My Wish for You in 2010

Thank you Peggy for this wonderful wish. Back at you!
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My Wish for You in 2010

May peace break into your home and may thieves come to steal your debts.
May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 bills.
May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips!
May happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy.
May the problems you had, forget your home address!

In simple words, may 2010 be the best year of your life!!!

Goodbye 2009, Welcome 2010. The best is yet to come!

I absolutely love Winter with its holiday traditions, cuddling with kids by a warm fire, snow ball fights and because it affords me the opportunity to reflect inward and direct giving outward.

Winter affords for reflection on accomplishments and personal growth during the year as well as planning with anticipation for the opportunities that lie ahead.

With Winter upon us, my wish for each and everyone of you is the gift of reflection. I hope you and your families have a warm and wonderful holiday and Happy New Year.

Goodbye 2009, Welcome 2010. The best is yet to come!

2010 Reading List

I am so very excited to have received a Kindle to assist me in meeting my reading goals this year.

The boys and I have an extensive list (see below) and I am so excited to embark on 2010 and a literary journey...check back monthly as I plan to blog on each read!

2010 Book List
What is the What - Dave Eggers
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
Middlemarch - George Eliot
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
Dune - Frank Herbert
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haddon
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Germinal - Emile Zola
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute