Happy New Year's eve!

Happy New Year's eve! Today is the last day of 2011. It hasn't been that bad of a year for me. It's been one of the happiest for my relationship with Anakin. We've had a pretty good year and celebrated our 15 year anniversary together in November. I can't really complain about 2011. There were a few challenges but they were mostly about my mom. There was also a bit of drama with the poly aspect of my relationship. We have chosen to take a break from the poly for a while. Not sure what will happen in 2012 with that. The best of 2011: My hotel night in Richmond to celebrate my anniversary with Anakin in November. It felt so good to get away for the night and it was so romantic. The best part of my 2011 was all of the time I got to spend with Master. The cuddles and big talks and connection. Our force is stronger than it's ever been. I love Him so much and have learned to be a better slave to Him. The worst part of 2011: Dealing with my mom's drama. I spent the first part of the year very consumed by what was happening with my mom and her problems. She walked away from me and my family in May. There has been a lot of drama which was hard on my whole family. It also caused a pretty big fight between me and my sister earlier this year. It was a quiet and peaceful Christmas this year without the drama though. I don't have any regrets when it comes to the situation with my mom. I don't want to talk to her unless she makes some changes in her life. Scariest moment of 2011: Anakin and I decided to go downtown Vancouver to see the last Canucks game in the Stanley Cup finals. We were there just as some of the rioting was starting. It was a very scary experience for us both. We also found out that my FIL has cancer and that has been difficult. There was one death (Anakin's Aunt) this year and that was hard on the family as well. I feel like I grew up a lot this year. I turned 39 years old. Very close to 40 and even closer to menopause. Both of my kids grew up a lot this year. The teen had her 16th birthday. My son turned 10. I'm so proud of both of my kids. I'm healthier than I was last year. I lost a total of 13 pounds this last year due to all my walking. I had some heart problems though. There was also a few health worries like Anakin's high blood pressure. Most exciting moment in 2011: The BC Lions winning the Grey Cup in Vancouver! We were all so excited and jumping around when they won! Congrats to the Lions! It was also really exciting to stay up and watch the Royal Wedding with Wills and Kate. That was very amazing to watch live with Anakin. I've tried to focus on what's important with Anakin and our kids this last year. I feel so blessed for what I have in my life. I really do have a very good life. :) I was able to cross several things off my bucket list including figging which I tried for the first time. I am hoping to cross more off next year. I'm excited about 2012! There are lots of possibilities that lay ahead for Anakin and I. I am really looking forward to the upcoming journey. I want to thank our readers for being a part of our journey this last year. I've tried to blog more. I took part in #adventblog this year and had many posts in December. We also had our final HNT picture this last week. We had a blogging milestone this year too! We went over 2.5 million hits on JTTDS! Amazing! We are really proud of our blog. We made some changes on our blog this year too including a new and better header and sidebars. We hope to work and improve even more next year and make it even better! We made it onto the Chross.blog recently which has brought in a lot of new readers and stats from there. Welcome to our blog! Hope you will come back and read all about our Journey to the darkside! I even got into doing toy reviews for Eden Fantasys this year. We made Top sex blogger for 2011! I started a Tumblr account and we both had success with our online store. We hope to create a new store next year. Many exciting things that we have talked about. I can't wait! There were many spankings in 2011! We played on the darkside a lot and enjoyed some pretty amazing date nights. I am planning to spend NYE tonight with Anakin. A private party for two. :) I used to be a pretty wild party girl. I could tell you some stories of what happened on my NYE some of those times back in the early 90's. lol. I've changed a lot though. I much prefer being able to be alone with Master. Order in a pizza and break open a bottle of fine wine. Put on the fireplace and lay out the toys! That's my idea of a perfect NYE! :) Sooooo what are you doing New Year's eve? May the force be with you all!! ~padme amidala