obligatory new years post

i'll keep it short and sweet, i promise - 2007 rocked my socks. i got engaged, i went to turkey, i bought a house, i got married, and for the first time ever, i got stitches through my thumbnail. so 2008 has its work cut out if it's going to top old '07.

while i'm at it, christmas this year was pretty fantastic as well. we went to wilmington to see my mom's side of the family the saturday before christmas. it's always a bit overwhelming, what with 40+ members of my extended family in a 1000 square foot house, but it was still fun. we did our own christmas thing on sunday, just me and the wife. i loved my gifts, and she loved mine - we did a really good job without going overboard w/the money. the only trouble is that it set the bar pretty high for next year. monday, we stopped by my parents' place in greensboro to give them one of their christmas presents (a "new" computer) because it required some setup, and then spent the night in asheboro w/lauren's family. we had lunch there with her family, which was really cool. everybody made me feel really welcomed. we had dinner in greensboro with my family and some of my dad's side too. it seemed like a hectic four days, but it was good.

so, here's to a new year.