Facebook: My Year in Posts

The social networking site, Facebook, became a mainstream form of Internet communication during 2009 and I, of course, couldn't be left in the dark ages. This is my year of status updates for 2009. Apparently, Facebook is recording everything that we say. As I read through my year in posts I notice that most are about Kariana (big surprise). There's a lot about Longhorn football. The Horns are going to the BCS National Championship Game next week. The changing of the seasons is noted and a few important world events were recorded. Most of all I look back at my life in 2009 on Facebook and I am grateful that I was able to re-connect with so many long lost friends. Some of these friends are from high school and I haven't spoken to them in 20 years. Many of them are from college and law school.

Here is my year in posts:

Cara . . .

is leaving work to take Kariana to the pediatrician for her 4-month visit. We get shots today ● is wondering if she will ever get to sleep through the night again ● is trying not be grouchy that she is stuck in the office working on a filing while her hubby has the day off and is home with K ● what goes in must come out ● is wondering if anyone (in Houston) has noticed how beautiful the azaleas are this year. Spring is here! ● caved and ate a Crave Cupcake (with a shamrock) despite her diet. Figured I deserved it since everyone is torturing me with their Spring Break pictures ● Batter Blaster ● Kariana just peed all over daddy's suit. Is it possible that she knew what she had done and she was laughing AT us and not WITH us? ● is looking forward to Easter and seeing Aunt Kari ● has decided that despite thinking Thin Mints were her all time favorite she is really addicted to Samoas ● when hell freezes over and pigs fly . . . . wash your hands ● Happy 6 Month Birthday Kariana ●Happy Mother's Day to all of my favorite mothers and grandmothers!! Hugs & Kisses ● Wishing my hubby a Happy Birthday today ● skedaddled ● Happy Father's Day to my hubby, my dad and all of the other great dads out there ● HOOK 'EM HORNS ● loves short weeks! And the 4th of July ● cliché but thanks again FB for putting me in tough with long lost friends ● NAP!!!! All four of us :) ● apparently interpreting baby noises is part of my new job description - can someone please figure out what “bla bla bla . . . . bla bla bla . . . . . WAAAAAAHHHHH” means and let me know ● feels old when she has twentysomething friends on FB and re-reads their posts several times and still can’t figure out the meaning of their version of texting shorthand ● is trying to remember what she forgot ● and Kariana went to the new HEB Buffalo Market this afternoon. Overall more HEB than Central Market. Nice that the prices are more HEB and you can find the basics. Also liked the kids' carts but will have a hard time competing with the videos that the Kroger across the street is installing in the kids' carts ● Kariana is taking a marathon nap. Both grandpa and the fresh Oregon air are wearing her out ● has always loved Hwy 101 but Hwy 101 with a sleeping baby is even better ● Why is everything I need now at the bottom of my purse? Grrrr! So tired of digging ● The weekend and Longhorn football. Wahoo ● Is tired of the golf clubs in my living room. No, they do not make a good accent piece :( ● doesn't get Mafia Wars ????? ● Yawn. . . . stretch . . . . coffee . . . more coffee . . . . TGIF everyone ● really needs to read more often ● is rethinking her running/jogging playlist and needs a few new songs to get her motivated. Any suggestions ● is watching Duran Duran on Palladia! I'm a true 80's child ● feels so professional when she brings her lunch to work in a plastic Target baggie and then proceeds to pull out of her purse a pacifier instead of her office badge. Just call me Denny Crane ● "Goodnight Moon," my favorite time of the day especially when it includes belly laughs and kisses ● is now one of those mothers with a sniffling, sneezing, snotty nose kid that she used to look at with disgust when their crusty nose kids got too close to hers. Sigh ● has two comments this morning 1) really? Obama? and 2) the Horns are back in action this week! Hook 'em! ● is walking downtown and it is windy and I see rain clouds. Bring it on cool front ● is birthdayed, Halloweened and footballed out! Hook 'em and back to #2! ● is wondering whether she should call Kariana "her baby" or "her toddler". She's acting more like a toddler but just the other day she was still a baby. Sigh! Maybe I'll stick with "munchkin” ● is loving Google's Sesame Street charaters this week ● Should have bought stock in hand sanitizer. It's the new classic - sort of like Coco Chanel ● is getting into the holiday spirit and listening to Sting's new Christmas album, "If On a Winter's Night . . ." It's magnificent. I LOVE this time of the year ● made an Advent wreath at church this morning and now on the way out to get the Christmas tree. Let the decorating and festivities begin! Christmas music a must ● Christmas tree is decorated even though the bottom branches look a little bare but if a one year old is anything like the cat I'm not taking my chances ● just realized that she thinks the outcome of this year's college football season is shaping up to make up for her disappointment with Tiger's transgressions ● I will, of course, watch and support the Horns this evening but I refuse to patronize Cowboys Stadium not so much for my dislike of the Cowboys but because I think it is a shame that Jerry Jones is monopolizing the Big 12 Championship Game. And shame on Mack Brown for supporting this and not wanting to rotate cities. Okay, just had to get that off my chest this morning. Hook 'em Horns! ● The only real communication my 1 year old seems to have mastered so far is "no" with an adamant shake of the head. Sigh! ● Santa Claus is coming to town ● Trying to plan this year's holiday menu keeps leading me back to pre-ordering from Whole Foods again. What's my excuse this year? ● will miss Charlie but now has George in the mornings and Diane in the evenings!!