1. Noo Innernetz frends.
2. Matte finish. I just love what matte finish does to my prints. Oh, and getting prints and mattes to try to sell some of my photography.
3. It’s absolutely amazing how just one thing going right can make all the rest of the crap better.
4. I got some freelance work. I needed this. 
5. That deserves two spots on my list. The place is a local radio station. The work will be ongoing. Can you say networking?

1. Good relationships and new friendships that make a big church seem small.
2. Hootchie boots make me feel uber girlyish.
3. Hunky’s hawsum meatloaf.
4. Snuggling with Hunky for a Sunday nap. *passes out barf bags*
5. Turning volume way up to Greensleeves on Vince Guaraldi – A Charlie Brown Christmas, closing my eyes, and savoring the music while I still can.

1. 2009 = Clean Slate. Bootiful, baby.
2. Watching The Rose Parade with Hunky on the 50 inch HDTV, just as God intended.
3. Clean laundry right out of the dryer.
4. Pieces of quilt all over the living room that are already put together in my brain.
5. Thick-sliced hickory-smoked floppy bacon. (In Dory-speak, floppy equals medium-rare.)

1. I did something today, that yesterday even talking about how scary it was made me literally sob. Today I conquered great big hairy scary FEAR (insert dramatic music interjection here). I introduced myself to a business manager, told them the services I offered, gave them a few of my business cards, and then asked them to pass the spares to anyone they came across needing graphic design services. Much to my own pleasant surprise, I did none of the following: have a massive panic attack, forget essential parts of the English language, or shit myself. I did it. I did it afraid, but I DID IT.
2. I got new specs fo’ FREE! A friend that works at a lens lab hooked me up with a special program their company does to get folks without insurance new glasses.
3. Hunky got new specs fo’ FREE, too!
4. And then aforementioned friend took me out to McDonald’s for lunch.
5. Hunky got me an early birthday present today. I have “I’ve no job but I’ve got great boots!” boots! Black leather, and they’ve got heels. Like, not motorcycle boots’ “I’ll ride my bike OVER you, bitch” heels; like, “Day-um, Tom, quit grabbing my ass! We’re in public, man!” heels. I don’t get it. The male readers reader here probably understands this phenomenon, but I do not get how heels make our asses hotter.

It was a very good day. *sighs contentedly*

1. I just had a fantastic date with my Hunk. I love that we haven’t run out of things to talk about yet, and that I can still laugh with him. Or roll my eyes so far to the back of my head, I can see my hair growing. He makes me do that a lot.
2. There was steak. Medium rare. I haven’t had steak in at least a month. Proving, once again, that absence makes the stomach grow fonder.
3. And wine. Merlot. I haven’t had wine in at least a couple months. I haven’t bought a bottle of wine in forever, because I can’t justify spending $10-$15 on a semi-decent bottle of wine while we’re so broke, but I cannot stand cheap wine.
4. We talked about the people around us in sign. That always cracks me up.
5. Hunky’s fingerspelling is improving! Thank God.