Wow...what did I do this year?
I...
Graduated from Oregon State University on the honor roll, with a BA in Philosophy - June 17th.
Got married a week later down in Lake Tahoe to a fellow soldier and my BFF, Jason.
Celebrated 4 years of service in the Army.
Jumped right into the workforce after college and am in the final stage towards making my temporary job permanent with the State Aviation Office.
Got a sweet doggie named Twinkie to keep our old girl Spirit company (or drive her crazy, haven't really decided how she feels about it yet).
Started making financial plans and life plans for our upcoming deployment to include debt eradication and savings for a down payment on a house when we return.
Joined tPF! Woo hoo!
Received my first Hermes as a wonderful anonymous gift to be a good luck piece of raisin for my deployment (even though it is not accompanying me because it will get ruined!!!!) It was a Karo, and is very special to me because I have loved Hermes since I was 7 years old and never could acquire it.
2007 didn't come without some difficulties:
I had several instances of credit fraud occur (or that had occurred before but I was never aware of until this year), two of which I successfully got rid of and a third I am in the process of getting taken off my credit.
Our girl Spirit was sick after the wedding and we spent all of our wedding money and savings on ultrasounds and blood tests to ensure she didn't have lymphoma. We found out she has Cushing's disease, which is incurable but is treatable so thankfully she will live out a long life with only minor discomfort at random intervals. We are barely getting back on our feet 6 months later from the debt that it put us into, but DH and I have gotten closer and stronger as a result. Maybe if we save the equivalent of our wedding gifts back up we can take a nice vacation before the deployment to Iraq
I think all in all, 2007 was a very cool year. Ups and downs, but the constant things of faith, hope and love kept it steady at the core.