TOP TEN EXPERIENCES OF 2009

(1) Zoester gets a puppy--MIDKNIGHT! The garage is never the same and packages are found shredded in the driveway. But just look at those big Black Lab puppy-dog eyes...

(2) Zoester changes schools! Zoester enters the private world after three years in public. She makes the change with dignity and adapts quickly.

(3) Big Guy enters Middle School! Big Guy leaves behind his "primary" education years and enters 6th grade. He learns to change classes and attend to organization and disciplined study--most of the time.

(4) The family takes a three week "Presidential Road Trip" to South Dakota, visiting Clinton's musuem in Little Rock, Truman's museum in Independence, Mount Rushmore in Keystone, President Park in Lead, and President's Wax museum in Keystone (again). They also visit Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico--espcially Roswell and White Sands. Great trip.

(5) Momma gets a Garmin for Christmas! Now she'll never get lost--as long as she does not visit Oregon anytime soon...

(6) Zoester's cats multiply within one year to take over the front porch. When leaving one morning, she looks at all the cats on the railing, under the house, and foraging in the yard and says, "We're blessed." Momma, looking at the condition of her screens, thinks otherwise...

(7) The family spends a week in Houston, taking in the museums and NASA.

(8) Beatlemania hits the family big when The Beatles Rock Band enters the house. Even momma takes on the role of Ringo to complete songs, leaving the sticks in poor condition after hitting the skins...

(9) The family spends much of the summer in the Thomassee pool, cooling their heels and listening to AOR music.

(10) Big Guy joins the Boy's Choir. During their first concert, he almost puts himself to sleep with their lullabies, yawning broadly and tottering like a tree about to timber...

Big Guy Writes About the New Year 2010

Well ,it's new all right .Staying up late at night, the usual. But,this year we had a secret weapon Animal Crossing:City Folk. You wait...and wait... and wait. While you're waiting, you get a party popper from the mayor. Nice Guy. You can ask all the time for a party popper and he'll give it to you. So finally the game countdowns to New Year and of course fireworks appear. We ended New Year's with watching Babylon 5,and playing The Beatles:Rock Band. Nice, very nice.