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19 October 2014

So 10 years came and went. I'd forgotten my login for this blog and really just hadn't had much time to even think on it. But lately, with a lot of viewing of Netflix shows from the BBC, I'm missing England more than ever. Here's the update:
Got married July 2008. Love him to bits every day, more and more.
Lost my teaching job, Spring 2009. My grandmother died, my sister had a baby and I lost one. It sucked. Suuuuuuuuucked.
Worked nights that summer, started a business with my husband and taught myself web design. We launched our business in December 2009.
Things took off and we were so busy, took a holiday to Ventura with my family in 2010. We buried our sweet Tucker that summer and took in Monkey from the garage. Zion followed a few months later and we became a house with 3 cats.
2011.. we continued to be slammed with work and decided to move from our home office and into commercial space. Vacationed in Big Sur for a week.
2012.. more work. We vacationed again with the family in Ventura. My darling nephew was born and we left the church of my childhood in a painful uproar that has taken the better part of 2 years to recover from.
2013.. the bottom fell out. We lost our biggest client, had financial stresses beyond belief and my darling boy Samson died. I threw out my back badly and I was laid up for nearly a month. It was a year of profound grief, being lost and aimless. Our only joy was the birth of our dear friends' baby girl Solace Elise who keeps us laughing and fills our visits with happiness. I became a CASA volunteer and other than marrying my husband, it's the best thing I ever did.
2014.. recovery. Digging out of the deep hole we were in, and learning how to go back to normal, whatever normal is. We are healthy, happy, and for now, stable. I'm married to my best friend, my partner in crime.

Most of our life is cataloged on our blog that we started for our engagement. We've been a bit busy and neglected it the last few months but the details are out there. This life we lead is crazy, unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous but it's ours.

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