Welcome 2010...

a look back...
Another year has come and gone - and they do seem to move much too quickly these days. I often ask myself: where has the time gone? Each week begins and ends too soon for me...
This New Year dawned quietly, for me... another ushered in, in solitude. I must do something about that - but, what? Try to grow my newly developing circle of family, friends, acquaintances? I'm working on it... as I seem to be working on everything in my life, lately. Changes are brewing. Hard, difficult "I-must-grow-and-evolve" changes...

I've now lived in Valencia for 2 years (this April)... re-locating has been the most optimistic achievement I've managed. Still love my apartment - though I am thinking of down-sizing... Still "decorating", adding new touches here and there...
2009 brought other changes: from part-time to full-time at my real-time retail job (a welcome change, that one, in these hard-pressed economic times - so grateful for my job!)... new friends made at work during the holidays (you know who you are!);
a new addition to the family: daughter Lavinia gave birth to darling Madeleine Charlette on October 2nd... With additions, there always comes loss of beloved, favorite family members (I love you "Pap") and, of course, there were personal changes for me...

And, I doggedly continue with SweetPea & Violets: Recently re-named "SweetPea & Violets Aromatherapy Boutique", as I pursue my dream of a brick-n-mortar storefront here in Valencia - I think it will fit right in.