2008, it was the year of…

08 January 2009 by Anna Schwind Published in: in my life 4 comments

I’ve always liked the Babylon 5 intro, where Sheridan (I think it’s Sheridan, anyway) says “It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed. The year is 2261. The place: Babylon 5.” Pretty epic, no?

Well I’m not really living an epic here, but I’m looking for a brief way to sum up 2008, so I’m going to steal that format, as a reference for what happened, which I’ll be dropping here for the future.

It was the year:

of Guitar Hero and of the Wii Fit
of DIY detergent and the new HE washer
of many pictures (over 2800! here’s the first of the year:

and here’s the last:

)
of finding a decent King Cake in St. Louis, and of the brawl with Oz
of the cubbies, built by Kurt for Sophia’s room
of the eclipse, observed from our front door
of music for Sophia (she performed a flute duet in church and started piano lessons in late August).
of Disneyworld, of Sophia’s first time at the beach
of the new Ford Focus, to replace the sadly defunct Cougar
of the nonos coming to stay for a while
of pneumonia
of Sophia playing a flower in a play based on Alice in Wonderland (though she wanted to be Alice, because, as she said, she had the right hair)
of pierced ears, and the bike that she still cannot ride, and the Snip-Its glamour party
of fairy ears, and princess camp
of learning to eat honeysuckle from the bushes in the backyard
of Chocolatier:Secret Ingredients, Spore and Battle of Wesnoth
of driving to Texas for Fourth of July
of Blue Mountain Camp in the Fall and being Nastia Lukin for Halloween (even though the only Olympic events watched in this household were soccer matches)
of electrotango and Amanda Palmer
of joining book club, and of making the 52 book challenge (finally!)
of the new deck and porch
of finally giving in and getting on FaceBook
of bad teeth
of publication, at long last (x2)
of two sales, doubling the number from 2007
of learning to make bath bombs
of playing assistant in the Montessori classroom
of gorgeous hair ornaments
of Christmas for the birds
of MySims and Lego Star Wars
of rollerskating for the first time, and getting roller skates for Christmas
of a New Year’s Eve murder party
of learning to make soup, and wishing I’d known how years ago

All in all, a pretty good year.

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Lanf

Fri 09th Jan 2009 at 9:13 am

I’ve been enjoying quinoa soup with spinach and feta cheese. Want the recipe?

Anarkey

Tue 13th Jan 2009 at 4:20 pm

Yes gim recipe! K thx.

Kelly

Fri 16th Jan 2009 at 9:15 am

I also have recently discovered my love of making soups – especially this time of year! We definitely need to do a recipe exchange. I have good ones for Minestrone and Chicken Chili. Yum!

Anarkey

Tue 27th Jan 2009 at 10:08 am

I don’t have any good recipes, I like the "just throw stuff in" nature of soup making. Right now I start with chicken stock, add frozen peas, some carrots, mushrooms and noodles or rice and bang! Tasty soup. Also like that I can make a relatively small amount at a time, since no one in my house but me eats it.

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