Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Top 10's

Hmm so a friend of mine posted a Top 10 list of songs for 2010 on his Facebook page and it got me thinking that I'd like to post a few Top 10 of 2010 posts before ringing in the New Year. Here are the categories I'm thinking:

Top 10 Memories
Top 10 Songs
Top 10 Movie/TV Show Quotes
Top 10 Places (specific vs broad)

What else, what else....not sure what I'll start with but perhaps tomorrow morning will be the first.

Quelle Surprise

Yeah...so much for my posting about Hawaii shortly after my one picture. Alas, it will come....probably on a bitter cold day when I need to take some time to think back to the warmth and wonder of Hawaii.

So, for now, a holiday post of sorts. I had a few moments of slight sadness/nostalgia coming into the holiday season thinking about Church St. and the lights and music pipping through the street, lights outlining each tree, kids playing in the snow, Leunigs with it's warm glow and cozy bar. It's been almost 6 months exactly since I called it home there. But the memories are so fond I look back on them and enjoy that slight pain of sadness, it means I did it right.

Holidays. Family. Too much food. It's always nice to be back with my family. There are always surprises, some bigger than others. We found this old book that my mom used to write in that had sections for various notes about each holiday. There were only a few years, starting with my first Christmas and about 6 or 7 years. It was really neat to read...it said what we did the night before, what we ate, watched, read, who came over, what was happening in the world, what was happening in our city, what we all got, what christmas day was like and other notes. There were some funny quips about me, just further solidifying the fact that I was clearly a kid with a lot going on, including a lot of energy and pizzazz. There were notes that reminded us all how thankful we were to have each other.

Now we are approaching a new year. Can you believe it? How is is almost 2011? I was just emailing a friend that I made exactly a year ago early December and couldn't believe it had already been 365 days since being in Colorado for work and staying in this crazy huge house, watching a Toyota truck get tipped after a crazy party, having some amazing runs on the hill and making memories with a new friend. A year. Another year. So much has transpired in 2010. I will need to devote some time to thinking about it, really digesting the past year. Maybe I'll do a post about 2010 memories, learnings, experiences. Those things that I will take w/me moving into 2011 and beyond.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and remembered to love the ones you're with. It's all about love and family and friends. We mustn't forget that. To all my VT family, miss and love you always. Have a French 75 at Leunigs for me after a nice stroll up Church on a snowy evening.