Thoughts, resolutions, re-caps, bests...

In years past, I've always made a big point of writing a big holiday message to everyone. This year I decided to include a big holiday letter with my Christmas cards instead. I hope that those were recieved by everyone who I mailed them to!

But I still wanted to write a bit of a fun blog that would go over some of my thoughts regarding the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010!

To kick things off, here are, in my opinion, THE *BESTS* OF 2009:

BEST ALBUM: The Show Must Go - Hedley

(Released: November 17th, 2009)

Honourable mentions (in no particular order) go to:

1Up - Ill Scarlett (Released: September 29th, 2009)

The Listening - Lights (Released: September 22nd, 2009)

Ocean Eyes - Owl City (Released: July 28thth, 2009)

(500) Days of Summer - Soundtrack (Released: July 14th, 2009)

Masterpiece Theatre - Marianas Trench (Released: February 24th, 2009)

BEST MOVIE: (500) Days of Summer

(Released: July 17th, 2009)

Honourable mentions (in no particular order) go to:

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Released: November 25th, 2009)

Where The Wild Things Are (Released: October 16th, 2009)

He's Just Not That Into You (Released: February 6th, 2009)

Coraline (Released: February 6th, 2009)

Slumdog Millionaire (Released: January 23rd, 2009)

BEST EDMONTON RESTAURANT THAT I TRIED: Langano Skies

(Ethiopian - 9920 82nd Ave)

Honourable mentions (in no particular order) go to:

Yokozuna (Japanese - 8409 112th St)

Lee House (Korean - 7904 104th St)

Wildflower Grill (Breakfast/Brunch - 10009 107th St)

Cactus Club Cafe (Steakhouse - 1946-8882 170th St)

Billingsgate Fish Co. (Seafood - 7331 104th St)

I hope that if you give my picks a try that you'll love them as much as I do!!

2009 was a very busy year, which tends to be the usual case...

IN 2009 I TRAVELED TO THESE PLACES:

Fernie, British Columbia

Kicking Horse, British Columbia

Whistler, British Columbia

Jasper, Alberta X 2

Vancouver, British Columbia

Banff / Lake Louise, Alberta

Calgary, Alberta

Toronto, Ontario

Oakville, Ontario

London, Ontario X 2

Regina, Saskatchewan X 2

The trip to TORONTO was the biggest, best trip of the year!

IN 2009 I SAW THESE BANDS PLAY LIVE:

The Hot Business

Greater Than Giants X 2

Bryan Adams

Marianas Trench X 3

Britney Spears

The Stills

Metric

The Februarys

Killers

Hot Hot Heat

Joel Plaskett

Drive By Punch

The Bravery

Green Day

No Doubt

Stereos

The All-American Rejects

Fall Out Boy

Ill Scarlett X 3

Lights X 2

Keane

Moby

Matt Good

I'd say that BRITNEY SPEARS was the best concert out of all of them, since it was such a huge, amazing spectacle.

WEDDINGS THAT I ATTENDED IN 2009:

Lacey & Dallas got married on August 8th, 2009! FRIENDS WHO HAD BABIES IN 2009:

Robin gave birth to Amelia on March 17th, 2009!

And of course... RESOLUTIONS... First let's see how I did with my 2009 resolutions:

"I need to get back in yoga AGAIN. Probably take care of that bed thing. Go somewhere tropical. Save MORE money. BUY A CONDO."

It wasn't a total bust. I did attend yoga for a while there, but then sorta fell off the wagon. I DID finally get a new BED! I didn't go somewhere tropical, but I will be NEXT WEEK, so that counts a little? Can't say that I saved any money or bought a condo, but on the bright side, I'm 100% debt free and have been for a while. I also bought company stocks... So that counts as "saving" I think?

So this leads us to...

2010 RESOLUTIONS:

~ Get BACK ON the yoga wagon!!!

~ Save some money for reals this time? Also throw buttloads of money into my ING account.

~ Take as many plane rides as possible.

~ Embrace life change gracefully.

I think that the most amazing thing about this new year is that not only is it a new year... But it's a whole new decade. Just think about it... This will likely be the biggest decade of my life. I could get married, buy a house, start having children... Who knows! It's a very exciting concept to ponder.

I'm wishing everyone a wonderful 2010! Make it whatever you want it to be!