OK, I'm not sure what happened...I was doing a decent job of blogging and then **POOF** I found Facebook...sshhh...don't tell the people at Blogger :-) Maybe it is that I just don't have anything entertaining to tell my readers...yeah, right...hey, maybe I don't have any readers left and I will just be writing this for myself to go back to read...
2007 has been a year of some of the biggest highs and lows...it has been a challenge that has brought us closer together as a family but very thankful that 2008 is right around the corner...with the new year comes new opportunities.
2007 has been a year of some of the biggest highs and lows...it has been a challenge that has brought us closer together as a family but very thankful that 2008 is right around the corner...with the new year comes new opportunities.
Jim's grandmother was diagnosed with a rare type of lung cancer in October 2006. We were blessed enough to get back to Idaho for Thanksgiving while she was still feeling pretty good. Jim went back to Idaho in February for a week to spend some more time with her. Sadly she passed away in May 2007. Frances will be missed by everyone but we are grateful to know that she is in Heaven :-)
Summer was busy as I was preparing to launch http://www.roanokeforwomen.com/ on August 1, 2007. This new website has been a great addition to our community and has become embraced by many area businesses. The goal will be to have 100 businesses listed on the wesbite in the next month. I have hired a full time sales person who is more a partner than an employee. Having John on board has allowed me to hand over all the sales stuff to him and I am spending more time working on community involvement projects, networking events and speaking engagements. We will be launching 3 more sites in 3 different cities in 2008!!!
November was a sad month for the Palmers. Our beloved dog (didn't love all the dog hair in the house though :-) was diagnosed with a blood cancer that spread throughout her body. We decided that the only fair thing would be to put her to sleep before her quality of life diminished. So, on November 7, 2007 Cammy Palmer went to Dog Heaven. She was almost 7 years old and we will all miss her very much.
On November 11, 2007, Jim's grandfather passed away from congestive heart failure. I believe that he probably died of a broken heart since his wife had been taken from him only 6 months before. Oh to have love like that in your life!! Marion French is in Heaven with his wife and their infant daughter and leaves a great legacy for his children (4), grandchildren (8) and great-grandchildren (12).
We had lots of visitors this year...Jim's mom and dad came to visit in the Summer. My best friend from high school, Shanan, came to visit in November (oh, lucky her) and then my mom and dad came to visit over Thanksgiving.
We didn't do much traveling this year...but I did brave the airports and take all 3 kids back to Vancouver in June for 10 days. Yeah, that won't be happening again anytime soon!! At least people felt sorry for me and were more willing to help!!
We are blessed to get to end 2007 on a good note. We had a wonderful (and low-key) Christmas here at home...Bryden's 6th birthday is today (that is hard to believe) and we have so much to look forward to in 2008.
I promise to blog more...it is actually theraputic for me...if I would just make the time to do it...
Until then blog diary!!
November was a sad month for the Palmers. Our beloved dog (didn't love all the dog hair in the house though :-) was diagnosed with a blood cancer that spread throughout her body. We decided that the only fair thing would be to put her to sleep before her quality of life diminished. So, on November 7, 2007 Cammy Palmer went to Dog Heaven. She was almost 7 years old and we will all miss her very much.
On November 11, 2007, Jim's grandfather passed away from congestive heart failure. I believe that he probably died of a broken heart since his wife had been taken from him only 6 months before. Oh to have love like that in your life!! Marion French is in Heaven with his wife and their infant daughter and leaves a great legacy for his children (4), grandchildren (8) and great-grandchildren (12).
We had lots of visitors this year...Jim's mom and dad came to visit in the Summer. My best friend from high school, Shanan, came to visit in November (oh, lucky her) and then my mom and dad came to visit over Thanksgiving.
We didn't do much traveling this year...but I did brave the airports and take all 3 kids back to Vancouver in June for 10 days. Yeah, that won't be happening again anytime soon!! At least people felt sorry for me and were more willing to help!!
We are blessed to get to end 2007 on a good note. We had a wonderful (and low-key) Christmas here at home...Bryden's 6th birthday is today (that is hard to believe) and we have so much to look forward to in 2008.
I promise to blog more...it is actually theraputic for me...if I would just make the time to do it...
Until then blog diary!!
