The year 2011 is a mere 11 hours away, so here are some RANDOM THOUGHTS… about 2010.

1- Being a freelance journalist ROCKS. This year I built up my business into something that can actually support me. And let me tell you – having the freedom that comes with being self-employed beats working in an office/cubicle 9-5 any day! It’s a scary thing to put yourself out there, hoping and praying that you say the right things and make the right business moves to keep yourself afloat. But I did it, bobbing along the surf in the bright sunshiny sun, and by next year I hope to be SURFING the waves!

2- It was the year of the baby. I thought that was two years ago when a few of my friends hopped on the baby train, but this year, many of those friends popped out number two’s (no, not poop – their second babies silly!) and even more friends became first-time mommies. And then Jackie, my last hope of having a friend who was baby-less, got prego. Auntie Jenn Jenn Jenn is riding solo!

3- It was mine and Mike’s first full year as a married couple. He brings me flowers (a happy life is a happy wife!) and we read each other excerpts of “Macbeth” and we walk hand-in-hand in Old Montreal… errrr no we don’t. Other than some added bling, we’re still Mike and Jenn *wink* Only we are stronger… this is our 13th New Years Eve together! And I still love that boy like crazy!

4- I turned 30. I got my first face-wrinkle. I saw all the “plans” I naively made as a teenager WHOOOOSH by me in a blur of laughter and fun. And yes, I may be a full-fledged “grown-up” now who wishes she could go back and slow things down, but I’m also an adult who can appreciate the great times and memories that filled my first thirty years on this crazy earth. And it can only go uphill from here, right?

5- I started a blog and people actually came to read it. Repeatedly. More than once – loads of times, in fact! And they left comments and shared their own thoughts, and when I missed a blog day I got emails asking where I was. As a writer there’s no greater compliment or blessing than knowing people want to read what you write. And for that, my fellow blog-readers, I am TRULY grateful!

HAPPY 2011!!! Thank you to all of you for your support and looking forward to seeing you in the New Year!! xxoo