New year, new groove. Old year, old blues.

So last year was a bummer. I remember it like it was yesterday... Oh yeah, it basically was! After losing my dad, I will admit, I fell into a slump. A time when nothing seemed to make me happy. I'd lost all drive for writing. I didn't want to watch TV, listen to music, or even leave the house much. It hurt to even smile. Now that's weird for me! Seeing how I've been nicknamed "Smiley" by more than one person. No matter how many friends and family tried to reach out with gifts and kind words, none of it seemed to help. Nothing felt like it mattered. I was nearly catatonic. But you can't stay down forever and some battles you're just meant to fight on your own. This was one of them.

I'm doing much better these days and though his loss is still fresh in my heart and mind, I've pulled myself back up by the bootstraps. Sometimes I think he sends me little signs that he's watching, like a little wink from heaven. I know I get carried away, but now I know what people mean by saying someone's presence is "with" them. I feel like he is, all the time. I know there will be more hard years, more losses, but I feel like I'll be more prepared for the road ahead now, when it gets bumpy. If we spend all our time looking back, we'll never get to move forward.

That being said, I am looking very forward to the new year! (Yes, I'm one of THOSE people) I've adopted an optimistic, "can-do" attitude that I've been lacking for months! Don't ask where it came from, I just pulled it from thin air. I've already accomplished my website being put together and that's just the beginning! I hope you all stay with me on this journey, even if the road gets bumpy.

I plan to do my best to move and entertain you all, and of course, make you laugh! I'm coming into the new year with an open heart, an adventurous spirit and the proper drive to get things that I've been procrastinating on, done!

You know, kicking ass while there's ass to be kicked!

Have I told you all that I'm the Mexican Bridget Jones? Well I am.

Bye Hunnies,

Kathey