well, it's been a long long time

I haven't written in my blog on months...ahem, over a year.

I think I need to start blogging to stop bothering my friends with my ramblings.

This way they can read them if they want to or ignore them. I will be a better friend to them this way.

So...the last year. Too much to recount, so I won't. It was a very difficult year in many respects but a good one in some.

I will sum up just for continuity:

My mother's cancer returned again and has not and will not go away. She is brave and strong and doing what she can. Cancer sucks.

Our dear friend Maureen died in November 2006. Cancer really sucks.

My beloved Rosie dog and Nikki cat both died in late winter of 2007. Just 2 weeks apart. Yes, cancer again, at least for Ro.

We adopted a lovely new kitty named Trixie who has been a joy to have.

I was told I am in premature menopause. I am not even 40. It is likely due to the chemo I had as a child. Cancer sucks again.

My very good friend Lori married a wonderful man named Mark. I am blessed to have made such a good friend, through CoolRunning...and now Kick Runners.

I have become involved at the Footlight Club, America's Oldest Community Theatre. It has been soooo much work, but extremely rewarding.

I was first a seamstress, then a costume assistant, then a costume designer...and then I appeared on the stage in my first ever production. Singin' in the Rain. It was magical...even if it was exhausting.

I ran another half marathon...well, I walked half. But I was determined to do it and I did. My dear friend Frankie and Joe ran with me and cheered me through it.

I finally got a new job. I am very happy although I am very busy. I am the Manager of New Content Research...and I kick ass at it. :)

I have made some great new friends this year, who mean the world to me. I have kept some old friends who mean more and more to me all the time.

I have learned that loving people is about the easiest thing to do and the hardest thing to tell them...but I'm trying.

So, my life is pretty good. I am going to leave this post for now...I hope I will return again in less than a year's time. Cross your fingers.