As I thought back about 2008 there were A LOT of changes. A LOT.

NEW: I moved back to Texas. This was huge. The kids have adjusted well. Sei loves his job. And I am a lard. Obviously I’ve had the hardest time adjusting. I miss our old neighborhood. I miss our old ward. I miss my friends. But I know we are suppose to be here, so I will continue to adjust the best I can. It has been nice having my family near. The kids deserve to be close to at least one set of grandparents!!

OLD: My ex still lives in Texas.

NEW: I started watching kids in my home this year. I actually just started watching 2 more this past Monday. So, now I watch 3 kids everyday and a 4th on Tuesdays. It’s been interesting. Thankfully I am now watching an almost 5 yr old boy and Taj loves having a playmate!! The money is very helpful as we pay off debt and save for missions and college and our Florida vacation this year!! The extra kids is why I will not be writing many blog ads anymore. I was tired of blogging because I had to. I want to blog when I want to. I will do ads occasionally if the pay is ok, just fyi.

OLD: I am still doing paid links in my posts. So if I stick in a weird words that don’t seem to go with the post, like shipping boxes, for example, that’s why.

NEW: I have 7 kids that pee in the toilet.

OLD: I have 6 kids that poop in the toilet…

NEW: My new fave song is “Gives You Hell” by The All American Rejects

OLD: I still love orange.

NEW: I enjoy exercising again. It’s my stress relief and break. And Seiuli has been wonderful about facilitating my time.

OLD: My big butt. It’s still here.

NEW: I traveled by myself several times this past year!! I got to go to Vegas for my brother’s wedding. Oregon for the highlite of my summer! And Kansas City for the NKOTB concert. Note that 2 out of 3 involved Y’ALL!! Yay!!

OLD: I came home everytime to my wonderful husband who I love so much. I can’t believe I am married to such an awesome man. I mean, I think back on our lives, how we met, etc… and I am just amazed. I know we were meant to be together. He’s my lobster. (What’s that from??) And I didn’t mean for this post to get mushy, but Sei went in for an endoscopy today. Basically they stick a camera down your throat and take pics. When he got one 3 years ago he was diagnosed with Barrett’s disease which is pre-cancerous. So, today he went in for another and thankfully a lot of the scar tissue has healed and he no longer has Barretts. YAY! I love him and I am thrilled he is getting better.