips. Wow...;) Since Brad and I are going to Cancun in January. I hope that will be a great start to a new year of us growing as a couple. People. I've met some wonderful people this year and I am truly thankful for that. Firefighter, Sweetman, Terry, Wolfgirl, Topaz, SkyCarl, and Snuf are some special people in my chatworld. Very special people...all good hearted and lots o' fun *giggles*. Unfortunatly, I've lost a couple of friends this year that were very dear to me. Terry "Hans" Rubottom and Dale "Bigboy" Kyer. The sadness in my heart for the loss of these two men is still very painful. My heart breaks for missing them...for the pain that their families feel. When something terrible like this happens it reconfirms the great opportunities of meeting wonderful people over the WWW. I was blessed to have the chance of getting a touch of Dale and Terry in my life. Another big event this year was Brad and I finally moved into our new home. It was a major project and big headaches for Brad. We moved into a home that was once his Grandparents and then his Unlces. We had new floors, walls, windows, siding and a roof put on our home. Like I said MAJOR project. ;) We still have lots to do to finish our home....but just saying "OUR" home..makes me a happy girl ;) Self Worth and Growth. Perhaps that should be a subject for another day. Until then Goodbye 1998 and Welcome 1999. |