2007 was a tough year between the emotional side of dealing with my brother and his kids and all their drama, and then being in that car wreck (which took several months to just feel normal again), changing jobs, starting back to school, sick kids.....the list goes on and on.

Over the course of the year, nearly 40 pounds slipped back on. I was really close to my goal weight and it just sucks that things sort of spiraled out of control on the weight side of things.

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I love the new community spotlight forum, and from the looks of it, it's been viewed pretty well.

It was a ton of work though getting it organized, but I loved meeting people - that part was really cool.

So if you haven't checked them out yet, please do. Wanted to also give some thanks to FLASH for looking over them and doing some edits/rewrites on some things - that was a HUGE help.

And I want to use one of the new smilies, just because.... Since...

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Can I just say that they aren't just jerks...they are really more like a$$ and then some holes!!!

I'm not normally this pissed off, but I guess I am just floored by people's arrogance, lack of sympathy/empathy, what ever you want to call it - I could scream! We're raising a generation of self-absorbed, awful people.

So I am floating around online tonight, and my best friend from college found some of our other friends from college on Myspace. I am not a my-spacer...

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Well, after a challenging evening working to get the blog software in, we've done all the upgrades and we're online!!!

I am looking forward to the blogs because people can be a little more visible here with their brags, rants, raves, and share more about themselves in a meaningful way.

Notice some of the features. It does let you categorize your blogs. You can see it in the Plain ol' boring gray color as well if you'd like. You can make your blog public or private,...

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