2009

One nice thing i noticed this year on new years eve, is that people can't wear those stupid glasses that have the eye holes as zeros (see 2000 - 2009).  I guess if the chinese factory produced them for 2010, they would have to be heavily marketed to people who only have vision out of her right eye.  For this blessing on the last day of 2009, I am thankful.

09 was a curious year in a lot of ways.  I lost my grandfather, a friend in Mr. Antonelli, and a little bird named Chipper.  The weird thing is that they were all strangely connected to each other.

The return of the Galveston Beach Revue featuring the Galveston Bathing Beauties Contest was a huge success.  It was great weather and the quality of the contestants and their vintage suits surprised everyone.  This event is going to be even bigger and better on May 15th 2010.

We have dealt with really getting to the nuts and bolts of recovery both personally and as a city.  Personally, Adrienne and I bought a new (1876 new!) building to house Nautical Antiques in February.  We placed our first orders for inventory since the storm in August and are hoping for a Grand Opening sometime early in 2010.

As a city, we have an idea (albeit only an idea) of the amount of funds that the federal government is allocating for Galveston and the surrounding area.  It is apparent that the bulk of the actual recovery and the allocation of these federal funds is coming up.  How these monies are spent will shape the future of this city for at least the lifespans of its current residents.  (Please don't forget to register and plan to vote in the May election as it will be the most important election our fine city has seen in some time)

As a whole I will give 2009 a C+ but to be fair, for Galvestonians especially, it was dealt a losing hand by 2008.

As for 2010 and how it is going to go...  Well so far so good.  Ginger and Popeye (our chocolate labs) celebrate their birthdays today and we plan on taking them for a walk.

How was your 2009?