Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!

We hope everyone is blessed with lots of prosperity, good fortune, and happiness in the coming year.

Mommy tells us that 2008 is the year of the rat. Rats are intelligent, shrewd, and meticulous - traits which will be useful in the coming year as the economy heads for stormy seas. Mommy says that ups and downs are the natural order of life and that's what makes it interesting.

Mommy snapped Picture 23/365 of the 365 Days Blythe Project to commemorate the new year. We weren't able to snag one of Jooli's gorgeous samfoo creations for this year, but mommy says she's working on getting us some outfits for 2009. Yippee!


Zeldy wanted in on the action, too, so here she is!


Last night, mommy stayed up late (9 am in Helsinki is 2am here in Atlanta) so that she could try to snag us some more Euro Trash kitty helmets. But, alas, she was quite unsuccessful. Ruth's helmets are so awesome that they sold out in under a minute! Mommy needs to really work on speed-clicking. We need two more Euro Trash helmets!


In other news, life always manages to work out in peculiar ways. You may remember that mommy had a big decision a while ago.

We couldn't say much before, but here's the scoop. Lately, mommy's managers have presented some opportunities for her to gain more experience in areas around the company.

The first opportunity was fantastic, but was quite a big step and mommy didn't feel that the timing was quite right. She wants to accomplish some more things before taking that step. In the end, it all worked out because the spot was already close to being filled by the time mommy was approached. It just wasn't meant to be.

Interestingly enough, the closing of that door opened another door. Mommy is nervous still, but she knows that this will be a good opportunity to develop important skills for the future. We are going to cross our fingers and toes for her that it all works out.

So this is it for now!

May all of you out there have a wonderful 2008. We wish you happiness and good fortune! Thanks for all your friendship!