Happy New Year!!!

To all of my family and friends - Happy New Year and welcome to 2007!!! May this new year be filled with time with family, friends and great memories. Memories captured on film/photos, on paper, or on blog sites - that can be shared with others. May the next year be filled with adventures that might lead you outside your comfort box; challenges that you face and conquer; and you find that happiness that brings a smile to your face.

Wow - what a year 2006 has been for me. Garron had mentioned on Christmas Day that it is hard to believe that a year ago, I hadn't even broken ground on my house yet. He shared too that in the past year, he welcomed his son Solomon into this world, then cycled across Canada to celebrate the 100th year for Bike for Bibles and moved twice. It is amazing around the end of the year when we tend to reflect of what our lives went through in the past year, to see all that we have accomplished, what we have overcomed and reinforce how blessed our lives are with the people around who love us just as we are.

Being a homeowner, I think will always be a learning experience for me. Getting used to all the different bills that goes with the home; learning about the creaks and noises that are normal and abnormal. With an undeveloped basement and backyard, the ideas and thoughts of what to do, are always going through my brain. Even have a folder of items that I will would like for the basement or outside. It is fun to imagine what it would look like, but when you sit down and see the $$$ add up, that is when reality begins to sink in. It has been fun having a roommate too and that she is from my hometown is great. Even found some people (outside of her family) that we both know.

Professionally, I continued to be able to attend workshops that increased my knowledge or at least reinforce what I do know. For the past couple of months, I had the opportunity to work at another hospital site. It was great getting to know more co-workers as well as code different charts as the PLC is the main site for orthropedics and vascular surgeries. In the new year, I will be adding another job duty and that is being a surgical daycare coding trainer. It will be a challenge but a rewarding one. It is a great way to learning more too, as you have to explain your train of thought when training new coders. With me being at PLC, I realize the little family I have with my co-workers at FMC. I go back on Jan 2, which the gals have told me they are looking forward to as it has been quiet since I've been gone. I do get those gals laughing with all my little sayings and quirky ways.

Looking forward to what lay ahead in 2007 for me. I am sure though spending time with family and friends will be on top of my list, as it is year after year. Best present I can ever receive is tea time with the people I love.