In the spirit of the New Year, I have come up with a few resolutions. Generally I try not to make specific resolutions. Instead I’ll say something generic like, “I will be happy this year,” or “I will smile to strangers more,” or “I will come to a full stop at stop signs and not just slow down.” Okay maybe not so generic, but you get what I mean. Anyway, this year I’m going to work on improving myself (and try to stop for stop signs as well). Here’s what I’ve come up with:

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2009 will forever be known as the year that Ash and I pulled off two gigantic-move-all-the-stuff-you’ve-ever-owned moves and did not kill each other in the process. One move from the very top of Wisconsin down to the great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, and then the long trek from those large hills to the stretch of vast land that is Texas. We are still together, still in love, and damn if that isn’t the biggest accomplishment we’ve ever had.

Here’s a bit of preview of what 2010 is going to bring to the readers and stalkers of Snailbird:

Happy New Year everyone! See you on the other side of 2010.

You ever notice how some days you just wake up, and you KNOW it’s going to be a good day? Something inside is just happy to be awake even at six in the morning? Where even those cranky morning commuters can’t get you down? A day when you’re excited to be alive and every moment has so much potential that you feel you’ll go crazy if you can’t do everything at once?

Maybe it’s just the coffee talking. At any rate, I think both me and my coffee are having a day like that. I’m looking forward to this weekend because I have so much I want to do! I have freelance projects I want to finish/start, I have my office to finish cleaning, I have paintings I want to start. Ash and I recently bought Wii Fit Plus and I want to start that up. We’re also volunteering tomorrow to help with the CTFR cattery at PetSmart. I want to go to the park tomorrow night and walk the dogs since we haven’t had time to do that lately. So much to do! There really isn’t enough time in the day.

And of course, I have to work on my comic. I’m three days behind but I’m going to attempt to catch up tonight. Got a couple of ideas, so hopefully I can draw them up. I’ve also still got several blog posts I should finish, and a blog series I want to start (any illustrators interested in being interviewed? Contact me).

Let’s see just how much I can get done this weekend. Let’s do this!

Wow, a post on the weekend you say? She must be mad! Yes, yes, I’m mad. I’m also bored out of my mind and sick of looking at duplexes online (with the amount of houses I spent snooping around today in the unbearably sweltering heat of the Texan sun, I am completely surprised I wasn’t either 1: arrested as a potential serial cat burglar, or 2: shoveled off the pavement in the form of a melted pile of sizzling egg-goop (what a great description, huh?) – either of those were open options). Anyway, have a blog post.

As some of you may have noticed, I am a blogger. Therefore, I love to read blogs too (crazy, huh?). So because I enjoy sharing the happy little nuggets of good reads (and I haven’t done it in quite awhile), I thought I’d throw another blog at you to add to your feed reader.

Run Jen Run

Not only is Jenny a witty writer, but she’s a fantastic photographer, and a wonderful client to work with. She was one of my first (and still one of my favorite) blog clients to work with professionally and her feedback was fantastic as well. Anyway, as a blogger, she is charming, intelligent, and downright hilarious at times. I love her Photobooth Chronicles the best – who knew you could say so much in just four small pictures.

Jenny is also the founder of the ever-growing TequilaCon, which is something I hope to attend next year depending on where they decide to hold it (hey, idea! Austin? Seriously, I’m totally throwing it in the ring here, guys). Tattoos, tequila, and bloggers? There really is nothing better.

Anyway, check out Jenny and all of her awesome photos, blogs, and tequila love over at her snazzy blog Run Jen Run. You won’t be sorry you did (but you will be sorry if you don’t – just saying).