Just some random things that happened in my life that I'd like to share.

1) I learned again to not take family for granted. Should be a given but it really hits home when some threatens to die on you 3 times in one year.

2) Buying a home is stressful. Owning one is awesome.

3) "Don't bite off more than you can chew." I bred too much this year. I had so many babies at one point that I felt overwhelmed and about sucked the joy out of snake keeping. Feeding 40+ babies and 19 adults weekly is not cheap. God blessed me recently when a chance encounter at a pet store led to a guy buying 17 off of me in one swoop. And he may get 2 more this weekend. I am not breeding squat this year.

4) Chanin got a job early in the year after over a year without. And she got promoted a month ago. Woot!

5) I got promoted at my job after 9 years. Can't believe I almost forgot to put that in here. LOL!

6) Joined the Smartphone world and it is awesome. Yay for Xmas bonuses!

7) My affinity for anime skyrocketed. Mostly due to there being so few quality TV shows in America now. I am seriously considering getting rid of cable an getting everything I need through Hulu, Netflix, and other TV/Movie apps. I am tired of paying $150 a month for mostly crap.

8) Speaking on Japanese thing, I started learning Japanese. It's coming slowly, But it's coming.

9) We got out of credit card debt!

I guess that's it. Hopefully things will be a lot better this year.