I read the blog of my friend designer Brenda Kato, and she did a touching piece on good things that happened to her in 2008. This inspired me to contemplate all of the good things that happened in 2008 that I have to be thankful for:

• Taking my son William to the park on beautiful days.
• Watching William learn how to sit up, crawl, walk & talk.
• Celebrating my husband Damion’s 34th birthday with family and friends.
• Getting to see my friends Scott and Korey visit from Wisconsin in February, we had a great time!
• Having fun at Tracey’s BBQ over memorial day weekend.
• All of the fantastic times we spent at the beach.
• Starting my blog.
• Getting in touch with old friends I haven’t spoken to in over 15 years on Facebook.
• Visits from my mom.
• Enjoying great times with great neighbors, the Symes, Jaci & Sean, Arelis and Will, & the Troops.
• Going to Web Summit 08 in Coronado California, and learning about Mental Models, and Twitter.
• Celebrating my sons first birthday with about 80 friends at William’s Island.
• Going on bike rides with William, and Damion.
• Visiting our family in Ohio over father’s day.
• William recovering fully from his knee surgery over the 4th of July.
• Having a BBQ with my brother and his family, and Brooks, Linda and Graysen.
• Celebrating Krystal, Kelvin’ and Auria’s birthday, and getting to see old friends together.
• William recieving better care and making new friends at his new day care.
• Going to Arelis and Will’s fantastic engagement party.
• The nights we got to go out at night because Grandma was able to baby sit.
• Watching William ride a carnival ride with his daddy for the first time.
• Going on my first customer visits for work to NYC, and getting to spend time with Brenda.
• Delicious dinners cooked by Chef Daveo.
• Getting the new iPhone 3g.
• Dancing with William and having a great time at Patty and Jose’s wedding reception.
• Bowling with my coworkers, and getting to know them better.
• Going to Orlando with Jaime, and Matthew, and getting to see Carolina and her family.
• Losing 18 pounds and counting!
• I’m thankful that Barak Obama won the Presidential Election!
• Getting to see Amanda visit from Oklahoma, and seeing the great transformation she’s undergone.
• Getting to meet for the first time my extended family on my husband’s father’s side for Thanksgiving.
• Learning about User Centered Design and the crash coarse in  Human Factors I experienced this year.
• Really enjoying my job and coming into work every day, and enjoying working out at lunch.
• Eating healthy delicous food.

I feel truely blessed, as 2008 was a great year.