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.

Yay, this thread. I love this thread. I love the reflection, the dreams, the depth of relationship we have. It's been years we've been doing this, and it's valuable.

Like Sail, I'm not really ready to report yet, since this year has so much going on for me. But I'll enjoy (or empathize with) everyone else's posts. (Hee. I Freudian typoed that as "pasts.")

Wow, the rest of us will suck by comparison!

God, Wordy McWordenstein!

(This is my first year doing the Seekrit Santa thing. Must post box of goodies asap.)

Wow, the rest of us will suck by comparison!

God, Wordy McWordenstein!

no no no! I just got lucky because of proximity and Juliana and JZ and K-Bug!

Also, I have pretty shiny nails now!

(This is my first year doing the Seekrit Santa thing. Must post box of goodies asap.)

Ditto! Except I'm getting DH to post mine when he gets back to the States. Because I'm cheappractical like that.

Well done stoner Santa Lee! Also, Santas and Santees, pictures are a nice bonus!

eta: This is the first year that I haven't participated, which is sad making. Reality is I just don't have the time to give the process enough thought and didn't need the stress. This is still one of my favorite threads. I love reading the year end summaries and watch the squeee over the prezzies.

Laura, me too and for the same reasons. I feel bad but hopefully can enjoy everyone else's fun presents.

This is so small, but my current Christmas joy is our tree. I was expeecting to pay a lot of money because the trees have to be shipped here from the US. When they started seeling them in late November, I found out that even the big 7ft. ones were only $45. Then, when we went to buy ours on Saturday, they were 50% of so we paid only $22.50.

This tree is huge - it's almost as wide as it is tall. The house smells so good. And, since last year Ellie was in the hospital from Dec.8-18th, this year is already a huge improvement over last year.

I suppose I would like to say "Fuck you and good riddance" to 2007, but I can't really blame the year. Most of my angst and misery has been my fault.

I chose to move to a state with the second-highest unemployment rate in the country. I was the bone-head who didn't pay his tickets in California and, as a result, will have a real hard time getting a license in Michigan (who the hell knew there was a national DMV database? Probably everyone except me.)

My back is the result of something I did to myself a decade ago and is coming back as it does at least once every year.

All in all...I'm not a fan of 2007, but, again, not exactly the year's fault. I'll just have to leave 2007 thankful that I still have my wife and my daughter and happy to get out alive.