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That's it. 2007 is about to end. It's time to make a balance. Was this a good year for you? I normally have a hard time trying to remember what happened in the year that is about to end, but I have some extra help this time: my blog!

So let's recap and pick some old stories that will help me come up with an answer to the "was this a good year?" question:

January:

• Well, I turned 40, and then I had a great birthday bash. In fact, I declared that day the best day of my life!

February:

• I didn't write anything! It must have been a quiet one.
  

March:

• I also moved to a different position and was really excited about this.

April:

• This was the month when I decided to be a little more consistent about my blogging. I started to travel because of my new position, and had some mixed feelings about it ("I'm a horrible father").
• My favourite post so far was written on April 22, and it's about me and my kids singing in public on a Sat night, and me and my dad 'singing' together the following day. Love is stronger than everything, including death.

May:

• I wrote a post about Santi (which I like very much), and a funny one about Florencia's first soccer experience. Santi and his team were starting to look good already, but I had no idea he was going to end being the 'breakout star' he was..

June:

• Stop the press: Gaby's on TV!
• We went on vacations to a cottage in Widgawa, ON, and had a great time.
  

July:

• Santi taught me a valuable lesson in not giving up. Ever.
• Juan had a minor accident, but was playing soccer that same night. Both his team and Carolina's pretty much stunk.
• We went camping to Algonquin Park, and it was great.

August:

• Santi's performance was just outstanding by this time, and he ended being called up to play for the "A" team first, then for the U-13 "B" team. He was just one goal shy of being the top scorer by the end of the season, and got recognition from teams all across SW Ontario.
  
• I travelled to Bogotá, Colombia and Panama City, Panama. It was a great experience, but that left me exhausted.
  

September:

• The kids -including Florencia- started going to a new school, and they liked it very much. They still do!
• We finally got a break from soccer; yes, it lasted 'bout two weeks.
• I found proof of how well they knew Santi in other cities. I think Santi's performance was probably the story of the summer for us. And he's a strong candidate for the "Man of the Year" award at home.
• I wrote about Florencia and how smart she is. Even today, I can't get her to say the word "perro" (dog), because she knows I'm going to tickle her.
• I wrote a post I liked very much, about "paying the price".
  

October:

• My breakout month with 65 posts, and some were very popular!
  
• Facundo Ziegler cracks me up with his superheroes choices.
• Carolina is a math wizard. Another extremely funny story. And some people say that my blog wasn't happy before! If anything, they're copying me. Sigh...
• Oktoberfest was fun...
• It was my seventh anniversary in Canada. I finally followed Guillermo Ziegler's advice and started to write about our first year in Canada. This story was probably the most popular thing I've ever written here. Here's the link to the first post, but even better, here's the whole story (and here in Spanish)
• Gaby was on TV again!
• We celebrated Hallowe'en, and I even won second prize at the Hallowe'en Parade at work.
  

November:

• I wrote another popular episodic post about my accident, titled "The longest trip" (PDF versions of this due).
• Gaby can certainly cook, and my readers liked what they saw.
• My report on the Quilapayún concert in Kitchener is the most popular post so far. People are still coming from all over the world to read it. Interestingly enough, it's one of the few with no comments! :-)
• Another very popular one (the second ever, actually) was my report on the Santa Claus Parade in Waterloo.
• Santi was called up to the "A" team. He struggled with his feelings for quite some time, but ended jumping ships. He played his first game against Orangeville and they won 4-1.
• He also opened his own weblog. It's called "Soccer Crazy". Go pay him a visit!
• Juan had the week of his life, and I wrote about it. His birthday party was a hoot, in spite of some of his friends' behaviour.
  
• My grandfather Pepe passed away at 96, and my post became some sort of an online tribute for all of us who were away.
• In a desperate effort to have a "happy" blog, I posted a funny story about how we celebrate Christmas in Argentina. Forget all my previous stories, it seems that happiness was invented in Quebec. The thing is that nothing I read in there seems to be funny, at least not to me...
  

December:

• I swallowed my pride and finally attended a hockey game. And I had fun!
• Santi scored his first goal.
• My kids looked like angels during the Advent Mass.
• I went to Georgia, USA, for a week.
  
• My blog received three awards (from Biddie, Alejandra and Ana)
• We went to the Christmas Pageant in Kitchener, and it was very nice.
• I joined Bloggers Unite, Wordless Wednesdays and Friday's Feast. And I am very satisfied with the results.
• We got some Argentine goodies! They're all almost gone by now, though.
• My company Chr...Holiday Party saw my debut as a tango singer in front of my co-workers.
• Santi made the transition from 'kid' to 'teenager' exactly at 12:01AM on Christmas Day.
  

Hey. What a great year I had!!! Hope you all have a fantastic 2008! Yes, even you, 'happy boy'.

Perdón, pero hoy no escribo en español. No se enojen... :-)

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