A mish-mosh of unorganized thoughts of 2010 and 11.

1. Well, happy new year, Alexis. 2010 was quite a strange and amazing year, and 2011 has some more crazy shenanigans in store, I'm sure.

Plans for this year include some of the same as the years before... finally get pregnant (fingers crossed- one hand only), take better care of the dogs and the house, make time to read, show people that you are thinking about them.

and some new ones... stop being pushover (ha, yeah, right!), take care of your body (it has been a while for this one), visit a dentist, find better healthcare options.

2010: A year in review

The biggest part of our year - Fell in love with a baby girl in 2009, My Kim Truong, aka Kimmy. She has become a major part of the fa

mily- with a decorate

d bedroom, cloth diapers, tons of clo

thes and toys, and baby supplies. The house is baby proofed, and boy did it need to be! Kimmy rolled over at 1

1 months for the first time while we were on a road trip to Zach and Emily Reimold's wedding in

Johnstown, PA- and she hasn't stopped moving around since. She started crawling shortly after, and started walking on her own within 3 months. We've sort of melded the Truong and Miller families. I take care of Kimmy's brothers Monday through Friday (sometimes weekends and nights too) and we have all become very attached to one another! I've managed to break kids of bottles, potty train twins, and learn a

few Vietnamese phrases in the past 6 months, all with the help and advice from family of course.

And let us not forget the ama

zing trip to Disney World in November! Kimmy, Justin and I had a blast for a few days with Dad, Sue, Michelle, Julie and Kyle, and then we partied on our own when they hopped a plane back to frigid Philly!

We finally finished our law suit from the car accident in '08. Glad that is over with... Paid off the student loans, credit card, and money we owed to family. It feels good to be pretty much debt free- besides the mortgage and upcoming tuition.

Justin and I have made a decision that we MAY take a year work-ation in LA. It will be hard when Kimmy leaves our house to make her way into her birth family home- we'll need an escape. I dread the thought of her not sleeping soundly in her room at the end of the hall. Until the day comes, I'll try and not worry too much.

Roxy survived another year, but sadly we put her to sleep on Saturday, January 8, 2011. We had to call my dad to take her. It was hard making the decision, but it was the right one to make. At least that's what I have to tell myself.

Working at PPACS in 2010 was a great experience. I taught 8th grade math and science and then 4th grade math for summer school. I left the school to help out the Truong family. It was a big change, but one I feel good about.

Last week I started Weight Watchers with Becky (the new PointsPlus+ program). It seems to be alright (whew.. sigh of relief). Justin believes I've picked a crap time to start, but there will always be some excuse to start a diet the next week.

This week's excuses are...

1. We have all 4 Truong kids staying in our tiny home while their father is attempting to get to Vietnam to pick up his new wife.
2. We lost a family member... Love you Roxy.
3. The scent of pizza carries down our street in this crisp winter air.
4. It is snowy weather made for pizza and hot chocolate.
5. Pizza.
6. Pizza.
7. Wine.
8. Hunger.

I'm not exactly sure when Evelyn (Paul's/step-father's mother) passed away, but I think it was in 2009. If that is correct, we had no funerals in 2010. Thank you.

Enough for now- it is one AM. I definitely shouldn't have had a Wawa 24 oz. coffee at 8 pm, even if it was only 99 cents and my mother-in-law paid for it.

With love and high hopes,

Alexis