We’ll take a cup of kindness yet…

So… In five hours and 49 minutes it will be a new year. 364 days ago I had great expectations for 2006, and I have to say, I wasn’t totally disappointed. Blown away, really, at how fast it’s gone by. I can’t believe in just a few hours, it will be another year. 2006 was a good one for me; probably one of the best I’ve had in a long while. I could repeat it if I had to.

We’re really not doing anything to celebrate tonight. Nothing cool, that is. Since it would be ridiculous to actually pay for babysitting, we didn’t even bother to do more than rent a movie and buy some popcorn and a six-pack of Shiner. We’re actually high-fiving ourselves that we plan to stay up until midnight. Did I mention we are uncool?

I have thoughts about my one 2007 ~~resolution~~ pursuit, but more on that tomorrow. For now I just want to reflect on good-ol’ oh-six. Here goes…

Overall best thing that happened: I’d have to say our Fall Trip - it was such a great time of family bonding, it really focused us on the task ahead, and to top it off, we got a ton done.
Overall worst thing that happened: Hmm… It really was such a good year, I guess I can only say back in April, when Kabob, both of Kabob’s parents, and I all got violently ill simultaneously for about 24 hours, while they were in town visiting.
Biggest change from 2005: Chickpea started walking in January of this year (seems eons ago now). That changed… well, pretty much everything, from how we organize our house to how we have fun.
Favorite family memory: Another tough one. It’s pretty hard to narrow it down, so I’m just going to say it’s a tie between Chick’s first sight of snow and Chick’s first sight of the ocean. Both occuring on our Fall Trip.
Favorite movie: The Nativity Story. But a quick scroll of this site reveals that I saw three new movies this year, so this is saying jack squat.
Favorite book: Blue Like Jazz. I realized that I never finished it due to a certain little girl’s birth, so I re-started it. Amazing, amazing, amazing.
Favorite musician: I’m very old-school in this category - I’m pretty happy with my U2, Dido, The Cure, Coldplay, and David Gray. But this year I grew to appreciate Arcade Fire and Sufjan Stevens, the latter barely scratching my learning surface, so far.
Favorite TV show: Easy - Project Runway.
Favorite and/or most-used website: I’ll cheat and say my personal bloglines, which has the 50 or so sites linked that I check regularly.
Most applicable Scripture: “Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.” -Psalm 37:3