With the coming new year (which has snuck up on me super fast), I’ve been thinking about all of the wonderful things that I’ve been blessed with in 2009. I know some have had a horrible 2009, but in terms of personal life events, my year has been pretty awesome! Of course I’ve also been making plans and setting goals for 2010, but since this IS the last day of 2009, I’m going to revel in the past.

 

In case you haven’t been following the blog since the very beginning, I thought I would share a little bit about what 2009 has meant to me!

 

In no particular order….

 

- I graduated college with a totally different degree than I planned for upon entering
- I married my best friend and high school sweetheart, and had probably one of the best weddings my hometown will see in a while, so the guests say (until I start planning the weddings there of course)

 

 

- I started The Design Grove in July, and dove head first into the wedding industry
- I attended a wedding planner certification course and started apprenticing with different companies in the Tampa wedding industry, learning SO MUCH along the way
- I lost my job that I was miserable at, which turned out to be an incredibly HUGE blessing
- I was offered another “dead-end” job, had a revelation, turned it down, and decided to pursue my passion of working in the wedding industry
- Less than two weeks after being unemployed I took a job with the company I was apprenticing with, and for the first time ever I LOVE going to “work” and love my bosses and what I do!
- Relaunched my blog as Every Last Detail to coincide more with what I aim to achieve with blogging
- Realized the incredible power of Twitter- the relationships made as well as the social networking amazingness
- Discovered the importance of having quality wedding vendors and doing research

 

It may not seem like much, but for a girl who wanted to be a dentist two years ago, I would have NEVER thought that I would be working in the wedding industry. If someone had told me a year ago that I would be a wedding planner and have a blog, I would have had a chuckle out of that. I have seriously been so incredibly blessed this year, and although nothing went the way I planned (except for a teeny bit of my wedding), I have learned to follow my heart and the gut feelings I have.

 

I want to thank EVERYONE who has supported me along the way and helped me realize my true potential (that’s my husband, family, friends, my bosses, and all of my Twitter friends)!

 

It’s definitely a journey, and I’m just now embarking on it. I can’t wait to see what 2010 and the next decade has in store for me!!

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