2008 is closing to an end and it seems like it’s gone by so quickly. It seems like yesterday that Chris and I sold our house and trekked our way 700 miles with an infant to live in Cincinnati but it’s been over 8 months and 3 seasons later. Where has the time gone? Well, I can’t complain too much, most of 2008 has been great to us and I look forward to 2009.

In 2008, we started the year off with selling our house and moving to my hometown and both starting new, great jobs. I am thankful that we’re now close enough for my mother to watch Sean during the day while we work. Over the course of the twelve months, Sean has begun sitting up, crawling and now walking and saying a few words and so many more other milestones. I look forward to the milestones to come. By the time 2009 comes, he will be 13 months and 20 days. He’s growing so quickly.

I got my new car this year and also had a semi cause an accident that I was involved in, but my car is fine anyways. Gotta take the bad with the good it seems. Sold our house in 2008 and will be buying/building a new one in 2009. Reconnected with old friends and lost touch with some others. Went from the BlackBerry Pearl to the BlackBerry Curve and plan to head to the BlackBerry Bold in ‘09.

There’s one thing I know won’t change no matter what year it is and that’s being married to my wonderful husband. 2008 was a great year for Chris and I. We celebrated our one year anniversary, grew as a couple and a family and have realized more than ever how much in love we truly are. I love him no matter what and can’t wait to see what life is like in 2089 with him.

So, the plans for 2009 so far is to buy a new home. A permanent home. I am so done with moving and would like to never have it as an option unless we make it an option. I’d also like to do some traveling once we do get comfortable in the new year and new home. Ultimately, I want to take Sean to Florida to see his other side of the family and go to Disney World. I’d like to travel to other places I still haven’t had the chance to go to. I’ve been to many places but there are still that I have yet to see and would love to share that with my family.

My website has grown quite a bit in 2008. I get a ton of visitors and new subscribers all the time. The traffic to my site has increased immensely throughout the year and I plan for it to only get better. I’ll be adding some new things and maybe changing some current things. It’s always a work in progress.

Overall, the year has been great and I can only imagine that things will be getting better. I am enjoying the new chapter in our lives and can’t wait to see what happens in the next chapter.

Perhaps another child? We’ll see, I’m still up in the air on if I want to have other kids whether now or later or at all.

It isn’t a secret that I love my website and that I am always trying to find new things to add to it to make it interesting. Well, I found something else. Thanks to Ning.com I have created a social networking site to go with my personal website, blog and photo gallery.

I am quite honestly surprised in how customizable it is and how well it works. So go and check it out and sign up! Who knows, it could be the next MySpace…. God I hope not!

Go sign up! vanillamilkshake.ning.com

It’s about time! I’ve gotten my website up and running quite well with the exception of Internet Explorer! Damn that Internet Explorer! I hate it! People should really get with the times and use Firefox! We even use Firefox at work!

I finally managed to get the site up and am quite happy with it. I have a simple layout and design and I like it that way because it helps me maintain it pretty well. I’ve also added a photo gallery with photos I plan to update often in addition to my blog and site itself.

I’ve also opened up hosting. So that will allow anyone with any design talent to host their website through me as long as they fit the criteria and can follow a few simple rules.

The only thing I need to do is link back for my fanlistings, add some more content, advertise a bit and add my Google Ads.

Any free advertising is more than welcome. If you want to do a link exchange please contact me here through comments or on my website through the email form.