For me, 2010 brings with it a welcome change, lots of energy, and the confidence and courage to take the leap toward a dream and all that goes with it. To prepare. To organize. To create. To wake up every morning loving what I'm doing.
This year brings out a restless need to awaken those goals that remained tucked away on a shelf throughout the years. I feel a sense of urgency to tackle the challenges and obstacles along the way as I bring down that dream book from the shelf, dust it off and get busy pursuing. A new year brings new focus. I'm excited. I'm ready.
I tried to explain all of this to Sadie...She's "new" after all, she should relate? She's achieved goals already? { like climbing steps and learning the difference between soft love nibbles and bloody bites}
She even received her first award...
So, I came home from a meeting on Friday where I met the most creative and talented people on earth, seriously . ON. THE. PLANET. I explained it all to Sadie, figuring there would be tail-wagging, ears perking, face licking and some kind of mental telepathy thoughts like "Go Mama Go!"
Nothing.
I had her attention for a minute...
but, as you can see, she remains un-impressed...
another goal for 2010: dazzle Sadie into deliriousness
It's here! Romantic Country Magazine. What a lovely issue...jam packed with all things romantic and chic. Love seeing my friends at 
you are greeted by a calm and relaxed hostess (you think she would be frazzled) I know she has been cooking and preparing all week long, making everything from scratch (right down to the desserts, including homemade ice cream!) Her giant dining room table is beautifully set for 22 people. Nothing is spared, we each have a handmade place card, a valentine box with goodies inside, and each setting has a gift bag with our names on it. 
The lighting is just right, candles are everywhere. Music is perfectly set and pumped throughout each room (thanks to an integrated audio system with small speakers built into each room's ceiling) She loves to mix up the guests, so your place card is not next to your husband. In fact, my husband was clear down the other end of the table. But it's ok, you get to talk people you wouldn't normally mingle with while standing around having appetizers. Sitting down next to them, you get to know them better. Under each place setting was a tiny piece of paper with our name, with a sentence written on it. (some were crazy things most people would never say and things I could never type here!) Our hostess announced that we had to work the sentence into our dinner conversation and whoever did it best would win a beautiful Waterford crystal decanter. She held it up and showed everyone like a Price Is Right showgirl. Needless to say my crazy hubby won...here's how...When all drinks were poured and our salads were served...he proposed a toast to our hosts, I was thinking (from way down the table) "wow, I taught him really nice manners", then he blurted out his sentence in the toast (like I said... I can't repeat!) and I was mortified, but everyone cracked up and he won hands down! As a surprise, she also had pictures of each guest attending, blown up and put into a gallery in the billiard room. 
She found the most horrible pictures of each of us from past parties(on purpose) BUT she had a beautiful picture of herself and her husband in the middle! It was great to laugh at each other looking ridiculous! By the end of the night, we took a marker to her picture and you can only imagine what it ended up looking like. 
The night was ended by a fun dice game and you only needed 3 dollars to play- my kind of game!
Anyway, I don't know why I am obsessed with the show or trying to figure out the big mystery. After I watch it, I always have a migraine from thinking too much and I end up having bad dreams all night long! I think the writers of the show mess with the minds of us loyal followers, don't you? I won't give up on it though, I'm in too deep, PLUS, I need my weekly dose of Fox (even if he wasn't on the show last night!)
