Some pictures from Winter of 2008

The last couple of months have been blurry. Unfortunately, my blog has suffered from the activities. I've posted a couple of albums on Facebook of some events over the past couple of months.

Here they are:

• Winter Wonders I
• Winter Wonders II

In the first album, there are pictures of Marie and my trip to NC to adopt Charlotte. She's a beautiful cat and has been a very pleasant addition to the house. Her demeanor is calm and she's petite for her age (of about five years). While she prefers to be near the action, she's always content to sit in a nearby chair rather than on someone's lap. I call her "Insta-Purr" because she begins to purr as soon as you pet her. Sometimes she'll just start purring if her name is called.

There are also pictures in Winter Wonders I of our Cocktail party, which we had on December 20th. The house was filled to the max with about 30 guests in total who showed. We had a feast of appetizers, quite a wine variety and other drinks. It was a really fun night that was spent with many of our close friends in DC.

Pictures from Christmas in SC and NC are in the first and second albums. Christmas was pretty restful and it was great to catch up with my family. I also enjoyed seeing my friend Brooke, who moved to HI in July of 2008.

This week has been busy and some of those pictures are captured in the second album. Drew is still in town. In addition, his friend from France, Mickael, joined us for a few days as he visited the States. We've had some fun dinner parties and went ice skating in the Sculpture Garden on the National Mall. Skating and dinner party pics are seen in the second album.

Finally, there are a few New Year's eve pictures in the Winter Wonders II. For New Year's eve, we had folks over to the house for dinner and champagne toast (with 1993 Dom Parignon!) before we rolled to Fur nightclub. The club was quite a fiasco and my memories of that night will definitely be ones I'll remember the rest of my life. Between losing Mal's friend until the next day, almost being stampeded while trying to get our coats, seeing a girl break her nose after slipping on an icy ramp, and Mickael almost passing out from a panic attack (due to the stampede), it was quite a night.

2008 was a year of great triumphs, a broken heart, new friends, personal goals met (and some new ones made), laughter, tears, and dreams. Thanks for sharing it with me. I have many hopes for 2009 and am excited about seeing what happens.

Happy New Year!