Happy New Year, 2009!

Wow, 2008 was an eventful year. Three new grandsons, all of whom are healthy and happy boys. I was made a manager at work and now I have 12 people in my organization. I spent a month in Japan and was able to attend the Temple there (a dream come true). Two good managers and a lot of overtime, which was challenging but economically great. Blonde and I still have our health and enjoy each other. Our son reached the end of the Golden Path with his MBA from the University of Utah.

Such a string of blessings!

I am looking forward to 2009. My photography business should start to take off and I am shooting more often. My company may be sending me to Chile for two weeks in the next couple of months, though that is not certain now. Our grandsons all turn 1 year old in a few months so we will be having parties here and in Maryland. Safire, our daughter, is coming for a month to visit and we are doing the parks in Southern Utah. Something I have not done since I was about 6 years old. We intend to take a lot of photographs. In the fall we are headed back to Maryland, possibly to do the Renaissance Festival in PA again. This is still up for discussion, though.

I have just a few of resolutions this year.

1. Spend less time vegetating in front of the TV, idly watching whatever is on. We record most of what we watch, but when my brain needs a vacation I have two places to spend my time, learning more about photography and working on the family history website. It has languished too long.
2. Finish Safire and Juice’s wedding video, complete with case. After 9 years it’s time.
3. Finish Andrew and Angela’s wedding video. This one is done, I just have to do the case. (blush!)
4. Play golf twice a month
5. Use my time more effectively at work.
6. Get my team working like a well oiled machine, complete with appropriate reporting
7. Read the Book of Mormon every day.

I could add lose weight and exercise more, but that’s a given, right?

So, in the course of the year, I hope to be able to blog that these goals are completed and how I got there. I intend to be more consistently active here writing my online journal.

See you in the funny papers!