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It's finally Christmas Day ! My, how time flies !!!! I would like to wish everyone who reads this post a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year ! May all your wishes come true in the coming year. And for all of you who didn't have such a great year this year, I do hope and pray that next year will be a better year for you.

Now that it's almost New Year's, I would like to write down all of the things that I'm grateful for which happened to me this year ( 2008), so here goes :

I'm sooooo grateful that....

1. I'm still working at a cute little school in the mall and my boss is a down-to-earth person.

2. my friend Larry ( who's now an angel in Heaven) came through for me twice through a medium.

3. the morning that my beloved dog and faithful companion of over 10 years passed away, he immediately came into my dream, wagging his tail and letting me know that he was now okay.

4. I found a cute little Christmas tree with decorations to put into my room. I looooove Christmas trees ( I don't know why, but I do !)

5. I had time to watch the movie "Twilight" when it came to a theatre near me. What an awesome movie that was ! I loved it !

6. I wasn't unemployed this year. I had teaching work to do the entire year.

7. even though I was alone pretty much this entire year ( because people who see me are turned off by my ugliness and they avoid me), I've gotten used to it and being alone all of the time doesn't really bother me anymore. Getting over being alone is a big hurdle that I've managed to overcome, thank goodness !!!!

8. even though I was very sick this year ( burning urine, very high fever that wouldn't go down, continuous fatigue, abnormal menstrual cycle, etc.), I'm much better now so I'm grateful for my health.