I hope you did get to relax last night and enjoy the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. The kids and I had a nice evening of watching movies, doing a few fireworks, and drinking sparkling apple cider.

Before all of that though, I finished my novel! This is the first time I have ever written a novel. What an amazing journey. I loved the work more then I could ever imagine, but I have a scared little feeling that the real work is now going to begin.

I am not one to make New Year’s Resolution, but being that this is the beginning of a new decade, I started thinking. In 1990, I joined the National Guard. For the first 10 years, it was a weekend career. In 1999, I became a federal technician which I have to be a soldier to keep my job, so the military became my fulltime career. Two decades have been all about wearing a uniform. I have decided that the next two decades are going to be all about writing and hopefully publishing.

So, Happy New Year Holly. And thank you very much for being such an inspiration.