Making Blog-ress...

Happy birthday, dear Breadbin, happy birthday to you...
One year of blogging. No idea how many entries I've made--Blogger stopped counting them at 75 a hell of a long time ago, and trying to count them myself leads to eyestrain, dizziness, and possibly death.
I'd like to thank all my readers for sticking with me through what has been the most eventful year of my life. I've tried to balance coverage of my life with coverage of the world around me, and I apologize if any of you would have preferred more of one and less of the other.

From the outset, I approached this as a chance to air a few of my quirkier views, keep myself centered, and hone my writing skills...in that order. It's only recently that I started reading a wider selection of Canadian blogs, some of which are getting upwards of two hundred hits a day. I notice that many of these popular blogs make little mention of their bloggers' existences, preferring instead to focus entirely on entertainment or politics. Despite the political bent I have taken lately, that's not really my style.

This really has been an up and down year. We've purchased our first home, gone through a great deal of the adoption process before being told we were unsuitable to adopt children, and adopted a puppy instead. Work for both of us has been stroyful (that mix of stressful and enjoyable which is embodied in the phrase "I'd quit...if there existed a better job out there.") The individual days seem to drag out to infinity, and yet six months ago seems like last week. Time is strange that way.

I hope I'll be seeing you around in another year, or two, or five, or ten. Thanks again.