Kalshane - sounds like an excellent year overall.

Suzi - wow Santa Lee and Elf K-Bug are amazing!

That's an awesome present Lee. Yay for Suzi pampering!

This has been a good year. There have been ups and downs, the arthritis is a bit worse, my insurance company sucks a lot, but I've been able to do something I never imagined and actually launch the press. In January we're adding a 'zine.

It's hard to believe I get to be creative, hang out with creative people, and do something really cool with my time. Maybe next year I'll even be paid for it. I've also gotten to do some good things that paid, like build a few websites. I've even gotten to create some art, and hopefully next week I'll have my first gallery show.

The kids are healthy, smart, and sassy. Greg's getting some attention for his website and having fun corresponding with some of his favorite authors.

I've missed out on a lot on the board, and I wish I could post half as much as I used to (which would balance nicely between being far too talkative and completely invisible) but I've been here when I could, sending vibes and celebrating victories.

I'm incredibly blessed, not least because of you guys.

Wow. That's the best Seekrit Santa gift ever!

I concur. That's fucking AWESOME.

t edit Hey, is that the nail salon we went to at the SF2F? The background looks familiar.

Am home and once again want to say thanks to Lee. Getting a break away from my life and not having to do or be or plan was utterly priceless.

Thank you.

eta - Yes, same nail salon as used for the SF-F2F.

Am home and once again want to say thanks to Lee. Getting a break away from my life and not having to do or be or plan was utterly priceless.

And now you know the whole other reason game night made no sense (besides the fact that I'm still coughing like a heroine in a Dumas novel that is)!!

Glad you had so much fun.

Poor Megan. First we screwed up your game night, and then you got sick before I got a chance to ask you to join us (I was waiting until the plans got firmed up)

I hope you are feeling better at least.

I hope you are feeling better at least.

I feel okay. I just have a really horrible sounding cough that has been keeping me up at night. So I'm tired, but otherwise have no other symptoms of anything. It's bizarre.

ETA: Now that I think of it, Lee, it's a good thing for you I don't practice 3 strikes and you're out!

It is!

I suck.

That is an awesome Seekrit Santa prezzie! Definitely something to be said for having a lot of localista types around. Who wants to move to Madison?

I'm not sure I'm ready to report on 2007. It was a year of always feeling on the edge of my seat and it's not really over, since I'm working contract type jobs right now. I feel a little in limbo. I'm afraid I'll jinx things if I prematurely say it was great/crappy. I will say I think I made the right decisions for me at this time in my life. It's been scary, it's still kinda scary, but we don't win anything, if we don't take a few chances.

Wow, the rest of us will suck by comparison!

The weather keeps thwarting my plans. 2 weekends in a row we've had icy roads. I've gotten some stuff, but not everything I wanted to, so I'm up against a shipping deadline.